Movie Releases by Genre

Live Flesh

Live Flesh

January 16, 1998 | R
An obsessed Víctor (Rabal) tries to get with Elena (Neri). Policemen David (Bardem) and Sancho (Sancho) are called in. Victor is sent to jail after accidently shooting David and seeks them out after he gets out of jail.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.2
Fallen

Fallen

January 16, 1998 | R
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution, the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
tbd
Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

December 31, 1997 | R
Oscar (Fiennes) is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda (Blanchett) is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies society’s rules. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their lives are changed forever. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.7
The Boxer

The Boxer

December 31, 1997 | R
Star-crossed lovers (Lewis, Watson) are torn between unquestioning loyalty to the ties of tradition and the passion they share in this film set in 1990s Belfast, torn apart by years of religious conflict and IRA violence. (Universal)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
Afterglow

Afterglow

December 26, 1997 | R
Set in the city of Montreal, Alan Rudolph's romantic comedy-drama Afterglow paints a wryly comic portrait of two modern marriages drifting toward the rocks. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.0
Kundun

Kundun

December 25, 1997 | PG-13
Martin Scorsese directs the incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders -- Tibet's Dali Lama and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.6
Wag the Dog

Wag the Dog

December 25, 1997 | R
Wickedly fictional with historical overtones truer than many care to admit, Wag The Dog examines the blurred lines between politics, the media and show business.  (New Line Productions)
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.3
Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown

December 25, 1997 | TV-MA
What do a sexy stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, an earnest federal agent, and a stoned-out beach bunny have in common? They're six players on the trail of a half million dollars in cash! The only questions are ... who's getting played ... and who's gonna make the big score! [Miramax]
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.3
The Postman

The Postman

December 25, 1997 | R
Set in the year 2013, after a war has devastated America, the film focuses on a lone drifter who becomes the reluctant leader of the fight against the forces of destruction.  (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
29
User Score:
6.5
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

December 23, 1997 | R
An unusual friendship develops between three people in New York City: a single mother working as a waitress (Hunt), a writer with obsessive-compulsive disorder (Nicholson), and his neighbor, a gay artist (Kinnear).
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.4
Titanic

Titanic

December 19, 1997 | PG-13
A fictional romantic tale of a rich girl (Winslet) and a poor bohemian boy (DiCaprio) who meet on the ill-fated voyage of the 'unsinkable' ship.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.4
The Apostle

The Apostle

December 17, 1997 | PG-13
He was touched by the power and filled with the spirit. A man of faith. A man of the flesh. A man plagued by the darker side of human desire, and rage. Robert Duvall is Sonny, a gifted Southern preacher loved by his community. When Sonny loses control and commits a crime of passion, he is forced to run from the law. Hiding out in the small town of Bayou Boutte, Sonny adopts a new identity and sets out on a new mission ' to find the road to redemption. (Universal)
Metascore:
83
User Score:
5.4
Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

December 12, 1997 | R
This film revolves around the problems of a New York writer's creative and erotic life.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.4
Amistad

Amistad

December 10, 1997 | TV-MA
Based on a true story, a group of enslaved Africans aboard the slaveship La Amistad overtake the ship and attempt to return to their homeland. When the ship is seized, the captives are brought to the United States where an enthralling courtroom battle ensues that captures the attention of the entire nation while confronting the very foundation of the American justice system. (DreamWorks)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.3
Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

December 5, 1997 | R
Will Hunting (Matt Damon) is a brilliant mathematician, but also an angry young man. To avoid jail time, he agrees to work with Sean (Robin Williams) a therapist who comes from the same tough Boston neighborhood.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.6
Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

November 26, 1997 | R
Living on the edge amid the constant threat of attack, an offbeat band of TV journalists, lead by hotshot Jimmy Flynn (Harrelson), report from a devastated war-torn country. The action intensifies when one of the journalists crosses the line and risks his life in a bold attempt to smuggle an orphaned girl to safety. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.3
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

November 21, 1997 | R
A scandalous murder trial lays bare the secrets and pretensions the genteel townfolk of Savannah, GA, hold dear. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
6.6
The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

November 21, 1997 | PG-13
Francis Ford Coppola directs and scripts this adaptation of John Grisham's novel about an idealistic young attorney who takes on the case of a lifetime.  (Paramount)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.9
Anastasia

Anastasia

November 21, 1997 | G
From St. Petersburg, Russia to Paris, France, join Anya on an epic journey of breathtaking animated action and intrigue. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.9
The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

November 21, 1997 | TV-MA
On a winter's day, in the small rural community of Sam Dent, British Columbia, a school bus inexplicably crashes into a frozen lake, taking the lives of fourteen children and injuring many others. Shortly thereafter, Mitchell Stephens (Holm), a big city lawyer, comes to the community with promises to compensate its citizens for their loss. (Fine Line Films)
Metascore:
91
User Score:
8.0
The Tango Lesson

The Tango Lesson

November 14, 1997 | PG
A filmmaker (Sally Potter), dissatisfied wth her latest screenplay, stumbles upon the tango and an Argentinian tango dancer (Pablo Veron) living in Paris. Fascinated by both, she places herself under Pablo's tutelage, striking a deal — if Pablo will make her a tango dancer, she will let him star in her next film. He accomplishes his side of the bargain when they perform in a show, but her attempt to make a film with Pablo in Buenos Aires exposes the complexities at the heart of the story — how do you follow when your instinct is to lead? [Sony Pictures Classics]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
The Wings of the Dove

The Wings of the Dove

November 7, 1997 | R
Based on the Henry James novel, this is a provocative tale of passion, temptation, and greed. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.2
Eve's Bayou

Eve's Bayou

November 7, 1997 | R
After a daughter witnesses her father having an affair, she begins a chain reaction that could tear her family apart.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
Mad City

Mad City

November 7, 1997 | PG-13
A network television journalist is banished to a backwater station for bad behavior on the job. He meets a security guard who got laid off and the two form a bond of mutual need which changes the course of their lives forever. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
6.3
Happy Together

Happy Together

October 30, 1997
Yiu-Fai (Leung) and Po-Wing (Cheung) travel from Hong Kong to Argentina in an attempt to save their relationship.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.9
Gattaca

Gattaca

October 24, 1997 | PG-13
An engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection.  [Sony]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.5
A Life Less Ordinary

A Life Less Ordinary

October 24, 1997 | R
After being fired, an angry janitor kidnaps his boss’s spoiled daughter and finds himself on the road to romance.
Metascore:
37
User Score:
5.9
Best Men

Best Men

October 17, 1997 | R
The film opens with 4 tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girl friend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father. As the men are all known to those being robbed, this quirky comedy takes a left turn as their hostages all work to support the men.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Gummo

Gummo

October 17, 1997 | R
Residents of tornado-stricken Xevia, Ohio wander the deserted landscape passing time.
Metascore:
19
User Score:
6.8
The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

October 17, 1997 | R
A drama about the eternal struggle between power and weakness, between temptation and surrender, between good and limitless evil.  (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
8.5
Telling Lies in America

Telling Lies in America

October 15, 1997 | PG-13
In 1960s Cleveland, Billy Magic (Bacon) is the coolest DJ in town and Karchy (Renfro), a young Hungarian immigrant trying to fit in, cheats to win a contest to be Billy's assistant.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
4.3
Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

October 10, 1997 | TV-MA
A multifaceted look at the porn industry in Los Angeles in the 70's and 80's, focusing on the journey of a young man (Wahlberg) from restaurant dishwasher to porn star and beyond.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
4.2
The House of Yes

The House of Yes

October 10, 1997 | R
All Marty (Hamilton) wants is a normal life, but nothing goes as planned when his fiancée (Spelling) meets his far-from-normal family. (Miramax)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.0
Gang Related

Gang Related

October 8, 1997 | TV-14
After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
tbd
Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet

October 8, 1997 | PG-13
Brad Pitt stars in the soaring adventure and incredible true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who is transformed by his friendship with the young Dalai Lama.  (Sony)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.4
U Turn

U Turn

October 3, 1997 | R
He's a small-time gambler with a backpack full of cash, an overdue debt in Vegas and a broken radiator hose. She's a hot-and-cold vixen caught in the grips of a twisted relationship with her powerful husband. Both of them just want to get out of town. And after you meet the citizens of Superior, Arizona, you'll understand why. (Sony)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
8.6
Kiss the Girls

Kiss the Girls

October 3, 1997 | R
Eight kidnapped women. All beautiful. All talented. All in danger of having their lives cut cruelly short if police detective Alex Cross (Freeman) and key witness Kate McTiernan (Judd) can't locate the elusive "collector" who calls himself Casanova.  (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
3.3
The Ice Storm

The Ice Storm

September 26, 1997 | R
It's November 1973 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Watergate has caught up with Richard Nixon. The Beatles are recording solo albums. Wife-swapping has come to the suburbs. And, the Hood family is skidding out of control. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.4
Soul Food

Soul Food

September 26, 1997 | TV-MA
An ensemble drama set around the abundant table of Chicago family matriarch Mother Joe, whose extended family revolves around the stabilizing force of her sumptuous Sunday dinners.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
4.8
The Edge

The Edge

September 26, 1997 | R
An intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Nenette and Boni

Nenette and Boni

September 19, 1997 | Not Rated
Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who doted on her son Boni, has died. He works for an interesting couple as a pizza baker, and is surprised and enraged when his younger sister, having run away from boarding school, suddenly turns up. There's a problem that they must confront.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Going All the Way

Going All the Way

September 19, 1997 | R
After returning home from the Korean War, two young men search for love and fulfillment in middle America.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

September 19, 1997 | TV-MA
Based on James Ellroy's novel about the movie industry, corrupt cops, tabloid journalism, gangsters and sexual obsessions of every stripe, L.A. Confidential is set in 1950's Los Angeles.
Metascore:
91
User Score:
8.6
My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

September 17, 1997 | Not Rated
Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he complete his doctorate, does he want to become a full professor, does he really love his long-standing girlfriend, or should he re-start with one of his other lovers? Is he avoiding the despairing life his father can't escape from?
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
The Myth of Fingerprints

The Myth of Fingerprints

September 17, 1997 | R
A funny, sharply observed tale of an uneasy and emotionally charged New England family reunion. (Sony)
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
A Self-Made Hero

A Self-Made Hero

September 12, 1997
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. He leaves his wife and goes to Paris. Gradually he inveigles himself with the resistance movement. They trust him and he helps them trace collaborators.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
tbd
Fire Down Below

Fire Down Below

September 5, 1997 | R
Going undercover in rural Kentucky, an environmental agent (Steven Seagal) tries to prove the dumping of toxic waste in the local coal mines by ruthless industrialists.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
5.4
She's So Lovely

She's So Lovely

August 29, 1997 | R
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
6.2
Hoodlum

Hoodlum

August 27, 1997 | R
This gangster film is set in 1930's Harlem.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
8.1
G.I. Jane

G.I. Jane

August 22, 1997 | R
Moore stars as gutsy Lieutenant O'Neil, the first woman ever given the opportunity to earn a place in the armed forces most highly skilled combat unit -- the elite Navy SEALS. But the already brutal rigors of training camp turn into an unimaginable test of courage and determination once it becomes clear that no one -- powerful politicians, top military brass, or her male Navy SEAL teammates -- wants her to succeed. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.1
Fire

Fire

August 22, 1997 | Unrated
Deepa Mehta's tender, passionate and controversial love story of two Indian women torn between their devotion to duty and their desire for love and companionship. (Zeitgeist Films)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.0
The Delta

The Delta

August 15, 1997 | Unrated
Lincoln, who's not yet 18, leads a straight life most of the time: he has a girl friend, goes to dances, jokes with guys. But he also has a secret life, in which he's drawn to dark places where he has sex with men he doesn't know. One night, while visiting a gay video arcade, he connects with John, a Vietnamese-born gay man, in his 20s probably, whose father was an African-American US soldier. John invites Lincoln to spend some carefree time with him, and Lincoln takes him to his father's boat. John then convinces Lincoln to take the boat into the Mississippi delta, where setting off some fireworks out of season precipitates betrayal and revenge.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
Cop Land

Cop Land

August 15, 1997 | R
Sylvester Stallone stars as Freddy Heflin, the sheriff of a place everyone calls "Cop Land" -- a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he's long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town's peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action -- and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.5
Career Girls

Career Girls

August 8, 1997 | R
2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
In the Company of Men

In the Company of Men

August 1, 1997 | R
A psychological love triangle set within 90's corporate culture. (Sony Picture Classics)
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.9
Picture Perfect

Picture Perfect

August 1, 1997 | PG-13
Caught up in career complications and romantic roundabouts, Kate (Aniston) is about to learn what truly makes the perfect mate -- and that a picture is worth much more than a thousand words. (Fox)
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.2
One Eight Seven

One Eight Seven

July 30, 1997 | R
15 months after being stabbed 9 times by a student at work as a high school teacher in NYC, Mr. Garfield is working in LA as a substitute teacher come full-time. He refuses to be a victim anymore.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
6.7
Air Force One

Air Force One

July 25, 1997 | R
Wolfgang Petersen's gripping thriller about an uncompromising U.S. President (Ford) who has just told the world he will not negotiate with terrorists. When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world's most secure and extraordinary aircraft, the President is faced with a nearly impossible decision to give in to terrorist demands or sacrifice not only the country's dignity, but the lives of his wife and daughter. (Sony)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.6
Star Maps

Star Maps

July 23, 1997 | R
Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood. Finally one of his clients, a rich soap star, offers him a bit part in her show. Pepe tell Carlos that she is just using him and demands that he not see the women any longer. Carlos defies his father and when his big day comes he is finds out the harsh realities of life are even harsher than he imagined.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown

Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown

July 18, 1997 | PG
Queen Victoria (Dench) was the world's most powerful woman. Rugged Scotsman John Brown (Connolly) was a lowly servant who looked after her horses. Yet when circumstances brought them together, the result was a passionate friendship that scandalized a nation. (Buena Vista Entertainment)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.3
Contact

Contact

July 11, 1997 | PG
Jodie Foster stars as headstrong visionary astronomer Ellie Arroway in Contact, a drama of discovery, based on the best-selling 1985 novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and noted astronomer Carl Sagan.  (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.8
Face/Off

Face/Off

June 27, 1997 | R
FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) knows how to stop elusive terrorist Castor Troy (Cage). He'll become him. Archer undergoes a futuristic surgery and has Troy's face mapped onto his, then infiltrates the terrorist's world to discover his deadly secrets. But as much as Archer looks and acts like Troy, he doesn't really know him. He never figures Troy will retaliate and force doctors to transform him into Archer. Now the agent faces a shattering nightmare: his archrival is living with his family. (Paramount)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.8
Underground

Underground

June 20, 1997 | Not Rated
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.9
Ulee's Gold

Ulee's Gold

June 6, 1997 | R
The story of Ulysses Jackson (Fonda), a solitary beekeeper working in the tupelo marshes of the Florida Panhandle and caring for his two grandchildren. The trio lives an ordered, if somewhat narrow life until a call from Jackson's son in jail changes everything. (Orion Pictures)
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

June 6, 1997 | NC-17
Three experiences make an indelible impression in a young girl's childhood: her father's tender calligraphy on her face and neck, the text of a noblewoman's sensual diary (or pillow book), and the discovery that her father is being blackmailed. These three images become a single obsession when the girl becomes a woman (Vivian Wu of The Joy Luck Club) and meets a man (Trainspotting's Ewan McGregor) who offers his body to her, both as a blank page to write upon and as a weapon of revenge. (Columbia TriStar)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.7
Brassed Off

Brassed Off

May 23, 1997 | R
A story about two old friends -- and ex-lovers -- whose surprise reunion turns their lives, and the lives of everyone else in town, hilariously upside down! (Miramax)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
8.0
Love! Valour! Compassion!

Love! Valour! Compassion!

May 16, 1997 | R
This film adaptation of Terrence McNally's Tony Award winning play focuses on eight gay men as they spend three summer holiday weekends together at a rural country house. What transpires is a tender, humorous and poignant story about love, valour and compassion among friends. (New Line Cinema)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.8
Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

May 16, 1997 | R
Sean Casey (Garcia) is just another idealistic assistant D.A. - until his prosecution of a cop-killing drug lord catapults him into the center of New York's tempestuous political arena. Vowing to follow the clues wherever they lead, the young D.A. embarks on a search for the truth that will force him to question his faith in the law, his loyalty to loved ones and his place in a system where justice is the ultimate con. (Paramount)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
4.7
La Promesse (The Promise)

La Promesse (The Promise)

May 16, 1997 | Not Rated
Igor and his father, Roger, are making a decent living renting apartments to illegal immigrants and sometimes working them illegally (among other scams). But when the building inspector pays a surprise visit and Amidou falls off a scaffold in his hurry to hide, things start to unravel, particularly when Igor makes a promise to the injured Amidou that ultimately exposes the different values of Igor and Roger, and of Amidou's wife, Assita.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.2
The Brave

The Brave

May 10, 1997
A down-on-his-luck Native American recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty-stricken family.
Metascore:
24
User Score:
tbd
Nowhere

Nowhere

May 9, 1997 | TV-MA
Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
tbd
Children of the Revolution

Children of the Revolution

April 30, 1997 | R
After a mad, passionate fling on a whirlwind trip to Moscow, party girl Joan Fraser (Davis) returns home pregnant. And when little Joe is born, everyone wonders who "Daddy" is. Soon, the ball starts rolling on a hilarious sequence of events that includes a clueless husband (Rush), a lovesick double agent (Neill), and even Joseph Stalin (Abraham). (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Irma Vep

Irma Vep

April 30, 1997 | Not Rated
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
4.8
Volcano

Volcano

April 25, 1997 | PG-13
Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano pushes to the surface, raining a storm of deadly firebombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned City of Angels in this pulse-pounding action thriller! (Fox)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.8
Murder at 1600

Murder at 1600

April 18, 1997 | R
Murder inside the White House! Who did it -- and why? That's what a hardnosed D.C. homicide cop (Snipes) and hair-triggered Secret Service agent (Lane) uncover in this mystery packed with suspects, cover-ups, covert agents, daring action and an overseas crisis that could blow at any instant. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
7.8
Traveller

Traveller

April 18, 1997 | R
Bokky (Paxton) shows Pat (Wahlberg) the ropes of being a Traveller - a nomadic clan of Irish-American con artists. Bokky begins doubting their lifestyle when he falls for Jean (Margulies), one of their intended victims.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
Paradise Road

Paradise Road

April 11, 1997 | R
Set in World War II Singapore, this is the story of several European women who are imprisoned by the Japanese and seek solace from the horror of their imprisonment by forming a vocal orchestra. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
5.9
Shall We Dance?

Shall We Dance?

April 11, 1997 | PG
A middle-aged workaholic's incredibly dull life takes a funny turn when he signs up for a ballroom dance class -- just to meet the sexy dance teacher. But when he finally muscles up the nerve for lessons he winds up with a different instructor and her colorfully eccentric class of beginners! And now he'll have to step lightly -- and do some fancy footwork -- if he expects to keep his new secret passion from his family and friends! (Miramax)
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.5
Chasing Amy

Chasing Amy

April 4, 1997 | R
Lifelong best friends Holden (Affleck) and Banky (Lee) are enjoying success as the creators of the cult hit comic book "Bluntman and Chronic." When they meet fellow comic book artist Alyssa (Adams), Holden's desire for the beautiful charmer is immediate. Alyssa, however, has set her romantic sights elsewhere. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.3
Inventing the Abbotts

Inventing the Abbotts

April 4, 1997 | R
A tale of class division and forbidden love set in the 1950's.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
6.3
The Devil's Own

The Devil's Own

March 26, 1997 | R
A harrowing thriller about an IRA gunman who draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
6.3
Maborosi

Maborosi

March 21, 1997 | Not Rated
A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues to search for meaning in a lonely world.
Metascore:
92
User Score:
7.8
Selena

Selena

March 21, 1997 | PG
This biographical drama charting the extraordinary career and tragic slaying of pop singing sensation Selena.  (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.5
Crash

Crash

March 21, 1997 | NC-17
The immediate subject matter of Crash is the strange lure of the auto collision, provoking as it does the human fascination with death and the tendency to eroticize danger. Most motorists will slow down to stare at the scene of a collision; they may feel their pulses quickening and become exquisitely aware of the fragility of their own bodies. The characters of Crash carry this awareness a step further, cherishing and nurturing it. For them, a car collision is a sexual turn-on, and a jolting life-force they come to crave. [Fine Line Features]
Metascore:
53
User Score:
3.2
Gray's Anatomy

Gray's Anatomy

March 19, 1997 | Not Rated
Steven Soderbergh films Spaulding Gray's 1993 monologue about the diagnosis and treatment of his rare eye ailment.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
Love Jones

Love Jones

March 14, 1997 | R
Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Mosley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
The Substance of Fire

The Substance of Fire

March 14, 1997 | R
Ron Rifkin plays a headstrong book publisher who refuses to "sell out" by releasing anything commercial, even when his business partner and son (Goldwyn) discovers a sure-fire best-seller. As the father's stubbornness pushes their company to the brink of bankruptcy, the son must convince his brother and sister (Hutton and Parker) to join him in a fight that will save the business, but may destroy their family. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
54
User Score:
tbd
Private Parts

Private Parts

March 7, 1997 | R
Private Parts captures Howard at his most hilarious, in a bare-all, no-jokes-barred look at a true entertainment sensation.  (Paramount)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.0
The Watermelon Woman

The Watermelon Woman

March 5, 1997 | Not Rated
Cheryl (Cheryl Dunye) is a twenty-something black lesbian working as a clerk in a video store while struggling to make a documentary about Fae Richards, an obscure black actress from the 1930's. Cheryl is surprised to discover that Richards (known popularly as "the Watermelon Woman") had a white lesbian lover. At the same time, Cheryl falls in love with a very cute white customer at the video store (Guinevere Turner. [First Run Features]
Metascore:
74
User Score:
5.8
The Daytrippers

The Daytrippers

March 5, 1997 | R
When a happily married woman discovers a love letter written by her husband to an unknown party, she enlists her dysfunctional family to discover the truth.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.8
Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco

February 28, 1997 | R
Al Pacino and Johnny Depp head an all-star cast in this gangland thriller about an undercover FBI agent who befriends a hitman to gain entry to the mob. (Sony)
Metascore:
77
User Score:
3.1
Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

February 28, 1997 | R
Set in Copenhagen, this mystery features Julia Ormond as a half-Inuit, transplanted Greenlander and snow expert who begins her own investigation when a neighbor boy falls from the building's roof.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
7.8
Hard Eight

Hard Eight

February 28, 1997 | R
Sydney (Hall) is a poker-faced professional gambler with a soft heart for a hard luck story. He plays guardian angel to unlucky John (Reilly) and a hooker, Clementine (Paltrow), whom he grows to love like family. When John's and Clementine's honeymoon night leads to a disastrous hostage situation, Sydney takes care of it, as usual. But when slick casino pro Jimmy (Jackson) threatens to reveal a secret from Sydney's past that could destroy his relationship with the newlyweds, Sydney decides to hedge his bets and not leave anything to chance. (Sony)
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.5
Lost Highway

Lost Highway

February 21, 1997 | R
This neo-noir is a mesmerizing meditation on the mysterious nature of identity from director David Lynch. [October Films]
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.7
Rosewood

Rosewood

February 21, 1997 | R
This film is a dramatic adaptation of a racially-charged historical event that took place in central Florida in 1923.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.4
Touch

Touch

February 14, 1997 | R
When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing relationship between Juvenal and Lynn Faulkner.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Absolute Power

Absolute Power

February 14, 1997 | R
He was where he shouldn't have been, saw what he shouldn't have seen. But who'll believe the word of a career thief and ex-con (Eastwood) when he says he saw a woman killed -- and that the man responsible is the President of the United States? (Warner Bros)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
6.5
Fools Rush In

Fools Rush In

February 14, 1997 | PG-13
A New Yorker (Perry) transplanted to Las Vegas and a beautiful local artist (Hayek) impetuously decide to tie the knot.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
7.5
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

February 7, 1997 | TV-MA
Richard Linklater explores the lives of young Americans at a crossroads.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
8.1
Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak

February 7, 1997 | PG-13
Without warning, day becomes night; air turns to fire, and solid ground melts beneath white-hot lava. Welcome to the town of Dante's Peak, where a long-dormant volcano is about to erupt with devastating force. Who will survive when the inferno unleashes its fury? (Universal)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
5.9
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