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Theme: Films of 1997

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The Sender (1997)

22 July 200010 March 2025

Rating: ★

Alien Visitor/Psychic Powers/Action

Director: Richard Pepin
Actors: Michael Madsen, Shelli Lether, R. Lee Ermey, Steve Williams, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Shining (1997)

26 March 20073 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Haunted Hotel/Cabin Fever/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Steven Weber, Rebecca De Mornay, Courtland Mead, Melvin Van Peebles, …
Category: Horror

A Simple Wish (1997)

25 February 200114 March 2025

Rating: 0­

Inept Fairy Godmother

Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Amanda Plummer, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sixth Man (1997)

19 October 200814 March 2025

Rating: ★

Ghost Aids Basketball Team

Director: Randall Miller
Actors: Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, David Paymer, Kevin Dunn, …
Category: Fantasy

Skeletons (1997)

26 March 200730 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Smalltown Secrets

Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Ron Silver, Christopher Plummer, James Coburn, Dee Wallace, …
Category: Horror

Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)

31 October 20058 July 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Scandanavian Murder Mystery/SF Twist

Director: Bille August
Actors: Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Robert Loggia, …
Category: Science Fiction

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

19 June 200019 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Adult Fairy-Tale

Director: Michael Cohn
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Monica Keena, Sam Neill, Gill Bellows, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sore Losers (1997)

19 October 200228 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Exploitation Homage/Alien Spree Killers

Director: John Michael McCarthy
Actors: Jack Oblivian, Kerine Elkins, Jim Townsend
Category: Science Fiction

Space Truckers (1996)

17 April 200118 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Interstellar Adventures

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar, Charles Dance, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spawn (1997)

8 March 200813 February 2023

Rating: ★★

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé
Actors: Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, D.B. Sweeney, …
Category: Fantasy

Spice World (1997)

12 September 20091 June 2022

Rating: ★★

The Spice Girls’ Gonzo Escapades

Director: Bob Spiers
Actors: Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Haliwell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Troopers (1997)

29 July 201029 October 2021

Rating: ★

War with Aliens

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Patrick Muldoon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Steel (1997)

12 April 200330 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Kenneth Johnson
Actors: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, …
Category: Science Fiction

Switchback (1997)

22 June 19993 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Jeb Stuart
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, …
Category: Horror

Time Under Fire (1997)

9 June 20032 September 2022

Rating: ★

Time Travel/Action

Director: Scott Levy
Actors: Jeff Fahey, Jack Coleman, Brian Cranston, Linda Hoffman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

19 November 199916 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

James Bond Film

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher, …
Category: Science Fiction

Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997)

28 May 199924 December 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Alternate Timelines/Hong Kong Gangsters

Director: Wai Ka Fai
Actors: Lau Ching Wan, Francis Ng
Category: Fantasy

Touch (1997)

7 April 19995 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Faith Healer

Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Bridget Fonda, Skeet Ulrich, Christopher Walken, Tom Arnold, …
Category: Fantasy

Trekkies (1997)

4 June 199925 May 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Star Trek Fandom Documentary

Director: Roger Nygard
Actors: Denise Crosby
Category: Science Fiction

Trucks (1997)

16 December 19993 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Vehicles Amok/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Chris Thomson
Actors: Timothy Busfield, Brenda Bakke, Brendan Fletcher, Jay Brazeau, …
Category: Science Fiction

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

30 January 200529 October 2023

Rating: 0­

Teen Power-Suit Superheroes

Director: Shuki Levy, David Winning
Actors: Jason David Frank, Blake Foster, Johnny Yong Bosch, Amy Jo Johnston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Turbulence (1997)

21 October 200727 December 2022

Rating: ★

Serial Killer on a Plane

Director: Robert Butler
Actors: Lauren Holly, Ray Liotta, Hector Elizondo, Catherine Hicks, …
Category: Horror

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997)

5 April 199929 March 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Kitsch Surrealism

Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Nigel Whitmey, Pascale Bussieres, R.H. Thomson, Shelley Duvall, …
Category: Fantasy

The Ugly (1997)

26 November 200514 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Serial Killer

Director: Scott Reynolds
Actors: Paolo Rotondo, Rebecca Hobbs, Roy Ward, Paul Glover, …
Category: Horror

The Ugly Duckling (1997)

27 January 20068 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: David Elvin, Martin Gates
Actors: Imelda Staunton, Hugh Laurie, Paul Panting, Alison Steadman, …
Category: Fantasy

Uncle Sam (1997)

2 August 20106 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Vengeful Undead Army Veteran

Director: William Lustig
Actors: Isaac Hayes, Timothy Bottoms, Robert Forster, David Shark Fralick, …
Category: Horror

Under Pressure (1997)

8 May 200128 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Next-Door Neighbour Snaps

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Charlie Sheen, Mare Winningham, David Andrews, Noah Fleiss, …
Category: Horror

Volcano (1997)

5 September 200430 November 2021

Rating: ★

Disaster Movie/Volcano Erupts in L.A.

Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Don Cheadle, Gaby Hoffmann, …
Category: Science Fiction

Warriors of Virtue (1997)

14 June 202325 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Otherworld

Director: Ronny Yu
Actors: Mario Yedidia, Angus Mcfadyen, Marley Shelton, Doug Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

The Well (1997)

2 March 20118 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Body in the Well/Psychological Horror

Director: Samantha Lang
Actors: Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Frank Wilson
Category: Horror

Who is Running? (1997)

15 August 199931 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Tomorrow’s Newspaper Headlines

Director: Oxide Pang
Category: Fantasy

Wishmaster (1997)

21 July 200010 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Evil Wish-Granting Djinn

Director: Robert Kurtzman
Actors: Andrew Divoff, Tammy Lauren, Robert Englund, George Buck Flower, …
Category: Horror

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