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A list of British films released in 1997 .
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
1997
Bean
Mel Smith
Rowan Atkinson , Peter MacNicol , Pamela Reed
Comedy
Bent
Sean Mathias
Lothaire Bluteau , Clive Owen
Drama
The Borrowers
Peter Hewitt
John Goodman , Jim Broadbent , Celia Imrie
Fantasy
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
John Henderson
Rik Mayall , Jane Horrocks
Comedy
Entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival
Career Girls
Mike Leigh
Katrin Cartlidge , Lynda Steadman
Drama
Darklands
Julian Richards
Craig Fairbrass , Jon Finch
Horror
The Designated Mourner
David Hare
Mike Nichols , Miranda Richardson
Drama
Driftwood
Ronan O'Leary
James Spader , Anne Brochet
Thriller
Co-production with the Republic of Ireland [1]
Event Horizon
Paul W. S. Anderson
Laurence Fishburne , Sam Neill
Sci-fi/horror
Face
Antonia Bird
Robert Carlyle , Ray Winstone
Crime drama
FairyTale: A True Story
Charles Sturridge
Florence Hoath , Elizabeth Earl , Phoebe Nicholls
Historical fantasy
Based on the legend of the Cottingley Fairies
Fever Pitch
David Evans
Colin Firth , Ruth Gemmell
Sports/comedy
Fierce Creatures
Fred Schepisi
John Cleese , Jamie Lee Curtis , Kevin Kline
Comedy
The Fifth Element
Luc Besson
Bruce Willis , Milla Jovovich , Gary Oldman , Chris Tucker , Ian Holm
Science fiction action
Food of Love
Stephen Poliakoff
Richard E. Grant , Nathalie Baye
Comedy
Firelight
William Nicholson
Sophie Marceau , Stephen Dillane , Kevin Anderson , Lia Williams , Dominique Belcourt, Joss Ackland
Period romance
Co-production with the US
The Full Monty
Peter Cattaneo
Robert Carlyle , Mark Addy
Comedy
A Further Gesture
Robert Dornhelm
Stephen Rea , Alfred Molina
Thriller
G.I. Jane
Ridley Scott
Demi Moore , Viggo Mortensen , Anne Bancroft
Action drama
Co-production with the US
The Gambler
Károly Makk
Michael Gambon , Jodhi May
Biopic
The Girl with Brains in Her Feet
Roberto Bangura
Amanda Mealing , Joanna Ward
Sport
The Hanging Garden
Thom Fitzgerald
Chris Leavins , Kerry Fox
Drama
Co-production with Canada
The House of Angelo
Jim Goddard
Edward Woodward , Peter Woodward
Historical
Lawn Dogs
John Duigan
Mischa Barton , Sam Rockwell
Drama
Final Rank film
Loop
Allan Niblo
Andy Serkis , Susannah York , Tony Selby
Romance/comedy
Love and Death on Long Island
Richard Kwietniowski
John Hurt , Jason Priestley
Drama
Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
The Matchmaker
Mark Joffe
Janeane Garofalo , David O'Hara
Romance/comedy
Metroland
Philip Saville
Christian Bale , Emily Watson
Comedy
Mrs Brown
John Madden
Judi Dench , Billy Connolly
Biopic
Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
Mrs Dalloway
Marleen Gorris
Vanessa Redgrave , Natascha McElhone
Drama
My Son the Fanatic
Udayan Prasad
Om Puri , Rachel Griffiths , Akbar Kurtha
Drama
Nil by Mouth
Gary Oldman
Ray Winstone , Kathy Burke
Drama
Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
Photographing Fairies
Nick Willing
Toby Stephens , Rachel Shelley , Edward Hardwicke
Fantasy
Preaching to the Perverted
Stuart Urban
Guinevere Turner , Tom Bell , Christien Anholt
Comedy
Regeneration
Gillies MacKinnon
Jonathan Pryce , Jonny Lee Miller
World War I
The Serpent's Kiss
Philippe Rousselot
Ewan McGregor , Greta Scacchi
Drama
Shooting Fish
Stefan Schwartz
Dan Futterman , Stuart Townsend , Kate Beckinsale
Comedy
Sixth Happiness
Waris Hussein
Firdaus Kanga , Souad Faress
Drama
So This Is Romance?
Kevin W. Smith
Reece Dinsdale , Victoria Smurfit
Comedy/romance
[2]
Spice World
Bob Spiers
Spice Girls , Richard E. Grant , Roger Moore
Comedy
The Tango Lesson
Sally Potter
Sally Potter , Pablo Verón
Drama/dance
Tomorrow Never Dies
Roger Spottiswoode
Pierce Brosnan , Jonathan Pryce , Michelle Yeoh
Spy/action
Twin Town
Kevin Allen
Llŷr Ifans , Rhys Ifans , Dorien Thomas
Black comedy
Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival
Welcome to Sarajevo
Michael Winterbottom
Stephen Dillane , Woody Harrelson , Goran Višnjić
Drama
Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival
Wilde
Brian Gilbert
Stephen Fry , Jude Law
Biopic
The Wings of the Dove
Iain Softley
Helena Bonham Carter , Alison Elliott , Linus Roache
Literary drama
The Woodlanders
Phil Agland
Emily Woof , Rufus Sewell
Drama
[3]
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