1997 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1997 - E-K

E-K

• The Edge, directed by Lee Tamahori, starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin
• The Eel (Unagi), directed by Shōhei Imamura - (Japan) - Palme d'Or award
• The End of Evangelion (Shin Seiki Evangerion Gekijō-ban) - (Japan)
• The End of Violence, directed by Wim Wenders, starring Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell, Gabriel Byrne
• Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (Shin seiki Evangerion Gekijō-ban: Shito Shinsei) - (Japan)
• Event Horizon, starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Eve's Bayou, starring Lynn Whitfield and Samuel L. Jackson
• Excess Baggage, starring Alicia Silverstone, Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken

F

• Face, starring Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone - (U.K.)
• Face/Off, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Gina Gershon
• FairyTale: A True Story, starring Peter O'Toole and Harvey Keitel - (U.K.)
• Fakin' da Funk, starring Ernie Hudson and Pam Grier
• Fathers' Day, starring Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski
• Fever Pitch, starring Colin Firth - (U.K.)
• Fierce Creatures, starring John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Fifth Element, directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker - (France)
• Fire Down Below, starring Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Lang
• …First Do No Harm, starring Meryl Streep and Fred Ward
• First Time Felon, starring Omar Epps and Delroy Lindo
• Flubber, directed by Les Mayfield, starring Robin Williams, Christopher McDonald, Clancy Brown, voices by Jodi Benson
• Fools Rush In, starring Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek
• For Richer or Poorer, starring Tim Allen and Kirstie Alley
• Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?) - (Brazil)
• Full Alert (Ko dou gai bei), directed by Ringo Lam - (Hong Kong)
• The Full Monty, directed by Peter Cattaneo, starring Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy and Tom Wilkinson - (U.K.)
• Fun Bar Karaoke (ฝันบ้าคาราโอเกะ) - (Thailand)
• Funny Games, directed by Michael Haneke - (Austria)

G

• G.I. Jane, starring Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen and Anne Bancroft
• The Gambler, starring Michael Gambon - (Hungary/U.K./Netherlands)
• The Game, directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn
• Gang Related, starring James Belushi and James Earl Jones
• Gattaca, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law
• Genealogies of a Crime (Généalogies d'un crime), starring Catherine Deneuve and Michel Piccoli - (France)
• George of the Jungle, starring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree and John Cleese (voice only)
• Ghosts, starring Michael Jackson
• Gone Fishin', starring Danny Glover and Joe Pesci
• Good Burger, starring Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson
• Goodbye America - (Philippines/U.S.A.)
• Good Will Hunting, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver
• Green Fish (Chorok Mulgogi) - (South Korea)
• Gridlock'd, starring Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth
• Grosse Pointe Blank, starring John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd
• Gupt: The Hidden Truth, starring Bobby Deol - (India)
• Gypsy Magic - (Macedonia)

H

• Hacks, starring Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter
• Hamam (Il bagno Turco) - (Italy/Turkey/Spain)
• Hana-bi (Fireworks), directed by Takeshi Kitano - (Japan) - Palme d'Or award
• The Hanging Garden - (Canada/U.K.)
• Happy Together (Chun gwong cha sit), directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Leslie Cheung - (Hong Kong)
• Heaven's Burning, starring Russell Crowe and Youki Kudoh - (Australia)
• Hercules, featuring the voices of Tate Donovan and Danny DeVito
• Highball
• The Hole (Olgami) - (South Korea)
• Home Alone 3, starring Alex D. Linz and Scarlett Johansson
• Hoodlum, starring Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams
• The House (Namai) - (Lithuania/France)
• The House of Angelo, starring Edward Woodward, Peter Woodward, Sylvia Sims - (U.K.)
• Hugo Pool, starring Alyssa Milano and Patrick Dempsey
• Hurricane Streets, directed by Morgan J. Freeman

I

• I Know What You Did Last Summer, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze, Jr.
• The Ice Storm, starring Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Elijah Wood, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Christina Ricci
• In & Out, starring Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Wilford Brimley, Bob Newhart
• Innocence (Masumiyet) - (Turkey)
• Insomnia (Álmatlanság), starring Stellan Skarsgård - (Norway)
• Into Thin Air
• Inventing the Abbotts, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly, Liv Tyler, Billy Crudup
• Iruvar (The Duo) - (India)
• The Island on Bird Street (Øen i Fuglegaden) - (Denmark)

J

• The Jackal, starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Diane Venora, Sidney Poitier
• Jackie Brown, directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Pam Grier, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro
• Josh and the Big Wall!
• Jungle 2 Jungle, starring Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams
• Junk Mail (Budbringeren) - (Norway)
• Just Write, starring Sherilyn Fenn, Jeremy Piven, JoBeth Williams

K

• Keep Cool (Yǒu Hùa Hǎo Hǎo Shūo), directed by Zhang Yimou - (China)
• Keys to Tulsa, starring Eric Stoltz, James Spader, Cameron Diaz, James Coburn, Mary Tyler Moore
• Kini and Adams - (Burkina Faso)
• Kiss the Girls, starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd
• Kitchen (Wo ai chu fang) - (Hong Kong)
• Kull the Conqueror, starring Kevin Sorbo, Thomas Ian Griffith, Tia Carrere, Harvey Fierstein
• Kummeli Goldrush (Kummeli: Kultakuume) - (Finland)
• Kundun, directed by Martin Scorsese