title: List of crime films of 1997
text: # List of crime films of 1997
  
  This is a list of crime films released in 1997.
  
  | Title | Director | Cast | Country | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag | Tom Schulman | Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson | United States | Crime comedy |
  | 9 millimeter | Peter Lindmark | Abou-Bakre Aalam, Astrid Asseta | Sweden | |
  | Affliction | Paul Schrader | Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek | United States | Crime drama |
  | Assassin(s) | Mathieu Kassovitz | Mathieu Kassovitz, Michel Serrault, Mehdi Benoufa | France | |
  | Another Day in Paradise | Larry Clark | James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Vincent Kartheiser | United States | Crime drama |
  | Brother | Alexei Balabanov | Sergei Bodrov Jr., Viktor Sukhorukov, Svetlana Pismichenko | Russia | |
  | City of Industry | John Irvin | Harvey Keitel, Stephen Dorff, Famke Janssen | United States | |
  | Cop Land | James Mangold | Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta | United States | |
  | Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Kōji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa | Japan | Crime thriller |
  | Dang Bireley's and Young Gangsters | Nonzee Nimibutr | Jesdaporn Pholdee, Noppachai Muttaweevong | Thailand | |
  | Dobermann | Jan Kounen | Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Tchéky Karyo | France | |
  | Donnie Brasco | Mike Newell | Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen | United States | |
  | Funny Games | Michael Haneke | Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch | Austria | |
  | Green Fish | Lee Chang-dong | Han Suk-kyu, Shim Hye-jin, Moon Sung-keun | South Korea | Crime drama |
  | Grosse Pointe Blank | George Armitage | John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd | United States | |
  | Hana-bi | Beat Takeshi Kitano | Beat Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi | Japan | Crime drama |
  | Jackie Brown | Quentin Tarantino | Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster | United States | |
  | Joyride | Quinton Peeples | Tobey Maguire, Wilson Cruz, Benicio del Toro | United States | Crime thriller |
  | Keys to Tulsa | Leslie Greif | Eric Stoltz, Cameron Diaz, James Spader | United States | |
  | Kiss or Kill | Bill Bennett | Frances O'Connor, Matt Day, Chris Haywood | Australia | |
  | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce | United States | |
  | Lewis and Clark and George | Rod McCall | Rose McGowan, Salvator Xuereb, Dan Gunther | United States | Crime comedy |
  | Perdita Durango | Álex de la Iglesia | Rosie Perez, Javier Bardem, Harley Cross | Spain Mexico | |
  | Playing God | Andy Wilson | David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie | United States | |
  | Shooting Fish | Stefan Schwartz | Dan Futterman, Stuart Townsend, Kate Beckinsale | United Kingdom | Crime comedy |
  | Six Ways To Sunday | Adam Bernstein | Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Elina Löwensohn | United States | |
  | Suicide Kings | Peter O'Fallon | Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas | United States | |
  | The Swindle | Claude Chabrol | Isabelle Huppert, Michel Serrault, François Cluzet | France Switzerland | |
  | Young and Dangerous 4 | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan | Hong Kong | Gangster film |
  