Top 10 of 1997

By: CJ Roy

Hana-bi (Fireworks)

Why 1997? Because it was a damn fine year for film in a time where I first started truly remembering and appreciating film. Albeit, only Men in Black.

Just off the list are Stone & Parker’s mormon, pornography comedy Orgazmo and Skjoldbjærg reverse noir Insomnia.

Starship Troopers

• 01
  Fireworks
  Takeshi Kitano
• 02
  Princess Mononoke
  Hayao Miyazaki
• 03
  Starship Troopers
  Paul Verhoeven
• 04
  Chasing Amy
  Kevin Smith
• 05
  Happy Together
  Wong Kar-wai
• 06
  Boogie Nights
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• 07
  In the Company of Men
  Neil LaBute
• 08
  Men in Black
  Barry Sonnenfeld
• 09
  Grosse Pointe Blank
  George Armitage
• 10
  L.A. Confidential
  Curtis Hanson