Videos Released in 1997

This chart lists films and TV titles that were released on video in the United States and/or Canada in 1997. If a date has both movie and tv show releases they are shown as separate blocks divided by a blank line.

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January, 1997
January 1 Speed 2: Cruise Control 20th Century Studios     Hulu
 
January 7 Cocoon Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes Vudu
Higher Learning Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Amazon
Meatballs Lionsgate Home Enterta…     iTunes
School Daze Columbia Pictures Home…     Amazon iTunes
 
January 15 D.C. Cab Universal Home Enterta…     Amazon iTunes
Jetsons: The Movie Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
 
January 21 Broken Arrow Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes
Circle of Friends HBO Home Video      
D3: The Mighty Ducks Buena Vista Home Enter…     Disney+ iTunes
This is Elvis Warner Home Video     iTunes
 
January 28 The Don is Dead Universal Home Enterta…     Amazon iTunes
February, 1997
February 3 The Belles of St. Trinian’s Republic Pictures      
I Am a Dancer Republic Pictures     Amazon Vudu
 
February 4 Muriel’s Wedding Walt Disney Home Enter…      
Showgirls MGM Video     Amazon
 
February 11 Mondo New York Polygram USA Video      
Under the Yum Yum Tree Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Amazon
 
February 19 Once Upon a Time in the West Paramount Home Video     iTunes Google
The Sons of Katie Elder Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes
True Grit (1969) Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes
 
February 25 Darkman III Die Darkman Die Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
Harriet the Spy Paramount Home Video      
March, 1997
March 1 Street Smart Media Home Entertainment      
 
March 4 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Walt Disney Home Enter…     Amazon
Fargo MGM Video     iTunes Google Vudu
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear… Universal Home Enterta…      
 
March 11 Space Jam Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
 
March 25 The Color Purple Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Vudu
 
March 26 A Time to Kill Warner Home Video     iTunes
Blade Runner Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Bridges of Madison County, The Warner Home Video     Netflix
Eraser Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes
The Fugitive Warner Home Video     iTunes
Goodfellas Warner Home Video     Netflix Hulu iTunes Google Vudu
Interview with the Vampire Warner Home Video     Netflix Hulu Google
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google
The Mask New Line Home Video     iTunes Google
Seven New Line Home Video     Netflix Hulu iTunes Google Vudu
The Wizard of Oz MGM Video     Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Twister Warner Home Video     Hulu iTunes Google Vudu
Unforgiven Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and M… Warner Home Video     iTunes
April, 1997
April 1 Porky's Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes
Wild Bill MGM Video     Amazon iTunes
 
April 8 Attack! Fox Home Entertainment     Amazon iTunes
Dragonheart Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
Poltergeist Turner Home Entertainment     iTunes Google
 
April 15 Cutting Class Republic Pictures      
 
April 30 In the Line of Fire Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes
Tin Cup Warner Home Video     iTunes
May, 1997
May 6 Party Girl Columbia Pictures Home…     iTunes Vudu
 
May 13 Star 80 Warner Home Video      
 
May 21 Dumb and Dumber New Line Home Video     Netflix iTunes Google Vudu
 
May 27 Eight on the Lam MGM Video     Amazon
Happy Gilmore Universal Home Enterta…     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
Striptease Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Vudu
 
May 29 Jerry Maguire Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
June, 1997
June 3 Joe's Apartment Warner Home Video      
 
June 9 Plymouth Adventure MGM Video      
 
June 10 Drop Zone Lionsgate Home Enterta…     iTunes
The Eagle and the Hawk Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
Grand Tour: Disaster in Time Anchor Bay Home Entert…      
The Phantom Lionsgate Home Enterta…     iTunes Vudu
 
June 11 Last Rites 20th Century Studios      
 
June 17 Arrival, The Live / Artisan      
Mars Attacks Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
Mean Streets Warner Home Video     iTunes
 
June 18 Stargate Live / Artisan     Netflix Amazon iTunes
Total Recall TriStar Pictures Video     iTunes Google
 
June 20 Leprechaun Trimark Pictures      
 
June 24 The Search for One Eyed Jimmy Kino Video      
Usual Suspects, The Polygram USA Video     Google
 
June 25 Caddyshack Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
Cool Hand Luke Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google
Grumpy Old Men Warner Home Video     iTunes
Sleepless in Seattle Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes
Turbulence HBO Home Video      
July, 1997
July 1 The Fan Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Hulu
High Anxiety Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes
History of the World: Part I Fox Home Entertainment     Vudu
Things to Do in Denver when You'… Walt Disney Home Enter…     Amazon
 
July 8 Beverly Hills Cop Paramount Home Video     Netflix iTunes Google
Coma MGM Video      
Double Trouble MGM Video      
Newsies Walt Disney Home Enter…     iTunes Google
Trail of the Pink Panther MGM Video      
Westworld Warner Home Video     iTunes Google
 
July 10 Night of the Living Dead Sony Pictures Home Ent…     iTunes Google Vudu
 
July 15 Fun and Fancy Free Walt Disney Home Enter…     Disney+
 
July 16 Shine New Line Home Video     iTunes Vudu
 
July 20 Lethal Weapon 2 Warner Home Video     iTunes
 
July 22 Matilda Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes Google
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Paramount Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
August, 1997
August 5 Escape from L.A. Paramount Home Video     Amazon iTunes
Indiscreet Republic Pictures     Vudu
 
August 12 Duck Soup Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightma… New Line Home Video      
Police Academy Warner Home Video     Netflix iTunes
 
 
August 13 South Park: Season 1 Comedy Central      
 
 
August 14 A Day at the Races Warner Home Video      
 
August 19 Courage Under Fire 20th Century Studios     Hulu iTunes
Dante’s Peak Universal Home Enterta…     Hulu
Home for the Holidays Polygram USA Video     iTunes
That Thing You Do! Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes Google
 
August 20 Risky Business Warner Home Video     Netflix iTunes
 
August 22 Beetlejuice Warner Home Video     Hulu Amazon iTunes Google
Mo' Money Columbia Pictures Home…     Amazon
The Remains of the Day Columbia Pictures Home…      
True Lies 20th Century Studios     Amazon iTunes
 
August 26 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
The African Queen CBS Films Video      
The Frighteners Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
Moesha: Season 3 UPN     Amazon
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) New Line Home Video     Netflix Google
A Nightmare on Elm Street New Line Home Video     Amazon
Trapped in Paradise 20th Century Studios      
 
Moesha: Season 3 UPN     Netflix
 
 
August 27 Basic Instinct Live / Artisan     Amazon iTunes Vudu
Dirty Dancing Live / Artisan     Amazon iTunes Google
The Doors Live / Artisan     Amazon iTunes Google
September, 1997
September 2 First Kid Buena Vista Home Enter…     Disney+
The Little Drummer Boy     iTunes
The Shawshank Redemption Castle Rock Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
 
September 3 The Terminator Image Entertainment/Th…     iTunes Google
 
 
September 7 The Jamie Foxx Show: Season 2 The WB     Netflix
 
 
September 9 Casper: A Spirited Beginning 20th Century Studios      
Jurassic Park Universal Home Enterta…   Play Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Shanghai Triad Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Amazon iTunes Vudu
 
September 10 Daughters of Darkness Starz / Anchor Bay     Vudu
Taxi Driver Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
 
Beverly Hills 90210: Season 8 Fox     Amazon
Sister Sister: Season 5 The WB     Amazon
Sister, Sister: Season 5 ABC     Netflix
The Steve Harvey Show: Season 2 The WB     Amazon
 
September 15 7th Heaven: Season 2 The WB     Amazon
 
 
September 16 The Mad Ghoul Universal Home Enterta…      
 
September 19 Africa Screams United Artists Video      
Wife vs. Secretary MGM Video      
 
 
September 21 The Simpsons: Season 9 Fox     Disney+
 
 
September 23 The English Patient Buena Vista Home Enter…      
Guilty of Treason Madacy Records      
Last Man Standing New Line Home Video     Amazon iTunes Vudu
Selena Warner Home Video     Hulu Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
 
Frasier: Season 5 NBC     Amazon
Home Improvement: Season 7 ABC     Disney+
 
September 24 Dharma and Greg ABC      
Dharma & Greg: Season 1 ABC     Amazon
 
 
September 25 Jack and the Beanstalk Madacy Records     iTunes
 
Friends: Season 4 NBC      
 
September 26 Sabrina: The Teenage Witch, Seas… ABC     Amazon
 
 
September 30 Big Night Sony Pictures Home Ent…     iTunes
The Mirror Has Two Faces Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes
October, 1997
October 1 Assassins Warner Home Video     Amazon Google
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Home Video     iTunes Google Vudu
 
The Nanny: Season 5 CBS      
 
 
October 3 Barbarians, The Video Treasures      
Silence of the Lambs, The Orion Video     Amazon Google
 
October 6 P.O.W.: The Escape Starz / Anchor Bay      
 
October 7 Batman Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google
Bram Stoker's Dracula Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes Google
First Knight Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes
Night of the Demons III      
The Prophecy Walt Disney Home Enter…     iTunes
 
October 13 Larks on a String Fox Lorber      
 
October 14 High School High Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Hulu
Kicking and Screaming Trimark Pictures     Netflix
 
October 21 Bogus Warner Home Video      
The Long Kiss Goodnight New Line Home Video     Vudu
The Sunchaser Warner Home Video      
 
October 22 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Live / Artisan     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
 
October 23 Men in Black Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes Google
 
October 28 Search and Destroy Lionsgate Home Enterta…     Vudu
 
October 29 Searchers, The Warner Home Video     Amazon
The Swiss Conspiracy      
Tequila Sunrise Warner Home Video      
November, 1997
November 2 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderel… ABC     Disney+
 
November 4 Flirting with Disaster Walt Disney Home Enter…     iTunes
The Preacher’s Wife Walt Disney Home Enter…     iTunes
Star Trek: First Contact Paramount Home Video      
 
November 10 Of Mice and Men MGM Video     Amazon
 
November 11 The Experts Paramount Home Video     Vudu
Grace of My Heart Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
Tales from the Crypt Presents: B… Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
 
November 18 L.A. Wars MVD     Vudu
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vac… Warner Home Video     Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes Google
The Paper Universal Home Enterta…     Amazon iTunes
 
November 19 Body Heat Warner Home Video     iTunes
Bullitt Warner Home Video     iTunes
Free Willy Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google
Hang em High MGM Video     iTunes
The Nutcracker Warner Home Video     Hulu Amazon iTunes Google
Thelma & Louise MGM Video     Amazon iTunes
Swept Away Fox Lorber     iTunes
December, 1997
December 3 The Nightmare Before Christmas Walt Disney Home Enter…     Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
The Rock Hollywood Home Video     iTunes
 
December 9 Hoosiers MGM Video     iTunes
The Missouri Breaks MGM Video     iTunes
My Best Friend’s wedding Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes Vudu
 
December 10 The Fifth Element Sony Pictures Home Ent…     iTunes Google
Platoon Live / Artisan     iTunes Google
 
December 17 Amadeus Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google
The Lawnmower Man New Line Home Video     Amazon iTunes Vudu
Lethal Weapon 3 Warner Home Video     iTunes
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Warner Home Video     Netflix iTunes Google
Tromeo and Juliet Troma Entertainment      
 
December 23 Kids Lionsgate Home Enterta…     Amazon