text: 1997 MTV Movie Awards
  
  The 1997 MTV Movie Awards were held on June 10, 1997, and hosted by Mike Myers. Performers included Jewel, Bush, and En Vogue. This year also eliminated the categories of "Most Desirable Female" and "Most Desirable Male."
  
  Performers
  Bush — "Cold Contagious"
  En Vogue — "Whatever"
  Jewel — "Foolish Games"
  The Wondermints (Austin Powers Band) — "BBC"
  
  Awards
  
  Best Movie 
  Scream
  Independence Day
  Jerry Maguire
  The Rock
  Romeo + Juliet
  
  Best Male Performance 
  Tom Cruise – Jerry Maguire
  Leonardo DiCaprio – Romeo + Juliet
  Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
  Will Smith – Independence Day
  John Travolta – Phenomenon
  
  Best Female Performance 
  Claire Danes – Romeo + Juliet
  Sandra Bullock – A Time to Kill
  Neve Campbell – Scream
  Helen Hunt – Twister
  Madonna – Evita
  
  Breakthrough Performance 
  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
  
  Best On-Screen Duo 
  Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery – The Rock
  Beavis and Butt-head – Beavis and Butt-head Do America
  Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare – Fargo
  Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio – Romeo + Juliet
  Nathan Lane and Robin Williams – The Birdcage
  
  Best Villain 
  Jim Carrey – The Cable Guy
  Robert De Niro – The Fan
  Kiefer Sutherland – A Time To Kill
  Edward Norton – Primal Fear
  Mark Wahlberg – Fear
  
  Best Comedic Performance 
  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
  
  Best Song from a Movie 
  Bush — "Machinehead" (from Fear)
  Eric Clapton and Babyface — "Change the World" (from Phenomenon)
  Garbage — "#1 Crush" (from Romeo + Juliet)
  Madonna — "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" (from Evita)
  
  Best Kiss 
  Vivica A. Fox and Will Smith – Independence Day
  Claire Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio – Romeo + Juliet
  Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly – Bound
  Kyra Sedgwick and John Travolta – Phenomenon
  Christine Taylor and Christopher Daniel Barnes – A Very Brady Sequel
  
  Best Action Sequence 
  Truck Drives Through Farm Equipment – Twister
  Arnold Schwarzenegger Freefalls – Eraser
  Aliens Blow Up Cities – Independence Day
  Train/Helicopter Chase – Mission: Impossible
  Ferrari Chase Through San Francisco – The Rock
  
  Best Fight 
  Fairuza Balk vs. Robin Tunney – The Craft
  Matthew Broderick vs. Jim Carrey – The Cable Guy
  Jim Brown vs. Alien – Mars Attacks!
  Jackie Chan vs. Ladder – Police Story 4: First Strike
  Pamela Anderson Lee vs. Bad Guy – Barb Wire
  
  Best New Filmmaker 
  Doug Liman – Swingers
  
  Lifetime Achievement Award 
  Chewbacca – Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi
  
  External links
  MTV winners list
  MTV Movie Awards: 1997 at the Internet Movie Database
  List of nominees and winners of 1997 MTV Movie Awards
  
   1997
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  MTV Movie Awards
  Category:20th century in Los Angeles
  Category:1997 in American cinema