MTV Movie Awards 1997

De MTV Movie Aards van 1997 werden op 7 juni in de Walt Disney studios te Burbank, Californië gehouden. Presentator was Mike Myers.

Best Movie (Beste film)

Scream - Winnaar
Independence Day
Jerry Maguire
The Rock
Romeo + Juliet

Best Male Performance (Beste acteerprestatie door een man)

Tom Cruise - (Jerry Maguire) - Winnaar
Leonardo DiCaprio - (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)
Eddie Murphy - (The Nutty Professor)
Will Smith - (Independence Day)
John Travolta - (Phenomenon)

Best Female Performance (Beste acteerprestatie door een vrouw)

Claire Danes - (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet) Winnaar
Sandra Bullock - (A Time to Kill)
Neve Campbell - (Scream)
Helen Hunt -(Twister)
Madonna - (Evita)

Best breaktrough performance (Best doorbrekende optreden)

Matthew McConaughey - (A Time To Kill) - Winnaar
Vivica A. Fox - (Independence Day)
Courtney Love - (The People vs. Larry Flynt)
Ewan McGregor - (Trainspotting)
Renee Zellweger - (Jerry Maguire)

Best On-Screen Duo (Beste Duo op het scherm)

Nicolas Cage/Sean Connery - (The Rock) - Winnaar
Beavis/Butthead - (Beavis And Butthead Do America)
Steve Buscemi/Peter Stormare - (Fargo)
Claire Danes/Leonardo DiCaprio - (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)
Nathan Lane/Robin Williams - (The Birdcage)

Best Villain (Beste schurk)

Jim Carrey - (The Cable Guy) - Winnaar
Robert De Niro - (The Fan)
Kiefer Sutherland - (A Time To Kill)
Edward Norton - (Primal Fear)
Mark Wahlberg - (Fear)

Best Comedic Performance (Beste komische optreden)

Jim Carey (The Cable Guy) - Winnaar
Chris Farley (Beverly Hills Ninja)
Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor)
Robin Williams (The Birdcage)

Best Song From a Movie (Beste liedje uit een film)

"Machinehead" - Bush (Fear) - Winnaar
"Change The World" - Eric Clapton & Babyface (Phenomenon)
"#1 Crush" - Garbage (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Madonna (Evita)

Best Kiss (Beste zoen)

Vivica A. Fox /Will Smith - (Independence Day) - Winnaar
Claire Danes/Leonardo DiCaprio - (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)
Gina Gershon/Jennifer Tilly - (Bound)
Kyra Sedgwick/John Travolta - (Phenomenon)
Christine Taylor/Christopher Daniel Barnes - (A Very Brady Sequel)

Best Action Sequence (Beste actiescene)

Twister (Truck Drives Through Farm Equipment) - Winnaar
Eraser (Arnold Schwarzenegger Freefalls)
Independence Day (Aliens Blow Up Cities)
Mission Impossible (Trein/Helikopter Chase)
The Rock (Ferrari Chase Through San Francisco)

Best Fightsequence (Beste vechtscene)

Fairuza Balk/Robin Tunney - (The Craft) - Winnaar
Matthew Broderick/Jim Carey -(The Cable Guy)
Jim Brown/Alien - (Mars Attacks!)
Jackie Chan/Ladder - (Police Story 4: First Strike)
Pamela Anderson Lee/Bad Guy - (Barb Wire)

Overige prijzen

Best new filmmaker (beste nieuwe filmmaker) - Doug Liman, regisseur van Swingers

Lifetime Achievement award (Oeuvre prijs) - Chewbacca (Star Wars)