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Good Will Hunting
1997· 2h 7m· Drama
8.214.2K
Best English Drama Movies of 1997
This collection ranks 731 English 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 Good Will Hunting.
731 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Titanic
1997· 3h 14m· Drama, Romance
7.927.6K - 3
The Devil's Advocate
1997· 2h 24m· Horror, Drama, Mystery
7.57.0K - 4
The Game
1997· 2h 9m· Drama, Thriller, Mystery
7.67.5K - 5
Gattaca
1997· 1h 47m· Science Fiction, Drama
7.67.1K - 6
Boogie Nights
1997· 2h 36m· Drama, Comedy
7.63.6K - 7
Lost Highway
1997· 2h 14m· Drama, Thriller, Mystery
7.53.0K - 8
Contact
1997· 2h 30m· Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
7.45.1K - 9
Donnie Brasco
1997· 2h 7m· Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.54.9K - 10
Jackie Brown
1997· 2h 34m· Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.47.1K - 11
As Good as It Gets
1997· 2h 19m· Drama, Comedy, Romance
7.44.2K - 12
12 Angry Men
1997· 1h 57m· Drama, TV Movie
7.7465 - 13
Lolita
1997· 2h 17m· Drama
7.12.0K - 14
Seven Years in Tibet
1997· 2h 16m· Adventure, Drama, History
7.23.2K - 15
The Rainmaker
1997· 2h 15m· Drama, Crime, Thriller
7.01.5K - 16
The Edge
1997· 1h 57m· Action, Adventure, Drama
6.91.3K - 17
The Ice Storm
1997· 1h 53m· Drama
6.9754 - 18
Wag the Dog
1997· 1h 37m· Comedy, Drama
6.91.1K - 19
Cop Land
1997· 1h 44m· Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.81.8K - 20
Breakdown
1997· 1h 33m· Crime, Mystery, Thriller
6.91.1K - 21
Selena
1997· 2h 7m· Drama, Music, History
7.71.3K - 22
Hard Eight
1997· 1h 42m· Drama, Crime
6.81.0K - 23
Deconstructing Harry
1997· 1h 36m· Comedy, Drama
7.31.1K - 24
The Sweet Hereafter
1997· 1h 52m· Drama
6.9431 - 25
One Eight Seven
1997· 1h 59m· Drama, Thriller
6.7643 - 26
Conspiracy Theory
1997· 2h 15m· Action, Drama, Mystery
6.61.7K - 27
The Castle
1997· 1h 25m· Drama, Comedy
7.1222 - 28
Love Jones
1997· 1h 49m· Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.372 - 29
Lawn Dogs
1997· 1h 41m· Drama
7.1113 - 30
U Turn
1997· 2h 5m· Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.6825 - 31
Private Parts
1997· 1h 49m· Comedy, Drama
6.5390 - 32
Absolute Power
1997· 2h 1m· Crime, Drama, Action
6.71.3K - 33
Amistad
1997· 2h 35m· Drama, History, Mystery
7.01.4K - 34
The Boxer
1997· 1h 54m· Drama, Romance
6.7313 - 35
Wilde
1997· 1h 58m· Drama, History
6.6293 - 36
Nowhere
1997· 1h 23m· Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
6.7230 - 37
Chasing Amy
1997· 1h 54m· Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.71.6K - 38
Kundun
1997· 2h 14m· Drama, History
6.8509 - 39
Suicide Kings
1997· 1h 46m· Action, Comedy, Crime
6.6334 - 40
Dante's Peak
1997· 1h 48m· Action, Adventure, Drama
6.22.2K - 41
Lilies
1997· 1h 36m· Drama, Romance
8.159 - 42
Hoodlum
1997· 2h 10m· Crime, Drama
6.5260 - 43
Gummo
1997· 1h 29m· Drama, Comedy
6.6731 - 44
Sleeping with the Devil
1997· 1h 36m· Drama
6.79 - 45
Inventing the Abbotts
1997· 1h 50m· Drama, Romance
6.3273 - 46
Red Corner
1997· 2h 2m· Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.3411 - 47
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997· 2h 35m· Mystery, Crime, Drama
6.3640 - 48
Regeneration
1997· 1h 54m· Drama, War
5.529 - 49
Destination Anywhere
1997· 48m· Drama
7.213 - 50
The Spanish Prisoner
1997· 1h 50m· Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.8314
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Frequently asked questions
How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?
731 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?
Good Will Hunting currently holds the top position in this collection.
How often is this list updated?
Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.