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10 Best Movies Like 1997

If you loved 1997, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997 for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#2
The Assault

The Assault

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997 for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to ...

#3
A Call to Spy

A Call to Spy

2020★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997 for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Vera Atkins, a crafty spy recruiter, and two of the first women she selects for Churchill's "secret army": Virginia Hall, a daring American undaunted by a disability a...

#4
Rangasthalam

Rangasthalam

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Chitti Babu begins to suspect his elder brother's life is in danger after they team up to lock horns with their village president and overthrow his unlawful 30 year old regime....

#5
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997 for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob....

#6
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1997 for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

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