The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster success Titanic, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.
1997 Wide-release movies[]
January–March[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N U A R Y |
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| 10 | The Relic | Paramount Pictures | Peter Hyams (director); Amy Holden Jones, John Raffo, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver (screenplay); Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live Action | |
| Turbulence | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Rysher Entertainment | Robert Butler (director); Jonathan Brett (screenplay); Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Héctor Elizondo, Rachel Ticotin, Catherine Hicks, Brendan Gleeson | Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| Jackie Chan's First Strike | Golden Harvest | Stanley Tong (director); Greg Mellott, Elliot Tong, Stanley Tong, Nick Tramontane (screenplay); Jackie Chan | Martial Arts, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 17 | Beverly Hills Ninja | TriStar Pictures | Dennis Dugan (director); Mark Feldberg, Mitch Klebanoff (screenplay); Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Nathaniel Parker, Soon-Tek Oh, with Chris Rock, Robin Shou | Action, Comedy | Live Action | |
| Metro | Touchstone Pictures / Caravan Pictures | Thomas Carter (director); Randy Feldman (screenplay); Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott, Donal Logue, Michael Rapaport, Carmen Ejogo, Denis Arndt | Action | Live Action | ||
| 24 | Fierce Creatures | Universal Pictures | Fred Schepisi, Robert Young (director); John Cleese (screenplay); John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay, Ronnie Corbett, Derek Griffiths, Maria Aitken | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Zeus and Roxanne | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Rysher Entertainment | George T. Miller (director); Tom Benedek (screenplay); Steve Guttenberg, Kathleen Quinlan, Miko Hughes, Arnold Vosloo | Family | Live Action | ||
| 31 | Star Wars (Special Edition) | Lucasfilm / 20th Century Fox | George Lucas (director/screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Peter Cushing, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live Action | |
| Meet Wally Sparks | Largo Entertainment / JVC / Trimark Pictures | Peter Baldwin (director); Harry Basil, Rodney Dangerfield (screenplay); Rodney Dangerfield, Debi Mazar, Michael Weatherly, Cindy Williams, Alan Rachins, Burt Reynolds, David Ogden Stiers | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Shadow Conspiracy | Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures | George P. Cosmatos (director); Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzara, Sam Waterston | Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| F E B R U A R Y |
7 | Dante's Peak | Universal Pictures | Roger Donaldson (director); Leslie Bohem (screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley, Grant Heslov | Action, Adventure Thriller | Live Action |
| The Beautician and the Beast | Paramount Pictures | Ken Kwapis (director); Fran Drescher, Timothy Dalton | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| The Pest | TriStar Pictures / The Bubble Factory | Paul Miller (director); John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| SubUrbia | Sony Pictures Classics / Castle Rock Entertainment | Richard Linklater (director); Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Nicky Katt, Ajay Naidu, Parker Posey, Giovanni Ribisi, Samia Shoaib, Dina Spybey, Steve Zahn | Drama, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 14 | Absolute Power | Columbia Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment | Clint Eastwood (director); Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn, E. G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert | Thriller | Live Action | |
| Fools Rush In | Columbia Pictures | Andy Tennant (director); Katherine Reback, Joan Taylor (screenplay); Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Siobhan Fallon Hogan | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Vegas Vacation | Warner Bros. | Stephen Kessler (director); Elisa Bell (screenplay); Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Randy Quaid | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 21 | The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) | Lucasfilm / 20th Century Fox | Irvin Kershner (director); Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live Action | |
| Rosewood | Warner Bros. | John Singleton (director); Gregory Poirier (screenplay); Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle, Elise Neal, Michael Rooker | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 28 | Booty Call | Columbia Pictures | Jeff Pollack (director); Takashi Bufford (screenplay); Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, Vivica A. Fox, Tamala Jones, Art Malik | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Donnie Brasco | TriStar Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | Mike Newell (director); Paul Attanasio (screenplay); Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Zeljko Ivanek, Anne Heche | Crime, Drama | Live Action | ||
| M A R C H |
7 | Jungle 2 Jungle | Walt Disney Pictures / TF1 International | John Pasquin (director); Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon (screenplay); Tim Allen, Martin Short, Sam Huntington, Lolita Davidovich, David Ogden Stiers, JoBeth Williams | Comedy | Live Action |
| Private Parts | Paramount Pictures / Rysher Entertainment | Betty Thomas (director); Len Blum, Michael Kalesniko (screenplay); Howard Stern, Robin Quivers, Mary McCormack, Fred Norris, Paul Giamatti, Carol Alt, Allison Janney, Michael Murphy, Jenna Jameson | Biography, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 14 | City of Industry | Orion Pictures / Largo Entertainment | John Irvin (director); Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Timothy Hutton, Famke Janssen, Wade Dominguez | Crime, Thriller | Live Action | |
| Love Jones | New Line Cinema | Theodore Witcher (director/screenplay); Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Bill Bellamy, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson | Romance, Drama | Live Action | ||
| Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) | Lucasfilm / 20th Century Fox | Richard Marquand (director); Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas (screenplay); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz | Sci-Fi, Fantasy | Live Action | ||
| 21 | Liar Liar | Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment | Tom Shadyac (director); Paul Guay, Stephen Mazur (screenplay); Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly, Swoosie Kurtz, Amanda Donohoe, Jason Bernard, Mitchell Ryan, Anne Haney, Justin Cooper, Cary Elwes | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Selena | Warner Bros. | Gregory Nava (director/screenplay); Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, Jon Seda, Lupe Ontiveros | Biography, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 28 | The 6th Man | Touchstone Pictures | Randall Miller (director); Christopher Reed, Cynthia Carle (screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, Michael Michele | Sports, Comedy | Live Action | |
| B*A*P*S | New Line Cinema | Robert Townsend (director); Troy Beyer (screenplay); Halle Berry, Martin Landau | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Cats Don't Dance | Warner Bros. | Mark Dindal (director); Roberts Gannaway, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser (screenplay); Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, Ashley Peldon, John Rhys-Davies, Kathy Najimy, Don Knotts | Comedy, Musical, Family | Animation | ||
| The Devil's Own | Columbia Pictures | Alan J. Pakula (director); David Aaron Cohen, Vincent Patrick, Kevin Jarre (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn | Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie | 20th Century Fox | Shuki Levy (director/screenplay), David Winning (director); Shuki Levy, Shell Danielson (screenplay); Johnny Yong Bosch, Nakia Burrise, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank, Austin St. John, Catherine Sutherland, Jason Narvy, Paul Schrier, Hilary Shepard, Amy Jo Johnson, Blake Foster | Action, Adventure, Family | Live Action | ||
April–June[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R I L |
4 | Anna Karenina | Warner Bros. / Icon Productions | Bernard Rose (director); Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner, James Fox | Romance, Drama | Live Action |
| Chasing Amy | Miramax Films | Kevin Smith (director/screenplay); Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Criminal Minds: The Movie - Tomorrow will Clash of Ages | United Artists | Pierce Brosnan, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Kirsten Vangsness, Thomas Gibson | Crime, Action, Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Live Action/Animation | ||
| Double Team | Columbia Pictures | Tsui Hark (director); Don Jakoby, Paul Mones (screenplay); Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Paul Freeman, Mickey Rourke | Action | Live Action | ||
| Inventing the Abbotts | 20th Century Fox / Imagine Entertainment | Pat O'Connor (director); Joaquin Phoenix, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Billy Crudup, Joanna Going | Drama | Live Action | ||
| That Old Feeling | Universal Pictures / The Bubble Factory | Carl Reiner (director); Leslie Dixon (screenplay); Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady, David Rasche, James Denton, Danny Nucci | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| The Saint | Paramount Pictures / Rysher Entertainment | Phillip Noyce (director); Jonathan Hensleigh, Wesley Strick (screenplay); Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Šerbedžija | Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 11 | Anaconda | Columbia Pictures | Luis Llosa (director); Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, Jack Epps, Jr. (screenplay); Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Kari Wührer, Jonathan Hyde | Adventure, Horror | Live Action | |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | Hollywood Pictures / Caravan Pictures | George Armitage (director); Tom Jankiewicz, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack (screenplay); John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 18 | 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | Orion Pictures | Tom Schulman (director/screenplay); Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, George Hamilton, Dyan Cannon, David Spade, Todd Louiso | Comedy | Live Action | |
| McHale's Navy | Universal Pictures / The Bubble Factory | Bryan Spicer (director); Peter Crabbe, Andy Rose (screenplay); Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, David Alan Grier, Debra Messing, Tim Curry, Bruce Campbell, Danton Stone, French Stewart, Brian Haley, Tommy Chong, Henry Cho, Honorato Magaloni, Guillermo Ríos, Anthony Jesse Cruz, Ernest Borgnine | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Murder at 1600 | Warner Bros. / Regency Enterprises | Dwight H. Little (director); Wayne Beach, David Hodgin (screenplay); Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Dennis Miller, Daniel Benzali, Alan Alda | Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 25 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Touchstone Pictures | David Mirkin (director); Robin Schiff (screenplay); Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim, Alan Cumming | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Volcano | 20th Century Fox | Mick Jackson (director); Jerome Armstrong, Billy Ray (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David | Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| M A Y |
2 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | New Line Cinema | Jay Roach (director); Mike Myers (screenplay); Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mimi Rogers | Action, Comedy | Live Action |
| Breakdown | Paramount Pictures | Jonathan Mostow (director/screenplay); Sam Montgomery (screenplay); Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M. C. Gainey | Thriller | Live Action | ||
| Warriors of Virtue | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Ronny Yu (director); Michael Vickerman, Hugh Kelley (screenplay); Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton, Chao-Li Chi, Doug Jones | Fantasy | Live Action | ||
| 9 | The Fifth Element | Columbia Pictures | Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Robert Mark Kamen (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich | Sci-Fi | Live Action | |
| Fathers' Day | Warner Bros. | Ivan Reitman (director); Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 16 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Paramount Pictures | Sidney Lumet (director); Sidney Lumet (screenplay); Andy García, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Leibman, Dominic Chianese | Crime, Drama | Live Action | |
| 23 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Steven Spielberg (director); David Koepp (screenplay); Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Vince Vaughn, Vanessa Lee Chester | Sci-Fi, Adventure | Live Action | |
| Addicted to Love | Warner Bros. | Griffin Dunne (director); Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 30 | Gone Fishin | Hollywood Pictures / Caravan Pictures | Christopher Cain (director); J. J. Abrams, Jill Mazursky (screenplay); Joe Pesci, Danny Glover, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Trial and Error | New Line Cinema | Jonathan Lynn (director); Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Til There Was You | Paramount Pictures / Lakeshore Entertainment | Scott Winant (director); Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| J U N E |
6 | Buddy | Columbia Pictures | Caroline Thompson (director); Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming | Drama | Live Action |
| Con Air | Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Simon West (director); Scott Rosenberg (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Rachel Ticotin, Monica Potter, Nick Chinlund | Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 13 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | 20th Century Fox | Jan de Bont (director); Randall McCormick, Jeff Nathanson (screenplay); Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Glenn Plummer | Action | Live Action | |
| Ulee's Gold | Orion Pictures | Victor Nuñez (director); Victor Nuñez (screenplay); Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Tom Wood, Christine Dunford, Jessica Biel | Drama | Live Action | ||
| 20 | Batman & Robin | Warner Bros. | Joel Schumacher (director); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Elle Macpherson, Pat Hingle | Action, Comedy | Live Action | |
| My Best Friend's Wedding | TriStar Pictures | P. J. Hogan (director); Ronald Bass (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, Philip Bosco | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 27 | Face/Off | Paramount Pictures / Touchstone Pictures | John Woo (director); Mike Werb, Michael Colleary (screenplay); John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, Harve Presnell | Action | Live Action | |
| Hercules | Walt Disney Pictures | Ron Clements, John Musker (directors/screenplay); Barry Johnson (screenplay); Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Susan Egan, Rip Torn | Fantasy, Comedy, Musical | Animation | ||
July–September[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L Y |
2 | Men in Black | Columbia Pictures / Amblin Entertainment | Barry Sonnenfeld (director); Ed Solomon (screenplay); Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub | Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy | Live Action |
| Out to Sea | 20th Century Fox | Martha Coolidge (director); Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Dyan Cannon, Brent Spiner | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Wild America | Warner Bros. / Morgan Creek Productions | William Dear (director); David Michael Wieger (screenplay); Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Devon Sawa, Scott Bairstow | Adventure | Live Action | ||
| 9 | 4 Little Girls | Home Box Office | Spike Lee (director) | Documentary | Live Action | |
| 11 | Contact | Warner Bros. | Robert Zemeckis (director); James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg (screenplay); Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, David Morse, Jake Busey | Sci-Fi | Live Action | |
| A Simple Wish | Universal Pictures / The Bubble Factory | Michael Ritchie (director); Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Pastorelli, Francis Capra, Amanda Plummer, Ruby Dee, Teri Garr | Fantasy, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 18 | George of the Jungle | Walt Disney Pictures / Mandeville Films | Sam Weisman (director); Dana Olsen, Audrey Wells (screenplay); Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Holland Taylor, John Bennett Perry, Richard Roundtree, John Cleese | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Nothing to Lose | Touchstone Pictures | Steve Oedekerk (director/screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston, Michael McKean, Rebecca Gayheart | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain | Nest Family Entertainment / Crest Animation Productions | Richard Rich (director); Michelle Nicastro, Douglas Sills | Musical, Fantasy | Animation | ||
| 25 | Air Force One | Columbia Pictures / Beacon Pictures | Wolfgang Petersen (director); Andrew W. Marlowe (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Dean Stockwell, Xander Berkeley, William H. Macy, Paul Guilfoyle | Action, Thriller | Live Action | |
| Good Burger | Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies | Brian Robbins (director); Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Abe Vigoda | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 30 | One Eight Seven | Warner Bros. / Icon Productions | Kevin Reynolds (director); Scott Yagemann (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins, Jr. | Crime, Drama | Live Action | |
| A U G U S T |
1 | Spawn | New Line Cinema | Mark A.Z. Dippé (director); Alan B. McElroy (screenplay); John Leguizamo, Michael Jai White, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson, D. B. Sweeney | Action | Live Action |
| Picture Perfect | 20th Century Fox | Glenn Gordon Caron (director); Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Kevin Bacon, Olympia Dukakis | Romance, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Air Bud | Walt Disney Pictures | Charles Martin Smith (director); Paul Tamasy, Aaron Mendelsohn (screenplay); Michael Jeter, Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Bill Cobbs, Eric Christmas, Nicola Cavendish, Brendan Fletcher, Norman Browning, Stephen E. Miller | Sports, Family | Live Action | ||
| 8 | Free Willy 3: The Rescue | Warner Bros. / Regency Enterprises | Sam Pillsbury (director); John Mattson (screenplay); Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Annie Corley, Vincent Berry, Patrick Kilpatrick | Family | Live Action | |
| Conspiracy Theory | Warner Bros. | Richard Donner (director); Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts | Action | Live Action | ||
| 13 | The Full Monty | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Peter Cattaneo (director); Simon Beaufoy (screenplay); Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, Hugo Speer | Comedy, Drama | Live Action | |
| 15 | Cop Land | Miramax Films | James Mangold (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Michael Rapaport, Robert Patrick, Peter Berg, Annabella Sciorra, Cathy Moriarty | Crime, Drama | Live Action | |
| Event Horizon | Paramount Pictures | Paul W. S. Anderson (director); Philip Eisner (screenplay); Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee | Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy | Live Action | ||
| Steel | Warner Bros. | Kenneth Johnson (director/screenplay); Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, Ray J | Action | Live Action | ||
| 22 | G.I. Jane | Hollywood Pictures / Caravan Pictures | Ridley Scott (director); David Twohy, Danielle Alexandra (screenplay); Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft | Action | Live Action | |
| Masterminds | Columbia Pictures | Roger Christian (director); Floyd Byars (screenplay); Patrick Stewart, Vincent Kartheiser, Brenda Fricker, Bradley Whitford, Matt Craven, Annabelle Gurwitch, Jon Abrahams, Katie Stuart | Action, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Money Talks | New Line Cinema | Brett Ratner (director); Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay); Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Mimic | Dimension Films / Miramax Films | Guillermo del Toro (director/screenplay); Matthew Robbins (screenplay); Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton, Giancarlo Giannini, F. Murray Abraham | Sci-Fi, Horror | Live Action | ||
| Leave It to Beaver | Universal Studios | Andy Cadiff (director); Brian Levant, Lon Diamond (screenplay); Christopher McDonald, Janine Turner, Cameron Finley, Erik von Detten, Erika Christensen, Adam Zolotin | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| A Smile Like Yours | Paramount Pictures / Rysher Entertainment | Keith Samples (director); Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, John Cusack, Jay Thomas, Jill Hennessy, Sheridan Samples, Christopher McDonald | Romantic, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 27 | Hoodlum | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Bill Duke (director); Chris Brancato (screenplay); Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy García | Drama, Period | Live Action | |
| 29 | Excess Baggage | Columbia Pictures | Marco Brambilla (director); Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais (screenplay); Alicia Silverstone, Benicio del Toro, Christopher Walken | Crime, Comedy | Live Action | |
| Kull the Conqueror | Universal Studios | John Nicolella (director); Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay); Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith, Litefoot, Roy Brocksmith, Harvey Fierstein, Karina Lombard | Fantasy | Live Action | ||
| S E P T E M B E R |
5 | Fire Down Below | Warner Bros. | Félix Enríquez Alcalá (director); Jeb Stuart, Phillip Morton (screenplay); Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Harry Dean Stanton, Stephen Lang, Brad Hunt, Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson | Action, Thriller | Live Action |
| 12 | The Game | PolyGram | David Fincher (director); John Brancato, Michael Ferris (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Carroll Baker | Thriller | Live Action | |
| 19 | L.A. Confidential | Warner Bros. / Regency Enterprises | Curtis Hanson (director/screenplay); Brian Helgeland (screenplay); Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, Simon Baker | Drama | Live Action | |
| In & Out | Paramount Pictures | Frank Oz (director); Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley, Bob Newhart, Tom Selleck | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| A Thousand Acres | Touchstone Pictures / PolyGram / Beacon Pictures | Jocelyn Moorhouse (director); Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Robards, Keith Carradine, Colin Firth, Kevin Anderson | Drama | Live Action | ||
| Wishmaster | Live Entertainment | Robert Kurtzman (director); Peter Atkins (screenplay); Tammy Lauren, Andrew Divoff, Chris Lemmon, Wendy Benson, Tony Crane, Jenny O'Hara, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd | Horror | Live Action | ||
| 26 | The Edge | 20th Century Fox | Lee Tamahori (director); David Mamet (screenplay); Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Harold Perrineau, Elle Macpherson, L. Q. Jones, Bart the Bear | Drama | Live Action | |
| Soul Food | 20th Century Fox | George Tillman, Jr. (director/screenplay); Vanessa Williams, Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long, Brandon Hammond, Irma P. Hall | Drama, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| The Peacemaker | DreamWorks Pictures | Mimi Leder (director); Michael Schiffer (screenplay); George Clooney, Nicole Kidman | Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
October–December[]
| Opening | Title | Studio | Cast and crew | Genre | Medium | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T O B E R |
3 | Kiss the Girls | Paramount Pictures | Gary Fleder (director); David Klass (screenplay); Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes | Crime, Thriller | Live Action |
| U Turn | TriStar Pictures / Phoenix Pictures | Oliver Stone (director/screenplay); John Ridley (screenplay); Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez, Joaquin Phoenix, Powers Boothe, Billy Bob Thornton, Claire Danes, Jon Voight | Crime | Live Action | ||
| 10 | Boogie Nights | New Line Cinema | Paul Thomas Anderson (director/screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Heather Graham, Nicole Ari Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman | Drama | Live Action | |
| Most Wanted | New Line Cinema | David Hogan (director); Keenen Ivory Wayans (screenplay); Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jon Voight, Jill Hennessy, John Diehl, Robert Culp, Eric Roberts, Paul Sorvino, Tito Larriva | Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| RocketMan | Walt Disney Pictures / Caravan Pictures | Stuart Gillard (director); Oren Aviv, Craig Mazin, Greg Erb (screenplay); Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, James Pickens, Jr., Beau Bridges | Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family | Live Action | ||
| Seven Years in Tibet | TriStar Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | Jean-Jacques Annaud (director); Becky Johnston (screenplay); Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B. D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Victor Wong, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Jetsun Pema | Period, Drama | Live Action | ||
| 17 | The Devil's Advocate | Warner Bros. / Regency Enterprises | Taylor Hackford (director); Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Craig T. Nelson | Thriller | Live Action | |
| I Know What You Did Last Summer | Columbia Pictures / Mandalay Entertainment | Jim Gillespie (director); Kevin Williamson (screenplay); Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze Jr., Bridgette Wilson, Anne Heche | Thriller | Live Action | ||
| Playing God | Touchstone Pictures / Beacon Pictures | Andy Wilson (director); David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie | Crime, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 24 | A Life Less Ordinary | 20th Century Fox | Danny Boyle (director); Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm | Comedy | Live Action | |
| FairyTale: A True Story | Paramount Pictures / Icon Productions | Charles Sturridge (director); Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Peter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Paul McGann | Fantasy | Live Action | ||
| Gattaca | Columbia Pictures | Andrew Niccol (director, screenplay); Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman | Sci-Fi | Live Action | ||
| 31 | Red Corner | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Jon Avnet (director); Robert King (screenplay); Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford | Thriller | Live Action | |
| Switchback | Paramount Pictures / Rysher Entertainment | Jeb Stuart (director/screenplay); Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner, R. Lee Ermey | Thriller | Live Action | ||
| N O V E M B E R |
7 | Bean | Gramercy Pictures | Mel Smith (director); Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll (screenplay); Rowan Atkinson | Comedy | Live Action |
| The Family Chirstmas Holiday | Paramount Pictures / Caravan Pictures | Sam Weisman (director); David Berendaum (screenplay); Jim Carrey, Jeanne Tripplehorn, A.J. Cook, Robert De Niro, Christopher Meloni, Meg Ryan | Christmas, Comdey, Drama | Live Action | ||
| Mad City | Warner Bros. | Costa Gavras (director); Tom Matthews (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Blythe Danner, Alan Alda | Thriller | Live Action | ||
| Starship Troopers | TriStar Pictures / Touchstone Pictures | Paul Verhoeven (director); Edward Neumeier (screenplay); Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside | Sci-Fi, Action | Live Action | ||
| 14 | The Little Mermaid (re-release) | Disney | John Musker, Ron Clements (director); Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Kenneth Mars, Pat Carroll, Buddy Hackett | Family, Musical | Animation | |
| The Jackal | Universal Pictures / Mutual Film Company | Michael Caton-Jones (director); Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora | Spy, Action, Thriller | Live Action | ||
| The Man Who Knew Too Little | Warner Bros. / Regency Enterprises | Jon Amiel (director); Robert Farrar, Howard Franklin (screenplay); Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Alfred Molina, Richard Wilson, Geraldine James, John Standing, Anna Chancellor | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| 21 | Anastasia | 20th Century Fox | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman (director); Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White, Eric Tuchman (screenplay); Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury | Family, Musical, Mystery | Animation | |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Warner Bros. | Clint Eastwood (director); Kevin Spacey, John Cusack | Drama | Live Action | ||
| The Rainmaker | Paramount Pictures / Constellation Films | Francis Ford Coppola (director/screenplay); Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Mickey Rourke, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Virginia Madsen, Dean Stockwell, Roy Scheider, Teresa Wright | Drama | Live Action | ||
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | New Line Cinema | John R. Leonetti (director); Brent V. Friedman, Bryce Zabel (screenplay); Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, Brian Thompson, Sandra Hess, Lynn "Red" Williams, Irina Pantaeva, James Remar | Action, Fantasy | Live Action | ||
| 26 | Alien Resurrection | 20th Century Fox | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (director); Joss Whedon (screenplay); Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott, Brad Dourif, Leland Orser, Dan Hedaya, J. E. Freeman, Kim Flowers, Raymond Cruz | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Live Action | |
| Flubber | Walt Disney Pictures / Great Oaks | Les Mayfield (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Robin Williams, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher McDonald, Ted Levine, Jodi Benson, Clancy Brown, Raymond J. Barry | Comedy | Live Action | ||
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5 | Good Will Hunting | Miramax Films | Gus Van Sant (director); Ben Affleck, Matt Damon (screenplay); Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård | Drama | Live Action |
| 12 | Amistad | DreamWorks Pictures | Steven Spielberg (director); David Franzoni (screenplay); Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Nigel Hawthorne, Stellan Skarsgård, Harry Blackmun, Anna Paquin | Period, Drama | Live Action | |
| For Richer or Poorer | Universal Pictures / The Bubble Factory | Bryan Spicer (director); Tim Allen, Kirstie Alley, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Lerner, Wayne Knight, Larry Miller | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Home Alone 3 | 20th Century Fox | Raja Gosnell (director); John Hughes (screenplay); Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt, Lenny Von Dohlen, David Thornton, Haviland Morris, Marian Seldes, Kevin Kilmer, Seth Smith, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Curry, Baxter Harris | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Scream 2 | Dimension Films | Wes Craven (director); Kevin Williamson (screenplay); David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett, Liev Schreiber | Thriller | Live Action | ||
| 19 | MouseHunt | DreamWorks Pictures | Gore Verbinski (director); Adam Rifkin (screenplay); Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Vicki Lewis, Maury Chaykin, Christopher Walken | Comedy | Live Action | |
| Titanic | 20th Century Fox / Paramount Pictures | James Cameron (director/screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Danny Nucci, Gloria Stuart, David Warner, Victor Garber, Bill Paxton, Eric Braeden, Ioan Gruffudd, Bernard Fox, Suzy Amis, Lewis Abernathy, Nicholas Cascone | Period, Action, Drama, Romance | Live Action | ||
| Tomorrow Never Dies | United Artists Pictures | Roger Spottiswoode (director); Bruce Feirstein (screenplay); Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench | Action | Live Action | ||
| 25 | An American Werewolf in Paris | Hollywood Pictures | Anthony Waller (director); Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy | Horror | Live Action | |
| As Good as It Gets | TriStar Pictures | James L. Brooks (director/screenplay); Mark Andrus (screenplay); Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Shirley Knight, Harold Ramis | Drama, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Jackie Brown | Miramax Films / A Band Apart | Quentin Tarantino (director/screenplay); Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro | Crime, Thriller, Comedy | Live Action | ||
| Mr. Magoo | Walt Disney Pictures | Stanley Tong (director); Pat Proft, Tom Sherohman (screenplay); Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ernie Hudson | Comedy | Live Action | ||
| The Postman | Warner Bros. | Kevin Costner (director); Eric Roth, Brian Helgeland (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams, James Russo, Tom Petty | Drama, Adventure | Live Action | ||