MTV Movie Awards 1997
MTV Movie Awards 1997 var 1997-udgaven af MTV Movie Awards sendt på MTV. Dette blev afholdt den 10. juni 1997 i Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, Californien og showets vært var Mike Myers. Aftenens optrædener var Jewel, Bush, En Vogue og The Wondermints (Austin Powers band). Det var også dette år at kategorierne "Most Desirable Female" og "Most Desirable Male" ikke var med mere. Filmen med største antal nomineringer var William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet med i alt 6, af hvilke den vandt en pris. Independence Day fik 5 nomineringer og en vunden pris og Jerry Maguire 3 nomineringer og atter kun en vunden pris.
Vindere og nominerede
Best Movie
- Independence Day
- Jerry Maguire
- The Rock
- William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Best Male Performance
- Leonardo DiCaprio – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
- Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
- Will Smith – Independence Day
- John Travolta – Livets små mirakler
Best Female Performance
Claire Danes – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
- Sandra Bullock – A Time to Kill
- Neve Campbell – Scream
- Helen Hunt – Twister
- Madonna – Evita
Best Breakthrough Performance
Matthew McConaughey – A Time To Kill
- Vivica A. Fox – Independence Day
- Courtney Love – Folket mod Larry Flynt
- Ewan McGregor – Trainspotting
- Renée Zellweger – Jerry Maguire
Best On-Screen Duo
Nicolas Cage & Sean Connery – The Rock
- 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
- Robert De Niro – The Fan
- Kiefer Sutherland – A Time To Kill
- Edward Norton – Primal Fear
- Mark Wahlberg – Fear
Best Comedic Performance
- Chris Farley – Beverly Hills Ninja
- Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
- Robin Williams – The Birdcage
Best Song From A Movie
"Machinehead", Bush – Fear
- "Change the World", Eric Clapton & Babyface – Livets små mirakler
- "#1 Crush", Garbage – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
- "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina", Madonna – Evita
Best Kiss
Vivica A. Fox & Will Smith – Independence Day
- Claire Danes & Leonardo DiCaprio – William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
- Gina Gershon & Jennifer Tilly – Bound
- Kyra Sedgwick & John Travolta – Livets små mirakler
- Christine Taylor & Christopher Daniel Barnes – A Very Brady Sequel
Best Action Sequence
Pickup flygter fra en tornado – Twister
- Arnold Schwarzenegger Freefalls – Eraser
- Aliens Blow Up Cities – Independence Day
- Tog/Helikopter jagt – Mission: Impossible
- Ferrari jagt igennem San Francisco – The Rock
Best Fight Sequence
Fairuza Balk mod Robin Tunney – The Craft
- Matthew Broderick mod Jim Carrey – Hybridmanden
- Jim Brown mod Alien – Mars Attacks!
- Jackie Chan mod Ladder – Police Story 4: First Strike
- Pamela Anderson Lee mod Bad Guy – Barb Wire
Best New Filmaker
- Doug Liman instruktør af Swingers
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Chewbacca (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back og Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)