1997 English-language films

Titanic is a 1997 American epic historical romance film written and directed by James Cameron. Incorporating both historical and fictional aspects, it is based on accounts of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star as members of different social classes who fall in love during the ship's ill-fated maiden voyage. The ensemble cast includes Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, David Warner and Bill Paxton.

1997 film by Roberto Benigni

1997 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

1997 film by Gus Van Sant

1997 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1997 science fiction film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

1997 film directed by Luc Besson

1997 animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

1997 film directed by James L. Brooks

1997 film by Robert Zemeckis

1997 film directed by Curtis Hanson

1997 film directed by Taylor Hackford

1997 film directed by Quentin Tarantino

Gattaca is a 1997 American dystopian science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol in his feature directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles. The film presents a future society driven by eugenics where children are conceived through genetic selection to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. The principal character, Vincent Freeman, played by Hawke, was conceived outside the eugenics program and struggles to overcome genetic discrimination to

1997 film directed by Joel Schumacher

1997 film directed by Tom Shadyac

1997 film by Barry Levinson

1997 film by Jean-Jacques Annaud

1997 film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Face/Off is a 1997 American science fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo, from a screenplay by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. It stars John Travolta as an FBI agent and Nicolas Cage as a terrorist, who undergo an experimental surgery to swap their faces and identities. The film co-stars Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, and Alessandro Nivola in his film debut, and features Dominique Swain in her film debut, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, CCH Pounder, and Thomas Jane in supporting roles.

1997 film directed by Raja Gosnell

1997 film directed by Wes Craven

1997 film directed by Paul Verhoeven

1997 film directed by Simon West

1997 film directed by Jim Gillespie

1997 film directed by Luis Llosa

1997 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1997 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen

1997 film directed by Peter Cattaneo

1997 film directed by Mel Smith

1997 film by David Lynch

1997 Canadian independent science-fiction horror film by Vincenzo Natali

1997 film by P. J. Hogan

1997 film by Mike Newell

1997 film by Michael Caton-Jones

1997 film by Clint Eastwood

1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

1997 film directed by David Fincher

1997 film by Lee Tamahori

1997 film by Jay Roach

1997 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

1997 film directed by Kevin Costner

1997 film by Adrian Lyne

1997 film by Roger Donaldson

1997 film by Mark Dindal

1997 film directed by Alan J. Pakula

1997 film directed by Kevin Smith

1997 film by Woody Allen

1997 film directed by Mimi Leder

1997 film by Ridley Scott

1997 film by Francis Ford Coppola

1997 film directed by Sam Weisman

1997 film by Richard Donner

1997 film by Gary Fleder

1997 film directed by Jan de Bont

1997 film by Bernard Rose

Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso (known also as Kundun), the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet. A grandnephew of the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, stars as the adult Dalai Lama, while the Dalai Lama's niece Tencho Gyalpo appears as his mother.

1997 American animated film directed by Andy Knight

1997 film by Gore Verbinski

1997 film by James Mangold