Top 1000 · 1997
Weighted toward critics
- 1
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
1997 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
88.86/8 sources
- 2
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Curtis Hanson
87.28/8 sources
- 3
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Hayao Miyazaki
85.28/8 sources
- 4
Fireworks
1997 · Takeshi Kitano
84.96/8 sources
- 5
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 · Atom Egoyan
84.57/8 sources
- 6
Boogie Nights
1997 · Paul Thomas Anderson
83.48/8 sources
- 7
Good Will Hunting
1997 · Gus Van Sant
81.58/8 sources
- 8
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
81.08/8 sources
- 8
Taste of Cherry
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
81.07/8 sources
- 10
Life Is Beautiful
1997 · Roberto Benigni
80.38/8 sources
- 11
Happy Together
1997 · Wong Kar-Wai
79.47/8 sources
- 12
Titanic
1997 · James Cameron
78.78/8 sources
- 13
Cure
1997 · Kiyoshi Kurosawa
77.88/8 sources
- 13
Donnie Brasco
1997 · Mike Newell
77.88/8 sources
- 15
Brother
1997 · Aleksei Balabanov
77.46/8 sources
- 16
Face/Off
1997 · John Woo
77.38/8 sources
- 17
Open Your Eyes
1997 · Alejandro Amenábar
76.96/8 sources
- 18
Hercules
1997 · Ron Clements
76.37/8 sources
- 19
12 Angry Men
1997 · William Friedkin
76.16/8 sources
- 20
Waiting for Guffman
1997 · Christopher Guest
75.77/8 sources
- 21
The Ice Storm
1997 · Ang Lee
75.67/8 sources
- 22
The Castle
1997 · Rob Sitch
75.46/8 sources
- 23
The Full Monty
1997 · Peter Cattaneo
75.37/8 sources
- 24
Forgotten Silver
1997 · Costa Botes
75.16/8 sources
- 25
Funny Games
1997 · Michael Haneke
74.58/8 sources
- 25
Men in Black
1997 · Barry Sonnenfeld
74.57/8 sources
- 27
Grosse Pointe Blank
1997 · George Armitage
74.37/8 sources
- 28
Career Girls
1997 · Mike Leigh
74.17/8 sources
- 28
Jackie Brown
1997 · Quentin Tarantino
74.17/8 sources
- 30
Gattaca
1997 · Andrew Niccol
73.87/8 sources
- 31
As Good as It Gets
1997 · James L. Brooks
73.77/8 sources
- 31
Wag the Dog
1997 · Barry Levinson
73.77/8 sources
- 31
Live Flesh
1997 · Pedro Almodóvar
73.77/8 sources
- 34
The Spanish Prisoner
1997 · David Mamet
73.37/8 sources
- 34
Kundun
1997 · Martin Scorsese
73.36/8 sources
- 36
Contact
1997 · Robert Zemeckis
73.07/8 sources
- 37
Breakdown
1997 · Jonathan Mostow
72.87/8 sources
- 38
Hard Eight
1997 · Paul Thomas Anderson
72.68/8 sources
- 38
The Boxer
1997 · Jim Sheridan
72.67/8 sources
- 38
The Game
1997 · David Fincher
72.68/8 sources
- 41
Anastasia
1997 · Don Bluth
72.08/8 sources
- 42
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Woody Allen
71.77/8 sources
- 43
The Rainmaker
1997 · Francis Ford Coppola
71.37/8 sources
- 44
Chasing Amy
1997 · Kevin Smith
71.27/8 sources
- 45
On Guard
1997 · Philippe de Broca
71.16/8 sources
- 46
Lost Highway
1997 · David Lynch
70.07/8 sources
- 47
Amistad
1997 · Steven Spielberg
69.67/8 sources
- 48
Liar Liar
1997 · Tom Shadyac
69.37/8 sources
- 49
The Fifth Element
1997 · Luc Besson
69.28/8 sources
- 50
Gridlock'd
1997 · Vondie Curtis-Hall
68.96/8 sources
- 51
Selena
1997 · Gregory Nava
68.87/8 sources
- 52
Starship Troopers
1997 · Paul Verhoeven
68.78/8 sources
- 53
The Devil's Advocate
1997 · Taylor Hackford
68.68/8 sources
- 54
Cop Land
1997 · James Mangold
68.47/8 sources
- 55
In & Out
1997 · Frank Oz
67.87/8 sources
- 56
Wilde
1997 · Brian Gilbert
67.76/8 sources
- 57
Private Parts
1997 · Betty Thomas
67.37/8 sources
- 58
The Edge
1997 · Lee Tamahori
67.27/8 sources
- 59
SubUrbia
1997 · Richard Linklater
66.56/8 sources
- 59
Dance with the Devil
1997 · Álex de la Iglesia
66.56/8 sources
- 61
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 · Sidney Lumet
66.37/8 sources
- 62
Air Force One
1997 · Wolfgang Petersen
66.17/8 sources
- 63
Dobermann
1997 · Jan Kounen
65.97/8 sources
- 64
Seven Years in Tibet
1997 · Jean-Jacques Annaud
65.77/8 sources
- 65
Scream 2
1997 · Wes Craven
65.27/8 sources
- 66
The Borrowers
1997 · Peter Hewitt
64.36/8 sources
- 67
Gummo
1997 · Harmony Korine
64.28/8 sources
- 67
Year of the Horse
1997 · Jim Jarmusch
64.26/8 sources
- 69
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 · Clint Eastwood
64.08/8 sources
- 70
Lolita
1997 · Adrian Lyne
63.77/8 sources
- 71
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997 · David Mirkin
63.46/8 sources
- 72
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · P.J. Hogan
63.27/8 sources
- 73
Prefontaine
1997 · Steve James
63.16/8 sources
- 74
Con Air
1997 · Simon West
63.07/8 sources
- 75
Fever Pitch
1997 · David Evans
62.87/8 sources
- 75
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Steven Spielberg
62.87/8 sources
- 77
U Turn
1997 · Oliver Stone
62.37/8 sources
- 78
Absolute Power
1997 · Clint Eastwood
62.18/8 sources
- 79
Fierce Creatures
1997 · Robert Young
61.37/8 sources
- 80
Conspiracy Theory
1997 · Richard Donner
60.97/8 sources
- 81
G.I. Jane
1997 · Ridley Scott
60.77/8 sources
- 82
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · Jon Amiel
60.66/8 sources
- 82
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 · Roger Spottiswoode
60.67/8 sources
- 84
Mr. Nice Guy
1997 · Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
60.47/8 sources
- 85
MouseHunt
1997 · Gore Verbinski
60.37/8 sources
- 86
Alien Resurrection
1997 · Jean-Pierre Jeunet
59.68/8 sources
- 87
Hoodlum
1997 · Bill Duke
59.57/8 sources
- 88
Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro
59.47/8 sources
- 88
Nothing to Lose
1997 · Steve Oedekerk
59.46/8 sources
- 90
Bean
1997 · Mel Smith
59.27/8 sources
- 91
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997 · Jay Roach
59.16/8 sources
- 92
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1997 · Karl Geurs
59.06/8 sources
- 93
Inventing the Abbotts
1997 · Pat O'Connor
58.27/8 sources
- 93
Smilla's Sense of Snow
1997 · Bille August
58.27/8 sources
- 95
Suicide Kings
1997 · Peter O'Fallon
57.98/8 sources
- 96
Nowhere
1997 · Gregg Araki
57.76/8 sources
- 97
Kiss the Girls
1997 · Gary Fleder
57.57/8 sources
- 98
One Eight Seven
1997 · Kevin Reynolds
57.07/8 sources
- 99
A Life Less Ordinary
1997 · Danny Boyle
56.77/8 sources
- 100
Event Horizon
1997 · Paul W. S. Anderson
56.57/8 sources