Year 1997 movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1997 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, weird, thought provoking, suspense, stylized and intense films and TV shows about / with dialogue, storytelling, mentor, violence, death, life philosophy, cigarette smoking, murder, catastrophe and loneliness plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, Japan, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1997: Good Will Hunting (1997), Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Fifth Element (1997), Titanic (1997), The Devil's Advocate (1997), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Senior Year (2022), High Water (2022), Alien: Resurrection (1997).
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List of year 1997 movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, emotional, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
mathematics, genius, professor, prodigy, life, life philosophy, psychology, philosophy, mentor, psychotherapy, university, life lesson ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 2010s
Place:
boston, harvard university, america, persia, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, sentimental, poignant ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, nazi, concentration camp, human spirit, life & death, life philosophy, self sacrifice, nazism, life lesson, destiny, ss ...
Time:
1940s, year 1997, 20th century, 90s, 1930s ...
Place:
italy, poland, europe, tuscany
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, visually stunning, colorful, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space opera, dystopia, cyberpunk, space and aliens, good versus evil, dystopian future, space travel, save the world, end of the world, space adventure, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 1910s, 23rd century ...
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, egypt, new york
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1.4M
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called ...
Style:
romantic, emotional, touching, sentimental, dramatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
titanic, love story, disaster, love, ship, tragedy, forbidden love, love and romance, ocean, fall in love, tragic love, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 1997, edwardian era, 90s ...
Place:
atlantic ocean, britain, iran, nova scotia, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
devil, lawyer, supernatural, pact with the devil, deal with the devil, satan, law firm, plot twist, trial, courtroom, demon, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
corruption, police corruption, organized crime, police, murder, police detective, twists and turns, murder mystery, police brutality, justice, shootout, gunfight ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, persia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that Hammond has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ...
Style:
suspenseful, saga, scenic, perverse, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
dinosaur, jungle, giant monster, tyrannosaurus rex, jurassic park, island, dangerous animal, amusement park, lost world, paleontology, expedition, killer animal ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, year 1997, prehistoric times, 20th century
Place:
costa rica, fictional island, san diego california, caribbean, kenya ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A thirty-seven-year-old woman wakes up from a twenty-year coma and returns to the high school where she was once a popular cheerleader to finish her senior year and become prom queen. The main plot is the empowerment of LGBTQ rights and progress ...
Style:
satirical, captivating, disturbing, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
cheerleading, satire, school, cheerleader, social problems, high school, female protagonist, middle aged, high school life, high school prom, schoolgirl, middle aged woman ...
Time:
year 1997, 2020s, year 2002, 2000s, 90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1997, scientists and local government officials in Wrocław face life-and-death decisions when a destructive flood wave threatens the city.
Style:
political, disturbing, serious, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
flood, disaster, natural disaster, office, boat, community, life, security, rescue, politics, city, flooding ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, saga, suspense ...
Plot:
alien, robot, space travel, dystopia, strong female lead, female android, evil alien, alien invasion, strong female character, space and aliens, androids, monster ...
Time:
future, 24th century, year 1997, 90s
Is relevant?
169K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Style:
surreal, neo noir, mind bending, atmospheric, confusing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, murder, insanity, doppelganger, nightmare, sex scene, time loop, parallel universe, graphic violence, transformation, hallucination, promiscuous woman ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997, near future
Place:
los angeles, persia, north america
Is relevant?
303K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, erotic, cult classic, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
sex, porn industry, drug abuse, multiple storylines, addiction, drug, cocaine, adult filmmaking, adultery, drug addiction, voyeurism, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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401K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, tense, talky, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, flight attendant, stewardess, ex convict, airport, robbery, bail bondsman, deception, blaxploitation, female protagonist, arrest, heist ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A couple take a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning, but instead find themselves drifting ever further apart.
Style:
art house, emotional, visually appealing, independent film, visual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, gay asian, love, gay relationship, heartache, loneliness, tango, glbt, amor, lgbtqi, melancholy ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, year 1996
Place:
buenos aires argentina, hong kong, china, latin america, asia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Reena Virk, a fourteen-year-old girl went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Seven teenage girls and a boy were accused of the savage murder.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
true crime, dead teenager, teenage girl, lesbian interest, criminal, crime scene, crime investigation, teenager, teenage daughter, teenage protagonist, lesbian, children's home ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
80's inspired John Carpenteresque Action. A young woman is forced to push past her worst fears and battle to deport an ancient entity back to where it came from. Set inside an underground military base known as The Artemis Black Site, the movie ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, exciting, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
fear, mythology, creature, entity, ancient, military base, sword fight, humvee, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, peril, loss ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Haunted by the images of his own traumatic past, Blair O'Leary (Bobby Field) unknowingly leads his friends down a dark path of destruction. Being a good friend, Marcus (David Yost) lends a helping hand getting Blair, Ralphie (Claude Duhammel), ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, psychological, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
criminal, gangster, youth, punk, desert, blood, death, arizona desert, revenge, violence, rivalry, murder ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
arizona, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in his slowly disintegrating mentally.
Style:
psychological, rough, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film ...
Plot:
small town, sheriff, snow, small town life, alcoholism, dysfunctional family, insanity, abusive father, domestic violence, addiction, character study, drinking ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
new hampshire, usa, canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him ...
Style:
cult classic, talky, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
art, writers, relationships, satire, psychiatrist, writer's life, human nature, alienation, philosophy, eternal love, depression, prostitution ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
466K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, puzzle, uncover truth, existentialism, surveillance, life & death, game, life turned upside down, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
Is relevant?
35K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A police officer leaves the force in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into a depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Style:
bloody, emotional, bleak, art house, lyrical ...
Plot:
police, yakuza, gangster, character study, dying, death, samurai, loss, loss of partner, loss of loved one, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, mount fuji, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, controversial, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
secretary, manipulation, battle of the sexes, revenge, love, misogynist, relationships, brutality, dark humor, betrayal, businessman, deaf woman ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place:
usa, indiana
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
J.W. Katadreuffe is the son of Joba Katadreuffe and A.B. Drevenhaven. Though fully neglected by Joba, Dreverhaven ensures the succesfull career of his son. Mostly unseen, though he sues his son a few times. The son Katadreuffe succeeds, but at great ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, psychological, twisted, slasher ...
Plot:
law, communism, family relations, chess, lawyer, court, dysfunctional family, love, mentor, poverty, hospital, corruption ...
Time:
year 1997, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place:
rotterdam netherlands, netherlands, poland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, Switzerland, UK, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Odile is a business executive looking for a new, bigger apartment. Her younger sister Camille has just completed her doctoral thesis in history and is a Paris tour guide. Simon is a regular on Camille's tours because he's attracted to her. ...
Style:
anthology, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
illicit affair, affair, older man younger woman relationship, depression, tour guide, infidelity, love triangle, old love, couples, family relations, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, psychological, suspenseful, witty ...
Plot:
con game, twists and turns, heist, secrets, invention, investigation, intrigue, conspiracy, manipulation, police investigation, stranger, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
venezuela, caribbean, usa, manhattan new york city, boston ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his ...
Style:
sexy, depressing, erotic, fairy tale, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, incest, sexy girl, bus, small town, family problems, grief, small town life, winter, law, adultery, flashback ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
canada, british columbia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An elderly beekeeper and Vietnam vet must rescue his daughter-in-law and protect his grandchildren from killers.
Style:
realistic, independent film, atmospheric, serious, touching ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, prison, beekeeper, farm, swamp, mental disorder, vietnam war, bravery, family relations, bank robbery, stolen money, parent child relationship ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
florida, orlando florida, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a ...
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, psychological, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
redemption, hopes, self discovery, dialogue, starting over, human nature, social relations, crimes of passion, haunted by the past, sex, suicide attempt, adultery ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 80s, year 1988
Place:
japan, asia, new jersey, tokyo
Is relevant?
36K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, cerebral, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, amnesia, investigation, macabre, hallucination, hypnosis, police detective, interrogation, murder mystery, husband wife relationship, police ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, okinawa japan, tokyo, asia
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