Category:1997, Top Films

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Ranking

My Picks

-- #7. Life Is Beautiful -- #28. Children of Heaven -- #34. As Good as It Gets -- #45. Hercules -- #50+. The Full Monty -- #50+. Ma vie en rose -- #50+ A Call to Remember -- #50+. Dante's Peak -- #50+. Jungle 2 Jungle -- #50+. Ovosodo -- #50+. The Thief -- #50+. The Long Way Home [Best Doc]

Limbo

-- #1. Princess Mononoke (Miyazaki) -- #12. Titanic (Cameron) <Best Picture & Director> -- #50+. The Island on Bird Street (Kragh-Jacobsen)

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1997

-- #7. Life Is Beautiful -- #28. Children of Heaven -- #34. As Good as It Gets -- #45. Hercules

-- #1. Princess Mononoke -- #2. Boogie Nights -- #5. L.A. Confidential -- #8. Good Will Hunting -- #12. Titanic -- #13. Taste of Cherry -- #18. Deconstructing Harry -- #23. Donnie Brasco

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- #1. L.A. Confidential -- #2. Titanic -- #3. Boogie Nights -- #4. The Sweet Hereafter -- #5. The Full Monty -- #6. The Ice Storm -- #7. The Wings of the Dove -- #8. Ulee's Gold -- #9. As Good As It Gets -- #10. Donnie Brasco

-- #11. In the Company of Men -- #12. Chasing Amy -- #13. Amistad -- #14. Face/Off -- #15. Good Will Hunting -- #16. The Apostle -- #17. Wag The Dog -- #18. Contact -- #19. Ponette -- #20. Eve's Bayou -- #21. Shall We Dance? -- #22. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control -- #23. Waiting For Guffman -- #24. Jackie Brown -- #25. Men in Black -- #26. Deconstructing Harry -- #27. Grosse Point Blank -- #28. Mrs Brown -- #29. Happy Together -- #30. Kundun

Golden Globe, Best Films

-- As Good as It Gets -- 'Ma vie en rose (Belgium) -- Titanic

National Board of Review

-- #34. As Good as It Gets -- #50+. The Full Monty

-- L.A. Confidential -- The Wings of the Dove -- Good Will Hunting -- Titanic -- The Sweet Hereafter -- Boogie Nights -- The Rainmaker -- Jackie Brown

NYT, Best Films

-- Donnie Brasco -- L.A. Confidential -- The Sweet Hereafter -- Taste of Cherry -- The Butcher Boy -- Fast, Cheap & Out of Control -- #50+. The Full Monty -- Affliction -- The Apostle -- Henry Fool -- Boogie Nights

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Happy Together -- Lost Highway -- Taste of Cherry -- Boogie Nights -- Hana-Bi -- Titanic -- Gummo -- Funny Games -- Mother and Son -- L.A. Confidential -- The River -- Starship Troopers -- The Sweet Hereafter -- Princess Mononoke

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #7. Life Is Beautiful -- #28. Children of Heaven

-- #1. Princess Mononoke -- Happy Together -- Lost Highway -- Taste of Cherry -- Boogie Nights -- Titanic -- L.A. Confidential -- The Sweet Hereafter -- Jackie Brown -- Perfect Blue -- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion -- Fireworks -- Good Will Hunting

Film101, Best Films

-- #7. Life Is Beautiful -- #34. As Good as It Gets -- #50+. The Full Monty

-- L.A. Confidential -- Titanic -- Boogie Nights -- The Sweet Hereafter -- Taste of Cherry -- The Butcher Boy -- Donnie Brasco

ChildActors, Best Films

-- A Call to Remember -- Dante's Peak -- The Full Monty (UK) -- Jungle 2 Jungle -- #7. Life Is Beautiful (Italy) -- #28. Children of Heaven (Iran) -- Ovosodo (Italy) -- The Thief (Russia) -- Ma vie en rose (Belgium)

-- The Butcher Boy (Ireland)

-- ...First Do No Harm (1997) USA Review Buy -- Air Bud (1997) Canada Gallery Review Buy -- Angels in the Endzone (1997) USA Review Buy -- Any Place But Home (1997) USA Review -- Ardena (1997) Italy -- Awayday (1997) UK -- Baby Rex - Der kleine Kommissar (1997) Germany -- The Borrowers (1997) USA Review Buy -- Boys Will Be Boys (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- C'est pour la bonne cause! / For a Good Cause! France -- Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) USA Review Buy -- The Christmas List (1997) Canada Gallery Review -- A Christmas Memory (1997) USA Review Buy -- El Color de las nubes / The Color of the Clouds Spain Gallery Review -- DNA (1997) USA Gallery Review -- Dog's Best Friend (1997) USA Review -- The Education Of Little Tree (1997) Canada Review Buy -- The Elf Who Didn't Believe (1997) USA Review -- L'enfant perdu (1997) France Review -- Family Plan (1997) USA Review Buy -- Flash (1997) USA Review -- Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) USA Review Buy -- Frost (1997) Germany -- The Full Monty (1997) UK Review Buy -- Funny Games (1997) Austria Review Buy -- Great Expectations (1997) USA -- Gummo (1997) USA Review Buy -- Hannibal & Jerry (1997) Denmark -- Henry Fool (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Home Alone 3 (1997) USA Review Buy -- In His Father's Shoes (1997) USA Review Buy -- The Incredible Genie (1997) USA Review Buy -- The Island on Bird Street (1997) Denmark UK Gallery Review Buy -- Jag är din krigare / Nature's Warrior Sweden Gallery Review -- Joey (1997) Australia Review -- Journey of the Heart (1997) USA Gallery Review -- Kalle Blomkvist och Rasmus (1997) Sweden Review -- Kayla (1997) Canada Review Buy -- Keeping the Promise / The Sign of the Beaver Canada Review Buy -- Kickboxing Academy (1997) USA Buy -- Kundun (1997) USA Review Buy -- Leave It to Beaver (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997) USA Review -- Liar Liar (1997) USA Review Buy -- Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan (1997) Sweden Gallery Review -- Little Bigfoot (1997) USA Review -- Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home (1997) USA Review Buy -- Little Ghost (1997) USA Review Buy -- Little Men (1997) Canada Review Buy -- Lloyd (1997) USA -- Mendel (1997) Norway Review -- The Midas Touch (1997) USA Review Buy -- Mon copain Rachid (1997) France Review -- Mr. Atlas (1997) USA Review Buy -- My Magic Dog (1997) USA Review Buy -- My Teacher Ate My Homework (1997) Canada Review Buy -- Mystery Monsters (1997) USA Review -- Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs (1997) Canada Review -- Northern Lights (1997) Canada USA Review -- Ogginoggen (1997) Denmark -- Oliver Twist (1997) USA Review Buy -- Other Voices, Other Rooms (1997) USA Review Buy -- Owd Bob (1997) Canada Review Buy -- Ørnens øje / Eye of the Eagle Denmark Review -- Pajarico (1997) Spain Gallery Review Buy -- Paws (1997) Australia Review -- Pit Pony (1997) Canada Review Buy -- Possum (1997) New Zealand Review -- Puppies for Sale (1997) USA Review -- The Ride (1997) USA Review Buy -- Rupert Patterson Wants to be a Super Hero (1997) USA Review Buy -- Santo Stefano (1997) Italy -- Savršeni krug / The Perfect Circle Bosnia Gallery Review Buy -- The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997) USA -- Secretos del corazón / Secrets of the Heart Spain Gallery Review Buy -- Seven Years in Tibet (1997) USA Review Buy -- Shadow Builder (1997) Canada Gallery Review Buy -- The Shadow Men (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Shiloh (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Den Sidste Viking /The Last Viking Denmark Review -- A Simple Wish (1997) USA Review Buy -- Slappy and the Stinkers (1997) USA Review Buy -- Soul Food (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Star Kid (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Telling Lies in America (1997) USA Review Buy -- Thornapple (1997) UK Gallery -- Toothless (1997) USA Review Buy -- Under Wraps (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Vilko dantu karoliai / A Wolf Tooth Necklace Lithuania Review -- La Ville dont le prince est un enfant / The Fire That Burns France Review Buy -- Warriors of Virtue (1997) USA Gallery Review Buy -- Whiskers (1997) Canada Gallery Review -- Wild America (1997) USA Review Buy -- Zeus and Roxanne (1997) USA