1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- January 24 - Fierce Creatures
- February 7 - Dante's Peak
- March 21 - Liar Liar
- April 4 - That Old Feeling
- April 18 - McHale's Navy
- May 2 - Commandments (Gramercy Pictures)
- May 9 - Twin Town (Polygram Filmed Entertainment)
- May 23 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- July 11 - A Simple Wish
- August 22 - Leave It to Beaver
- August 29 - Kull the Conqueror
- September 12 - The Game (Polygram Filmed Entertainment)
- September 26 - The Peacemaker (DreamWorks Pictures)
- November 7 - Bean, Antz (Gramercy Pictures)
- November 14 - The Jackal
- December 10 - Amistad (DreamWorks Pictures)
- December 12 - For Richer or Poorer
- December 19 - Mouse Hunt (DreamWorks Pictures)
- December 31 - The Boxer
Television
Home video
DVD and VHS releases
- January 14 - Bordello of Blood
- January 28 - The Trigger Effect
- February 25 - Bulletproof
- March 4 - Bound
- March 11
- March 25
- April 1 - Sleepers
- May 20 - Daylight
- June 10
- China
- The Duel at Silver Creek
- The Eagle and the Hawk
- Five Graves to Cairo
- No Name on the Bullet
- O.S.S.
- Walk the Proud Land
- July 1 - Fierce Creatures
- August 19 - Dante's Peak
- September 2 - Keys to Tulsa
- September 9 - McHale's Navy
- September 23 - Commandments
- September 30 - Liar Liar
- October 7 - That Old Feeling
- November 4 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- November 18
- December 9 - The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
Character debuts
- March 21 - Fletcher Reede
- May 9 - Paul Falsone
- May 26 - Peter Ludlow
- October 8 - Emil Skoda
- October 17 - Laura Ballard
Events
People
Births
Deaths
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