Top 10 Lists: 1997

Yes, I know that a certain extremely high-grossing, Academy-Award winning film is conspicuously missing from this list. That said, I was one of the millions of people who loved it when it first came out. Well, I still like it but it's no longer one of my top favorites. Unfortunately, it's no longer one of my top favorites of the year. Of course, I'm talking about Titanic.

10. Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai)

09. Ponette (Jacques Doillon)

08. Donnie Brasco (Mike Newell)

07. Boogie Nights (Paul Thomas Anderson)

06. The Ice Storm (Ang Lee)

05. Funny Games (Michael Haneke)

04. The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan)

03. Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino)

02. The Eel (Unagi) (Shohei Imamura)

01. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson)