1997

  1. *****

  2. LA Confidential (Curtis Hanson; 138 min; USA): 95%
  3. **** 1/2

  4. Titanic (James Cameron; 194 min; USA): 94%
  5. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan; 112 min; Canada): 93%
  6. Abre Los Ojos (Alejandro Amenábar; 117 min; Spain/France/Italy): 92%
  7. Mat I Syn (Aleksandr Sokurov; 73 min; Russia/Germany): 92%
  8. Hana-Bi (Takeshi Kitano; 103 min; Japan): 91%
  9. As Good as it Gets (James L. Brooks; 139 min; USA): 90%
  10. ****

  11. Ta'm E Guilass (Abbas Kiarostami; 95 min; Iran/France): 89%
  12. Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant; 126 min; USA): 87%
  13. Chung Gwong Cha Sit (Wong Kar-Wai; 96 min; Hong Kong): 87%
  14. Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith; 113 min; USA): 86%
  15. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson; 156 min; USA): 85%
  16. The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo; 91 min; UK): 84%
  17. Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld; 98 min; USA): 83%
  18. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino; 154 min; USA): 83%
  19. Wag the Dog (Barry Levinson; 97 min; USA): 82%
  20. Lost Highway (David Lynch; 128 min; USA): 82%
  21. La Vita é Bella (Roberto Benigni; 116 min; Italy): 81%
  22. Gattaca (Andrew Niccol; 106 min; USA): 80%
  23. *** 1/2

  24. The Fifth Element (Luc Besson; 126 min; France): 79%
  25. Insomnia (Erik Skjoldbjærg; 96 min; Norway): 78%
  26. The Game (David Fincher; 128 min; USA): 77%
  27. Hercules (Ron Clements/John Musker; 92 min; USA): 76%
  28. Air Force One (Wolfgang Petersen; 124 min; USA/Germany): 74%
  29. Grosse Pointe Blank (George Armitage; 107 min; USA): 72%
  30. Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven; 121 min; USA): 71%
  31. Contact (Robert Zemeckis; 153 min; USA): 70%
  32. George of the Jungle (Sam Weisman; 92 min; USA): 70%
  33. ***

  34. Tomorrow Never Dies (Roger Spottiswoode; 119 min; UK): 69%
  35. Liar Liar (Tom Shadyac; 86 min; USA): 69%
  36. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg; 129 min; USA): 68%
  37. The Borrowers (Peter Hewitt; 89 min; UK/USA): 68%
  38. The Rainmaker (Francis Ford Coppola; 135 min; USA): 68%
  39. Bean (Mel Smith; 90 min; UK/USA): 67%
  40. The Second Civil War (Joe Dante; 97 min; USA): 66%
  41. Anastasia (Don Bluth/Gary Goldman; 94 min; USA): 65%
  42. Oesje! (Ludo Cox; 90 min; Belgium): 65%
  43. Funny Games (Michael Haneke; 108 min; Austria): 65%
  44. Volcano (Mick Jackson; 104 min; USA): 64%
  45. Face/Off (John Woo; 138 min; USA): 64%
  46. Air Bud (Charles Martin Smith; 98 min; USA): 62%
  47. Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood; 121 min; USA): 61%
  48. Toothless (Melanie Mayron; 92 min; USA): 60%
  49. ** 1/2

  50. Con Air (Simon West; 115 min; USA): 57%
  51. Oliver Twist (Tony Bill; 91 min; USA): 97%
  52. FairyTale: A True Story (Charles Sturridge; 99 min; USA/UK): 57%
  53. Metro (Thomas Carter; 117 min; USA): 56%
  54. Yat Goh Hiu Yan (Sammo Hung Kam-Bo; 94 min; Hong Kong/Australia/USA): 55%
  55. Fools Rush In (Andy Tennant; 109 min; USA): 53%
  56. The Edge (Lee Tamahori; 117 min; USA): 51%
  57. Dante's Peak (Roger Donaldson; 109 min; USA): 50%
  58. **

  59. The Jackal (Michael Caton-Jones; 124 min; USA/UK/France/Germany/Japan): 48%
  60. Scream 2 (Wes Craven; 120 min; USA): 45%
  61. The Odyssey (Andrei Konchalovsky; 176 min; Italy/UK/Germany/Greece/USA): 41%
  62. Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (Dean Cundey; 74 min; USA): 40%
  63. * 1/2

  64. Flubber (Les Mayfield; 93 min; USA): 37%
  65. The Saint (Philip Noyce; 116 min; USA): 34%
  66. *

  67. Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet; 109 min; USA): 28%
  68. Home Alone 3 (Raja Gosnell; 102 min; USA): 23%
  69. 1/2

  70. Free Willy 3: The Rescue (Sam Pillsbury; 86 min; USA): 16%
  71. Mr Magoo (Stanley Tong; 87 min; USA): 15%
  72. 0 stars

  73. Speed 2: Cruise Control (Jan de Bont; 121 min; USA): 9%
  74. Batman & Robin (Joel Schumacher; 125 min; USA/UK): 7%
  75. Double Team (Hark Tsui; 93 min; USA): 4%
  76. Pocket Ninjas (Dave Eddy; 80 min; USA): 0%