List of crime films of 1997
# 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 |
