List of American films of 1997
A list of American films released in 1997.
Titanic became the highest-grossing film of all time to that point, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest-grossing
| 1997 Rank |
Title | Studio | Box Office Gross | |||
| Total Int.l | U.S./Canada | |||||
| 1. | Titanic | Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox | $1,835,300,000 | $600,788,188 | ||
| 2. | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal Pictures | $615,100,000 | $229,086,679 | ||
| 3. | Men in Black | Columbia Pictures | $576,747,615 | $250,690,539 | ||
| 4. | Tomorrow Never Dies | MGM/United Artists | $346,632,007 | $125,304,276 | ||
| 5. | As Good as It Gets | Sony Pictures | $314,178,011 | $148,478,011 | ||
| 6. | Air Force One | Columbia Pictures/Buena Vista International | $302,888,056 | $172,956,409 | ||
| 7. | Liar Liar | Universal Pictures | $302,710,615 | $181,410,615 | ||
| 8. | My Best Friend's Wedding | Sony Pictures | $299,288,605 | $127,120,029 | ||
| 9. | The Fifth Element | Columbia Pictures | $249,340,020 | $63,820,180 | ||
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| The Edge | Lee Tamahori | Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Harold Perrineau, Elle MacPherson | Thriller | script by David Mamet |
| Eight Days a Week | Michael Davis | Keri Russell | Comedy | |
| Elevated | Vincenzo Natali | Short subject | 17 minutes | |
| Elvis Meets Nixon | Allan Arkush | Rick Peters, Bob Gunton | Comedy | Made-for-TV |
| The End of Violence | Wim Wenders | Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne | Drama | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Ernest Goes to Africa | John R. Cherry III | Jim Varney | Comedy | Direct-to-video |
| Eve's Bayou | Kasi Lemmons | Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield | Drama | |
| Event Horizon | Paul W. S. Anderson | Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee | Science fiction | Paramount |
| The Ex | Mark L. Lester | Yancy Butler, Suzy Amis | Suspense | direct-to-video |
| Excess Baggage | Marco Brambilla | Alicia Silverstone, Benicio del Toro, Christopher Walken, Harry Connick, Jr. | Comedy | |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Keeping the Promise | Heldon Larry | Keith Carradine, Annette O'Toole | Family, Drama | made-for-TV |
| Keys to Tulsa | Leslie Greif | James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Mary Tyler Moore | Drama | Gramercy Pictures |
| Kiss the Girls | Gary Fleder | Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd | Crime, Thriller | based on James Patterson novel |
| Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Thomas Jahn | Rutger Hauer | ||
| Kull the Conqueror | John Nicolella | Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith, Litefoot, Harvey Fierstein | Fantasy | Universal |
| Kundun | Martin Scorsese | Biography | Dalai Lama | |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Nevada | Gary Tieche | Amy Brenneman, Kirstie Alley, Gabrielle Anwar | Drama | |
| Niagara, Niagara | Bob Gosse | Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, Stephen Lang | Drama | Venice film fest award for Tunney |
| Night Falls on Manhattan | Sidney Lumet | Andy García, Richard Dreyfuss, Lena Olin, Ian Holm, Ron Leibman, James Gandolfini | Crime drama | based on Robert Daley novel |
| The Night Flier | Mark Pavia | Miguel Ferrer | Horror | |
| Night of the Demons 3 | Horror | |||
| Nightwatch | Ole Bornedahl | Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte | Thriller | remake of Nattevagten |
| Northern Lights | Linda Yellen | Diane Keaton | Family | First Disney Channel film |
| Nothing to Lose | Steve Oedekerk | Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, Kelly Preston | Comedy | Touchstone Pictures |
| Nowhere | Greg Araki | Drama | ||
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Quicksilver Highway | Mick Garris | Christopher Lloyd | Drama | Direct to video, TV |
| Quiet Days in Hollywood | Josef Rusnak | Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe, Natasha Gregson Wagner | Drama | aka The Way We Are |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| U Turn | Oliver Stone | Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Jon Voight, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton | Thriller, Comedy | TriStar |
| Ulee's Gold | Victor Nuñez | Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson | Drama | Golden Globe for Fonda |
| Under Wraps | Adam Wylie, Ed Lauter | Family | Disney Channel | |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Vampire Journals | Horror | Direct to video | ||
| Vanishing Point | Charles Carner | Viggo Mortensen, Jason Priestley, Keith David | Action | TV remake of 1971 film |
| Vegas Vacation | Stephen Kessler | Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols | Comedy | Fourth of series |
| Velocity Trap | Phillip J. Roth | Olivier Gruner, Craig Wasson | Action | made-for-TV |
| Volcano | Mick Jackson | Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Keith David | Disaster | 20th Century Fox |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Year of the Horse | Jim Jarmusch | Documentary | Neil Young concert tour | |
| Young Thugs: Innocent Blood | ||||
| Young and Dangerous 4 | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan | Triad | British Hong Kong |
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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Zeus and Roxanne | George Miller | Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan | Family | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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