100 English films of 1997 ranked by box office. #1: Titanic ($2.3 billion).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titanic | James Cameron | $200 million | $2.3 billion | 11.32x | |
| 2 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | $73 million | $618.6 million | 8.47x | |
| 3 | Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld | $90 million | $589.4 million | 6.55x | |
| 4 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Roger Spottiswoode | $110 million | $339.5 million | 3.09x | |
| 5 | Air Force One | Wolfgang Petersen | $85 million | $315.2 million | 3.71x | |
| 6 | As Good as It Gets | James L. Brooks | $50 million | $314.1 million | 6.28x | |
| 7 | Liar Liar | Tom Shadyac | $45 million | $303 million | 6.73x | |
| 8 | My Best Friend's Wedding | P. J. Hogan | $38 million | $299.3 million | 7.88x | |
| 9 | The Fifth Element | Luc Besson | $90 million | $263.9 million | 2.93x | |
| 10 | The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | $3.5 million | $257.9 million | 73.69x | |
| 11 | Bean | Mel Smith | $18 million | $251.2 million | 13.96x | |
| 12 | Face/Off | John Woo | $80 million | $246 million | 3.08x | |
| 13 | Batman & Robin | Joel Schumacher | $125 million | $238 million | 1.90x | |
| 14 | Life is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni | $19 million | $230.1 million | 12.11x | |
| 15 | Good Will Hunting | Gus Van Sant | $10 million | $225.9 million | 22.59x | |
| 16 | Con Air | Simon West | $75 million | $224 million | 2.99x | |
| 17 | Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | $116 million | $178.2 million | 1.54x | |
| 18 | Flubber | Les Mayfield | $50 million | $178 million | 3.56x | |
| 19 | George of the Jungle | Sam Weisman | $55 million | $174.4 million | 3.17x | |
| 20 | Scream 2 | Wes Craven | $24 million | $172 million | 7.17x | |
| 21 | Contact | Robert Zemeckis | $90 million | $171 million | 1.90x | |
| 22 | The Saint | Phillip Noyce | $70 million | $169.4 million | 2.42x | |
| 23 | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Jan de Bont | $160 million | $164.5 million | 1.03x | |
| 24 | Alien Resurrection | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | $75 million | $161.4 million | 2.15x | |
| 25 | The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | $60 million | $159.3 million | 2.66x | |
| 26 | The Devil's Advocate | Taylor Hackford | $57 million | $153 million | 2.68x | |
| 27 | The Devil's Own | Alan J. Pakula | $86 million | $140.8 million | 1.64x | |
| 28 | Conspiracy Theory | Richard Donner | $80 million | $137 million | 1.71x | |
| 29 | Anaconda | Luis Llosa | $45 million | $136.8 million | 3.04x | |
| 30 | Seven Years in Tibet | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $70 million | $131.5 million | 1.88x | |
| 31 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | $35 million | $126.2 million | 3.61x | |
| 32 | Mouse Hunt | Gore Verbinski | $38 million | $125.4 million | 3.30x | |
| 33 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Jim Gillespie | $17 million | $125.3 million | 7.37x | |
| 34 | Donnie Brasco | Mike Newell | $35 million | $124.9 million | 3.57x | |
| 35 | Volcano | Mick Jackson | $90 million | $122.8 million | 1.36x | |
| 36 | Starship Troopers | Paul Verhoeven | $105 million | $121 million | 1.15x | |
| 37 | The Peacemaker | Mimi Leder | $50 million | $110.4 million | 2.21x | |
| 38 | The Game | David Fincher | $48 million | $109.4 million | 2.28x | |
| 39 | G.I. Jane | Ridley Scott | $50 million | $98.4 million | 1.97x | |
| 40 | Absolute Power | Clint Eastwood | $50 million | $92.8 million | 1.86x | |
| 41 | Spawn | Mark A.Z. Dippé | $40 million | $87.9 million | 2.20x | |
| 42 | Home Alone 3 | Raja Gosnell | $32 million | $79.1 million | 2.47x | |
| 43 | Jackie Brown | Quentin Tarantino | $12 million | $74.7 million | 6.23x | |
| 44 | Metro | Thomas Carter | $55 million | $74 million | 1.35x | |
| 45 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Jay Roach | $16.5 million | $67.7 million | 4.10x | |
| 46 | Wag the Dog | Barry Levinson | $15 million | $64.3 million | 4.29x | |
| 47 | In & Out | Frank Oz | $35 million | $63.9 million | 1.83x | |
| 48 | Cop Land | James Mangold | $15 million | $63.7 million | 4.25x | |
| 49 | Jungle 2 Jungle | John Pasquin | $32 million | $59.9 million | 1.87x | |
| 50 | Amistad | Steven Spielberg | $36 million | $58.3 million | 1.62x | |
| 51 | Spice World | Bob Spiers | $25 million | $56 million | 2.24x | |
| 52 | The Borrowers | Peter Hewitt | $29 million | $54 million | 1.86x | |
| 53 | Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | John R. Leonetti | $30 million | $51.3 million | 1.71x | |
| 54 | Breakdown | Jonathan Mostow | $36 million | $50.2 million | 1.39x | |
| 55 | Money Talks | Brett Ratner | $25 million | $48.4 million | 1.94x | |
| 56 | Double Team | Tsui Hark | $30 million | $48.1 million | 1.60x | |
| 57 | The Relic | Peter Hyams | $40 million | $48 million | 1.20x | |
| 58 | Event Horizon | Paul W. S. Anderson | $60 million | $47.1 million | 0.79x | |
| 59 | The Rainmaker | Francis Ford Coppola | $40 million | $45.9 million | 1.15x | |
| 60 | Nothing to Lose | Steve Oedekerk | $25 million | $44.5 million | 1.78x | |
| 61 | Picture Perfect | Glenn Gordon Caron | $18 million | $44.3 million | 2.46x | |
| 62 | Soul Food | George Tillman Jr. | $7.5 million | $43.7 million | 5.83x | |
| 63 | The Edge | Lee Tamahori | $30 million | $43.3 million | 1.44x | |
| 64 | Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | $15 million | $43.1 million | 2.87x | |
| 65 | Fools Rush In | Andy Tennant | $20 million | $42 million | 2.10x | |
| 66 | Private Parts | Betty Thomas | $28 million | $41.2 million | 1.47x | |
| 67 | Murder at 1600 | Dwight H. Little | $40 million | $41.1 million | 1.03x | |
| 68 | Fierce Creatures | Fred Schepisi | $25 million | $40 million | 1.60x | |
| 69 | Beverly Hills Ninja | Dennis Dugan | $18 million | $37.9 million | 2.11x | |
| 70 | Vegas Vacation | Stephen Kessler | $25 million | $36.4 million | 1.46x | |
| 71 | Selena | Gregory Nava | $20 million | $35.8 million | 1.79x | |
| 72 | Fathers' Day | Ivan Reitman | $85 million | $35.7 million | 0.42x | |
| 73 | Addicted to Love | Griffin Dunne | $34.7 million | |||
| 74 | For Richer or Poorer | Bryan Spicer | $35 million | $32.7 million | 0.93x | |
| 75 | Mr. Nice Guy | Sammo Hung | $6 million | $31.7 million | 5.28x | |
| 76 | Grosse Pointe Blank | George Armitage | $15 million | $31 million | 2.07x | |
| 77 | Out to Sea | Martha Coolidge | $33 million | $30.7 million | 0.93x | |
| 78 | The Postman | Kevin Costner | $80 million | $30 million | 0.38x | |
| 79 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | David Mirkin | $20 million | $29.2 million | 1.46x | |
| 80 | Air Bud | Charles Martin Smith | $3 million | $29 million | 9.67x | |
| 81 | Mr. Magoo | Stanley Tong | $30 million | $28.9 million | 0.96x | |
| 82 | An American Werewolf in Paris | Anthony Waller | $25 million | $26.6 million | 1.06x | |
| 83 | Mimic | Guillermo del Toro | $30 million | $25.5 million | 0.85x | |
| 84 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | $30 million | $25.1 million | 0.84x | |
| 85 | Fire Down Below | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | $60 million | $24.5 million | 0.41x | |
| 86 | Good Burger | Brian Robbins | $8.5 million | $23.7 million | 2.79x | |
| 87 | Hoodlum | Bill Duke | $30 million | $23.5 million | 0.78x | |
| 88 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Bille August | $35 million | $23.1 million | 0.66x | |
| 89 | Red Corner | Jon Avnet | $48 million | $22.4 million | 0.47x | |
| 90 | The Apostle | Robert Duvall | $5 million | $21.3 million | 4.26x | |
| 91 | Booty Call | Jeff Pollack | $7 million | $20.1 million | 2.87x | |
| 92 | Gone Fishin' | Christopher Cain | $53 million | $19.7 million | 0.37x | |
| 93 | That Darn Cat | Bob Spiers | $18.3 million | |||
| 94 | FairyTale: A True Story | Charles Sturridge | $14 million | $18 million | 1.29x | |
| 95 | That Old Feeling | Carl Reiner | $35 million | $16.6 million | 0.47x | |
| 96 | The Boxer | Jim Sheridan | $4.7 million | $16.5 million | 3.51x | |
| 97 | The Ice Storm | Ang Lee | $18 million | $16 million | 0.89x | |
| 98 | Wishmaster | Robert Kurtzman | $5 million | $15.7 million | 3.14x | |
| 99 | RocketMan | Stuart Gillard | $16 million | $15.4 million | 0.96x | |
| 100 | The 6th Man | Randall Miller | $11 million | $14.8 million | 1.35x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.