Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1997
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production Budget | Worldwide Box Office to Date | Trailer |
| Titanic |
English, Italian, Swedish |
Drama |
$200,000,000 |
$2,223,048,786 |
Play |
| The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
English |
Action |
$75,000,000 |
$618,638,999 |
|
| Men in Black |
English |
Action |
$90,000,000 |
$587,790,539 |
|
| Tomorrow Never Dies |
English |
Action |
$110,000,000 |
$339,504,276 |
|
| Air Force One |
English |
Action |
$85,000,000 |
$315,268,353 |
|
| As Good as it Gets |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$50,000,000 |
$314,111,923 |
|
| Liar Liar |
English |
Comedy |
$45,000,000 |
$302,710,615 |
|
| My Best Friend’s Wedding |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$46,000,000 |
$298,923,419 |
|
| The Fifth Element |
English |
Action |
$95,000,000 |
$263,892,271 |
|
| The Full Monty |
English |
Comedy |
$3,500,000 |
$261,249,383 |
|
| Bean |
English |
Comedy |
|
$256,574,128 |
|
| Hercules |
English |
Adventure |
$70,000,000 |
$250,700,000 |
|
| Face/Off |
English |
Action |
$80,000,000 |
$241,199,984 |
|
| Batman & Robin |
English |
Action |
$125,000,000 |
$238,317,814 |
|
| Good Will Hunting |
English |
Drama |
$10,000,000 |
$225,925,989 |
|
| Con Air |
English |
Action |
$80,000,000 |
$224,117,573 |
|
| Dante’s Peak |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$115,000,000 |
$178,200,000 |
|
| Flubber |
English |
Comedy |
$80,000,000 |
$177,993,801 |
|
| George Of The Jungle |
English |
Adventure |
$55,000,000 |
$174,463,257 |
|
| Scream 2 |
English |
Horror |
$24,000,000 |
$172,363,301 |
|
| The Saint |
English |
Action |
$90,000,000 |
$169,400,000 |
|
| Contact |
English |
Drama |
$90,000,000 |
$165,900,000 |
|
| Alien: Resurrection |
English |
Action |
$60,000,000 |
$160,707,848 |
|
| The Jackal |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$60,000,000 |
$159,356,941 |
|
| Devil’s Advocate |
English |
Horror |
$57,000,000 |
$153,007,424 |
|
| Speed 2: Cruise Control |
English |
Action |
$110,000,000 |
$150,468,000 |
|
| Conspiracy Theory |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$80,000,000 |
$142,783,718 |
|
| The Devil’s Own |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$90,000,000 |
$140,900,000 |
|
| Anastasia |
English |
Musical |
$53,000,000 |
$139,801,096 |
|
| Anaconda |
English |
Horror |
$45,000,000 |
$136,998,907 |
|
| Seven Years in Tibet |
English, German, Mandarin, Tibetan |
Drama |
$70,000,000 |
$131,445,884 |
|
| L.A. Confidential |
English |
Drama |
$35,000,000 |
$126,204,977 |
|
| Starship Troopers |
English |
Action |
$105,000,000 |
$121,099,956 |
|
| Volcano |
English |
Action |
$90,000,000 |
$120,100,000 |
|
| Spawn |
English |
Action |
$40,000,000 |
$87,949,859 |
|
| The Game |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$50,000,000 |
$80,369,970 |
|
| Jackie Brown |
English |
Drama |
$12,000,000 |
$74,727,492 |
|
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
English |
Comedy |
$18,000,000 |
$67,683,989 |
|
| Amistad |
English, Mende, Spanish |
Drama |
$40,000,000 |
$65,542,212 |
|
| Donnie Brasco |
English |
Drama |
$35,000,000 |
$65,303,052 |
|
| Nothing To Lose |
English |
Comedy |
$25,000,000 |
$64,594,061 |
|
| Wag the Dog |
English |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$64,252,038 |
|
| Cop Land |
English |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$63,706,632 |
|
| The Peacemaker |
English |
Action |
$50,000,000 |
$62,967,368 |
|
| Mouse Hunt |
English |
Comedy |
$38,000,000 |
$61,894,591 |
|
| Kiss the Girls |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$27,000,000 |
$60,527,873 |
|
| Breakdown |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$36,000,000 |
$50,159,144 |
|
| Absolute Power |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$50,000,000 |
$50,068,310 |
|
| G.I. Jane |
English |
Drama |
$50,000,000 |
$48,169,156 |
|
| The Rainmaker |
English |
Drama |
$40,000,000 |
$47,159,786 |
|
| Soul Food |
English |
Comedy |
$7,500,000 |
$43,492,389 |
|
| Boogie Nights |
English |
Drama |
$15,000,000 |
$43,111,725 |
|
| Private Parts |
English |
Comedy |
|
$41,198,146 |
|
| Money Talks |
English |
Action |
$25,000,000 |
$41,076,865 |
|
| Vegas Vacation |
English |
Comedy |
|
$36,470,465 |
|
| Selena |
English |
Drama |
$20,000,000 |
$35,868,790 |
|
| Father’s Day |
English |
Comedy |
$85,000,000 |
$35,681,080 |
|
| The Relic |
English |
Horror |
$60,000,000 |
$33,956,608 |
|
| Metro |
English |
Action |
|
$32,017,895 |
|
| For Richer or Poorer |
English |
Comedy |
|
$31,680,796 |
|
| Picture Perfect |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$31,301,775 |
|
| Home Alone III |
English |
Comedy |
|
$30,692,437 |
|
| Fools Rush In |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$29,299,524 |
|
| Romy and Michele's High School Reunion |
English |
Comedy |
|
$29,235,353 |
|
| Air Bud |
English |
Comedy |
$3,000,000 |
$29,175,259 |
|
| Mr. Magoo |
English |
Comedy |
|
$28,937,192 |
|
| Event Horizon |
English |
Horror |
$60,000,000 |
$26,673,954 |
|
| An American Werewolf in Paris |
English |
Horror |
|
$26,570,463 |
|
| Mimic |
English |
Horror |
|
$25,514,479 |
|
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$35,000,000 |
$25,078,937 |
|
| Good Burger |
English |
Comedy |
|
$23,712,993 |
|
| That Darn Cat |
English |
Adventure |
|
$18,301,828 |
|
| Rocket Man |
English |
Comedy |
|
$15,448,043 |
|
| Chasing Amy |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$250,000 |
$15,155,095 |
|
| Eve's Bayou |
English |
Drama |
$5,000,000 |
$14,843,425 |
|
| Excess Baggage |
English |
Comedy |
|
$14,351,432 |
|
| The Man Who Knew Too Little |
English |
Comedy |
$20,000,000 |
$13,801,755 |
|
| Gattaca |
English, Esperanto |
Drama |
$36,000,000 |
$12,645,580 |
|
| Turbulence |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$55,000,000 |
$11,532,774 |
|
| The Beautician and the Beast |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$11,486,880 |
|
| Double Team |
English |
Action |
|
$11,328,565 |
|
| Leave It To Beaver |
English |
Comedy |
|
$11,307,615 |
|
| Deconstructing Harry |
English, Hebrew |
Romantic Comedy |
$20,000,000 |
$10,686,841 |
|
| A Thousand Acres |
English |
Drama |
|
$9,497,079 |
|
| Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie |
English |
Action |
|
$8,363,899 |
|
| Wild America |
English |
Adventure |
|
$7,365,417 |
|
| Zeus and Roxanne |
English |
Adventure |
|
$7,233,324 |
|
| Switchback |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$38,000,000 |
$6,504,442 |
|
| Most Wanted |
English |
Action |
|
$6,343,015 |
|
| The Boxer |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,896,037 |
|
| One Eight Seven |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$5,747,802 |
|
| Kundun |
English, Mandarin, Tibetan |
Drama |
$28,000,000 |
$5,686,694 |
|
| McHale's Navy |
English |
Comedy |
$42,000,000 |
$4,408,420 |
|
| Lost Highway |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$3,864,927 |
|
| Cats Don't Dance |
English |
Musical |
$32,000,000 |
$3,588,602 |
|
| Til There Was You |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,525,125 |
|
| A Smile Like Yours |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,317,930 |
|
| Afterglow |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,537,428 |
|
| The Pillow Book |
English |
Drama |
|
$2,372,744 |
|
| Smilla's Sense of Snow |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$35,000,000 |
$2,221,994 |
|
| The Daytrippers |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$2,096,256 |
|
| Washington Square |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,775,644 |
|
| City of Industry |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,554,338 |
|
| Brat (БРАТ) |
English, French, Russian |
Drama |
|
$873,118 |
|
| SubUrbia |
English |
Comedy |
|
$726,207 |
|
| Prefontaine |
English |
Drama |
$8,000,000 |
$590,817 |
|
| Margaret’s Museum |
English |
Drama |
|
$524,963 |
|
| The Myth of Fingerprints |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$506,309 |
|
| Broken English |
English |
Drama |
|
$476,070 |
|
| Kissed |
English |
Drama |
|
$465,417 |
|
| Buscando un Sueño |
English |
Drama |
|
$461,691 |
|
| Bent |
English |
Drama |
|
$405,409 |
|
| Albino Alligator |
English |
Drama |
$5,000,000 |
$353,480 |
|
| Schizopolis |
English |
Comedy |
|
$250,000 |
|
| Irma Vep |
English, French |
Comedy |
|
$221,930 |
|
| Bliss |
English |
Drama |
|
$207,751 |
|
| Latin Boys Go to Hell |
English, Spanish |
Comedy |
|
$189,022 |
|
| Nowhere |
English |
Drama |
|
$176,979 |
|
| Hard Eight |
English |
Drama |
$3,000,000 |
$142,715 |
|
| Going All the Way |
English |
Drama |
|
$89,823 |
|
| Keys to Tulsa |
English |
Drama |
|
$74,777 |
|
| The Wind in the Willows |
English |
Adventure |
|
$72,844 |
|
| Truth or Consequences, N.M. |
English |
Action |
|
$54,154 |
|
| The Watermelon Woman |
English |
Drama |
$300,000 |
$42,735 |
|
| Office Killer |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$37,446 |
|
| The Winner |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$26,004 |
|
| Gallivant |
English |
Documentary |
|
$25,445 |
|
| The Long Way Home |
English |
Documentary |
|
$18,665 |
|
| Nil By Mouth |
English |
Drama |
|
$18,363 |
|
| Habit |
English |
Horror |
|
$17,165 |
|
| The Last Time I Committed Suicide |
English |
Drama |
$4,000,000 |
$12,836 |
|
| Soul in the Hole |
English |
Documentary |
|
$10,758 |
|
| Hijacking Hollywood |
English |
Comedy |
|
$10,174 |
|
| I Was a Jewish Sex Worker |
English |
Documentary |
|
$8,526 |
|
| Inside |
English, German |
Drama |
|
$5,000 |
|
| Drunks |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,000 |
|
| The Grimm Brothers' Snow White |
English |
Horror |
$26,000,000 |
$5,000 |
|
| Frankenstein and Me |
English |
Comedy |
|
$5,000 |
|
| Hugo Pool |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$3,620 |
|
| Inside the Goldmine |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,406 |
|
| Topless Women Talk About Their Lives |
English, German |
Drama |
|
$651 |
|
| Porto Santo |
English, German, Portuguese |
Drama |
|
$363 |
|
| Forgotten Silver |
English |
Comedy |
|
$291 |
|
| Trojan War |
English |
Comedy |
|
$217 |
|
| Dobermann |
English |
Action |
|
$22 |
|
| Demolition University |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Walking Thunder |
English |
Western |
|
$0 |
|
| The Dark Side of the Sun |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| The Second Civil War |
English, Spanish |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Behind Enemy Lines |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Breast Men |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| The Rage |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Allyson Is Watching |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Playboy Biker Babes: Hot Wheels and High Heels |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| Playboy: Jenny McCarthy the Playboy Years |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| The Lay of the Land |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Steel Chariots |
English |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Curtain Call |
English, German |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Eat Your Heart Out |
English |
|
|
$0 |
|
| Managua |
English, Spanish |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Retroactive |
English |
Multiple Genres |
|
$0 |
|
| Tromeo & Juliet |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Comedian Harmonists |
English, German |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Amityville: Dollhouse |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Midnight Man |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Sub Down |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Drive, She Said |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella |
English |
Musical |
|
$0 |
|
| Fleetwood Mac: The Dance |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| L.A. Wars |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Behind Enemy Lines |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Leprechaun 3 |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Casper: A Spirited Beginning |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Slaves to the Underground |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Mean Guns |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|