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The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster success Titanic, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.
Highest-grossing films
The top ten films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Studio | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Titanic | Paramount / Fox | $1,843,201,268[2] |
| 2. | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal | $618,638,999 |
| 3. | Men in Black | Columbia | $589,390,539 |
| 4. | Tomorrow Never Dies | United Artists | $333,011,068 |
| 5. | Air Force One | Columbia | $315,156,409 |
| 6. | As Good as It Gets | TriStar | $314,178,011 |
| 7. | Liar Liar | Universal | $302,710,615 |
| 8. | My Best Friend's Wedding | TriStar | $299,288,605 |
| 9. | The Fifth Element | Columbia | $263,920,180 |
| 10. | The Full Monty | Fox Searchlight | $257,938,649 |
Events
- The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.
- Production begins on Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.
- Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest-grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park grosses a record $90,161,880 on Memorial Day Weekend.
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Taste of Cherry (طعم گيلاس, Ta'm-e gilass), directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Iran / France
- The Eel (うなぎ, 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
Award ceremonies
Awards
1997 Wide-release movies
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Notable films released in 1997
U.S.A. unless stated
A-D
A
- Absolute Power, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, with Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Dennis Haysbert, Scott Glenn, E. G. Marshall
- Addicted to Love, starring Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick
- Air Bud
- Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman
- The Alarmist, starring David Arquette and Stanley Tucci
- Albino Alligator, directed by Kevin Spacey, starring Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, Viggo Mortensen
- Alien: Resurrection, starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder
- All Over Me
- An American Werewolf in Paris, starring Tom Everett Scott
- Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou
- Anaconda, starring Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, Jon Voight
- Anastasia, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- Another Day in Paradise, starring Melanie Griffith and James Woods
- The Apostle, directed by and starring Robert Duvall, with Miranda Richardson, Farrah Fawcett
- As Good as It Gets, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- The Assignment
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach and starring Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Mimi Rogers, Michael York
B
- Bang
- Batman & Robin, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman
- Bean, directed by Mel Smith, starring Rowan Atkinson - (UK)
- Bent, starring Clive Owen - (UK)
- Best Men, starring Dean Cain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Drew Barrymore, Fred Ward, Andy Dick
- Beverly Hills Ninja, starring Chris Farley
- Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle
- Booty Call, starring Jamie Foxx
- The Borrowers, starring John Goodman
- Le Bossu (The Hunchback), starring Daniel Auteuil - (France)
- The Boxer, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J. T. Walsh
- Brother (Brat) - (Russia)
- Buddy, starring Rene Russo
- The Butcher Boy, directed by Neil Jordan - (Ireland)
- Buud Yam - (Burkina Faso)
C
- Campfire Tales
- Career Girls, directed by Mike Leigh - (UK)
- The Castle - (Australia)
- Cats Don't Dance, directed by Mark Dindal
- Character (Karakter) - (Netherlands/Belgium) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Chasing Amy, directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck
- Children of Heaven (بچههای آسمان), directed by Majid Majidi - (Iran) - first Iranian film to be nominated for an Oscar
- City of Industry, directed by John Sayles
- Clockwatchers, starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow
- Commandments, starring Courteney Cox
- Con Air, starring John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi
- Conspiracy Theory, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts
- Contact, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, James Woods, John Hurt
- Cop Land, directed by James Mangold, starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro
- Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels
- Cube - (Canada)
D
- Dakan (Destiny) (Guinea)
- Dangerous Ground, starring Ice Cube
- Dante's Peak, starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton
- Deconstructing Harry, directed by and starring Woody Allen
- Def Jam's How to Be a Player
- Defying Gravity
- The Devil's Advocate, starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino
- The Devil's Own, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt
- Different Strokes, starring Dana Plato and Bentley Mitchum
- Dogtown, starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Jon Favreau
- Donnie Brasco, directed by Mike Newell, starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp
- Double Team, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mickey Rourke
- Dream with the Fishes
E-K
E
- The Edge, starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin
- The Eel, directed by Shohei Imamura - (Japan) - Palme d'Or award
- The End of Evangelion (July 19 - Japan)
- Evangelion: Death and Rebirth - (Japan)
- Event Horizon, starring Laurence Fishburne
- Eve's Bayou, starring Lynn Whitfield and Samuel L. Jackson
- Excess Baggage, starring Alicia Silverstone and Benicio del Toro
F
- Face, starring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone - (UK)
- Face/Off, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage
- Fathers' Day, starring Robin Williams and Billy Crystal
- FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue
- Fever Pitch, starring Colin Firth - (UK)
- Fierce Creatures, starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin - (UK/US)
- The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker - (France)
- Fire Down Below, starring Steven Seagal
- ...First Do No Harm, starring Meryl Streep, Fred Ward
- First Time Felon, starring Omar Epps and Delroy Lindo
- Flubber, directed by Les Mayfield, starring Robin Williams, Christopher McDonald, Clancy Brown, voices by Jodi Benson
- Fools Rush In, starring Salma Hayek and Matthew Perry
- For Richer or Poorer, starring Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley
- Free Willy 3: The Rescue, directed by Sam Pillsbury
- The Full Monty, directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Robert Carlyle - (UK)
- Funny Games, directed by Michael Haneke - (Austria)
G
- G.I. Jane, starring Demi Moore and Anne Bancroft
- The Game, directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn
- Gang Related, starring James Belushi, Dennis Quaid, Tupac Shakur
- Gattaca, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
- George of the Jungle, directed by Sam Weisman, starring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree and John Cleese (voice only)
- Ghosts, a music short featuring Michael Jackson
- Gone Fishin', starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover
- Good Burger, starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell
- Goodbye America - (Philippines/US)
- Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck
- Gridlock'd, starring Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur
- Grosse Pointe Blank, starring John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd
H
- Hacks, starring Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter
- Hamam - (Italy/Spain/Turkey)
- Hana-bi (Fireworks), directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano - Palme d'Or award - (Japan)
- Heaven's Burning, starring Russell Crowe and Youki Kudoh - (Australia)
- Henry Fool, directed by Hal Hartley - winner of Best Screenplay Cannes Film Festival
- Hercules
- Highball, starring Justine Bateman
- Hold You Tight, directed by Stanley Kwan - (Hong Kong)
- Home Alone 3, starring Alex D. Linz and Scarlett Johansson
- Hoodlum, starring Laurence Fishburne
- The Hound
- Hugo Pool, starring Alyssa Milano
- Hurricane Streets
I
- I Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe
- The Ice Storm, starring Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire
- In & Out, starring Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Bob Newhart
- Incognito, starring Jason Patric
- Into Thin Air
- Inventing the Abbotts, starring Liv Tyler
J-K
- The Jackal, starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere
- Jackie Brown, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro
- Jackie Chan's First Strike - (Hong Kong)
- Josh and the Big Wall!
- Jungle 2 Jungle, starring Tim Allen
- Just Write, starring Jeremy Piven
- Kini and Adams - (Burkina Faso)
- Kiss the Girls, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd
- Kull the Conqueror
- Kundun, directed by Martin Scorsese
L-Q
L
- L.A. Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson, starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell
- Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space!
- Lawn Dogs, starring Sam Rockwell
- Leave It to Beaver, starring Christopher McDonald and Janine Turner
- Lewis and Clark and George
- Liar Liar, starring Jim Carrey
- Life is Beautiful, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni - (Italy) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- A Life Less Ordinary, starring Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz - (UK/US)
- Little City, starring Jon Bon Jovi
- Live Flesh, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Bardem - (Spain)
- Lolita, starring Jeremy Irons
- Lost Highway, directed by David Lynch, starring Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore
- Love and Death on Long Island, starring John Hurt - (Canada/UK)
- Love Jones
- Lovelife, starring Sherilyn Fenn and Carla Gugino
M
- Ma vie en rose (My Life in Pink) - (Belgium) - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Mad City, starring Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta
- The Man Who Knew Too Little, starring Bill Murray
- Masterminds, starring Patrick Stewart
- The MatchMaker, starring Janeane Garofalo - (Ireland)
- Meet Wally Sparks, starring Rodney Dangerfield
- Men in Black, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith
- Metro, starring Eddie Murphy
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack
- Mimic, starring Mira Sorvino
- Money Talks, starring Chris Tucker
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
- Most Wanted
- MouseHunt, starring Nathan Lane
- Mr. Magoo, starring Leslie Nielsen
- Mrs. Brown, starring Judi Dench and Billy Connolly - (UK)
- Mrs. Dalloway, starring Vanessa Redgrave - (UK)
- Murder at 1600, starring Wesley Snipes
- My Best Friend's Wedding, starring Julia Roberts
- My Heart Is Mine Alone - (Germany)
- Myself in the Distant Future - (North Korea)
N-O
- Nevada, starring Amy Brenneman
- Night Falls on Manhattan, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Andy García
- Night of the Demons 3
- Nil by Mouth, directed by Gary Oldman, starring Ray Winstone - (UK)
- Nothing to Lose, starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins
- Nowhere
- 187, starring Samuel L. Jackson
- One Night Stand, starring Wesley Snipes
- Orgazmo
- Ossos (Portugal)
- Out to Sea, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
P-Q
- The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman
- Perdita Durango, starring Javier Bardem and Rosie Perez - (Spain)
- The Perfect Circle (Savršeni krug), directed by Ademir Kenović - (Bosnia and Herzogovina)
- Picture Perfect, starring Jennifer Aniston
- Pippi Longstocking - (Sweden)
- Playing God, starring David Duchovny
- The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner
- Prefontaine, starring Jared Leto
- Pride Divide
- Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) - (Japan)
- Private Parts, starring Howard Stern
R-Z
R
- The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
- Red Corner, starring Richard Gere
- Regeneration, starring Jonathan Pryce - (UK)
- The Relic, starring Penelope Ann Miller
- Retroactive
- A River Made to Drown In
- RocketMan
- Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, starring Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino
- Rosewood, directed by John Singleton, starring Ving Rhames
S
- The Saint, starring Val Kilmer
- Scream 2, starring Neve Campbell
- Selena, starring Jennifer Lopez
- Seven Years in Tibet, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, starring Brad Pitt - (US/UK)
- She's So Lovely, starring Sean Penn, Robin Wright Penn, John Travolta
- Shooting Fish - (UK)
- The 6th Man, starring Marlon Wayans
- Soul Food, starring Vanessa L. Williams and Vivica A. Fox
- Space Marines
- Spaceman
- The Spanish Prisoner, directed by David Mamet, starring Campbell Scott and Steve Martin
- Spawn, starring Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Frank Welker and Martin Sheen
- Speed 2: Cruise Control, starring Sandra Bullock
- Spice World, featuring The Spice Girls and Richard E. Grant - (UK/US)
- Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)
- Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven
- Steel, starring Shaquille O'Neal
- Strawberry Fields
- Suicide Kings, starring Christopher Walken
- Sunday
- Super Speedway
- The Sweet Hereafter, starring Ian Holm - (Canada)
- Switchback, starring Danny Glover and Dennis Quaid
T
- Taste of Cherry, directed by Abbas Kiarostami - (Iran) - Palme d'Or award
- That Old Feeling, starring Bette Midler and Dennis Farina
- This World, Then the Fireworks, starring Billy Zane and Gina Gershon
- Time Under Fire
- Titanic, directed by James Cameron, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Tomorrow Never Dies, starring Pierce Brosnan (as James Bond), Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench - (UK)
- Trojan War
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
- Turbulence, starring Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly
U-V
- U Turn, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
- Under the Lighthouse Dancing - (Australia)
- Ulee's Gold, starring Peter Fonda
- Vegas Vacation, starring Chevy Chase
- Volcano, starring Tommy Lee Jones
W
- Wag the Dog, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman
- Waiting for Guffman, directed by Christopher Guest
- Warriors of Virtue - (US/China)
- Welcome to Sarajevo, starring Woody Harrelson
- The Wiggles Movie - (Australia)
- Wild America
- The Wings of the Dove, starring Helena Bonham Carter - (UK/US)
- Wishmaster
- The Wrong Guy, starring Dave Foley - (Canada)
X-Z
- Year of the Horse, a documentary film about Neil Young directed by Jim Jarmusch
- Zeus and Roxanne, starring Steve Guttenberg and Kathleen Quinlan
Births
- January 24 - Jonah Bobo, American actor
- February 10 - Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
- April 15 - Maisie Williams, British actress
- August 5 - Olivia Holt, American teen actress and singer
- August 30 - Dana Gaier, American actress
- October 8 - Bella Thorne, singer, model and actress
- October 23 - Zach Callison, American actor and voice actor
Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Joan Rice | 66 | UK | Actress | |
| 4 | Bill Lancaster | 49 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
| 6 | Catherine Scorsese | 84 | USA | Actress | ||
| 9 | Jesse White | 80 | USA | Actor | ||
| 10 | Sheldon Leonard | 89 | USA | Actor, Director, Producer | ||
| 11 | Jill Summers | 86 | UK | Actress | Agatha | |
| 13 | Charlotte Holland | 81 | UK | Actress | Promise Her Anything | |
| 18 | Diana Lewis | 77 | UK | Actress | ||
| 19 | Adriana Caselotti | 80 | USA | Actress | ||
| 19 | James Dickey | 73 | USA | Author, Screenwriter, Actor | Deliverance | |
| 21 | Tom Parker | 87 | USA | Technical Advisor | ||
| 21 | Polly Ann Young | 88 | USA | Actress | ||
| 21 | John Glyn-Jones | 87 | Morocco | Actor, Producer, Director | ||
| 23 | Bill Zuckert | 81 | USA | Actor | ||
| 23 | David Waller | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 27 | Richard X. Slattery | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
| 27 | Bill Kennedy | 88 | USA | Actor | ||
| 31 | Eve Lister | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
| February | 1 | Marjorie Reynolds | 79 | USA | Actress | |
| 4 | Robert Clouse | 68 | USA | Director | ||
| 8 | Robert Ridgely | 65 | USA | Actor | ||
| 11 | Barry Evans | 53 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Don Porter | 84 | USA | Actor | ||
| 12 | James Cossins | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
| 16 | Arthur Hewlett | 89 | UK | Actor | Man About the House | |
| 17 | Max Brimmell | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Frank Delfino | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
| 23 | Oscar Lewenstein | 80 | UK | Producer | ||
| 25 | Scott Forbes | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 26 | David Doyle | 67 | USA | Actor | ||
| 26 | Wende Wagner | 55 | USA | Actress | ||
| March | ?? | John Hoesli | 77 | UK | Act Director, Draughtsman | |
| 4 | Carey Loftin | 83 | USA | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 8 | Alexander Salkind | 75 | Poland | Producer | ||
| 9 | Terry Nation | 66 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 13 | Ronald Fraser | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Fred Zinnemann | 89 | Austria | Director, Producer | ||
| 15 | Gail Davis | 71 | USA | Actress | ||
| 16 | Leda Gloria | 84 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 29 | Ellen Pollock | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
| April | 2 | Anthony Bushell | 92 | UK | Actor | |
| 2 | Tomoyuki Tanaka | 86 | Japan | Producer | ||
| 4 | Mike Raven | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 5 | Allen Ginsberg | 70 | USA | Poet, Actor | ||
| 14 | Michael Stroka | 58 | USA | Actor | ||
| 15 | David Dockendorf | 73 | USA | Sound Engineer | ||
| 16 | Roland Topor | 59 | France | Writer, Actor | ||
| 20 | Jean Louis | 89 | France | Costume Designer | ||
| 24 | Pat Paulsen | 69 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 25 | Brian May | 62 | Australia | Composer | ||
| 26 | John Beal | 87 | USA | Actor | ||
| 26 | Joey Faye | 87 | USA | Actor | ||
| 26 | Neil Robinson | 61 | USA | Actress | ||
| 27 | Paul Lambert | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
| 27 | Gabriel Figueroa | 90 | Mexico | Cinematographer | ||
| 28 | Steve Conte | 77 | Italy | Actor | ||
| May | 1 | Bo Widerberg | 66 | Sweden | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 3 | Hughie Green | 77 | UK | Actor, Producer | ||
| 4 | Alvy Moore | 75 | USA | Actor, Producer | ||
| 5 | Walter Gotell | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 6 | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | 76 | Mexico | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 9 | Marco Ferreri | 68 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 10 | Steve Holland | 72 | USA | Actor | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | |
| 10 | John P. Austin | 90 | USA | Set Decorator | ||
| 11 | Catherine McLeod | 75 | USA | Actress | ||
| 11 | Howard Morton | 71 | USA | Actor | ||
| 14 | Thelma Carpenter | 75 | USA | Actress | ||
| 15 | Bridgette Andersen | 21 | USA | Actress | ||
| 16 | Giuseppe De Santis | 80 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 22 | Renzo Montagnani | 66 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 23 | Frances E. Nealy | 78 | USA | Actress | ||
| 24 | Edward Mulhare | 74 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 28 | Sydney Guilaroff | 89 | USA | Makeup Artist, Actor, Costume Executive | ||
| 29 | George Fenneman | 77 | USA | Actor | ||
| June | 14 | Richard Jaeckel | 70 | USA | Actor | |
| 14 | Marjorie Best | 94 | USA | Costume Designer | ||
| 17 | Maurice Rootes | 80 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| 19 | Olga Georges-Picot | 57 | France | Actress | ||
| 22 | Don Henderson | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Rosina Lawrence | 84 | USA | Actor | ||
| 24 | Brian Keith | 75 | USA | Actor | ||
| 26 | George Bassman | 83 | USA | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| 28 | Gary DeVore | 69 | USA | Actress | ||
| 29 | William Hickey | 69 | USA | Actor | ||
| July | ? | Rosamund Greenwood | 90 | UK | Actress | |
| 1 | Robert Mitchum | 79 | USA | Actor | ||
| 2 | James Stewart | 89 | USA | Actor | ||
| 7 | Royston Tickner | 74 | Actor | The Keep | ||
| 16 | William Reynolds | 87 | USA | Film Editor | ||
| 17 | Gene Warren | 80 | USA | Visual Effects Artist | ||
| 23 | David Warbeck | 55 | New Zealand | Actor | ||
| 24 | Brian Glover | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Bill Shine | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| 27 | Isabel Dean | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Rosalie Crutchley | 77 | UK | Actress, Soundtrack | ||
| August | 2 | William S. Burroughs | 83 | USA | Author, Actor | |
| 4 | Dick Bush | 65 | UK | Cinematographer, Camera Operator | ||
| 5 | Don Steele | 61 | USA | Actor | ||
| 9 | William Abney | 76 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
| 15 | Glenn Corbett | 74 | USA | Actor | ||
| 18 | Don Knight | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Jeep Swenson | 40 | USA | Actor | ||
| 19 | Cathleen Cordell | 82 | USA | Actress | ||
| 25 | Camilla Spira | 81 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 26 | Frances Osborne | 76 | USA | Actress | ||
| 27 | Sally Blane | 87 | USA | Actress | ||
| 27 | Brandon Tartikoff | 48 | USA | Studio executive | ||
| 27 | Dick N. Lucas | 77 | USA | Animator | ||
| 28 | Eve Smith | 91 | USA | Actress | ||
| 31 | Dodi Fayed | 42 | Egypt | Producer | ||
| 31 | Will Hare | 81 | USA | Actor | ||
| September | 5 | Eddie Little Sky | 71 | USA | Actor | |
| 7 | Elisabeth Brooks | 46 | USA | Actress | ||
| 8 | Helen Shaw | 100 | USA | Actress | Parenthood | |
| 9 | Burgess Meredith | 89 | USA | Actor | ||
| 13 | Georges Guétary | 82 | France | Actor | An American in Paris | |
| 13 | Audrey Fildes | 74 | Canada | Actress | Kind Hearts and Coronets | |
| 16 | Terence Cooper | 64 | Australia | Actor | ||
| 17 | Red Skelton | 84 | USA | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 17 | Brian Hall | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Jack May | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Maurice Kaufmann | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Jennifer Holt | 76 | UK | Actress | ||
| 26 | Dorothy Kingsley | 87 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
| 26 | Samuel W. Taylor | 90 | USA | Writer | ||
| October | 3 | John Ashley | 95 | UK | Actor, Producer | |
| 3 | Jarl Kulle | 70 | Sweden | Actor, Director, Writer | ||
| 5 | Andrew Keir | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 5 | Debbie Linden | 36 | UK | Actress | ||
| 9 | Arch Johnson | 75 | USA | Actor | ||
| 10 | Stella Bonheur | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| 12 | John Denver | 53 | USA | Singer, Actor | ||
| 13 | Joyce Compton | 90 | USA | Actress | ||
| 14 | Hy Averback | 76 | USA | Director, Producer, Actor | ||
| 16 | Audra Lindley | 79 | USA | Actress | ||
| 17 | Ben Welden | 96 | USA | Actor | ||
| 18 | Milt Neil | 83 | USA | Animator | ||
| 18 | Marshall Green | 78 | USA | Production Manager, Second Unit Director | ||
| 19 | Arthur Ibbetson | 75 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 20 | Ron Tarr | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Don Messick | 71 | USA | Actor, Voice of Scooby-Doo | ||
| 24 | Michael Balfour | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 30 | Samuel Fuller | 85 | USA | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| November | 6 | William Watson | 59 | USA | Actor | |
| 8 | Michael Ward | 88 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | William Alland | 81 | USA | Producer, Actor | ||
| 12 | Sándor Szabó | 82 | Hungary | Actor | Topaz | |
| 13 | Dietrich Lohmann | 54 | Germany-USA | Cinematographer | ||
| 15 | David Toguri | 64 | Canada | Miscellaneous, Actor | ||
| 16 | David K. Stewart | 60 | ?? | Cinematographer | ||
| 17 | Wilfred Josephs | 70 | UK | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| 17 | Peter James | 73 | UK | Set Decorator, Art Director | ||
| 19 | Alfred Roome | 88 | UK | Editor | ||
| 21 | Jack Purvis | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 22 | Joanna Moore | 63 | USA | Actress | ||
| 25 | Charles Hallahan | 54 | USA | Actor | ||
| 30 | Glyn Dearman | 57 | UK | Actor | ||
| December | 2 | Marge Kotlisky | 70 | USA | Actress | |
| 4 | Richard Vernon | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Stubby Kaye | 79 | USA | Actor | ||
| 16 | Richard Warwick | 52 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Peter Taylor | 75 | Italy | Editor, Assistant Editor | ||
| 18 | Chris Farley | 33 | USA | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 19 | Michael Alldredge | 56 | USA | Actor | ||
| 20 | Dawn Steel | 51 | USA | Producer | ||
| 21 | Roger Barkley | 61 | USA | Actor | Amazon Women on the Moon | |
| 23 | Stanley Cortez | 89 | USA | Cinematographer | ||
| 24 | Dee Dee Wood | 89 | USA | Choreographer | ||
| 24 | Toshiro Mifune | 77 | Japan | Actor, Producer | ||
| 25 | Denver Pyle | 77 | USA | Actor | ||
| 28 | Bill Anderson | 86 | USA | Production Manager | ||
| 31 | Billie Dove | 94 | USA | Actress |
Film debuts
- Eric Bana - The Castle
- Mischa Barton - Lawn Dogs
- Orlando Bloom - Wilde
- Gerard Butler - Mrs. Brown
- Shannon Elizabeth - Blast
- Jennifer Garner - Deconstructing Harry
- Adrian Grenier - Arresting Gena
- Ioan Gruffudd - Wilde
- Katie Holmes - The Ice Storm
- Maya Rudolph - Gattaca
- Mena Suvari - Nowhere
- Olivia Williams - Gaston's War
References
- ^ "1997 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ "Titanic (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012.