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The most successful movies, first aired in 1997 year
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Gone Fishin' (1997) USATwo working-class buddies, Joe and Gus, win a contest and get a free fishing trip... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 19 745 922 IMDb: 4.8/10 (10 731) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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That Darn Cat (1997) USA In a small Massachusetts town, two bumbling criminals mistakenly kidnap a maid, thinking her to be the wife of a prominent businessman... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 18 301 610 IMDb: 4.7/10 (4 943) |
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The Postman (1997) USA In the year 2013 civilization has all but destroyed itself... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 17 626 234 IMDb: 6.1/10 (80 030) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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That Old Feeling (1997) USA Lily and Dan are a couple who have been divorced for years... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 16 574 176 IMDb: 6.1/10 (4 114) |
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The Boxer (1997) USA,  IrelandNineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 16 534 578 IMDb: 7.0/10 (22 631) |
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Fire Down Below (1997) USA Environmental protection agent Jack Taggart is fighting big business types led by Orin Hanner who are dumping toxic waste somewhere in the Kentucky hills region... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 16 228 448 IMDb: 5.1/10 (19 331) |
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Wishmaster (1997) USA A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to Earth... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 15 738 769 IMDb: 5.8/10 (26 044) |
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Eve's Bayou (1997) USA The story is set in 1962 Louisiana... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 14 842 388 IMDb: 7.2/10 (11 870) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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FairyTale: A True Story (1997) United KingdomBased on factual accounts, this is the story of two young girls that, somehow, have the ability to take pictures of winged beings..... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 14 059 077 IMDb: 6.5/10 (6 413) User Rating: /10 Votes: 6 |
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Gattaca (1997) USA In the not-too-distant future, a less-than-perfect man wants to travel to the stars... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 12 532 777 IMDb: 7.7/10 (328 355) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Turbulence (1997) USA After a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 11 538 235 IMDb: 5.0/10 (12 837) |
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The Beautician and the Beast (1997) USA A beautician in America (Drescher) is mistakenly thought to be an academic teacher by a representative of an Eastern European dictator (Dalton)... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 11 486 880 IMDb: 5.5/10 (10 061) User Rating: /10 Votes: 3 |
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Leave It to Beaver (1997) USA Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio - wise father Ward, loving mother June, teen-age son Wally and 8-year-old "Beaver" Theodore... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 10 925 060 IMDb: 5.2/10 (4 603) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Deconstructing Harry (1997) USA Harry Block is a well-regarded novelist whose tendency to thinly-veil his own experiences in his work, as well as his un-apologetic attitude and his proclivity for pills and whores, has left him with three ex-wives that hate him... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 10 686 841 IMDb: 7.3/10 (48 342) |
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Mad City (1997) USA Sam Baily, upset over losing his job, takes a natural history museum hostage... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 10 541 523 IMDb: 6.3/10 (21 263) |
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Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997) USA,  JapanThe legendary Power Rangers must stop the evil space pirate Divatox from releasing the powerful Maligore from his volcanic imprisonment on the island of Muranthias, where only the kindly wizard Lerigot has the key to release him... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 9 615 840 IMDb: 3.7/10 (10 044) |
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67.
Ulee's Gold (1997) USA Ulee is called one day by his incarcerated son, Jimmy, asking for a favor... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 9 161 691 IMDb: 7.0/10 (7 640) |
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A Simple Wish (1997) USA Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he's trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfill her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 8 345 056 IMDb: 5.3/10 (5 958) |
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The Ice Storm (1997) USA,  FranceIt is Thanksgiving, 1973, and the climate is changing, politically and physically... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 8 038 061 IMDb: 7.3/10 (60 752) User Rating: /10 Votes: 6 |
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A Thousand Acres (1997) USA A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 7 936 780 IMDb: 6.1/10 (5 878) |
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Wild America (1997) USA Three brothers - Marshall, Marty and Mark dream of becoming naturalists and portraying animal life of America... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 7 342 923 IMDb: 6.4/10 (8 205) User Rating: /10 Votes: 4 |
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She's So Lovely (1997) France, USA Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 7 281 450 IMDb: 5.9/10 (8 820) |
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Zeus and Roxanne (1997) USA Mary Beth is a marine biologist that gets annoyed when a dog called Zeus stows aboard her research boat... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 7 233 324 IMDb: 5.3/10 (3 274) |
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74.
Star Kid (1997) USA Shy seventh-grader Spencer Griffith's life changes when a meteor falls into a local junkyard and he finds a Cybersuit - an exoskeleton with AI from another galaxy... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 7 029 025 IMDb: 5.3/10 (3 124) |
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U Turn (1997) France, USA A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong does go wrong... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 6 682 098 IMDb: 6.7/10 (55 320) |
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Warriors of Virtue (1997) USA,  ChinaA young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools football team... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 6 537 036 IMDb: 4.7/10 (3 596) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Switchback (1997) USA F.B.I... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 6 492 660 IMDb: 6.4/10 (15 422) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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Affliction (1997) USA,  CanadaWade Whitehouse is a sheriff of a small New Hampshire town who achieved nothing in life in the opinion of his ex-wife Lillian and daughter Jill and is a heavy drinker... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 6 330 054 IMDb: 6.9/10 (19 652) |
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Inventing the Abbotts (1997) USA Two working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 5 936 344 IMDb: 6.4/10 (14 294) |
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The Opposite of Sex (1997) USA A 16 year old Louisiana girl moves in with her homosexual half-brother and immediately starts coming on to his sexual partner, finally forcing him into an affair in which she becomes pregnant... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 5 881 367 IMDb: 6.4/10 (21 868) |
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81.
Kundun (1997) USA,  Monaco,  MoroccoThe Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 5 684 789 IMDb: 7.0/10 (30 818) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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Chachi 420 (1997) IndiaJhanki (Tabu), the only daughter of Seth Durga Prased Bharadwaj (Amrish Puri) and heir to his million, elopes with Jayaprakash Paswan (Kamal Haasan), a dance choreographer’s assistance... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 5 521 679 IMDb: 7.4/10 (13 798) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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Meet Wally Sparks (1997) Japan, USA Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 4 073 582 IMDb: 5.2/10 (3 872) |
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The Pest (1997) USA A Miami con man agrees to be the human target for a Neo-Nazi manhunter, in order to collect $50,000 if he survives... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 3 600 616 IMDb: 4.8/10 (9 361) |
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Cats Don't Dance (1997) USA Danny, an ambitious singing/dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 3 566 637 IMDb: 6.9/10 (8 693) |
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'Til There Was You (1997) USA Gwen grows up with her romantic mother constantly telling her the story of her courtship and marriage to her father... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 3 525 125 IMDb: 4.8/10 (3 030) |
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Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997) USA Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 3 446 539 IMDb: 4.7/10 (10 900) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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The MatchMaker (1997) Ireland, United Kingdom, USA Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 3 392 080 IMDb: 6.5/10 (6 007) |
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The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Canada A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 3 263 585 IMDb: 7.4/10 (37 014) |
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Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) Denmark,  Germany,  SwedenBased on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 2 372 903 IMDb: 6.3/10 (15 333) User Rating: /10 Votes: 2 |
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Shadow Conspiracy (1997) USA Bishop, trusted advisor to the president, has shots fired at him when Pachenko comes to him about a traitor in highest level of government... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 2 312 463 IMDb: 4.9/10 (5 262) |
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Ma vie en rose (1997) Belgium, France, United KingdomLudovic is a small boy who cross-dresses and generally acts like a girl, talks of marrying his neighbor's son and can not understand why everyone is so surprised about it... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 2 162 043 IMDb: 7.5/10 (9 076) User Rating: /10 Votes: 15 |
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93.
Wilde (1997) United Kingdom, Japan, Germany The turmoil in poet/playwright Oscar Wilde's life after he discovers his homosexuality... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 2 158 775 IMDb: 6.9/10 (18 331) |
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The Butcher Boy (1997) USA, Ireland Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 1 995 911 IMDb: 7.1/10 (11 577) User Rating: /10 Votes: 6 |
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Masterminds (1997) USA Oz, a rebellious teenager who just got expelled from his preppy school returns for one final prank... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 1 935 539 IMDb: 5.2/10 (3 833) User Rating: /10 Votes: 1 |
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96.
Oscar and Lucinda (1997) USA,  Australia, United KingdomIn mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 1 897 404 IMDb: 6.5/10 (7 249) User Rating: /10 Votes: 5 |
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97.
Washington Square (1997) USA Catherine Sloper has found the man of her dreams in Morris Townsend, but her plans to marry him are strongly opposed by her father, who believes Townsend is only interested in his daughter for her money... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 1 851 761 IMDb: 6.7/10 (3 689) |
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98.
Henry Fool (1997) USA Socially inept garbage man Simon is befriended by Henry Fool, a witty roguish, but talentless novelist... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 1 338 335 IMDb: 7.1/10 (7 976) |
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Vor (1997) Russia, FranceIn 1946, a soldier fathers a child then dies before its birth... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 1 126 506 IMDb: 7.6/10 (5 697) User Rating: /10 Votes: 16 |
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Lolita (1997) France, USA An English professor falls for a minor , and has to face the consequences of his actions... Cumulative Worldwide Gross: $ 1 071 255 IMDb: 6.8/10 (68 053) User Rating: /10 Votes: 8 |
