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List of American films of 1997
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A list of American films released in 1997.
Titanic became the highest grossing film of all time, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Highest grossing
1997
Rank |
Title |
Studio |
Box Office Gross |
| Total Int.l |
U.S./Canada |
| 1. |
Titanic |
Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox |
$1,835,300,000 |
$600,788,188 |
| 2. |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
Universal Pictures |
$615,100,000 |
$229,086,679 |
| 3. |
Men in Black |
Columbia Pictures |
$576,747,615 |
$250,690,539 |
| 4. |
Tomorrow Never Dies |
MGM/United Artists |
$346,632,007 |
$125,304,276 |
| 5. |
As Good As It Gets |
Sony Pictures |
$314,178,011 |
$280,337,474 |
| 6. |
Air Force One |
Columbia Pictures/Buena Vista International |
$302,888,056 |
$172,956,409 |
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| 7. |
Liar Liar |
Universal Pictures |
$302,710,615 |
$181,410,615 |
| 8. |
My Best Friend's Wedding |
Sony Pictures |
$299,288,605 |
$127,120,029 |
| 9. |
The Fifth Element |
Columbia Pictures (distribution only) |
$249,340,020 |
$63,820,180 |
| 10. |
The Full Monty |
Fox Searchlight Pictures |
$243,957,453 |
$45,948,975 |
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Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1997 |
| …First Do No Harm |
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| 12 Angry Men |
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| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Hallmark film) |
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| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Village Roadshow film) |
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| 4 Little Girls |
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| 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag |
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| 9 millimeter |
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| Aberration |
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| Absolute Power |
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| Addicted to Love |
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| Affliction |
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| Aflatoon |
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| Afterglow |
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| Air Bud |
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| Air Force One |
Wolfgang Petersen |
Harrison Ford |
Action |
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| The Alarmist |
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| Alaska: Spirit of the Wild |
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| Albino Alligator |
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| Alien: Resurrection |
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| Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy |
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| All Over Me |
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| All's Well, Ends Well 1997 |
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| An American Werewolf in Paris |
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| Amistad |
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| Anaconda |
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| Anastasia |
Don Bluth, Gary Goldman |
Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Hank Azaria, Christopher Lloyd, Angela Lansbury |
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Animated film |
| Angels in the Endzone |
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| Anna Karenina |
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| Another Day in Paradise |
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| Anthem to Beauty |
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| The Apostle |
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| Area 51: The Alien Interview |
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| Armageddon |
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Bruce Willis |
Suspense, Thriller |
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| As Good as It Gets |
James L. Brooks |
Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr. |
Romantic comedy |
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| The Assignment |
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| Asteroid |
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| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
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Spoof Spy comedy |
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Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Batman and Robin |
Joel Schumacher |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone |
Action |
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| B*A*P*S |
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| Back in Business |
Philippe Mora |
Brian Bosworth, Joe Torry |
Action, Adventure |
direct-to-video |
| Bean |
Mel Smith |
Rowan Atkinson |
Comedy |
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| The Beautician and the Beast |
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| Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas |
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Animated film |
| Below Utopia |
Kurt Voss |
Alyssa Milano, Ice-T |
Thriller |
also known as "Body Count", direct-to-video |
| Bent |
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| The Best Bad Thing |
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| Best Men |
Tamra Davis |
Fred Ward, Drew Barrymore, Dean Cain |
Comedy |
direct-to-video |
| Bet |
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| A Better Place |
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| Beverly Hills Ninja |
Dennis Dugan |
Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Robin Shou |
Action comedy |
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| Bharathi Kannamma |
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| The Big One |
Michael Moore |
Michael Moore |
Documentary |
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| Black Scorpion II: Aftershock |
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| Blackrock |
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| The Blood Oranges |
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| Bloodsport III |
Alan Mehrez |
Daniel Bernhardt, John Rhys-Davies, James Hong, Pat Morita |
Action |
direct-to-video |
| Bongwater |
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| Boogie Boy |
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| Boogie Nights |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heather Graham |
Drama |
| Booty Call |
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| Border |
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| The Boxer |
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| Boys Life 2 |
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| Les Boys |
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| The Brave |
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| Breakdown |
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| Breast Men |
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| Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis |
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| Broadway Damage |
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| Brother |
Aleksei Balabanov |
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Crime |
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| Buddy |
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| An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn |
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| The Butcher Boy |
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Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Dancehall Queen |
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| Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters |
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| Danger Zone |
Allan Eastman |
Billy Zane, Robert Downey Jr., Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ron Silver |
Action |
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| Dante's Peak |
Roger Donaldson |
Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton |
Action-adventure |
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| Daud |
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| Dead Fire |
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| Deconstructing Harry |
Woody Allen |
Woody Allen |
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| Def Jam's How to Be a Player |
Lionel C. Martin |
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Comedy |
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| Defying Gravity |
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| Demolition University |
Kevin Tenney |
Corey Haim, Ami Dolenz, Laraine Newman, Robert Forster |
Action |
Direct-to-video |
| The Designated Mourner |
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| The Devil's Advocate |
Taylor Hackford |
Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron |
Horror, Thriller |
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| Dogtown |
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| Doing Time for Patsy Cline |
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| Donnie Brasco |
Mike Newell |
Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Anne Heche, Bruno Kirby |
Crime drama |
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| Double Team |
Tsui Hark |
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke |
Action |
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Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| MPG: Motion Picture Genocide |
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| Made in Hong Kong |
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| Malcom and Melvin |
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| Mama Don't Cry |
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| The Man Who Knew Too Little |
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| The Man of the Day |
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| Master |
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| Masterminds |
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| The Matchmaker |
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| McHale's Navy |
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| Mean Guns |
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| Meet Wally Sparks |
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| The Member of the Wedding |
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| Men in Black |
Barry Sonnenfield |
Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones |
Sci-Fi |
Sparked a cult MIB following |
| Men with Guns |
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| Metro |
Thomas Carter |
Eddie Murphy, Michelle Wincott |
Action, Crime |
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| Metroland |
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| The Midas Touch |
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| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
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| Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off |
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| Mimic |
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| Miss Evers' Boys |
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| Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow |
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| Money Talks |
Brett Ratner |
Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen |
Action comedy |
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| Monty Roberts: A Real Horse Whisperer |
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| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation |
John R. Leonetti |
Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, Irina Pantaeva, James Remar |
Action adventure, Fantasy |
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| Mousehunt |
Gore Verbinski |
Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken, William Hickey |
Black comedy |
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| Mr. Nice Guy |
Samo Hung |
Jackie Chan, Richard Norton |
Action comedy |
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| Mrs Dalloway |
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| Mrs. Brown |
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| Murder at 1600 |
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| My Best Friend's Wedding |
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| My Dinner with Oswald |
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| My Son the Fanatic |
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| My Teacher Ate My Homework |
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| The Myth of Fingerprints |
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Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist |
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| The Saint |
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| Saint-Ex |
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| Scream 2 |
Wes Craven |
David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell |
Horror, Thriller |
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| The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo |
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| See the Sea |
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| The Serpent's Kiss |
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| Seven Years in Tibet |
Jean Jacuqes Annaud |
Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, Victor Wong, Lhakpa Tsamchoe |
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Based on Heinrich Harrer book. Pitt and Thewlis banned from China for life due to Tibetan nationalism. |
| Shadow Conspiracy |
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| She's So Lovely |
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| Shooting Fish |
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| Shrieker |
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| A Simple Wish |
Michael Ritchie |
Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Kathleen Turner |
Fantasy |
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| Six Ways to Sunday |
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| Sixth Happiness |
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| The Sixth Man |
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| Skyscraper |
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| Snow White: A Tale of Terror |
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| Soul Food |
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| Space Marines |
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| Space Truckers |
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| Spaceman |
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| The Spanish Prisoner |
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| Spawn |
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| Speed 2: Cruise Control |
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Action thriller |
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| Sprung |
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| Starship Troopers |
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Sci-fi |
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| Steel |
Kenneth Johnson |
Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, Ray J |
Action adventure, Superhero |
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| Stranger in the House |
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| Strategic Command |
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| Strawberry Fields |
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| Suicide Kings |
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| Super Ranger Kids |
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| Super Speedway |
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| The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain |
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| Swept from the Sea |
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| Switchback |
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Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| The Tango Lesson |
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| Tekken: The Motion Picture |
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Animated film |
| Telling Lies in America |
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| Thank God He Met Lizzie |
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| That Darn Cat |
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| That Old Feeling |
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| The Butcher Boy |
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| The Sweet Hereafter |
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| The Well |
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| This Is the Sea |
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| Those Were the Days |
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| A Thousand Acres |
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| Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper |
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Crime |
Animated film |
| Titanic |
James Cameron |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane |
Romantic disaster |
11 Academy Awards, Broke box office records $1,835,300,000 |
| Top of the World |
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| Touch |
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| Tower of Terror |
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| Traveller |
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| Trekkies |
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| Trial and Error |
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| Trojan War |
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| Troops |
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| Truth or Consequences, N.M. |
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| Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie |
Jonathan Tzachor |
Johnny Yong Bosch, Nakia Burrise, Jason David Frank, Catherine Sutherland, Amy Jo Johnson, Steve Cardenas, Austin St. John, Jason Narvy, Paul Schrier |
Action, Adventure, fantasy |
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| Turbulence |
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| The Twilight of the Golds |
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| Twilight of the Ice Nymphs |
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| Twin Town |
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| Twisted |
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| Two Girls and a Guy |
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