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 |
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| 1 | Titanic | Paramount / Fox | $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 / Disney | $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 | Fox | $257,938,649 |
Titanic became the first movie in history to pass 1 Billion dollars at the box office on March 1, 1998. Titanic held the record for the highest grossing movie of all time for 12 Years until it was surpassed by Avatar on January 25, 2010.
- Excluding the gross from subsequent re-releases.
Events
- The original Star Wars trilogy Special Editions 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 11 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
- Airbag – (Spain)
- 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, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman, and William H. Macy
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Booty Call, starring Jamie Foxx
- Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball
- 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
- Brother (Brat) – (Russia)
- Buddy, starring Rene Russo
- The Butcher Boy, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, and Sinead O'Connor (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, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee
- 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
- 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, direced 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
- 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
- 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–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)
- Jack Frost
- 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
- 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 and Keanu Reeves
- 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
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
- 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–O
- Nevada, starring Amy Brenneman
- The Next Step
- 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
- 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–Q
- 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)
- 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
- The Postman, directed by and starring Kevin Costner
- Prefontaine, starring Jared Leto
- Pride Divide
- Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) – (Japan)
- Private Parts, starring Howard Stern
- Quiet Days in Hollywood, starring Hilary Swank, Chad Lowe, Natasha Gregson Wagner – (Germany)
R
- The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Coppola, starring Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight
- The Rage, starring Gary Busey, Lorenzo Lamas, Roy Scheider
- Red-Blooded American Girl II, starring Kari Wuhrer, Burt Young and David Keith – (Canada)
- 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 Sixth Man, starring Marlon Wayans
- Soul Food, starring Vanessa L. Williams and Vivica A. Fox
- The Soong Sisters, starring Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Wu – (Hong Kong)
- 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
- Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition)
- Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven
- Steel, starring Shaquille O'Neal
- Still Breathing, starring Brendan Fraser and Joanna Going
- 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
- 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)
- Trading Favors, starring Rosanna Arquette
- Trojan War, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Will Friedle, Danny Masterson
- 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–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)
YZ
- Year of the Dogs – (Australia)
- 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 21 – Jeremy Shada, American actor and musician
- January 24
- Jonah Bobo, American actor
- Dylan Riley Snyder, American actor
- February 10 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
- February 25 – Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
- March 10 – Madeleine Arthur, Canadian actress
- April 15 – Maisie Williams, British 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
- July 13 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist
- July 22 – Field Cate, American actor
- August 5
- Olivia Holt, American teen actress and singer
- Adam Irigoyen, American actor
- August 25 – Bryana Salaz, American actress and singer
- August 28 – Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress
- August 30 – Dana Gaier, American actress
- September 7 – Dean-Charles Chapman, British actor
- September 16 – Elena Kampouris, American actress
- October 7 – Kira Kosarin, American actress
- October 8 – Bella Thorne, singer, model and actress
- October 10 – Grace Rolek, American actress and voice actress
- October 23 – Zach Callison, American actor and voice actor
- October 28 – Sierra McCormick, American actress
- November 1
- Max Burkholder, American actor
- Alex Wolff, American actor and musician
- November 26 – Aubrey Joseph, American actor and rapper
- December 11 – Taylor Hickson, Canadian actress
- December 15 – Maude Apatow, American actress
Notable deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Joan Rice | 66 | UK | Actress | |
| 4 | Bill Lancaster | 49 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 6 | Catherine Scorsese | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Jesse White | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Sheldon Leonard | 89 | US | 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 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | James Dickey | 73 | US | Author, Screenwriter, Actor | Deliverance | |
| 21 | Tom Parker | 87 | US | Technical Advisor | ||
| 21 | Polly Ann Young | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | John Glyn-Jones | 87 | Morocco | Actor, Producer, Director | ||
| 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 | ||
| 8 | Robert Ridgely | 65 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Barry Evans | 53 | UK | Actor | ||
| 11 | Don Porter | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | James Cossins | 63 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Max Brimmell | 76 | 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 | Man About the House | |
| 26 | David Doyle | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Wende Wagner | 55 | US | Actress | ||
| March | 4 | Carey Loftin | 83 | US | 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 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Leda Gloria | 84 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 22 | John Hoesli | 78 | UK | Act Director, Draughtsman | ||
| 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 | ||
| 5 | Allen Ginsberg | 70 | US | Poet, Actor | ||
| 6 | Barbara Yu Ling | 58 | UK | Actress | ||
| 14 | Michael Stroka | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | David Dockendorf | 73 | US | 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 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Joey Faye | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Neil Robinson | 61 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Paul Lambert | 74 | US | 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 | US | 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 | US | Actor | The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell | |
| 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, Actor, Costume Executive | ||
| 29 | George Fenneman | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| June | 14 | Richard Jaeckel | 70 | US | Actor | |
| 14 | Marjorie Best | 94 | 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 | ||
| 26 | George Bassman | 83 | US | Composer, Orchestrator | ||
| 28 | Gary DeVore | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | William Hickey | 69 | US | Actor | ||
| July | 1 | Robert Mitchum | 79 | US | Actor | |
| 2 | James Stewart | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 7 | Royston Tickner | 74 | UK | Actor | The Keep | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | US | Author, Actor | |
| 4 | Dick Bush | 65 | UK | Cinematographer, Camera Operator | ||
| 5 | Don Steele | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | William Abney | 76 | UK | Actor, Writer | ||
| 15 | Glenn Corbett | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Don Knight | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 18 | Jeep Swenson | 40 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Cathleen Cordell | 82 | US | Actress | ||
| 25 | Camilla Spira | 81 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 26 | Frances Osborne | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Sally Blane | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Brandon Tartikoff | 48 | US | Studio executive | ||
| 27 | Dick N. Lucas | 77 | US | Animator | ||
| 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 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Helen Shaw | 100 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Burgess Meredith | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Georges Guétary | 82 | France | Actor | An American in Paris | |
| 13 | Audrey Fildes | 74 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 16 | Terence Cooper | 64 | Australia | Actor | ||
| 17 | Red Skelton | 84 | US | 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 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 26 | Samuel W. Taylor | 90 | US | Writer | ||
| October | 3 | John Ashley | 62 | US | Actor, Producer | |
| 3 | Verna Hillie | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| 3 | Jarl Kulle | 70 | Sweden | Actor, Director, Writer | ||
| 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 | ||
| 18 | Marshall Green | 78 | US | Production Manager, Second Unit Director | ||
| 19 | Arthur Ibbetson | 75 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 20 | Ron Tarr | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Don Messick | 71 | US | Actor, Voice of Scooby-Doo | ||
| 24 | Michael Balfour | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| 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-US | Cinematographer | ||
| 15 | Warren Douglas | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 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 | 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 | Italy | Editor, Assistant Editor | ||
| 18 | Chris Farley | 33 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 19 | Michael Alldredge | 56 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Dawn Steel | 51 | US | Producer | ||
| 21 | Roger Barkley | 61 | US | Actor | Amazon Women on the Moon | |
| 23 | Stanley Cortez | 89 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 24 | Dee Dee Wood | 89 | US | Choreographer | ||
| 24 | Toshiro Mifune | 77 | Japan | Actor, Producer | ||
| 25 | Denver Pyle | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Bill Anderson | 86 | US | Production Manager | ||
| 31 | Billie Dove | 94 | US | Actress | ||
Film debuts
- Eric Bana – The Castle
- Jacinda Barrett – Campfire Tales
- Mischa Barton – Lawn Dogs
- Paul Bettany – Bent
- Leslie Bibb – Private Parts
- Jessica Biel – Ulee's Gold
- Cate Blanchett – Paradise Road
- Orlando Bloom – Wilde
- Gerard Butler – Mrs Brown
- Erika Christensen – Leave It to Beaver
- Chiwetel Ejiofor – Amistad
- Shannon Elizabeth – Blast and Jack Frost
- Tom Felton – The Borrowers
- Rebecca Gayheart – Nothing to Lose
- Jennifer Garner – Deconstructing Harry and Mr. Magoo
- Adrian Grenier – Arresting Gena
- Ioan Gruffudd – Wilde
- Katie Holmes – The Ice Storm
- Samantha Morton – This Is the Sea
- Alessandro Nivola - Inventing the Abbotts
- Sarah Paulson – Levitation
- Sara Paxton – Liar Liar
- Norman Reedus – Floating and Mimic
- Maya Rudolph – Gattaca
- Amy Smart – Campfire Tales and The Last Time I Committed Suicide
- Leelee Sobieski – Jungle 2 Jungle
- Mena Suvari – Nowhere
- Dominique Swain – Lolita
- Olivia Williams – Gaston's War
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.
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