This Is What Date Night Looked Like at the Oscars in 1997

The Lion actress walked the red carpet hand in hand with then-husband Tom Cruise, but they later split in 2001 after 11 years of marriage.

It's kind of hard to imagine a time when these two weren't married, but when they attended the '97 Oscars, they were still just boyfriend and girlfriend. A mere 11 months later, the couple wed in a secret New Year's Eve ceremony at Baltimore's Cloisters Mansion.

Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette's marriage only lasted five years, but at least they'll always have these photos to look back on.

Ever since costarring in the 1984 romantic war drama Swing Shift, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been inseparable, and it shows.

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The What Women Want star strolled down the red carpet hand in hand with Hank Azaria, who she went on to marry in 1999 (and subsequently divorce a year later).

This unexpected twosome were rumored to be hooking up, but an official relationship never solidified.

Although many were shocked when this longtime couple announced they were splitting in 2009, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon were all smiles in 1997.

Billy Bob Thornton showed off his love of ZZ Top while his then-wife, Pietra Dawn Cherniak, looked on.

The 1997 Oscars happened smack dab in the middle of Quentin Tarantino and Mira Sorvino's relationship, which lasted from 1996 until 1998, before they had a "very, very amicable" breakup.

Jim Carrey was at the height of popularity for movies like Liar, Liar and The Cable Guy when he brought wife and actress Lauren Holly to the award show. They were divorced later that year, but in a recent interview with OWN Lauren described their one-year-long marriage as "sort of exciting" and "a great sort of ride."

Frances McDormand took home the best actress Oscar that year for Fargo and partied the night away afterward with husband Joel Coen.

Ralph Fiennes was nominated for best actor in The English Patient in 1997, and although he didn't win, at least he had then-girlfriend Francesca Annis there for support.

Long before their divorce in 2011, Mel Gibson and wife Robyn strutted down the red carpet in coordinating shades of black.

Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sara Kapfer were high school sweethearts and married in 1994. Although Sara filed for divorce in 2014, it has yet to be finalized and it appears that they're still on good terms.

Tim Allen and first wife Laura Deibel flashed some big smiles for photographers at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

The British actress arrived at the Oscars not only with then-husband Francois Olivennes, but also a very bold dress that we still can't quite figure out 20 years later.

Barbra Streisand looked giddy on the red carpet with James Brolin (who she'd tie the knot with a year later!).