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The Best Movies Of 1997
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Movie: Wild America ( 1997 )
Three brothers who are obsessed with animals are given permission from their parents to travel around America with a camera documenting wildlife.
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Movie: Nowhere ( 1997 )
Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.
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Movie: Booty Call ( 1997 )
Two friends who have gone too long without sex set out to get some.
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Movie: Red Corner ( 1997 )
An American attorney on business in China is wrongfully arrested and put on trial for murder, with a female defense lawyer from the country the only key to proving his innocence.
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Movie: A Simple Wish ( 1997 )
A bumbling fairy godfather tries to grant a girl's wish that her cabbie father lands a Broadway role.
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Movie: Air Bud ( 1997 )
An unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
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Movie: The Last Time I Committed Suicide ( 1997 )
In 1946 Denver, an aspiring writer who enjoys irresponsible adventures with his friend writes a letter about his life before and after the suicide attempt by his sad, commitment-seeking girlfriend.
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Movie: Picture Perfect ( 1997 )
Shy awkward young Mercer Advertising Agency executive Kate Mosley's life becomes increasingly complicated when she attempts to impress her boss by pretending to be engaged to wedding photographer Nick, whom she has just met.
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Movie: The Peacemaker ( 1997 )
A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists.
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Movie: Wishmaster ( 1997 )
A demonic djinn attempts to grant its owner three wishes, which will allow him to summon his brethren to Earth.
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Movie: Affliction ( 1999 )
A deeply troubled small-town cop investigates a suspicious hunting death while other events jeopardize his sanity.
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Movie: The Spanish Prisoner ( 1998 )
A corporate engineer develops a lucrative secret process for a company but doesn't know who to trust when the higher-ups seemingly want to steal it from him.
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Movie: The Opposite of Sex ( 1998 )
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
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Movie: Gridlock'd ( 1997 )
Two friends try to kick their drug addiction after a friend dies from an overdose, when they try to enroll in a detox program, things quickly go wrong.
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Movie: Inventing the Abbotts ( 1997 )
Two working class brothers court three wealthy and beautiful sisters in a small Illinois town.
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Movie: Excess Baggage ( 1997 )
A bratty teenager fakes her own kidnapping, but gets mistakenly kidnapped for real instead.
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Movie: Cats Don't Dance ( 1997 )
Danny, an ambitious singing and dancing cat, goes to Hollywood and overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.
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Movie: B*A*P*S ( 1997 )
Two tacky homegirls move to L.A. to become dancers; instead they scam a dying millionaire but eventually become B*A*P*S (Black American Princesses).
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Movie: Soul Food ( 1997 )
One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.
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Movie: Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! ( 1997 )
This time, the adults have shrunk themselves, and the kids need to fix it.
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Movie: Steel ( 1997 )
A scientist for the military turns himself into a cartoon-like superhero when a version of one of his own weapons is being used against enemies.
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Movie: Kundun ( 1998 )
From childhood to adulthood, Tibet's fourteenth Dalai Lama deals with Chinese oppression and other problems.
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Movie: Warriors of Virtue ( 1997 )
A young boy is whisked away to the mythical land of Tao where he becomes the center of a conflict between an evil lord and a group of animal warriors.
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Movie: The Brave ( 1997 )
A down-on-his-luck Native American recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty-stricken family.
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Movie: Another 9½ Weeks ( 1998 )
John heads to Paris hoping to meet his ex from 9½ Weeks (1986), but instead ends up with her former friend, Lea.
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Movie: The Wrong Guy ( 1997 )
After his boss is murdered, Nelson is on the run for fear of prosecution. He hides out in a small town to avoid the police, which should be easy because they know he didn't do it and they aren't looking for him.
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Movie: The Pest ( 1997 )
A Miami con man agrees to be the human target for a Neo-Nazi manhunter in order to collect $50,000 if he survives.
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Movie: Hoodlum ( 1997 )
Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
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Movie: Money Talks ( 1997 )
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time hustler makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
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Movie: Fire Down Below ( 1997 )
A federal agent uncovers lucrative toxic waste dumps in Appalachia and must deal with the locals who want to keep their 'gold mine' secret.
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Movie: 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag ( 1997 )
Mob bag-man Tommy Spinelli finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his gang's latest hit, has been switched with a bag belonging to college student Charlie who is on a Mexican vacation with his girlfriend Laurie and her parents.
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Movie: Lawn Dogs ( 1998 )
When Devon, a 10-year-old girl, forges a friendship with Trent, a 21-year-old outsider who mows the neighborhood lawns, things suddenly get very complicated and private.
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Movie: Deconstructing Harry ( 1998 )
Suffering from writer's block and eagerly awaiting his writing award, Harry Block remembers events from his past and scenes from his best-selling books as characters, real and fictional, come back to haunt him.
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Movie: City of Industry ( 1997 )
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
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Movie: Jack Frost ( 1997 )
After an accident that left murderer Jack Frost dead in genetic material the vengeful killer returns as a murderous snowman to exact his revenge on the man who sent him to be executed
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Movie: Breast Men ( 1997 )
Two doctors create breast implants, but when success and money come their way, they separate and follow different paths.
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Movie: One Eight Seven ( 1997 )
15 months after being stabbed 9 times by a student at work as a high school teacher in NYC, Mr. Garfield is working in LA as a substitute teacher come full-time. He refuses to be a victim anymore.
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Movie: Mrs. Brown ( 1997 )
When Queen Victoria descends into deep mourning after the death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown, but their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil.
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Movie: Snow White: A Tale of Terror ( 1997 )
In this dark take on the fairy tale, the growing hatred of a noblewoman, secretly a practitioner of the dark arts, for her stepdaughter, and the witch's horrifying attempts to kill her.
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Movie: Two Girls and a Guy ( 1999 )
Two girls wait outside a young actor's door and find out he's had them both as "only" girlfriend the last ten months. They wait inside after breaking in. When Blake comes home he just can't stop lying but they stay.
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Movie: Mr. Nice Guy ( 1998 )
A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry, and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
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Movie: The Beautician and the Beast ( 1997 )
A New York City cosmetologist, mistakenly thought to be a science teacher, is offered a job to teach the children of an Eastern European dictator.
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Movie: Trojan War ( 1997 )
Brad is about to hook up with the girl of his dreams, but runs into a problem: no condom. So he sets out into the night to find one but runs into many obstacles.
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Movie: The Apostle ( 1998 )
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
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Movie: Bliss ( 1997 )
A newly married happy couple visits a sex therapist to determine why the wife can't achieve an orgasm with her husband. This causes a horrific suppressed memory to emerge and she becomes more and more distant.
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Movie: Addicted to Love ( 1997 )
Maggie's and Sam's former partners are in love; she wants revenge and he wants his lost love back, so they work together to break up the happy couple.
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Movie: Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie ( 1997 )
A space alien is threatening to bring destruction on Earth, and the Power Rangers are enhanced with turbo powers in order to prevent her plan.
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Movie: Sprung ( 1997 )
Two friend pairs meet at a party. Clyde deceives Adina about his wealth and seduces her. Upon discovering his lie, she becomes his enemy. As Montel and Brandy plan marriage, Adina and Clyde try to prevent it.
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Movie: Fathers' Day ( 1997 )
A woman cons two old boyfriends into searching for her runaway son by convincing both that they are the boy's father.
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Movie: Gang Related ( 1997 )
After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
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Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door ( 1997 )
Two terminally ill patients escape from a hospital, steal a car and rush towards the sea.
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Movie: The Night Flier ( 1998 )
A reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.
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Movie: Suicide Kings ( 1998 )
A group of youngsters kidnap a respected Mafia figure.
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Movie: Turbulence ( 1997 )
After a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.
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Movie: Rosewood ( 1997 )
A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African-American community.
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Movie: Fierce Creatures ( 1997 )
Zookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors.
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Movie: Swept from the Sea ( 1998 )
The story of Russian emigrant Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of nineteenth century. When Yanko enters a farm, sick and hungry after a shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy.
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Movie: Prefontaine ( 1997 )
Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.
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Movie: Anna Karenina ( 1997 )
Anna (Marceau) is a wife and mother who has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky (Bean). Based on the novel by Tolstoy.
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Movie: The Real Blonde ( 1998 )
Joe and Mary live in Manhattan. She's the breadwinner, working as makeup artist. He's a wannabe actor working as waiter. When a friend gets a soap part ($3600/wk), Joe lowers his standard.
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Movie: Metro ( 1997 )
A Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.
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Movie: Kull: The Conqueror ( 1997 )
A barbarian warrior becomes a king when he defeats a king in armed combat and the king's heir conspire to overthrow him and reclaim the throne by resurrecting an evil sorceress.
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Movie: Nil by Mouth ( 1998 )
A rough, short-tempered patriarch of a working-class family sees his life and the relationships around him slowly unravel.
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Movie: The Wings of the Dove ( 1998 )
An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.
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Movie: Mr. Magoo ( 1997 )
The myopic millionaire defeats jewel smugglers in his usual bumbling manner.
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Movie: Star Kid ( 1998 )
Spencer Griffith's life changes when a meteor falls into a local junkyard, and he finds a Cybersuit, an exoskeleton with AI from another galaxy. When Spencer puts on the Cybersuit he becomes a different kind of person.
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Movie: Out to Sea ( 1997 )
A failed gambler, intent on meeting a rich widow, tricks his widowed brother-in-law into boarding a cruise ship as dance hosts.
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Movie: Casper: A Spirited Beginning ( 1997 )
Casper accidentally finds himself in the world of the living after failing to show up for ghost training and befriends a young boy who teaches him the ways of a ghost, while a ruler from the other world attempts to bring him back.
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Movie: Switchback ( 1997 )
An FBI agent tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
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Movie: Gone Fishin' ( 1997 )
Two lifelong fishing buddies must overcome a series of obstacles to enjoy their ultimate fishing trip.
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Movie: Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas ( 1997 )
Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.
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Movie: Murder at 1600 ( 1997 )
A young woman is murdered in the White House. Homicide detective Regis investigates while Secret Service works against him. He's assigned agent Chance. She eventually cooperates after a man's framed.
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Movie: She's So Lovely ( 1997 )
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
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Movie: Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin ( 1997 )
Winnie the Pooh and company embark on a quest to rescue Christopher Robin from certain doom in a place called "Skull" after misreading a note he left for them.
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Movie: A Smile Like Yours ( 1997 )
Greg Kinnear plays a carriage-shy husband in a romantic comedy about a couple trying to conceive a child.
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Movie: Love Jones ( 1997 )
A poet and photographer in Chicago explore their growing relationship while discussing love with friends. When she tests his feelings, romantic complications follow.
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Movie: Ulee's Gold ( 1997 )
A reclusive beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together, but not without having to fight his son's previous dastardly cohorts.
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Movie: True Women ( 1997 )
Covering nearly fifty years of mid-19th-century turmoil, from the tumultuous Texas Revolution to the early women's suffrage movement, "True Women" is a gripping tale of endurance, love, and above all, gritty female determination.
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Movie: The MatchMaker ( 1997 )
A senator's aide visits Ireland seeking his family roots during a matchmaking festival. As an attractive single woman, she catches the eye of two matchmakers and a bartender.
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Movie: Most Wanted ( 1997 )
A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret ops team, then gets framed for murder when the team and its officer set him up as the fall guy for the assassination of the First Lady.
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Movie: Welcome to Sarajevo ( 1997 )
American and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, the group find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs. Savic near the frontline. Feeling sympathy, Henderson decides to take one of the children, Emira, illegally back to England.
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Movie: Masterminds ( 1997 )
Trapped in a school in which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.
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Movie: The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1997 )
Based on the novel, a young gypsy becomes a Minister's obsession in 1483. Only the bell ringer and her husband and the court of miracles can save her.
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TV Show: The Last Don ( 1997 )
Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to "The Godfather", but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio (Aiello), the family executes a rival gang on the night of the Don's daughter's wedding, including her new husband, the son of his rival. Unfortunately the daughter (Alley) gets pregnant and the repercussions of the night drift into the future. Spanning 1964-1985, the series jumps forward with the growing up of the grandson (Cochrane) who has grown ruthless and scheming. A co-rival in the family is a nephew (Gedrick) who has been raise to take his father's (Mantegna) place in the family as a hitman and has established his place by assassinating a man who killed a Senator's daughter. However, he is proven to not be ruthless enough and moves into the family's casino business in Vegas. When the nephew falls in...
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Movie: Still Breathing ( 1998 )
When artist and street performer Fletcher (Brendan Fraser) thinks con-artist Roz (Joanna Going) is the woman he has seen in a vision, he has no idea she sees him as her next victim.
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Movie: The House of Yes ( 1997 )
A mentally unbalanced young woman - who is convinced she is Jackie Kennedy - flies into a murderous rage when her brother returns home to reveal he is engaged.
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Movie: Plump Fiction ( 1997 )
Follows the plot of Pulp Fiction (1994). Scenes from other movies are also parodied.
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Movie: Drive ( 1997 )
A bionic gunslinger and a tired bystander join forces while fleeing deadly hitmen, causing mayhem on the road.
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Movie: Free Willy 3: The Rescue ( 1997 )
16-year-old Jesse and old friend Randolph try to foil an illegal whaler threatening Willy and his pregnant mate.
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Movie: Zeus and Roxanne ( 1997 )
A touching friendship story between a dog and a dolphin.
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Movie: Retroactive ( 1997 )
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
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Movie: Robinson Crusoe ( 1997 )
1703: Robinson Crusoe has to leave Scotland for a year, but after months sailing, a storm wrecks his ship. He ends up as only survivor on a desolate island.
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Movie: A Thousand Acres ( 1997 )
A family is torn apart after a father gives his valuable farm land to his daughters.
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Movie: 'Til There Was You ( 1997 )
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in.
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Movie: Afterglow ( 1998 )
A handyman with marital problems meets a housewife with the same.
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Movie: Campfire Tales ( 1997 )
Teens entertain one another by telling an anthology of famous urban legends with a modern twist; including makeout-point, monsters, psychopaths, and ghosts.
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Movie: Playing God ( 1997 )
A disgraced surgeon leaves his former life and reinvents himself as a gunshot doctor in the criminal underworld.
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Movie: That Darn Cat ( 1997 )
A maid is kidnapped and scratches a message onto D.C. the cat's collar and when his owner Patti discovers this, she plays amateur detective with the help of D.C. to try to find the culprits.
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Movie: The Sixth Man ( 1997 )
A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.
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Movie: Paradise Road ( 1997 )
A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.