1997 in film
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including Titanic, The Full Monty, Gattaca, Donnie Brasco, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, The Fifth Element, Nil by Mouth, The Spanish Prisoner, and the beginning of the film studio DreamWorks.
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Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1997 by worldwide gross are as follows:[1]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross (USD) |
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| 1 | Titanic | Paramount / 20th Century | $1,843,201,268[nb 1][2] |
| 2 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal | $618,638,999 |
| 3 | Men in Black | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $589,390,539 |
| 4 | Tomorrow Never Dies | MGM / UIP | $333,011,068 |
| 5 | Air Force One | Sony Pictures / Columbia / Buena Vista | $315,156,409 |
| 6 | As Good as It Gets | Sony Pictures / TriStar | $314,178,011 |
| 7 | Liar Liar | Universal | $302,710,615 |
| 8 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Sony Pictures / TriStar | $299,288,605 |
| 9 | The Fifth Element | Sony Pictures / Columbia / Gaumont | $263,920,180 |
| 10 | The Full Monty | 20th Century | $257,938,649 |
- Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.
Box office records
- Titanic became the first film in history to pass $1 billion 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 on January 25, 2010.
- Sony Pictures became the year's highest-grossing distributor in the United States and Canada, with $1.3 billion 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.[3]
Events
- 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.
- 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.
- Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1 billion 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
United States unless stated
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, directed by Charles Martin Smith and starring Michael Jeter, Kevin Zegers, and Wendy Makkena
- Air Force One, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and starring Harrison Ford, Wendy Crewson, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman, Liesel Matthews and William H. Macy
- Airbag – (Spain)
- The Alarmist, starring David Arquette and Stanley Tucci
- Albino Alligator, directed by Kevin Spacey, starring Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, Faye Dunaway, and Viggo Mortensen
- Alien Resurrection, starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder
- All Over Me, directed by Alex Sichel and starring Alison Folland, Tara Subkoff, Cole Hauser, and Wilson Cruz
- An American Werewolf in Paris, directed by Allen Waller and starring Tom Everett Scott and Julie Delphy
- American Vampire, starring Carmen Electra
- Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, and Djimon Hounsou
- Anaconda, directed by Luis Llosa and starring Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, and Jon Voight
- Anastasia, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, and starring the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, and Kelsey Grammer.
- Anna Karenina, starring Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, and Alfred Molina
- Another Day in Paradise, directed by Larry Clark and starring Melanie Griffith, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Vincent Kartheiser, and James Woods
- The Apostle, directed by and starring Robert Duvall, with Miranda Richardson and Farrah Fawcett
- As Good as It Gets, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, and Greg Kinnear – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- The Assignment, directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland and Ben Kingsley
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach and starring Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Mimi Rogers, and Michael York
B
- Bad Manners
- Bang
- Batman & Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, and Uma Thurman
- Bean, directed by Mel Smith, starring Rowan Atkinson – (UK)
- Bent, starring Clive Owen – (UK), rated NC-17
- Best Men, starring Dean Cain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Drew Barrymore, Fred Ward, and Andy Dick
- Beverly Hills Ninja, starring Chris Farley
- Blackrock, starring Heath Ledger – (Australia)
- Bliss
- Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, and Don Cheadle
- Born Bad, starring Corey Feldman
- Booty Call, starring Jamie Foxx
- The Borrowers, starring John Goodman
- Le Bossu (The Hunchback), starring Daniel Auteuil – (France)
- The Boxer, directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J. T. Walsh
- Breaking Up, starring Russell Crowe and Salma Hayek
- Brother (Brat) – (Russia)
- Buddy, starring Rene Russo
- The Butcher Boy, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, and Sinéad O'Connor (Ireland)
- Buud Yam – (Burkina Faso)
C
- The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (Canada)
- 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, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee
- Chicago Cab, starring Gillian Anderson
- 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, and Lisa Kudrow
- Commandments, starring Courteney Cox
- Con Air, directed by Simon West and starring John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, and 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, Angela Bassett, and John Hurt
- Cop Land, directed by James Mangold, starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, and Robert De Niro
- Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels
- Cube – (Canada)
D
- Dakan (Destiny) (Guinea)
- Dangerous Ground, starring Ice Cube and Elizabeth Hurley
- Dante's Peak, starring Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, and Charles Hallahan
- Deconstructing Harry, directed by and starring Woody Allen
- Def Jam's How to Be a Player
- Defying Gravity
- The Devil's Advocate, directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Keanu Reeves, Charlize Theron, 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
- Digging to China, directed by Timothy Hutton and starring Kevin Bacon and Evan Rachel Wood
- Dinner at Fred's, starring Gil Bellows, Parker Posey and Christopher Lloyd
- Dogtown, starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Jon Favreau
- Donnie Brasco, directed by Mike Newell, starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp
- Double Team, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, and Mickey Rourke
- Dream with the Fishes
E
- The Edge, starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin
- Ed Mort – (Brazil)
- The Eel, directed by Shohei Imamura – (Japan) – Palme d'Or award
- The End of Evangelion – (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
- Floating, starring Norman Reedus
- 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
- Glam, starring William McNamara, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Tony Danza, Jon Cryer – rated NC-17
- Gone Fishin', starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover
- Good Burger, starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell
- Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Minnie Driver, Ben Affleck
- Goodbye America – (Philippines/US)
- Gridlock'd, starring Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur
- Grind
- 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 – (Japan) – Golden Lion award
- Happy Together
- Heads or Tails, starring Roy Dupuis – (Canada)
- 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
- The House of Yes. starring Parker Posey, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr.
- Hugo Pool, starring Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Robert Downey Jr.
- 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
- In the Company of Men
- Incognito, starring Jason Patric
- Into Thin Air
- Inventing the Abbotts, starring Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly
J
- The Jackal, starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere
- Jack Frost
- 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)
- Joey – (Australia)
- Josh and the Big Wall!
- Joyride, starring Tobey Maguire and Benicio Del Toro
- Jungle 2 Jungle, starring Tim Allen
- Just Write, starring Jeremy Piven
K
- Keys to Tulsa
- Kini and Adams – (Burkina Faso)
- Kiss or Kill – (Australia)
- Kiss the Girls, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd
- Kiss & Tell, starring Heather Graham and Rose McGowan
- Kitchen Party – (Canada)
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door – (Germany)
- Kull the Conqueror
- Kundun, directed by Martin Scorsese
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!
- The Last Time I Committed Suicide, starring Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, Adrien Brody, and Claire Forlani
- 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 Boy Blue, starring Ryan Phillippe and Nastassja Kinski
- Little City, starring Jon Bon Jovi
- Live Flesh, directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Bardem – (Spain)
- The Locusts, starring Vince Vaughn and Ashley Judd
- 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
- The Lovemaster, starring Craig Shoemaker, Courtney Thorne-Smith, George Wendt and Farrah Fawcett
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
- 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 and Michael Rapaport
- 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
- Mouse Hunt, 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
- Nevada, starring Amy Brenneman
- Niagara, Niagara
- The Night Flier, starring Miguel Ferrer
- Night of the Demons 3
- Nightwatch, starting Ewan McGregor, Josh Brolin, Nick Nolte
- Nil by Mouth, directed by Gary Oldman, starring Ray Winstone – (UK)
- Nothing to Lose, starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins
- Nowhere
O
- Office Killer, starring Molly Ringwald
- The Old Lady and the Pigeons – (France)
- 187, starring Samuel L. Jackson
- One Night Stand, starring Wesley Snipes
- Orgazmo starring Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Dian Bachar, rated NC-17
- Ossos (Portugal)
- Out to Sea, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon
P
- Paws, starring Billy Connolly, Heath Ledger – (Australia)
- The Peacekeeper, starring Dolph Lundgren, Montel Williams, Roy Scheider – (Canada)
- The Peacemaker, starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman
- Perdita Durango, starring Javier Bardem and Rosie Perez – (Spain)
- Perfect Blue (Pâfekuto burû), starring Bridget Hoffman and Wendee Lee – (Japan)
- 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
- Plump Fiction
- Poison Ivy: The New Seduction, starring Jaime Pressly
- The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner
- Prefontaine, starring Jared Leto
- Pride Divide
- Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) – (Japan)
- Private Parts, starring Howard Stern
Q
- Quiet Days in Hollywood, starring Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe, Natasha Gregson Wagner – (Germany)
R
- The Rage, starring Gary Busey, Lorenzo Lamas, Roy Scheider – (Canada/US)
- The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
- The Real Blonde
- Red-Blooded American Girl II, starring Kari Wuhrer, Burt Young and David Keith – (Canada)
- Red Corner, starring Richard Gere
- Red Meat
- Regeneration, starring Jonathan Pryce – (UK)
- The Relic, starring Penelope Ann Miller
- Retroactive
- A River Made to Drown In
- Road to Nhill – (Australia)
- Robinson Crusoe, starring Pierce Brosnan
- 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)
- Six Ways to Sunday, starring Norman Reedus
- The Sixth Man, starring Marlon Wayans
- Slaves to the Underground
- The Soong Sisters, starring Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Wu – (Hong Kong)
- 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)
- Stag, starring Mario Van Peebles, Andrew McCarthy, and Kevin Dillon
- Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)
- Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven
- Steel, starring Shaquille O'Neal
- Still Breathing, starring Brendan Fraser and Joanna Going
- Strategic Command, starring Michael Dudikoff, Richard Norton and Bryan Cranston
- 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
- Thank God He Met Lizzie, starring Cate Blanchett – (Australia)
- That Old Feeling, starring Bette Midler and Dennis Farina
- The Thief (vor) – (Russia)
- 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, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Will Friedle, Danny Masterson
- Troublesome Night – (Hong Kong)
- Troublesome Night 2 – (Hong Kong)
- True Love and Chaos – (Australia)
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
- Turbulence, starring Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly
- Twists of Terror (Canada)
- Two Girls and a Guy, starring Robert Downey Jr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner
U
- U Turn, directed by Oliver Stone, starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte
- The Ugly – (New Zealand)
- Under the Lighthouse Dancing – (Australia)
- Ulee's Gold, starring Peter Fonda
V
- 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
- Welcome to Woop Woop – (Australia/US)
- The Wiggles Movie – (Australia)
- Wild America
- Wilde, starring Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, and Tom Wilkinson – (UK)
- The Wings of the Dove, starring Helena Bonham Carter – (UK/US)
- Wishmaster
- The Wrong Guy, starring Dave Foley – (Canada)
Y
- Year of the Dogs – (Australia)
- Year of the Horse, a documentary film about Neil Young directed by Jim Jarmusch
Z
- Zeus and Roxanne, starring Steve Guttenberg and Kathleen Quinlan
Births
- January 2 – Melis Sezen, Turkish actress
- January 17 – Jake Paul, 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 – Maisie Williams, English actress
- 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 30 – Jake Short, American actor
- 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 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 12 – Sydney Sweeney, American actress
- September 16 – Elena Kampouris, American actress
- September 19 – Jayme Lawson, American actress
- 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 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 | |
| 4 | Bill Lancaster | 49 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 5 | Burton Lane | 84 | US | Composer, Lyricist | ||
| 6 | Catherine Scorsese | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Jesse White | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Sheldon Leonard | 89 | US | Actor, Director, Producer | ||
| 18 | Diana Lewis | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Adriana Caselotti | 80 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | James Dickey | 73 | US | Screenwriter | Deliverance | |
| 19 | Charles Nelson | 95 | Sweden | Film Editor | ||
| 21 | Marcello Danon | 76 | Bulgaria | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Polly Ann Young | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | David Waller | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Bill Zuckert | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Bill Kennedy | 88 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Richard X. Slattery | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 31 | Eve Lister | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
| February | 1 | Marjorie Reynolds | 79 | US | Actress | |
| 4 | Robert Clouse | 68 | US | Director | ||
| 5 | Harry Essex | 86 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 7 | Mary Wills | 82 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 8 | Robert Ridgely | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Barry Evans | 53 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Don Porter | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | James Cossins | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Frank Delfino | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 23 | Frank Launder | 91 | UK | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| 23 | Oscar Lewenstein | 80 | UK | Producer | ||
| 25 | Scott Forbes | 76 | UK | Actor | ||
| 25 | Arthur Hewlett | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
| 26 | David Doyle | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Wende Wagner | 55 | US | Actress | ||
| March | 4 | Carey Loftin | 83 | US | Stuntman, Actor | |
| 5 | William Roberts | 83 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 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 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Leda Gloria | 84 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 22 | John Hoesli | 78 | UK | Art Director | ||
| 29 | Ellen Pollock | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
| 30 | Jack Bernhard | 82 | US | Director | ||
| April | 2 | Anthony Bushell | 92 | UK | Actor | |
| 2 | Tomoyuki Tanaka | 86 | Japan | Producer | ||
| 4 | Mike Raven | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 6 | Barbara Yu Ling | 58 | Singapore | Actress | ||
| 14 | Michael Stroka | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | David Dockendorf | 73 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| 16 | Roland Topor | 59 | France | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
| 20 | Jean Louis | 89 | France | Costume Designer | ||
| 24 | Pat Paulsen | 69 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 25 | Brian May | 62 | Australia | Composer | ||
| 26 | John Beal | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Joey Faye | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Neil Robinson | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Gabriel Figueroa | 90 | Mexico | Cinematographer | ||
| 27 | Paul Lambert | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 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 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
| 5 | Walter Gotell | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| 6 | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos | 76 | Mexico | Actor | ||
| 9 | Marco Ferreri | 68 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 9 | Paul Zastupnevich | 75 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 10 | John P. Austin | 90 | US | Set Decorator | ||
| 11 | Catherine McLeod | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 11 | Howard Morton | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Thelma Carpenter | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | Bridgette Andersen | 21 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Giuseppe De Santis | 80 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 20 | John Rawlins | 94 | US | Director | ||
| 22 | Renzo Montagnani | 66 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 23 | Frances E. Nealy | 78 | US | Actress | ||
| 24 | Edward Mulhare | 74 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 28 | Sydney Guilaroff | 89 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
| 29 | George Fenneman | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| June | 14 | Marjorie Best | 94 | US | Costume Designer | |
| 14 | Richard Jaeckel | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Elizabeth McBride | 42 | US | 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 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 24 | Brian Keith | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 25 | Jacques Cousteau | 87 | France | Documentarian | ||
| 26 | George Bassman | 83 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| 28 | Gary DeVore | 69 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | William Hickey | 69 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 1 | Robert Mitchum | 79 | US | Actor | |
| 2 | James Stewart | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Carol Forman | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | Rosamund Greenwood | 90 | UK | Actress | ||
| 16 | William Reynolds | 87 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 17 | Gene Warren | 80 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
| 20 | Linda Stirling | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | David Warbeck | 55 | New Zealand | Actor | ||
| 24 | Brian Glover | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
| 27 | Isabel Dean | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Rosalie Crutchley | 77 | UK | Actress | ||
| August | 4 | Dick Bush | 65 | UK | Cinematographer | |
| 5 | Don Steele | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | Glenn Corbett | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Don Knight | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Jeep Swenson | 40 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Cathleen Cordell | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 20 | Leo Jaffe | 88 | US | Studio Executive | ||
| 25 | Camilla Spira | 81 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 25 | William H. Tuntke | 90 | Germany | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
| 27 | Sally Blane | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Dick N. Lucas | 77 | US | Animator | ||
| 27 | Brandon Tartikoff | 48 | US | Studio Executive | ||
| 28 | Eve Smith | 91 | US | Actress | ||
| 31 | Dodi Fayed | 42 | Egypt | Producer | ||
| 31 | Will Hare | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| September | 5 | Eddie Little Sky | 71 | US | Actor | |
| 7 | Elisabeth Brooks | 46 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 8 | Helen Shaw | 100 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Burgess Meredith | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Audrey Fildes | 74 | UK | Actress | ||
| 13 | Georges Guétary | 82 | France | Actor | ||
| 16 | Terence Cooper | 64 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 16 | Gerry Turpin | 72 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 17 | Jerry Gershwin | 71 | US | Producer | ||
| 17 | Brian Hall | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Red Skelton | 84 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 19 | Jack May | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| 21 | Jennifer Holt | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | Maurice Kaufmann | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| 26 | Dorothy Kingsley | 87 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 26 | Samuel W. Taylor | 90 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| October | 3 | John Ashley | 62 | US | Actor, Producer | |
| 3 | Verna Hillie | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| 3 | Jarl Kulle | 70 | Sweden | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 5 | Andrew Keir | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 5 | Debbie Linden | 36 | UK | Actress | ||
| 9 | Arch Johnson | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Stella Bonheur | 92 | UK | Actress | ||
| 12 | John Denver | 53 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 13 | Joyce Compton | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| 14 | Hy Averback | 76 | US | Director, Producer, Actor | ||
| 16 | Audra Lindley | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| 17 | Ben Welden | 96 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Milt Neil | 83 | US | Animator | ||
| 19 | Arthur Ibbetson | 75 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 20 | Ron Tarr | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Michael Balfour | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Don Messick | 71 | US | Voice Actor | ||
| 28 | Paul Jarrico | 82 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Samuel Fuller | 85 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| November | 5 | Louise Campbell | 86 | US | Actress | |
| 6 | William Watson | 59 | US | Actor | ||
| 8 | Michael Ward | 88 | UK | Actor | ||
| 10 | Ave Ninchi | 82 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 11 | William Alland | 81 | US | Producer, Actor | ||
| 12 | Sándor Szabó | 82 | Hungary | Actor | Topaz | |
| 13 | Dietrich Lohmann | 54 | Germany | Cinematographer | ||
| 15 | Saul Chaplin | 85 | US | Musical Director, Producer | ||
| 15 | Warren Douglas | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | David Toguri | 64 | Canada | Choreographer, Actor | ||
| 16 | David K. Stewart | 60 | ?? | Cinematographer | ||
| 17 | Peter James | 73 | UK | Set Decorator, Art Director | ||
| 17 | Wilfred Josephs | 70 | UK | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| 19 | Alfred Roome | 88 | UK | Film Editor, Director | ||
| 21 | Jack Purvis | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 22 | Joanna Moore | 63 | US | Actress | ||
| 23 | Robert Lewis | 88 | US | Director, Actor | ||
| 25 | Charles Hallahan | 54 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Glyn Dearman | 57 | UK | Actor | ||
| December | 2 | Marge Kotlisky | 70 | US | Actress | |
| 4 | Richard Vernon | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | Stubby Kaye | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Richard Warwick | 52 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Peter Taylor | 75 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| 18 | Chris Farley | 33 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 19 | Michael Alldredge | 56 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Dawn Steel | 51 | US | Producer, Executive | ||
| 23 | Stanley Cortez | 89 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 24 | Toshiro Mifune | 77 | Japan | Actor, Producer | ||
| 24 | Dee Dee Wood | 70 | US | Choreographer | ||
| 25 | Denver Pyle | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Bill Anderson | 86 | US | Producer | ||
| 31 | Billie Dove | 94 | US | Actress |
Film debuts
- Silvia Abascal − Time of Happiness
- Eric Bana – The Castle
- Mischa Barton – Lawn Dogs
- H. Jon Benjamin – Who's the Caboose?
- 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
- 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
- Judy Greer – Stricken
- Adrian Grenier – Hurricane Streets
- Ioan Gruffudd – Wilde
- Katie Holmes – The Ice Storm
- Maxi Iglesias – My Brother's Gun
- Samantha Morton – This Is the Sea
- Alessandro Nivola – Inventing the Abbotts
- Nick Offerman – Going All the Way
- Cheri Oteri – Liar Liar
- Sarah Paulson – Levitation
- Norman Reedus – Floating
- Matthew Rhys – House of America
- Maya Rudolph – Gattaca
- Amy Sedaris – Commandments
- 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
- Milo Ventimiglia – Boys Life 2
- Olivia Williams – Gaston's War
- Dean Winters – Conspiracy Theory
- Evan Rachel Wood – Digging to China
References
- "1997 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- "Titanic (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012.
- McNary, Dave (31 December 1997). "Sony's slew of hit movies exterminates Disney out of top spot". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 10. Retrieved 16 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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