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Best Drama Movies of 1997

This collection ranks 1,624 drama movies released in 1997. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is Life Is Beautiful.

1,624 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  4. 4

    Titanic

    1997· 3h 14m· en

    7.927.6K
  6. 6

    The Game

    1997· 2h 9m· en

    7.67.5K
  7. 7

    Gattaca

    1997· 1h 47m· en

    7.67.1K
  10. 10

    Lost Highway

    1997· 2h 14m· en

    7.53.0K
  11. 11

    Contact

    1997· 2h 30m· en

    7.45.1K
  13. 13

    Jackie Brown

    1997· 2h 34m· en

    7.47.1K
  16. 16

    Lolita

    1997· 2h 17m· en

    7.12.0K
  17. 17

    Funny Games

    1997· 1h 49m· de

    7.32.1K
  21. 21

    Fireworks

    1997· 1h 43m· ja

    7.7797
  23. 23

    The Rainmaker

    1997· 2h 15m· en

    7.01.5K
  24. 24

    Open Your Eyes

    1997· 1h 57m· es

    7.41.2K
  25. 25

    Brother

    1997· 1h 36m· ru

    7.5476
  26. 26

    The Edge

    1997· 1h 57m· en

    6.91.3K
  31. 31

    Cop Land

    1997· 1h 44m· en

    6.81.8K
  32. 32

    Breakdown

    1997· 1h 33m· en

    6.91.1K
  33. 33

    Selena

    1997· 2h 7m· en

    7.71.3K
  34. 34

    Live Flesh

    1997· 1h 43m· es

    7.0755
  35. 35

    Border

    1997· 2h 56m· hi

    6.577
  36. 36

    Hard Eight

    1997· 1h 42m· en

    6.81.0K
  39. 39

    Iruvar

    1997· 2h 20m· ta

    7.451
  43. 43

    The Castle

    1997· 1h 25m· en

    7.1222
  44. 44

    Love Jones

    1997· 1h 49m· en

    7.372
  47. 47

    U Turn

    1997· 2h 5m· en

    6.6825
  50. 50

    Amistad

    1997· 2h 35m· en

    7.01.4K

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

1,624 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

Life Is Beautiful currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.