First Love: The Litter on the Breeze (1997)
Faced with the task of creating a film about first love for his producer Wong Kar-wai, Kot ruminates on his creative process, his rejected ideas, and finally his two chosen…
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
The Christmas List (1997)
Perfume saleslady Melody Parris feels like her life is in neutral. Her stick-in-the mud boyfriend won’t commit and she gets passed over for a promotion at the store where she…
The Love Bug (1997)
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon,…
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
In 1945, a young boy arrives in a small Georgia town on a bus from which his mother was abducted and murdered. Alone he sits quietly and everyone becomes convinced…
Dream with the Fishes (1997)
Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.
Unmarried Couples: A Comedy That Will Break You Up (1997)
Marie and David are always arguing while their friends Sara and Samuel always seem to be happy together. Or are they? This year they decide to spend Christmas in the…
Spaceman (1997)
A 4-year-old boy is abducted by aliens and raised on a distant planet to be an unstoppable killing machine only to crash land on Earth.
Ballermann 6 (1997)
The Bet (1997)
Forgotten Silver (1997)
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Dinner at Fred’s (1997)
A young businessman with a skill for magic tricks breaks down en route to his fiancee’s parents’ house on Christmas and ends up spending the holiday with a very different…
Sparkler (1997)
Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is told to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and when she meets three guys – Trent, Brad and Joel traveling…
Soul Food (1997)
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe’s (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to…
Pervirella (1997)
This is the story of the beautiful young Pervirella. Set in the mythical English land of Condon, the grotesque, power-mad Queen Victoria builds a wall around the country and establishes…
The Necro Files (1997)
A cannibalistic rapist rises from the grave as a flesh-eating zombie sex maniac! Two Seattle cops, a satanic cult and a flying demon fetus try to stop the lust-crazed ghoul…
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a…
Julian Po (1997)
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he’s up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in…
Metroland (1997)
In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unexpected visit from his free-spirited friend Toni, a reunion that reminds…
Leave It to Beaver (1997)
The Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio – wise father Ward, loving mother June, teenage son Wally, and 8-year-old Theodore, better known as ‘Beaver’. Beaver hopes to get…
Marquise (1997)
Marquise is a drama about the rise and fall of a beauteous actress. As cheerfully portrayed by Sophie Marceau, the eponymous heroine is an engagingly ribald, but perhaps rather too…
Star Maps (1997)
Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of…
Ernest Goes to Africa (1997)
The title says it all. There’s a mix up involving stolen diamonds which Ernest has (naturally) made into a yo-yo and given to his would be girlfriend, Rene. But Rene…
Bimbo Movie Bash (1997)
This movie is a great compilation of the very silliest clips from some of the most awful “bimbo movies” of the past twenty years. It is laughably cheap. The only…
Airbag (1997)
Mommy’s boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner…
Caught in the Act (1997)
Lucinda goes on a trip away with her two friends Katherine and Amanda and convinces them to join her on form a variety act in order to impress her childhood…
Trial and Error (1997)
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use the newspapers, magazines and television stations they own to destroy each other’s reputations.
Sprung (1997)
Two pairs of best friends – Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her into…
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off (1997)
A direct-to-video feature film, Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off, was released in 1997. It comprises three episodes of the animated series edited into one continuous movie: The First…
White Lies (1997)
A museum worker pretends to be an artist in order to impress women. When an attractive assistant director of a SoHo art gallery overhears him, she offers to exhibit his…