Boogie Nights
The Ice Storm
L.A. Confidential
Donnie Brasco

I'd say my top three are
Chasing Amy
L.A. Confidential
Boogie Nights

And by the narrowest of margins, I'd say Boogie Nights was the best of the three and thus the best of '97. Tough call!

<b>Face/Off</b> - John Woo at his finest.

yikes! you must not have seen Hard Boiled or The Killer...

I throw in LA Confidential in for another vote. That scene in which the tension builds where Russel Crowe is gripping that chair and then just

Nothing beats that, that year.

TITANIC!!!

With a few more votes in, Boogie Nights takes over the lead:

1) Boogie Nights (8)
2) L.A. Confidential (7.5)
3) Sweet Hereafter (5.5)

1. Starship Troopers
2. LA Confidential
3. As Good As It Gets

Tie:

The Sweet Hereafter and Boogie Nights

TIE:

L.A. Confidential & Boogie Nights

1. Boogie Nights

2. Sweet Hereafter

3. Happy Together

4. LA Confidential

All terrific movies, hard to rank them at all....

Wow. My official vote goes to The Sweet Hereafter. I had no idea that so many other than myself thought it was the best film that year. Not only the best film about a vehicle crashing and sinking into icy waters but the very best film.

Boogie Nights

Chasing Amy

My favorites from 1997:

Titanic (I can't belive it's been 4 years!!!)
Gattaca (Jude Law was great in an excellent sci-fi movie)
Kolya
Ponette (I can't believe this child actress didn't walk away with several acting awards)
Boogie Nights
Shall We Dance? (Japan)
Contact
Ice Storm (Ang Lee)

L.A. Confidential!

LA Confidential

DONNIE BRASCO

Bruce

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

Runner-up: <i>Titanic</i>, followed closely by <i>The Ice Storm</i>

Honorable mentions: <i>Contact, Eve's Bayou, The Sweet Hereafter</i>

I bought the Sweet Hereafter based on all those picking it as the best of the year.

Glad I did. Don't know how I missed this one in theaters. I really enjoyed it. Not my favorite of the year, but it is certainly a must own/ not to be missed movie with some gripping scenes and great cinematogrophy.

Thanks for clueing me in to this great film.

LA Confidential

Boogie Nights

This was tough...a tie with Maborosi

1. Good Will Hunting
2. Boogie Nights
3. L.A. Confidential

Contact

L.A. Confidential has moved into a very slight lead...

New Results:
1) L.A. Confidential (12 votes)
2) Boogie Nights (11.5)
3) Sweet Hereafter (7)

Russel Crowe, Guy Pierce, Kevin Spacey, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito IN... L.A. Confidential.

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

face off
chasing amy
jackie brown

hey twikoff - thanks for all the votes... gotta ask though, are these in order, or are you just splitting the vote among three?

Are we going by the U.S. release year for these polls, or the original release year?

chasing amy

Mark me down for L.A. Confidential also.

Titanic does it for me.

Definately Boogie Nights
The Ice Storm
Scream 2
Titanic

I am friends with the familt Amistad was made after, so I will go with that. Although Wag the Dog was a great movie, the first time i saw it. I cant make it through the movie a second time.

L.A. Confidential

how about something different?

1) The Edge

2) The Game

3) Austin Powers 1

4) Private Parts

5) Starship Troopers

6) Donnie Brasco

da game

LA and BN each with a few more votes, but LA remains in the lead:

1) L.A. Confidential (15)
2) Boogie Nights (14.5)
3) Sweet Hereafter (7)