1997 in film

none 1997 film radio television music The year 1997 in film involved many major film events. Major releases this year included Titanic, The Full Monty, Gattaca, Liar Liar, Donnie Brasco, Good Will Hunting, Boogie Nights, L.A. Confidential, The Fifth Element, Nil by Mouth, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks. Highest-grossing films Lists of box office number-one films#1997 The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows:https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1997/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 1997 Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo IMDb March 7, 2020 + Highest-grossing films of 1997RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross (USD) 1 Titanic Paramount / 20th Century Fox $1,843,201,268nb reissue Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.Titanic (1997) Box Office Mojo https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanic.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120321035129/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=titanic.htm March 21, 2012 2 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Universal $618,638,999 3 Men in Black Sony / Columbia $589,390,539 4 Tomorrow Never Dies MGM / UIP $333,011,068 5 Air Force One Sony / Columbia / Buena Vista $315,156,409 6 As Good as It Gets Sony / TriStar $314,178,011 7 Liar Liar Universal $302,710,615 8 My Best Friend's Wedding Sony / TriStar $299,288,605 9 The Fifth Element Sony / Columbia / Gaumont $263,920,180 10 The Full Monty Fox Searchlight $257,938,649 nb Box office records Titanic became the first film in history to pass 1 billion no at the box office on March 1, 1998. Titanic held the record for the highest-grossing film of all time for 12 years until it was surpassed by Avatar (also directed by James Cameron) on January 25, 2010. The Jurassic Park franchise became the sixth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of The Lost World: Jurassic Park.The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0119567/ Box Office Mojo May 27, 2021 May 9, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210509142814/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0119567/ live Sony Pictures became the year's highest-grossing distributor in the United States and Canada, with 1.3 billion no in domestic gross. It was the first time Sony Pictures topped the domestic box office, after Disney was the top-grossing domestic distributor for the previous three years.McNary Dave Sony's slew of hit movies exterminates Disney out of top spot https://www.newspapers.com/image/647161488/ 16 April 2022 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 10 Newspapers.com 31 December 1997 subscription Events January-March – The Star Wars Special Editions, a theatrical anniversary edition of the original Star Wars trilogy, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, are released. May 9 – The Fifth Element is released, becoming a global box office success. It will go on to become the top-grossing French film of all time, a record it will hold for 14 years until the release of The Intouchables in 2011. May 23 – The Lost World: Jurassic Park is released by Universal Pictures and scores the biggest opening weekend of all time, grossing a total of $90.1 million. July 2 – Men in Black is released by Columbia Pictures, thus launching the Men in Black trilogy. September 26 – DreamWorks Pictures' first film, The Peacemaker, is released. December 19 – James Cameron's epic historical romance film Titanic, which would later go on to be the first film to gross $1 billion at the worldwide box office, opens in theaters. Academy Awards Golden Globe Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس, fa Ta'm-e gilass), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France The Eel (うなぎ, ja Unagi), directed by Shohei Imamura, Japan Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Hana-bi (Fireworks), directed by Takeshi Kitano, Japan Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): The People vs. Larry Flynt, directed by Miloš Forman, Canada / United States People's Choice Award (Toronto International Film Festival): The Hanging Garden, directed by Thom Fitzgerald, Canada Award ceremonies 2nd Empire Awards 24th Saturn Awards Awards Category/Organization 55th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 18, 1998 3rd Critics' Choice AwardsJanuary 20, 1998 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 70th Academy AwardsMarch 23, 1998 51st BAFTA AwardsApril 18, 1998 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film Titanic As Good as It Gets L.A. Confidential Titanic The Full Monty Best Director James CameronTitanic Baz LuhrmannRomeo + Juliet Best Actor Peter FondaUlee's Gold Jack NicholsonAs Good as It Gets Robert CarlyleThe Full Monty Best Actress Judi DenchMrs Brown Helen HuntAs Good as It Gets Helena Bonham CarterThe Wings of the Dove Helen HuntAs Good as It Gets Judi DenchMrs Brown Best Supporting Actor Burt ReynoldsBoogie Nights Anthony HopkinsAmistad Robin Williams Good Will Hunting Tom WilkinsonThe Full Monty Best Supporting Actress Kim BasingerL.A. Confidential Joan CusackIn & Out Kim BasingerL.A. ConfidentialGloria StuartTitanic Kim BasingerL.A. Confidential Sigourney WeaverThe Ice Storm Best Screenplay, Adapted Good Will HuntingBen Affleck and Matt Damon L.A. ConfidentialBrian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson Romeo + JulietBaz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce Best Screenplay, Original Good Will HuntingBen Affleck and Matt Damon Mark Andrus and James L. BrooksAs Good As It Gets Good Will HuntingBen Affleck and Matt Damon Nil by MouthGary Oldman Best Original Score TitanicJames Horner N/AN/A TitanicJames Horner Romeo + JulietNellee Hooper Best Original Song "My Heart Will Go On"Titanic N/AN/A "My Heart Will Go On"Titanic N/A Best Foreign Language Film My Life in Pink Shall We Dance? N/A Character Ridicule 1997 films By country/region List of American films of 1997 List of Argentine films of 1997 List of Australian films of 1997 List of Bangladeshi films of 1997 List of British films of 1997 List of Canadian films of 1997 List of French films of 1997 List of Hong Kong films of 1997 List of Indian films of 1997 List of Hindi films of 1997 List of Kannada films of 1997 List of Malayalam films of 1997 List of Marathi films of 1997 List of Tamil films of 1997 List of Telugu films of 1997 List of Japanese films of 1997 List of Mexican films of 1997 List of Pakistani films of 1997 List of Russian films of 1997 List of South Korean films of 1997 List of Spanish films of 1997 By genre/medium List of action films of 1997 List of animated feature films of 1997 List of avant-garde films of 1997 List of crime films of 1997 List of comedy films of 1997 List of drama films of 1997 List of horror films of 1997 List of science fiction films of 1997 List of thriller films of 1997 List of western films of 1997 Births January 2 – Melis Sezen, Turkish actress January 17 – Jake Paul, American YouTuber, actor and boxer January 21 – Jeremy Shada, American actor and musician January 24 Jonah Bobo, American actor Dylan Riley Snyder, American actor February 2 – Ellie Bamber, English actress February 8 Kathryn Newton, American actress Quintessa Swindell, American actor February 10 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress February 12 – Shane Baumel, American former teen actor February 14 – Madison Iseman, American actress February 23 – Pallavi Dey, Indian actress (d. 2022) February 25 – Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress March 2 – Becky G, American singer and actress March 3 – Camila Cabello, Cuban singer and actress March 6 – Alisha Boe, Norwegian-American actress March 9 – Niamh Wilson, Canadian actress March 10 – Madeleine Arthur, Canadian actress March 18 – Ciara Bravo, American actress March 28 – Annabelle Davis, English actress April 1 – Asa Butterfield, English actor April 5 – Henry Hunter Hall, American actor April 15 Toheeb Jimoh, English actor Maisie Williams, English actress April 19 - Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Canadian actress and singer April 23 – Alex Ferris, Canadian actor April 25 – Tony Poljan, American Football Player April 26 – Amber Midthunder, American actress May 2 – Perla Haney-Jardine, Brazilian-American actress May 11 – Lana Condor, American actress May 12 – Odeya Rush, Israeli actress May 24 - Aysha Joy Samuel, German actress May 30 Zoe Renee, American actress Jake Short, American actor June 3 – Alison Oliver, Irish actress June 13 – Theodore Pellerin, Canadian actor June 16 – Camila Morrone, American model and actress June 17 – KJ Apa, New Zealand actor June 18 – Max Records, American actor June 19 – Molly Windsor, English actress June 21 – Sam Buchanan, English actor June 26 – Jacob Elordi, Australian actor July 13 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist July 18 – Fionn Whitehead, British actor July 19 – Amita Suman, Nepali-British actress July 22 – Field Cate, American actor July 23 – Chloé Hayden, Australian actress August 5 Olivia Holt, American actress and singer Adam Irigoyen, American actor August 13 – Yeo Jin-goo, South Korean actor August 18 – Josephine Langford, Australian actress August 25 Holly Gibbs, English child actress Bryana Salaz, American actress and singer August 28 – Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress August 30 – Dana Gaier, American actress September 7 – Dean-Charles Chapman, English actor September 9 – Tallulah Haddon, British actress September 11 – Michelle Randolph, American actress September 12 – Sydney Sweeney, American actress September 16 – Elena Kampouris, American actress September 19 – Jayme Lawson, American actress September 30 – Havana Rose Liu, American actress, model, dancer, activist and designer October 6 – Honor Swinton Byrne, British actress October 7 – Kira Kosarin, American actress October 8 – Bella Thorne, American actress October 10 – Grace Rolek, American actress and voice actress October 20 – John Bell, Scottish actor October 23 – Zach Callison, American actor and voice actor October 26 – Rhenzy Feliz, American actor and singer October 28 – Sierra McCormick, American actress November 1 Max Burkholder, American actor Alex Wolff, American actor and musician November 6 – Hero Fiennes Tiffin, English actor, model and producer November 8 – Dominique Thorne, American actress November 13 – Brent and Shane Kinsman, American twin child actors November 18 – Noah Ringer, American actor November 26 Aubrey Joseph, American actor and rapper Luka Sabbat, American actor and model December 11 Ben Cook, American actor, singer and dancer Taylor Hickson, Canadian actress December 15 – Maude Apatow, American actress December 16 – Spence Moore II, American actor December 27 – Vachirawit Chivaaree "Bright", Thai actor December 29 – Kiera Allen, American actress Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Joan Rice 66 UK Actress The Steel Key His Majesty O'Keefe 4 Bill Lancaster 49 US Screenwriter The Thing The Bad News Bears 5 Burton Lane 84 US Composer, Lyricist Royal Wedding On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 6 Catherine Scorsese 84 US Actress Goodfellas The Godfather Part III 9 Jesse White 80 US Actor Harvey It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 10 Sheldon Leonard 89 US Actor, Director, Producer It's a Wonderful Life To Have and Have Not 18 Diana Lewis 77 US Actress Go West It's a Gift 19 Adriana Caselotti 80 US Actress Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Wizard of Oz 19 James Dickey 73 US Screenwriter Deliverance 19 Charles Nelson 95 Sweden Film Editor Picnic The Big Heat 21 Marcello Danon 76 Bulgaria Producer, Screenwriter La Cage aux Folles OSS 117 Is Unleashed 21 Polly Ann Young 88 US Actress The Man from Utah The Crimson Trail 23 David Waller 76 UK Actor Lady Jane The Secret Garden 23 Bill Zuckert 81 US Actor Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Hang 'Em High 27 Bill Kennedy 88 US Actor Now, Voyager Mr. Skeffington 27 Richard X. Slattery 71 US Actor The Boston Strangler Herbie Rides Again 31 Eve Lister 83 UK Actress Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street No Limit February 1 Marjorie Reynolds 79 US Actress Gone with the Wind Holiday Inn 4 Robert Clouse 68 US Director Enter the Dragon Ironheart 5 Harry Essex 86 US Screenwriter, Director Creature from the Black Lagoon The Sons of Katie Elder 7 Mary Wills 82 US Costume Designer The Diary of Anne Frank Cape Fear 8 Robert Ridgely 65 US Actor Philadelphia Boogie Nights 11 Barry Evans 53 UK Actor Alfred the Great Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush 11 Don Porter 84 US Actor The Candidate Mame 12 James Cossins 63 UK Actor The Man with the Golden Gun Gandhi 19 Frank Delfino 86 US Actor Planet of the Apes Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 23 Frank Launder 91 UK Screenwriter, Director I See a Dark Stranger Night Train to Munich 23 Oscar Lewenstein 80 UK Producer Tom Jones The Bride Wore Black 25 Scott Forbes 76 UK Actor The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel Operation Pacific 25 Arthur Hewlett 89 UK Actor Man About the House Little Dorrit 26 David Doyle 67 US Actor Capricorn One Loving 26 Wende Wagner 55 US Actress Rosemary's Baby Guns of the Magnificent Seven March 4 Carey Loftin 83 US Stuntman, Actor The Deer Hunter Patton 5 William Roberts 83 US Screenwriter The Magnificent Seven The Last American Hero 8 Alexander Salkind 75 Poland Producer Superman The Three Musketeers 9 Terry Nation 66 UK Screenwriter And Soon the Darkness Dr. Who and the Daleks 13 Ronald Fraser 66 UK Actor The Flight of the Phoenix The Wild Geese 14 Fred Zinnemann 89 Austria Director, Producer From Here to Eternity High Noon 15 Gail Davis 71 US Actress Six Gun Mesa The Far Frontier 16 Leda Gloria 84 Italy Actress Le Petit Monde de Don Camillo Le Retour de Don Camillo 22 John Hoesli 78 UK Art Director The African Queen 2001: A Space Odyssey 29 Ellen Pollock 94 UK Actress Piccadilly Horror Hospital 30 Jack Bernhard 82 US Director Blonde Ice Decoy April 2 Anthony Bushell 92 UK Actor A Night to Remember The Battle of the River Plate 2 Tomoyuki Tanaka 86 Japan Producer Godzilla Kagemusha 4 Mike Raven 72 UK Actor Lust for a Vampire I, Monster 6 Barbara Yu Ling 58 Singapore Actress The Satanic Rites of Dracula Hardware 14 Michael Stroka 58 US Actor King Rat House of Dark Shadows 15 David Dockendorf 73 US Sound Engineer Chinatown Planet of the Apes 16 Roland Topor 59 France Screenwriter, Actor The Tenant Fantastic Planet 20 Jean Louis 89 France Costume Designer The Caine Mutiny A Star Is Born 24 Pat Paulsen 69 Mexico Actor Night Patrol Harper Valley PTA 25 Brian May 62 Australia Composer Mad Max Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 26 John Beal 87 US Actor Alimony My Six Convicts 26 Joey Faye 87 US Actor Top Banana The Tender Trap 26 Neil Robinson 61 US Actor 8½ Samson and Delilah 27 Gabriel Figueroa 90 Mexico Cinematographer Kelly's Heroes The Exterminating Angel 27 Paul Lambert 74 US Actor Planet of the Apes Spartacus 28 Steve Conte 77 Italy Actor The Onion Field The Wild World of Batwoman May 1 Bo Widerberg 66 Sweden Director, Screenwriter Raven's End Elvira Madigan 3 Hughie Green 77 UK Actor, Producer Hills of Home Tom Brown's School Days 4 Alvy Moore 75 US Actor, Producer A Boy and His Dog 5 Against the House 5 Walter Gotell 73 Germany Actor James Bond The Boys from Brazil 6 Jorge Martínez de Hoyos 76 Mexico Actor The Magnificent Seven Cronos 9 Marco Ferreri 68 Italy Director, Screenwriter Dillinger Is Dead La Grande Bouffe 9 Paul Zastupnevich 75 US Costume Designer The Towering Inferno The Poseidon Adventure 10 John P. Austin 90 US Set Decorator Touch of Evil Diamonds Are Forever 11 Catherine McLeod 75 US Actress I've Always Loved You That's My Man 11 Howard Morton 71 US Actor The Mechanic The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 14 Thelma Carpenter 75 US Singer, Actress The Wiz The Cotton Club 15 Bridgette Andersen 21 US Actress Nightmares Savannah Smiles 16 Giuseppe De Santis 80 Italy Director, Screenwriter Bitter Rice Attack and Retreat 20 John Rawlins 94 US Director, Film Editor Dick Tracy's Dilemma Fort Defiance 22 Renzo Montagnani 66 Italy Actor The Date The Trade Unionist 23 Frances E. Nealy 78 US Actress Ghostbusters WarGames 24 Edward Mulhare 74Ireland Actor Von Ryan's Express Out to Sea 28 Sydney Guilaroff 89 US Makeup Artist The Wizard of Oz North by Northwest 29 George Fenneman 77 US Actor The Thing from Another World Ocean's 11 June 14 Marjorie Best 94 US Costume Designer Rio Bravo Giant 14 Richard Jaeckel 70 US Actor The Dirty Dozen Sometimes a Great Notion 16 Elizabeth McBride 42 US Costume Designer Driving Miss Daisy The Shawshank Redemption 17 Maurice Rootes 80 UK Film Editor Jason and the Argonauts First Men in the Moon 19 Olga Georges-Picot 57 France Actress The Day of the Jackal Love and Death 22 Don Henderson 65 UK Actor Star Wars Brazil 23 Rosina Lawrence 84 Canada Actress Way Out West The Great Ziegfeld 24 Brian Keith 75 US Actor The Parent Trap Nevada Smith 25 Jacques Cousteau 87 France Documentarian The Silent World World Without Sun 26 George Bassman 83 US Composer, Orchestrator The Wizard of Oz Gone with the Wind 28 Gary DeVore 69 US Screenwriter The Dogs of War Raw Deal 29 William Hickey 69 US Actor Prizzi's Honor National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation July 1 Robert Mitchum 79 US Actor Cape Fear Out of the Past 2 James Stewart 89 US Actor It's a Wonderful Life Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 9 Carol Forman 79 US Actress The Black Widow The Feathered Serpent 15 Rosamund Greenwood 90 UK Actress Village of the Damned The Witches 16 William Reynolds 87 US Film Editor The Godfather The Sound of Music 17 Gene Warren 80 US Visual Effects Artist The Time Machine Black Sunday 20 Linda Stirling 75 US Actress The Tiger Woman The Mysterious Mr. Valentine 23 David Warbeck 55 New Zealand Actor Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood Duck, You Sucker! 24 Brian Glover 63 UK Actor Alien 3 An American Werewolf in London 27 Isabel Dean 79 UK Actor Oh! What a Lovely War The Passionate Friends 28 Rosalie Crutchley 77 UK Actress Four Weddings and a Funeral The Haunting August 4 Dick Bush 65 UK Cinematographer Tommy Victor Victoria 5 Don Steele 61 US Actor Gremlins Grand Theft Auto 15 Glenn Corbett 74 US Actor Fixed Bayonets! The Violent Years 18 Don Knight 64 UK Actor Swamp Thing The Apple Dumpling Gang 18 Jeep Swenson 40 US Actor Batman & Robin Bulletproof 19 Cathleen Cordell 82 US Actress MASH The Return of the Living Dead 20 Leo Jaffe 88 US Studio Executive 25 Camilla Spira 81 Germany Actor Die Buntkarierten Morgenrot 25 William H. Tuntke 90 Germany Art Director, Production Designer Mary Poppins The Andromeda Strain 27 Sally Blane 87 US Actress I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang The Sheik 27 Dick N. Lucas 77 US Animator The Jungle Book One Hundred and One Dalmatians 27 Brandon Tartikoff 48 US Studio Executive 28 Eve Smith 91 US Actress Romancing the Stone Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 31 Dodi Fayed 42 Egypt Producer Hook Chariots of Fire 31 Will Hare 81 US Actor Back to the Future The Rose September 5 Eddie Little Sky 71 US Actor A Man Called Horse Paint Your Wagon 7 Elisabeth Brooks 46 Canada Actress The Howling Family Plot 8 Helen Shaw 100 US Actress Parenthood Twilight Zone: The Movie 9 Burgess Meredith 89 US Actor Rocky Batman 13 Audrey Fildes 74 UK Actress Kind Hearts and Coronets While I Live 13 Georges Guétary 82 France Actor An American in Paris The Road to Paradise 16 Terence Cooper 64 Ireland Actor No Way Out Casino Royale 16 Gerry Turpin 72 UK Cinematographer The Last of Sheila Séance on a Wet Afternoon 17 Jerry Gershwin 71 US Producer Harper Blood In Blood Out 17 Brian Hall 59 UK Actor The Long Good Friday The Land That Time Forgot 17 Red Skelton 84 US Actor, Comedian DuBarry Was a Lady The Fuller Brush Man 19 Jack May 75 UK Actor The Man Who Would Be King The Bounty 21 Jennifer Holt 76 US Actress Stick to Your Guns Gun Smoke 21 Maurice Kaufmann 70 UK Actor A Shot in the Dark The Abominable Dr. Phibes 26 Dorothy Kingsley 87 US Screenwriter Angels in the Outfield Valley of the Dolls 26 Samuel W. Taylor 90 US Screenwriter The Man with My Face Bait October 3 John Ashley 62 US Actor, Producer Muscle Beach Party Young Dillinger 3 Verna Hillie 83 US Actress The Star Packer The Trail Beyond 3 Jarl Kulle 70 Sweden Actor, Director, Screenwriter Fanny and Alexander Babette's Feast 5 Andrew Keir 71 UK Actor Cleopatra Rob Roy 5 Debbie Linden 36 UK Actress Eat the Rich Bloodbath at the House of Death 9 Arch Johnson 75 US Actor The Sting Niagara 10 Stella Bonheur 92 UK Actress The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Intent to Kill 12 John Denver 53 US Singer, Actor Oh, God! Fire and Ice 13 Joyce Compton 90 US Actress The Best Years of Our Lives Mildred Pierce 14 Hy Averback 76 US Director, Producer, Actor I Love You, Alice B. Toklas Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? 16 Audra Lindley 79 US Actress The Heartbreak Kid Best Friends 17 Ben Welden 96 US Actor The Big Sleep The Roaring Twenties 18 Milt Neil 83 US Animator Fantasia Dumbo 19 Arthur Ibbetson 75 UK Cinematographer Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Where Eagles Dare 20 Ron Tarr 60 UK Actor Willow A View to a Kill 24 Michael Balfour 79 UK Actor Batman Fahrenheit 451 24 Don Messick 71 US Voice Actor Jetsons: The Movie The Transformers: The Movie 28 Paul Jarrico 82 US Screenwriter Tom, Dick and Harry The Girl Most Likely 30 Samuel Fuller 85 US Director, Screenwriter The Big Red One Shock Corridor November 5 Louise Campbell 86 US Actress Emergency Squad Night Club Scandal 6 William Watson 59 US Actor In the Heat of the Night Chato's Land 8 Michael Ward 88 UK Actor Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Revenge of the Pink Panther 10 Ave Ninchi 82 Italy Actress Lacombe Lucien Murmur of the Heart 11 William Alland 81 US Producer, Actor Citizen Kane Creature from the Black Lagoon 12 Sándor Szabó 82 Hungary Actor Topaz Bluebeard 13 Dietrich Lohmann 54 Germany Cinematographer Deep Impact The Peacemaker 15 Saul Chaplin 85 US Musical Director, Producer West Side Story Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 15 Warren Douglas 86 US Actor, Screenwriter Homicide Incident 15 David Toguri 64 Canada Choreographer, Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Rocky Horror Picture Show 16 David K. Stewart 60 ?? Visual Effects Artist Blade Runner Alien 3 17 Peter James 73 UK Set Decorator, Art Director Lolita The Parent Trap 17 Wilfred Josephs 70 UK Composer, Orchestrator The Deadly Bees Frantic 19 Alfred Roome 88 UK Film Editor, Director Carry On The Lady Vanishes 21 Jack Purvis 60 UK Actor Star Wars Time Bandits 22 Joanna Moore 63 US Actress Follow That Dream Walk on the Wild Side 23 Robert Lewis 88 US Director, Actor Anything Goes Ziegfeld Follies 25 Charles Hallahan 54 US Actor The Thing Dante's Peak 30 Glyn Dearman 57 UK Actor Scrooge The Flesh and the Fiends December 2 Marge Kotlisky 70 US Actress Sixteen Candles Major Dundee 4 Richard Vernon 72 UK Actor Goldfinger A Hard Day's Night 14 Stubby Kaye 79 US Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit Cat Ballou 16 Richard Warwick 52 UK Actor Romeo and Juliet Hamlet 17 Peter Taylor 75 UK Film Editor The Bridge on the River Kwai Summertime 18 Chris Farley 33 US Actor, Comedian Tommy Boy Beverly Hills Ninja 19 Michael Alldredge 56 US Actor Scarface Iron Eagle 20 Dawn Steel 51 US Producer, Executive City of Angels Cool Runnings 23 Stanley Cortez 89 US Cinematographer Chinatown The Night of the Hunter 24 Toshiro Mifune 77 Japan Actor, Producer Seven Samurai Rashomon 25 Denver Pyle 77 US Actor Bonnie and Clyde The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 28 Bill Anderson 86 US Producer Swiss Family Robinson Old Yeller 31 Billie Dove 94 US Actress The Black Pirate Beyond the Rainbow Film debuts Simon Baker – L.A. Confidential Eric Bana – The Castle Mischa Barton – Lawn Dogs Paul Bettany – Bent Leslie Bibb – Private Parts Jessica Biel – Ulee's Gold Cate Blanchett – Paradise Road Orlando Bloom – Wilde Gerard Butler – Mrs. Brown Linda Cardellini – Good Burger John Cho – Shopping for Fangs Jason Clarke – Dilemma James Corden – Twenty Four Seven James D'Arcy – Wilde Jack Davenport – Fierce Creatures Chiwetel Ejiofor – Amistad Shannon Elizabeth – Jack Frost Mike Epps – Strays Tom Felton – The Borrowers Jennifer Garner – Deconstructing Harry Andrés Gertrúdix – My Brother's Gun Vahina Giocante – Marie Baie des Anges Judy Greer – Stricken Adrian Grenier – Arresting Gena Ioan Gruffudd – Wilde Katie Holmes – The Ice Storm Nicolaj Kopernikus – Let's Get Lost Sanaa Lathan – Drive Method Man – One Eight Seven Ken Marino – Gattaca Eddie Marsan – The Man Who Knew Too Little Samantha Morton – This Is the Sea Alessandro Nivola – Inventing the Abbotts Nick Offerman – Going All the Way Cheri Oteri – Liar Liar Sarah Paulson – Levitation Sara Paxton – Liar Liar Norman Reedus – Floating Matthew Rhys – House of America Maya Rudolph – Gattaca Amy Sedaris – Commandments Sarah Silverman – Who's the Caboose? Amy Smart – Campfire Tales J.B. Smoove – Lesser Prophets Scott Speedman – Kitchen Party Mena Suvari – Nowhere Dominique Swain – Lolita Alan Tudyk – 35 Miles from Normal Tristán Ulloa – Memorias del ángel caído Leonor Varela – Le ciel est à nous Milo Ventimiglia – Boys Life 2 Merritt Wever – Arresting Gena Olivia Williams – Gaston's War Dean Winters – Conspiracy Theory Evan Rachel Wood – Digging to China Jose Yenque – Fall David Zayas – Lena's Dreams References External links List of 1997 films at IMDb 1997 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 1997 deaths at IMDb List of 1997 births at IMDb Category:Film by year