When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.

The Sixth Man

1997

English

5.7

♡ 17

23%

Randall Miller Director

Kadeem Hardison as Antoine Tyler

Flex Alexander as Jerrod Smith

Marlon Wayans as Kenny Tyler

Kevin McNulty as Referee

A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.

I Married a Strange Person!

1997

English

6.9

♡ 11

Bill Plympton Director

Bill Martone as Announcer

John Russo Jr. as Bud Sweeny

Ruth Ray as Keri's Mom

Tony Rossi as (voice)

On their wedding night, Grant begins experiencing strange, supernatural powers and his bride Keri can't cope. Whenever Grant thinks of something, it becomes reality, yet he doesn't know where this magic came from. Things become more complicated when a megalomaniac CEO sends the military to capture Grant in order to weaponize his abilities.

Perfect Blue

1997

Japanese

8.0

♡ 193

84%

89%

Animation

based on novel or book

Satoshi Kon Director

Jin Yamanoi as Additional Voices

Kishô Taniyama as Blue

Bridget Hoffman as Mima Kirigoe

Shiho Niiyama as Rei

Rica Matsumoto as Rumi

Tôru Furusawa as Yada

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

Starship Troopers

1997

English

7.3

♡ 174

72%

based on novel or book

Paul Verhoeven Director

Dean Norris as Commanding Officer

Dina Meyer as Dizzy Flores

Marshall Bell as General Owen

Clancy Brown as Sgt. Zim

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

Gattaca

1997

English

7.7

♡ 147

82%

Andrew Niccol Director

Dean Norris as Cop on the Beat

Uma Thurman as Irene Cassini

Jude Law as Jerome Eugene Morrow

Ethan Hawke as Vincent Freeman

Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.

She's So Lovely

1997

English

5.9

♡ 23

68%

Nick Cassavetes Director

Sean Penn as Eddie Quinn

John Travolta as Joey Germoni

Robin Wright as Maureen Murphy Quinn

Erika Eleniak as Playmate

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.

The Spanish Prisoner

1997

English

7.1

♡ 19

89%

David Mamet Director

Ricky Jay as George Lang

Mary B. McCann as Policewoman

Jack Wallace as Sanitation Man

Rebecca Pidgeon as Susan Ricci

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him.

Wag the Dog

1997

English

7.1

♡ 44

86%

76%

Action

central intelligence agency (cia)

Barry Levinson Director

Anthony Holiday as American Dream Singer

Robert De Niro as Conrad Brean

Woody Harrelson as Sgt. William Schumann

Kirsten Dunst as Tracy Lime

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Nightwatch

1997

English

6.2

♡ 18

Ole Bornedal Director

Josh Brolin as James

Patricia Arquette as Katherine

Ewan McGregor as Martin Bells

Erich Anderson as Newscaster

A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

Alien: Resurrection

1997

English

6.2

♡ 188

56%

smuggling (contraband)

underwater scene

Jean-Pierre Jeunet Director

Winona Ryder as Annalee Call

Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley

Dan Hedaya as Gen. Martin Perez

Ron Perlman as Johner

Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.

Annabelle's Wish

1997

English

7.2

♡ 4

73%

Roy Wilson Director

Mary Kay Bergman as Hens

Clancy Brown as Lawyer

Kay E. Kuter as Santa

Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects

Annabelle - a calf who has a special wish for Christmas - wants to be a reindeer and help Santa Claus drive his sleigh as he delivers his presents! Annabelle's friends tell her not to get her hopes up, but to everyone's surprise, Santa does indeed meet up with Annabelle, and the calf gets to help Santa make the holiday special for one young boy.

Bad Day on the Block

1997

English

5.3

♡ 8

Craig R. Baxley Director

David Hewlett as Andrew

Rory Flynn as Kenny Wilder

David Andrews as Reese Braverton

Keone Young as Ron the Repairman

The heat is at record highs, the air conditioner is broken, the milk has gone bad, the repairman can't find the house... and then there's the neighbor. Lyle Wilder, a celebrated firefighter, whose scorn for the young Braverton family next door turns to outright assault as his heroic exterior begins to unravel from the inside.

Atlanta's Olympic Glory

1997

English

6.9

♡ 2

Bud Greenspan Director

Will Lyman as Narrator

Carl Lewis as Self

Jackie Joyner as Self

Michael Johnson as Self

A documentary covering the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Troublesome Night 2

1997

Cn

5.3

♡ 6

Herman Yau Director

Allen Ting as Cheung Fat

Liz Kong as Girl in Water

Louis Koo as Sam

Fai Mang as Sam's Opponent

The second chapter of the "Troublesome Night" series, this movie consists of three stories. The first story is about a girl that called a radio show for advice and comfort after her boyfriend died tragically. One of the station DJs unconsciously suggested that she should commit suicide if she wants to be reunited with her beau. Unfortunately, the girl takes the suggestion and the DJ becomes racked with guilt as the girl's ghost returns to haunt him. The second story is about a group of friends voyage to the sea. During the trip, they encountered mysterious events after they rescued an eerie woman from a boat wreckage. The third story is about another DJ that quit his job after the untimely deaths of his co-workers. To escape the pain, he becomes a street racer. But, his thrill rides were hindered when he stumbled upon a sinister spirit by the roadside

In the Gloaming

1997

English

7.0

♡ 6

74%

Christopher Reeve Director

Bridget Fonda as Anne

Robert Sean Leonard as Danny

Glenn Close as Janet

Whoopi Goldberg as Nurse Myrna

Danny, dying of AIDS, returns home for his last months. Always close to his mother, they share moments of openness that tend to shut out Danny's father and his sister.

Men in Black

1997

English

7.3

♡ 287

91%

Barry Sonnenfeld Director

Sylvester Stallone as Alien on TV Monitor

Steven Spielberg as Alien on TV Monitor

Will Smith as Jay

Sean Whalen as Passport Officer

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

Batman & Robin

1997

English

3.8

♡ 133

11%

Joel Schumacher Director

George Clooney as Batman / Bruce Wayne

Tobias Jelinek as Motorcycle Gang Member

Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries

Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy / Dr. Pamela Isley

Batman and his sidekick Robin attempt to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze, who wants to make Gotham City into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy, a botanical femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contend with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl, joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.