1997 in film
The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including Titanic, 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 / 20th Century Fox | $1,843,201,268[nb 1][2] |
| 2 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Universal | $618,638,999 |
| 3 | Men in Black | Sony | $589,390,539 |
| 4 | Tomorrow Never Dies | MGM | $333,011,068 |
| 5 | Air Force One | Sony | $315,156,409 |
| 6 | As Good as It Gets | $314,178,011 | |
| 7 | Liar Liar | Universal | $302,710,615 |
| 8 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Sony | $299,288,605 |
| 9 | The Fifth Element | $263,920,180 | |
| 10 | The Full Monty | 20th Century Fox | $257,938,649 |
- 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
- Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman
- The Alarmist, starring David Arquette and Stanley Tucci
- Albino Alligator, directed by Kevin Spacey, starring Matt Dillon, Gary Sinise, Viggo Mortensen
- Alien Resurrection, starring Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder
- All Over Me
- An American Werewolf in Paris, starring Tom Everett Scott
- American Vampfire, starring Carmen Electra
- Amistad, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou
- Anaconda, starring Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, Jon Voight
- Anastasia, directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
- Another Day in Paradise, starring Melanie Griffith, Natasha Gregson Wagner, James Woods
- The Apostle, directed by and starring Robert Duvall, with Miranda Richardson, Farrah Fawcett
- As Good as It Gets, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear – Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
- The Assignment
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach and starring Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Mimi Rogers, Michael York
B
- Bang
- Batman & Robin, starring George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman
- Bean, directed by Mel Smith, starring Rowan Atkinson – (UK)
- Bent, starring Clive Owen – (UK), rated NC-17
- Best Men, starring Dean Cain, Sean Patrick Flanery, Drew Barrymore, Fred Ward, 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, 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, starring Daniel Day-Lewis
- Breakdown, starring Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J. T. Walsh
- Brother (Brat) – (Russia)
- Buddy, starring Rene Russo
- The Butcher Boy, directed by Neil Jordan – (Ireland)
- Buud Yam – (Burkina Faso)
C
- Campfire Tales
- Career Girls, directed by Mike Leigh – (UK)
- The Castle – (Australia)
- Cats Don't Dance, directed by Mark Dindal
- Character (Karakter) – (Netherlands/Belgium) – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Chasing Amy, directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck
- Children of Heaven (بچههای آسمان), directed by Majid Majidi – (Iran) – first Iranian film to be nominated for an Oscar
- City of Industry, directed by John Sayles
- Clockwatchers, starring Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow
- Commandments, starring Courteney Cox
- Con Air, starring John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi
- Conspiracy Theory, directed by Richard Donner, starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts
- Contact, directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, James Woods, John Hurt
- Cop Land, directed by James Mangold, starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro
- Crayola Kids Adventures: Tales of Gulliver's Travels
- Cube – (Canada)
D
- Dakan (Destiny) (Guinea)
- Dangerous Ground, starring Ice Cube
- Dante's Peak, starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton
- Deconstructing Harry, directed by and starring Woody Allen
- Def Jam's How to Be a Player
- Defying Gravity
- The Devil's Advocate, starring Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino
- The Devil's Own, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt
- Different Strokes, starring Dana Plato and Bentley Mitchum
- Dogtown, starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Jon Favreau
- Donnie Brasco, directed by Mike Newell, starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp
- Double Team, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Mickey Rourke
- Dream with the Fishes
E
- 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
- 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)
- 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 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 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
- 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)
- Trojan War
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
- Turbulence, starring Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly
- 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)
X–Z
- 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 2 - Stefan Movie Flix Tomasi, Canadian actor
- 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 28 | Steve Conte | 77 | Italy | Actor | ||
| May | 1 | Bo Widerberg | 66 | Sweden | Director, Screenwriter |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- 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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