1997 Top Ten List
By IMDb date: first public screening
- 95/100
- Hana-bi (Takeshi Kitano, 1997)
- 92/100
- The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997)
- 92/100
- Kundun (Martin Scorsese, 1997)
- 91/100
- Face/Off (John Woo, 1997)
- 90/100
- L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
- 90/100
- Nil by Mouth (Gary Oldman, 1997)
- 89/100
- Breakdown (Jonathan Mostow, 1997)
- 88/100
- Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997)
- 78/100
- The Game (David Fincher, 1997)
- 77/100
- The Butcher Boy (Neil Jordan, 1997)
1997 U.S. Releases by Grade
- 94/100
- La promesse (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1996)
- 92/100
- Kundun (Martin Scorsese, 1997)
- 92/100
- The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997)
- 91/100
- Face/Off (John Woo, 1997)
- 90/100
- L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
- 89/100
- Breakdown (Jonathan Mostow, 1997)
- 88/100
- Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997)
- 82/100
- Conspirators of Pleasure (Jan Svankmajer, 1996)
- 80/100
- Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
- 78/100
- The Game (David Fincher, 1997)
- 60/100
- Lisbon Story (Wim Wenders, 1994)
- 53/100
- Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
- 38/100
- My Best Friend’s Wedding (P.J. Hogan, 1997)
1997 U.S. Releases by Title
- 89/100
- Breakdown (Jonathan Mostow, 1997)
- 82/100
- Conspirators of Pleasure (Jan Svankmajer, 1996)
- 80/100
- Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
- 91/100
- Face/Off (John Woo, 1997)
- 78/100
- The Game (David Fincher, 1997)
- 88/100
- Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997)
- 92/100
- Kundun (Martin Scorsese, 1997)
- 90/100
- L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)
- 60/100
- Lisbon Story (Wim Wenders, 1994)
- 38/100
- My Best Friend’s Wedding (P.J. Hogan, 1997)
- 94/100
- La promesse (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1996)
- 92/100
- The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997)
- 53/100
- Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)