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Midsomer Murders (TV Series)Midsomer Murders (TV Series) (1997) Recommended
Feat. John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark
A worthwhile British police drama in the tradition of Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE, in which a veteran detective Inspector Barnaby (Nettles) and his…
MimicMimic (1997) Recommended
Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam
A mutant strain of humanoid bugs come back to taunt entomologist Mira Sorvino, who enters into a fierce confrontation through the dank, falteringly…
Murder in MindMurder in Mind (1997)
Dir. Andrew Morahan
Feat. Mary-Louise Parker, Nigel Hawthorne
Mary Louise Parker wakes up clutching a bloodied knife, her murdered husband beside her, and suffering from complete amnesia. Turning to…
Night Falls On ManhattanNight Falls On Manhattan (1997)
Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia, Lena Olin
Poking around among the NYPD's rotten apples, this unsettling thriller gouges up about as much police corruption and moral dry–rot as you can…
Office KillerOffice Killer (1997) Recommended
Dir. Cindy Sherman
Feat. Cindy Sherman, Molly Ringwald, Barbara Sukowa
A bloody revenge fantasy – a mousy secretary gets her own back on intimidating office co–workers – informed by a stylised,…
Open Your EyesOpen Your Eyes (Abre Los Ojos) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Feat. Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera
A surrealistic nightmare unfurled with Hitchcockian precision and irony, Eduardo Noriega plays a young–man–who–has–everything…
Pale Horse, ThePale Horse, The (1997)
Dir. Charles Beeson
Feat. Colin Buchanan, Jayne Ashbourne, Hermione Norris
When the body of a neighbourhood priest is discovered by Mark Easterbrook in a dark alley, it starts an investigation that touches him more than he…
Perfect BluePerfect Blue (1997) Aro Favourite
Dir. Satoshi Kon
Coherent and mature product of Japanese 'anime' is an unsettling psycho–drama about a burnt–out teen pop idol, simultaneously plagued by…
Playing God (1997)
Dir. Andy Wilson
Feat. David Duchovny
Diverting psycho–thriller for David Duchovny, playing a doctor struck–off for malpractice. After flirting with skid–row he lands in…
Port Djema (1997)
Dir. Eric Heumann
Feat. Jean-Yves Dubois, Nathalie Boutefeu, Christophe Odent
A Paris surgeon gets into the thick of dangerous politics at an East African colonial port as he traces the footsteps of a murdered friend. Won Best…

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