Temporal Top Ten – 1997

Number of movies seen from this year – 148
Number of movies reviewed – 136 (including 22 Encore Reviews)

 

1997 was another excellent year for movies.

I had a lot of trouble choosing between my #1 and #2 picks because I really like both movies so much. They are quite different thematically but each brings their A Game for their particular genre. Essentially they are interchangeable and I can make a case for either of them claiming the top spot, but in order to take on an endeavor like this, I need to sometimes make hard decisions and the love story in #1 is what clinched it.

My #3 has an all star cast all playing their parts excellently giving us a great mystery within a mystery.

#4 is a top notch action thriller that features an actor portraying the most popular cinematic character with his current job position.

#5 is an amazing story that takes place in Europe during WWII.

#6 is a romcom that was pretty good with some great dialogue and characters with idiosyncrasies that seem both extreme and necessary at the same time.

#7 is a moving apocalyptic film with a strong message of hope.

#8 is an excellent legal drama written by an award winning author who has had many of his books adapted to the screen. This is one of his best adaptations.

To finish up the list slots 9 and 10 (George Wallace) are diverse historical dramas that have a lot more in common than one would initially presume.

Update 11 Jul 2017 – After rewatching George Wallace, I don’t believe that it is truly worthy of being among the top ten, so it has been subsequently dropped from the list completely has now been added to the list moving all subsequent entries down accordingly.  Upon re-evaluation, I have added 12 Angry Men to the #3 slot, moving everything else down one slot.

Update 31 Jan 2018 – Starship Troopers now is added to the list at #7 subsequently moving everything else down one slot

My Top Ten

Honorable Mention – Amistad

10. The Rainmaker

9. The Postman

8. As Good as It Gets
7. Starship Troopers

6. Life is Beautiful

5. Air Force One4. Cop Land3. 12 Angry Men

2. L.A. Confidential

1. Titanic

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1997

1. 12 Angry Men
2. Absolute Power   Encore Review
3. Addicted to Love
4. Affliction
5. Afterglow
6. Air Force One   Encore Review
7. Albino Alligator
8. Alien: Resurrection
9. Amistad
10. Anaconda
11. Anastasia
12. The Apostle
13. As Good as It Gets
14. The Assignment
15. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
16. Batman & Robin
17. Bean
18. Bent
19. Beverly Hills Ninja
20. The Big One
21. Boogie Nights
22. Breakdown
23. Buffalo Soldiers
24. The Castle
25. Chasing Amy
26. City of Industry
27. Con Air
28. Conspiracy Theory
29. Contact  Encore Review
30. Cop Land  Encore Review
31. Critical Care
32. Dante’s Peak
33. Deconstructing Harry
34. The Devil’s Advocate
35. The Devil’s Own
36. Don King: Only in America
37. Donnie Brasco
38. Early Edition: The Wall
39. The Edge
40. Event Horizon
41. Eve’s Bayou
42. Executive Target
43. Face/Off   Encore Review
44. Fathers’ Day
45. Fever Pitch
46. Fierce Creatures
47. The Fifth Element
48. Fire Down Below
49. Flubber
50. Fools Rush In
51. For Richer or Poorer
52. The Full Monty
53. G.I. Jane
54. The Game
55. Gattaca
56. George of the Jungle
57. George Wallace
58. Gone Fishin’
59. Good Will Hunting
60. Grosse Pointe Blank
61. Hercules
62. Highball
63. Hoodlum
64. The Ice Storm
65. In & Out
66. In The Line of Fire: Blaze of Glory
67. Incognito
68. The Island on Bird Street
69. The Jackal
70. Jack Frost
71. Jackie Brown
72. Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
73. Jungle 2 Jungle
74. Kiss the Girls
75. L.A. Confidential    Encore Review
76. Leave It to Beaver
77. Let Me Call You Sweetheart
78. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
79. Liar Liar
80. Life is Beautiful
81. A Life Less Ordinary
82. The Long Way Home
83. The Lost World: Jurassic Park
84. Mad City
85. The Man Who Knew Too Little
86. Men in Black
87. Metro
88. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
89. Mimic
90. MouseHunt
91. Mr. Magoo
92. Mrs. Brown
93. Murder at 1600
94. My Best Friend’s Wedding
95. Myth of Fingerprints, The
96. Nothing to Lose
97. One Eight Seven
98. One Night Stand
99. The Opposite of Sex
100. Orgazmo
101. Out To Sea
102. The Peacemaker
103. Perfect Blue
104. Picture Perfect
105. The Postman
106. Prefontaine
107. Princess Mononoke
108. Private Parts
109. Quicksilver Highway
110. The Rainmaker  Encore Review
111. Red Corner
112. Rommel: The Last Knight
113. Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
114. Rosewood
115. Rough Riders
116. The Saint
117. Scream 2
118. Seven Years in Tibet
119. She’s So Lovely
120. Shining, The
121. The Spanish Prisoner
122. Spawn
123. Speed 2: Cruise Control
124. Spice World
125. Starship Troopers
126. Steel
127. Still Breathing
128. Suicide Kings
129. The Sweet Hereafter
130. Switchback
131. Thurgood Marshall: Justice For All
132. Til There Was You
133. Titanic      Encore Review  Encore Review 2   Encore Review 3  4   5   6  7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  15
134. Tomorrow Never Dies
135. Trace of Murder, A
136. Trial and Error
137. Trucks
138. Truman
139. Turbulence
140. U Turn
141. Ulee’s Gold
142. Vegas Vacation
143. Visas and Virtue
144. Volcano
145. Wag the Dog
146. Welcome to Sarajevo
147. What the Deaf Man Heard
148. The Wings of the Dove