Top 27 Action Movies Must-See Released in 1997

James, an NYC cop, is hired by Agent K of a secret government agency that monitors extraterrestrial life on Earth. Together, they must recover an item that has been stolen by an intergalactic villain. Learn about Men in Black / IMDB / YouTube

In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay. Learn about The Fifth Element / IMDB / YouTube

A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda. Get info on The Lost World: Jurassic Park / IMDB / YouTube

To foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent assumes the identity of the criminal who murdered his son via facial transplant surgery, but the crook wakes up prematurely and vows revenge. Details on Face/Off / IMDB / YouTube

Humans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs. Check out Starship Troopers / IMDB / YouTube

Newly-paroled ex-con and former U.S. Ranger Cameron Poe finds himself trapped in a prisoner-transport plane when the passengers seize control. Look into Con Air / IMDB / YouTube

Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth. Check out Alien Resurrection / IMDB / YouTube

Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City. Learn about Batman & Robin / IMDB / YouTube

The son of Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it. See more about Hercules / IMDB / YouTube

Communist radicals led by Ivan Korshunov hijack Air Force One with US President James Marshall and his family on board. Vice President Kathryn Bennett negotiates from Washington D.C., while Marshall fights to rescue the hostages on board. Read about Air Force One / IMDB / YouTube

James Bond sets out to stop a media mogul's plan to induce a war between China and the United Kingdom. Look into Tomorrow Never Dies / IMDB / YouTube

Alex Pruitt, an 8-year-old boy living in Chicago, must fend off four international criminals who are seeking a top-secret microchip in his toy car. Get info on Home Alone 3 / IMDB / YouTube

An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly faceless assassin from completing his next job. Info on The Jackal / IMDB / YouTube

A National Geographic film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake. Check out Anaconda / IMDB / YouTube

A taxi driver with a penchant for conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of these theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is. Read about Conspiracy Theory / IMDB / YouTube

A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment. Learn about Dante's Peak / IMDB / YouTube

Professional assassin Martin Blank is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe--where, by coincidence, his 10-year high-school reunion party is about to take place. More about Grosse Pointe Blank / IMDB / YouTube

Lt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out. Info on G.I. Jane / IMDB / YouTube

A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker. Get info on Speed 2: Cruise Control / IMDB / YouTube

A man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress. Look into George of the Jungle / IMDB / YouTube

A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles and a city official and a seismologist try to stop its inevitable flow through the city. Find out about Volcano / IMDB / YouTube

An intellectual billionaire and two other men struggle to band together and survive after getting stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with a blood-thirsty Kodiak Bear hunting them down. Check out The Edge / IMDB / YouTube

A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America. Read about The Postman / IMDB / YouTube

Simon The Saint Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret. Explore The Saint / IMDB / YouTube

An elite mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil. Learn about Spawn / IMDB / YouTube

A police officer uncovers the real identity of his house-guest, an I.R.A. terrorist in hiding. Check out The Devil's Own / IMDB / YouTube

A US Army colonel and a civilian woman supervising him must track down stolen Russian nuclear weapons before they're used by terrorists. Info on The Peacemaker / IMDB / YouTube