1997



The year 1997 included Universal Feature Animation's first feature-length animated film Ama and the Mysterious Crystal.

Feature films

 * January 24 - Fierce Creatures
 * February 7 - Dante's Peak
 * March 21 - Liar Liar
 * April 4 - That Old Feeling
 * April 18 - McHale's Navy
 * May 23 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park
 * July 11 - A Simple Wish
 * August 22 - Leave It to Beaver
 * August 29 - Kull the Conqueror
 * November 14 - The Jackal
 * December 12 - For Richer or Poorer
 * December 19 - Ama and the Mysterious Crystal
 * December 31 - The Boxer

Television

 * August 16 - Little Critter premiered on Gingo.

Direct-to-video releases

 * December 10 - The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

Character debuts

 * December 19 - Ama

People

 * May 12 - Odeya Rush is born.