These are the films shown at the 4th New York Underground Film Festival, held from March 19–23, 1997.
| Film Name | Director | Type | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Pimp's Xmas Carol | Ron Zisook | Short Video | 18 | |
| Alienator | Texas Tomboy | Experimental Video | 3 | |
| Aquamorpheus | Brien Burroughs | Expirimental 16mm | 7 | |
| Baked Alaska | Huck Botko | Documentary Video | 10 | |
| Bowl of Oatmeal | Dietmar Post | Short 16mm | 10 | |
| Bubblegum | Peter Strickland | Short 16mm | 15 | |
| Bullet On A Wire | Jim Sikora | Feature 16mm | 84 | |
| Clit-O-Matic: The Adventures of White Trash Girl Episode 2: The Devil Inside | Jennifer Reeder | Short Video/Super 8 | 18 | |
| Coya Straahl | Claudio Ciacci & Santiago Pedroncini | Expirimental Video | 8 | |
| Cutting Moments | Douglas Buck | Short 16mm | 27 | |
| Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint | Eve Annenberg | Feature 35mm | 80 | |
| Ernest Borgnine On Tour | Jeff Krulik | |||
| Fame Whore | Jon Moritsugu | Feature 16mm | 73 | World Premiere |
| Fandan | Daniel Martinico | Short 16mm | :30 | |
| Festus And His Retort | Todd Smolar | Short 16mm | 5 | |
| Fuck Shit | Julie Gaw | Expirimental 16mm | 3 | |
| Girls Like Us | Jane C. Wagner & Tina DiFeliciantonio | Documentary 16mm | 60 | |
| Go-Go Rama Mama | Kate McCabe | Documentary 16mm | 16 | |
| Goiterboy | John Webb | Short 16mm | 24 | |
| Grace Has Mace | Julianne Berg | Short Super 8 | 30 | |
| Heavy Metal Parking Lot | Jeff Krulik | |||
| Hock Asylum | Dan & Paul Dinello | Short 16mm | 15 | |
| Impact Zone | Kadet Kuhne & Sophie Constantinou | Expirimental Video | 10 | |
| Junky | Tony Nittoli | Short 16mm | 5 | |
| Kid New Year & Billboard | Michael Dante Dimartino | Animation 16mm | 8 | |
| King Of Porn | Jeff Krulik | |||
| Kirk & Kerry | Azazel Jacobs | Short 16mm | 25 | |
| Li'l Dainty Rudy | Randy Lowenstein | Animation Video | 5 | |
| Lil' Star Duster | Psychelicious-N-Junkman | Expirimental 16mm | 7 | |
| Little Shots Of Happiness | Todd Verow | Feature 16mm | 85 | |
| Loto Pimps | Mark Arbitrario | Short Video | 10 | |
| M.P.G. (Motion Picture Genocide) | Robert C. Banks, Jr. | Expirimental 35mm | 4 | |
| Martyrs & Saints | Simeon Hunter | Documentary 16mm | 29 | |
| Marylou | Todd Kurtzman, Danny Shorago & Luke Longin | Animation 35mm | 3 | |
| Meat | Jason Hernandez-Rosenblatt | Short 16 mm | 16 | |
| Mr. Blassie Goes To Washington | Jeff Krulik | |||
| Neil Diamond Parking Lot | Jeff Krulik | |||
| Nowhere Fast | Saski Jell | Short Video/35mm | 10 | |
| NYC Symphony | Reynold Reynolds | Experimental Super 8 | 10 | |
| Of Skin & Metal | Olga Schubart | Documentary 16mm | 23 | |
| Pangaea's Brood | Thomas Moore | Animation 16mm | 10 | |
| Paradice | Anie Stanley & Patty Chang | Short Super 8 | 15 | |
| Paranoia | Robert Edwards | Documentary 16mm | 23 | |
| Part 3: Steps | Casey Suchan | Experimental 16mm | 5 | |
| Penis | Matthew Harrison | Short Super 8 | 3 | |
| Portland | Greta Snider | Documentary 16mm | 12 | |
| Public Access Gibberish | Jeff Krulik | |||
| Running Time | Josh Becker | Feature 16mm | 70 | World Premiere |
| Seven Virtues | Short 16mm | Myke Zykoff | 10 | |
| Seventeen Descriptions | Steve Reinke | Experimental Video | 6 | |
| She Was A Nice Girl | Nicca Ray | Short 16mm | 15 | |
| Shivers | David Cronenberg | Feature 35mm | 87 | |
| Stop It | Greta Snider | Short 16mm | 12 | |
| Subdue The Universe | James Taylor | Documentary Video | 5 | |
| Super Thrill Over Kill | Slain Wayne | Experimental Super 8 | 10 | |
| The Adventures Of Waterbong | Eric Rosner | Animation Video | 3 | |
| The Bike | Candance Corelli | Short 16mm | 22 | |
| The Electric Urn | Dean Bivens | Feature 16mm | 75 | |
| The Evil Surprise | Francois Miron | Experimental 16mm | 15 | |
| The Lizard Whomper | Tennessee Reid Norton | Animation 35mm | 2 | |
| The Principles Of Karma | Craig Wallace | Short 16mm | 20 | |
| The Rainbow Man / John 3:16 | Sam Green | Documentary 16mm | 41 | |
| Timothy Leary's Dead | Paul Davids | Documentary 35mm | 80 | US Premiere |
| Velvet Welk | Darren Hacker | Short Video | 3 | |
| Vincent "The Junky Chronicles" | Michael Failla | Documentary 16mm | 10 | |
| Weed | Doug Wolens | Documentary 35mm | 64 | |
| William Shatner Lent Me His Hairpiece (An Untrue Story) | Ken Hegan | Short 16mm | 13 |