1997 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1997. Top 30 and many honorables. 

(ballot)

Here's the countdown:






                  DAFT PUNK:
30. AROUND THE WORLD

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29.           EVENT HORIZON

28.          PUBLIC HOUSING

27.   THE END OF EVANGELION

26.              LIVE FLESH

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25.               FACE/OFF

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24.       THE FIFTH ELEMENT

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23.             EVE'S BAYOU

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22.                 GUMMO

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21.          CAREER GIRLS

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20.        L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

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                     THE OLD
19.    LADY AND THE PIGEONS

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18.    LABYRINTH OF DREAMS

17.               IRMA VEP

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16.               THE DELTA

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15.    THE SWEET HEREAFTER

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14.        NÉNETTE AND BONI

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13.          THE ICE STORM

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12.          LOST HIGHWAY

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11.
 CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE

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10.           JACKIE BROWN

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9.      STARSHIP TROOPERS

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                  FAST, CHEAP, 

8. & OUT OF CONTROL

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7.           HAPPY TOGETHER

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6.           TASTE OF CHERRY

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5.                    CRASH

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4.              LA PROMESSE

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3.            BOOGIE NIGHTS

2.             4 LITTLE GIRLS

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1.  UNDERGROUND  [Director's cut]

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(the other titles of '97 I loved that could've placed)

KUNDUN

MY SEX LIFE...

OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT

SCHIZOPOLIS

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THE APOSTLE

LEVEL FIVE

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BJORK: BACHELORETTE

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BREAKDOWN

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THE PICKPOCKET 小武

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THE WATERMELON WOMAN

WAITING FOR GUFFMAN

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ROMY & MICHELE'S
HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

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THE GAME

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BOX OF MOONLIGHT

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GROSSE POINTE BLANK

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BARA PRATA LITE [TALK]

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TETSUO II: BODY HAMMER

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NOWHERE

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COP LAND

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MERMAID Русалка

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APHEX TWIN: COME TO DADDY

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ALIEN: RESURRECTION

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THE WINNER

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AMISTAD

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AFTERGLOW

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PONETTE

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U TURN

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HABIT

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ULYSSES' GAZE

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OSSOS

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THE DAYTRIPPERS

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ROSEWOOD

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THE EDGE

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LA FEMME DEFENDUE

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THE BOXER

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A SUMMER DRESS

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NOTHING PERSONAL

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A LIFE LESS ORDINARY

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TITANIC

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GERI'S GAME

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GRAY'S ANATOMY

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CONTACT

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DECONSTRUCTING HARRY

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HAMSUN

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LIFELINE

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GOOD WILL HUNTING

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MEN IN BLACK

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MOUSEHUNT

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OFFICE KILLER

MIMIC 

[Director's cut]

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IN THE COMPANY OF MEN

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AUSTIN POWERS: 
INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY

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SPACE TRUCKERS

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GATTACA

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IL CARNIERE 

[THE GAME BAG]

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THE SPANISH PRISONER

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CHASING AMY

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1997 recap
TOP 30

1. UNDERGROUND (Kusturica)
2. 4 LITTLE GIRLS (Spike Lee)
3. BOOGIE NIGHTS (P.T. Anderson)
4. LA PROMESSE (Dardenne Bros.)
5. CRASH (Cronenberg)
6. TASTE OF CHERRY (Kiarostami)
7. HAPPY TOGETHER (Wong Kar Wai)
8. FAST, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL (Morris)
9. STARSHIP TROOPERS (Verhoeven)
10. JACKIE BROWN (Tarantino)
11. CONSPIRATORS OF PLEASURE (Svankmajer)
12. LOST HIGHWAY (Lynch)
13. ICE STORM (Ang Lee)
14. NENETTE ET BONI (Denis)
15. SWEET HEREAFTER (Egoyan)
16. THE DELTA (Ira Sachs)
17. IRMA VEP (Assayas)
18. LABYRINTH OF DREAMS (Ishii)
19. OLD LADY & THE PIGEONS (Chomet)
20. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (Curtis Hanson)
21. CAREER GIRLS (Mike Leigh)
22. GUMMO (Harmony Korine)
23. EVE'S BAYOU (Kasi Lemmons)
24. FIFTH ELEMENT (Besson)
25. FACE/OFF (Woo)
26. LIVE FLESH (Almodóvar)
27. END OF EVANGELION (Hideaki Anno)
28. PUBLIC HOUSING (Wiseman)
29. EVENT HORIZON (Paul W.S. Anderson)
30. DAFT PUNK: AROUND THE WORLD (Gondry)

RUNNER-UP:
KUNDUN (Scorsese), MY SEX LIFE… (Desplechin), SCHIZOPOLIS (Soderbergh), THE APOSTLE (Robert Duvall), LEVEL FIVE (Marker), BACHELORETTE (Gondry), BREAKDOWN (Mostow), XIAO WU (Zhangke Jia), THE WATERMELON WOMAN (Cheryl Dunye), WAITING FOR GUFFMAN (Guest), ROMY AND MICHELE (Mirkin), THE GAME (Fincher), BOX OF MOONLIGHT (DiCillo), GROSSE POINTE BLANK (Armitage), BARA PRATA LITE (Moodyson), TETSUO II (Tsukamoto), NOWHERE (Araki), COP LAND (Mangold), MERMAID (Petrov), COME TO DADDY (Cunningham), ALIEN RESURRECTION (Jeunet), THE WINNER (Alex Cox), AMISTAD (Spielberg), AFTERGLOW (Rudolph), PONETTE (Doillon), U TURN (Stone), HABIT (Fessenden), ULYSSES' GAZE (Angelopoulos), OSSOS (Costa), THE DAYTRIPPERS (Mottola), ROSEWOOD (Singleton), THE EDGE (Tamahori), LA FEMME DEFENDUE (Philippe Harel), THE BOXER (Sheridan), A SUMMER DRESS (Ozon), NOTHING PERSONAL (O'Sullivan), A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (Boyle), TITANIC (Cameron), GERI'S GAME (Jan Pinkava), GRAY'S ANATOMY (Soderbergh), CONTACT (Zemeckis), DECONSTRUCTING HARRY (Allen), HAMSUN (Troell), LIFELINE (To), GOOD WILL HUNTING (Van Sant), MEN IN BLACK (Sonnenfeld), MOUSE HUNT (Verbinski), OFFICE KILLER (Cindy Sherman), MIMIC Director's cut (G. del Toro), IN THE COMPANY OF MEN (Labute), AUSTIN POWERS (Roach), SPACE TRUCKERS (Stuart Gordon), GATTACA (Niccol), IL CARNIERE (Zaccaro), SPANISH PRISONER (Mamet), CHASING AMY (Kevin Smith)