Awards & Winners

1997 MTV Movie Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1997 MTV Movie Awards. Check awards winners of 1997 MTV Movie Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

1997 MTV Movie Awards

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain

Jim Carrey

Honored for : The Cable Guy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Carrey The Cable Guy
Robert De Niro The Fan
Edward Norton Primal Fear
Kiefer Sutherland A Time to Kill
Mark Wahlberg Fear
MTV Lifetime Achievement Award
MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence

Jan de Bont

Honored for : Twister
(For the truck driving through farm equipment.)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Twister
Truck driving through farm equipment
Chuck Russell Eraser
Arnold Schwarzenegger's freefalls
Roland Emmerich Independence Day
Aliens blowing up New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C.
Brian De Palma Mission: Impossible
Train/Helicopter Chase
Michael Bay The Rock
Yellow Ferrari's Chase through San Francisco
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance

Matthew McConaughey

Honored for : A Time to Kill

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Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew McConaughey A Time to Kill
Vivica A. Fox Independence Day
Courtney Love The People vs. Larry Flynt
Ewan McGregor Trainspotting
Renée Zellweger Jerry Maguire
MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

Jim Carrey

Honored for : The Cable Guy

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Carrey The Cable Guy
Chris Farley Beverly Hills Ninja
Janeane Garofalo The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor
Robin Williams The Birdcage
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance

Claire Danes

Honored for : Romeo + Juliet

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Nominee Nominated Work
Claire Danes Romeo + Juliet
Sandra Bullock A Time to Kill
Neve Campbell Scream
Helen Hunt Twister
Madonna Evita
MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance

Tom Cruise

Honored for : Jerry Maguire

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Nominee Nominated Work
Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire
Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo + Juliet
Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor
Will Smith Independence Day
John Travolta Phenomenon
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie

Scream

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Nominee Nominated Work
Scream
Independence Day
Jerry Maguire
The Rock
Romeo + Juliet
MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker

Doug Liman

Honored for : Swingers
MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie

Bush

Honored for : Machinehead
(from Fear)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Bush Machinehead
from Fear
Madonna Don't Cry for Me Argentina
from Evita
Eric Clapton Change the World
from Phenomenon
Garbage #1 Crush
from Romeo + Juliet
R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly
from Space Jam
MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo

Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery

Honored for : The Rock

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Nominee Nominated Work
Nicolas Cage The Rock
Sean Connery The Rock
Beavis Beavis and Butt-head Do America
Butt-head Beavis and Butt-head Do America
Peter Stormare Fargo
Steve Buscemi Fargo
Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo + Juliet
Claire Danes Romeo + Juliet
Nathan Lane The Birdcage
Robin Williams The Birdcage
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight

Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk

Honored for : The Craft

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Nominee Nominated Work
Pamela Anderson Barb Wire
vs. Bad Guy
Fairuza Balk The Craft
For the two witches knife fight between Fairuza Balk and Robin Tunney.
Robin Tunney The Craft
For the two witches knife fight between Fairuza Balk and Robin Tunney.
Jim Carrey The Cable Guy
For the medieval time fight between Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick.
Matthew Broderick The Cable Guy
For the medieval time fight between Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick.
Jackie Chan Police Story 4: First Strike
For the fight of Jackie Chan with a ladder.
Jim Brown Mars Attacks!
For the fight between Jim Brown and an alien.
Pamela Anderson Barb Wire
For the indoor fight between Pamela Lee Anderson with a guy.
Fairuza Balk The Craft
vs. Bad Guys
Robin Tunney The Craft
vs. Bad Guys
Jim Brown Mars Attacks!
vs. Alien
Jackie Chan Police Story 4: First Strike
vs. Ladder
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss

Will Smith, Vivica A. Fox

Honored for : Independence Day

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Nominee Nominated Work
Will Smith Independence Day
Vivica A. Fox Independence Day
Claire Danes Romeo + Juliet
Leonardo DiCaprio Romeo + Juliet
Gina Gershon Bound
Jennifer Tilly Bound
Kyra Sedgwick Phenomenon
John Travolta Phenomenon
Christine Taylor A Very Brady Sequel
Christopher Daniel Barnes A Very Brady Sequel

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