The best dramas of 1997

143 dramas from 1997, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Inventing the Abbotts Score 31.7 · IMDb 6.4 · Tomatometer 41% · Metascore 49
  2. Fools Rush In Score 31.3 · IMDb 6.2 · Tomatometer 33% · Metascore 38
  3. Picture Perfect Score 30.9 · IMDb 5.6 · Tomatometer 44% · Metascore 46
  4. Face Score 30.4 · IMDb 6.6 · Tomatometer 38%
  5. Deceiver Score 30.4 · IMDb 6.4 · Tomatometer 42%
  6. Nowhere Score 30.2 · IMDb 6.6 · Tomatometer 53% · Metascore 44
  7. Murder at 1600 Score 29.9 · IMDb 6.1 · Tomatometer 33% · Metascore 48
  8. Smilla's Sense of Snow Score 29.6 · IMDb 6.3 · Tomatometer 53% · Metascore 45
  9. Red Corner Score 29.4 · IMDb 6.3 · Tomatometer 27%
  10. Mad City Score 28.9 · IMDb 6.3 · Tomatometer 30% · Metascore 45