21. The Ice Storm
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Henry Czerny, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood
Plot: Change is coming to a 1973 suburban Connecticut neighborhood. Drugs, alcohol and casual sex begin to affect the lives of several middle-class familites.
22. Hard Eight
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, F. William Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: A tale of love, revenge and redemption, set against the seedy casinos of Reno, Nevada.
23. Grosse Point Blank
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Armitage
Actors: John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria
Plot: Martin Blank is a hit man with some unresolved emotional problems. Blank gets invited to his high school reunion, which he has no intention of attending until he gets hired for a job back in Grosse Point. When he gets back he has to deal with the girl he left on prom night, as well as, his hit.
24. Devil's Advocate
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen
Plot: A new hotshot lawyer gets the opportunity of a lifetime to relocate and join a prestigious law firm. The price he pays is more than he bargains for.
25. Lost Highway
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Richard Pryor, Henry Rollins, Gary Busey
Plot: A man with Dissociative Fugue disorder is accused of murder. He wouldn't kill the one he loves, would he?
26. Washington Square
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Maggie Smith, Ben Chaplin, Judith Ivey, Jennifer Garner
Plot: A woman believes she has found the man of her dreams - her father isn't so sure, thinking the man is only after her money. With her inheritance on the line, she is willing to give it all up for love... but will her would-be husband agree?
27. Supermarket Woman ( Sûpâ no onna )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juzo Itami
Actors: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Noborou Yano, Shirô Itô, Ryunosuke Kaneda, Naomasa Rokudaira
28. Nowhere
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregg Araki
Actors: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Debi Mazar, Christina Applegate, Ryan Phillippe
29. The Full Monty
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Actors: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber
Plot: Unemployed and broke, Gaz needs to find a way to pay child support so his ex-wife will let him see his son. Gaz cooks up a scheme with some other out-of-work and down-on-their-luck guys to raise money by stripping. Untalented and very average-looking, these guys make for an unlikely Chippendale troop.
30. Con Air
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Simon West
Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Nick Chinlund, Steve Buscemi
Plot: The Jailbird is transporting the nation's worst criminals to a new maximum security prison. When they revolt, it's up to an army ranger and a trusting FBI agent to stop them from pulling off their plan.
