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Chasing Amy
Chasing Amy (1997) on 4 april 1997
, 1h53
Directed by Kevin Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee, Dwight Ewell, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith
Rating71% 3.5979853.5979853.5979853.5979853.597985
Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) and Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) are comic book artists and lifelong friends. Holden is the friendly, more mild-mannered half of the duo; Banky, meanwhile, is the loud and fiery half. Everything is going well for them until they meet Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams) at a comic book convention in New York where they are promoting their comic Bluntman and Chronic. Holden is attracted to Alyssa, but soon learns that she is attracted to women. The two begin hanging out, and a deep friendship develops. Eventually, Holden is no longer able to contain his feelings, and confesses his love to Alyssa. She is initially angry with him, but that night, the two begin a romantic relationship.
Inventing the Abbotts
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) on 4 april 1997
, 1h50
Directed by Pat O'Connor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Joanna Going, Will Patton
Rating63% 3.1987753.1987753.1987753.1987753.198775
The lives of two closely linked families dangerously intersect in a small Illinois town in the 1950s. Two brothers, J.C. and Doug Holt are growing up in Haley, Illinois, sons of a working single mother. Their father, a reckless risk-taker, has lost his life via a bet with Lloyd Abbott (Will Patton), his business partner. Abbott eventually becomes one of the town's foremost, wealthiest and most-admired citizens. The lives of the Holts and the Abbotts are intertwined through various entanglements. Lloyd Abbott and his distant wife, Joan, are the parents of three beautiful daughters, Alice, Eleanor and Pamela.
The Inheritance
The Inheritance (1997) on 6 april 1997
, 1h35
Directed by Bobby Roth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Brigid Brannagh, Max Gail, Thomas Gibson, Tom Conti, Meredith Baxter, Henry G. Sanders
Rating68% 3.444773.444773.444773.444773.44477
Edith Adelon est une jeune fille orpheline qui fut recueillie bébé par Henry Hamilton, un homme riche et généreux. Elle est devenue la demoiselle de compagnie de sa fille unique, Amy. En dépit de son statut de subalterne, Edith est considérée comme un membre de la famille. Une jeune parente désargentée, Ida, vient séjourner chez les Hamilton dans le but de trouver un bon parti. Pour l'aider dans ce sens, les Hamilton invitent le séduisant sir James Percy. Celui-ci tombe sous le charme d'Edith, ce qui provoque la jalousie d'Amy...
Total Reality
Total Reality (1997) on 3 april 1997
, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films set in the future
Actors David Bradley, David Bradley, Ely Pouget, Thomas Kretschmann, Patsy Pease, Ken Olandt
Rating43% 2.1791652.1791652.1791652.1791652.179165
Le soldat Anthony Rand doit remonter le temps afin de sauver l'humanité.
The Saint
The Saint (1997) on 3 april 1997
, 1h56
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films
Actors Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Šerbedžija, Alun Armstrong, Henry Goodman, Michael Byrne
Rating61% 3.099263.099263.099263.099263.09926
At the Saint Ignatius Orphanage, a rebellious boy named John Rossi refers to himself as "Simon Templar" and leads a group of fellow orphans as they attempt to run away to escape their harsh treatment. When Simon is caught by the head priest, he witnesses the tragic death of a girl he had taken a liking to when she accidentally falls from a balcony.
Stag
Stag (1997) on 1 april 1997

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Mario Van Peebles, Jerry Stiller, Lawrence Leritz, Kevin Dillon, Taylor Dayne, William McNamara
Rating56% 2.8006752.8006752.8006752.8006752.800675
At a bachelor party, a group of men are partying with two stripper sisters named Serena (Taylor Dayne) and Kelly (Jenny McShane). Serena steals one of the men and makes love to her, while a group of men party with her sister Kelly until Kelly accidentally falls onto the stone floor and dies. Another person, who is her bodyguard, dies too in an accident. Arriving and witnessing the accidental deaths of Kelly and her bodyguard, Serena begins crying over her sister's death and confronts a group of men, who almost apologize. Two men kidnap Serena and hold her hostage upstairs. A group of men cover the tracks and eliminate the bodies of two people who are deceased. One rescuer frees Serena, but he and Serena are kidnapped by their captors. He and Serena are later rescued. Grabbing the two guns in her hands, Serena shoots and murders her kidnappers. The kidnappers later die in a gunshot thanks to her.
That Old Feeling
That Old Feeling (1997) on 4 april 1997
, 1h45
Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about marriage
Actors Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady, David Rasche, James Denton
Rating61% 3.0507153.0507153.0507153.0507153.050715
Molly de Mora (Paula Marshall) invites her divorced parents (Bette Midler and Dennis Farina) to her wedding reception, where they see each other for the first time in 14 years. A shouting match between the two ensues. Following this, their spark is rekindled during the wedding reception. Over the next few days they fall in love again and run off together, thereby upsetting the newlyweds' honeymoon and their respective (current) spouses. If the scandal was made public it would be more controversial than usual, since the bride's husband hopes to stand for election to Congress. After searching for her parents and getting to know Joey Donna (Danny Nucci), her mother's number one paparazzi nicknamed "The Cockroach", whom she hires to help her find them, Molly decides that her parents deserve a chance to be together and gives them her honeymoon to Hawaii. When Keith objects to her decision, it is revealed that he slept with her stepmother. Knowing now that her marriage was a mistake, Molly runs off with Joey as her parents run off to Hawaii.
Levitation
Levitation (1997) on 1 april 1997
, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Sarah Paulson, Ernie Hudson, Jeremy London, Ann Magnuson, Grand L. Bush, Antonio Fargas
Rating56% 2.8213752.8213752.8213752.8213752.821375
Sarah Paulson portrays Acey Rawlin, a teenage girl who gets pregnant after spending the night with a man she just met. Acey's only friend, a fisherman named Bob, may be imaginary. And when Acey tells her mother Anna about her problems, Anna chooses this moment to tell Acey that she's adopted, which causes her to search out her birth mother.
Little City
Little City (1997) on 4 april 1997
, 1h30
Directed by Roberto Benabib
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Josh Charles, Jon Bon Jovi, Penelope Ann Miller, Annabella Sciorra, JoBeth Williams, Joanna Going
Rating57% 2.899422.899422.899422.899422.89942
The movie begins with Kevin sitting in an AA support group saying he thought his relationships with women would change after he stopped drinking. Kevin sees a woman he wants, but loses interest in her after he gets her. He realizes this is not a healthy relationship pattern but doesn't know how to change it.
Witch Way Love
Witch Way Love (1997) on 4 april 1997
, 1h42
Directed by René Manzor
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Gil Bellows, Vanessa Paradis, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Dabney Coleman, Katrine Boorman
Rating51% 2.559292.559292.559292.559292.55929
Morgane descends from a long line of witches. Her son Arthur has an innate gift for witchcraft. Yet Morgane wants him to become a normal human being without supernatural powers. There is only one way to achieve that. She needs to carry out an ancient ritual which requires the presence of a person who was born under a very specific constellation. The US-American inventor Michael meets all requirements. Morgane takes him to her family's castle in France. Meanwhile the evil sorcerer Molok has a different plan . He kidnaps Arthur and tries to make him his successor.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1997) on 4 april 1997
, 1h45
Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner, James Fox, Fiona Shaw
Rating62% 3.1477153.1477153.1477153.1477153.147715
Anna Karenina is a young and elegant wife of Alexei Karenin, a wealthy nobleman twenty years her senior. She is unhappy and lives only for their son, Seriozha. During a ball in Moscow, she encounters the handsome Count Alexei Vronsky. Vronsky is instantly smitten and follows her to St. Petersburg, pursuing her shamelessly. Eventually, Anna surrenders to her feelings for him and becomes his mistress. Though they are happy together, their relationship soon crumbles after she miscarries his child. Karenin is deeply touched by her pain and agrees to forgive her. However, Anna remains unhappy and, to the scandal of respectable society, she openly leaves her husband for Vronsky.
Nevada
Nevada (1997) on 31 march 1997
, 1h48
Genres Drama
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Amy Brenneman, Ben Browder, Kirstie Alley, Gabrielle Anwar, Saffron Burrows, Angus Macfadyen
Rating53% 2.6600852.6600852.6600852.6600852.660085
Brenneman plays "Chrysty", a woman with a past who arrives on foot to the small town of Silver City, Nevada. There, she meets the women of the town, all but one of whom accept her. However, "McGill", played by Kirstie Alley, is suspicious, and doesn't stop until she discovers Chrysty's past.
Double Team
Double Team (1997) on 4 april 1997
, 1h30
Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes La provence, Films about terrorism, Buddy films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Paul Freeman, Mickey Rourke, Natacha Lindinger, Valeria Cavalli, Jay Benedict
Rating48% 2.4031752.4031752.4031752.4031752.403175
Having successfully completed his final mission three years prior, which was to retrieve a truck load of plutonium stolen from a US military base in Croatia by freelance international terrorist Stavros, government anti-terrorist agent Jack Paul Quinn is relaxing by his pool in Southern France with Kathryn, his pregnant wife. Quinn is approached by a government representative who tells him that Stavros, Quinn's nemesis, has become active again and tries to convince Quinn to come out of retirement telling Quinn that he ‘can’t retire until he [Stavros] does’. Quinn is reluctant to return to duty but agrees after the same representative is killed by Stavros shortly after the meeting with Quinn.
Bullet to Beijing
Bullet to Beijing (1995) on 5 april 1997
, 1h41
Directed by George Mihalka
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Michael Caine, Jason Connery, Mia Sara, Michael Gambon, Lev Prygunov, Burt Kwouk
Rating53% 2.6996552.6996552.6996552.6996552.699655
Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) is forced into early retirement from MI5. He receives a telephone call offering a mysterious job opportunity.
Zero Woman: The Accused
Zero Woman: The Accused (1996) on 4 april 1997
, 1h19
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Rating45% 2.291522.291522.291522.291522.29152
Rei, l'assassin, hésite pour la section zéro de la police de Tokyo, elle se lie d'amitié avec un jeune homme qu'elle croise dans un bar gay à la recherche de sexe. Après qu'il se fait tabasser par un groupe de voyous, elle le prend pour vivre avec elle. Quand une série de meurtres crapuleux a lieu, elle commence à soupçonner que le tueur pourrait en fait être son ami.