Movies & TV I Have Seen of 1996

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1. Naked Souls (1996)

R | 85 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

An artist tries to rescue her scientist boyfriend, who has switched bodies with an evil, elderly genius.

Director: Lyndon Chubbuck | Stars: Brian Krause, Pamela Anderson, David Warner, Dean Stockwell

Votes: 1,800

2. Criminal Hearts (1996 Video)

R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Having witnessed the activities of a federal corruption ring in the American Southwest, an aspiring actress and a hitchhiker must get away alive...unless they can turn the situation to their advantage.

Director: Dave Payne | Stars: Kevin Dillon, Amy Locane, M. Emmet Walsh, Michael McDonald

Votes: 300

3. Marked Man (1996)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man sent to prison for killing the drunk driver who accidentally killed his girlfriend is framed for the murder of another inmate. He escapes, and sets off on a mission to clear his name, leaving a bloody trail behind him.

Director: Marc F. Voizard | Stars: Roddy Piper, Jane Wheeler, Miles O'Keeffe, Chris Bolton

Votes: 358

4. Terminal Justice (1996)

R | 94 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In 2008 cybersex can only be surpassed by one thing: Cloned women, especially created for their clients. This puts Pamela Travis, a famous and much sought-after cybersex star in great ... See full summary »

Director: Rick King | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Chris Sarandon, Peter Coyote, Kari Wuhrer

Votes: 606

5. Alaska (1996)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

While searching for their missing father in the mountains of Alaska, two siblings come across a baby polar bear on the run from a pair of poachers.

Director: Fraser C. Heston | Stars: Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston

Votes: 5,818 | Gross: $11.57M

6. Andersonville (1996)

167 min | Drama, History, War

The story of the most notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp in the American Civil War.

Stars: Paul Andre Gibbons, Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux

Votes: 2,097

7. The Arrival (1996)

PG-13 | 115 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

56 Metascore

Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.

Director: David Twohy | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane

Votes: 38,188 | Gross: $14.05M

8. Bad Moon (1996)

R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller

After being bitten by a werewolf in the jungle, Ted looks for a cure. His lawyer sister, with a son and dog, invites him to park his camper by her house in the woods and live out of her fridge.

Director: Eric Red | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble, Ken Pogue

Votes: 8,134 | Gross: $1.06M

9. Barb Wire (1996)

R | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi

40 Metascore

During the Second American Civil War in 2017, Barb Wire owns a nightclub called the Hammerhead. Things become complicated when her ex-lover Axel Hood, who is married to the fugitive Corrina Devonshire, re-enters her life.

Director: David Hogan | Stars: Pamela Anderson, Amir AboulEla, Adriana Alexander, David Andriole

Votes: 31,286 | Gross: $3.79M

10. Beautiful Girls (1996)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

65 Metascore

A piano player at a crossroads in his life returns home to his friends and their own problems with life and love.

Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Noah Emmerich, Annabeth Gish

Votes: 34,730 | Gross: $10.60M

11. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

PG-13 | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

64 Metascore

Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score.

Directors: Mike Judge, Mike de Seve, Brian Mulroney, Yvette Kaplan | Stars: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman

Votes: 60,475 | Gross: $63.12M

12. Black Mask (1996)

R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.

Director: Daniel Lee | Stars: Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau, Karen Mok, Françoise Yip

Votes: 12,284 | Gross: $12.49M

13. Black Sheep (1996)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy

34 Metascore

A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.

Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole

Votes: 43,696 | Gross: $32.38M

14. Blood and Wine (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.

Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez

Votes: 10,768 | Gross: $1.08M

15. Bordello of Blood (1996)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

36 Metascore

The Crypt Keeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello.

Director: Gilbert Adler | Stars: Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, Chris Sarandon

Votes: 15,778 | Gross: $5.59M

16. Broken Arrow (1996)

R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

61 Metascore

Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.

Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo

Votes: 105,249 | Gross: $70.77M

17. The Cable Guy (1996)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

56 Metascore

A designer makes a grievious mistake when he rejects the friendship of a borderline cable guy.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black

Votes: 178,133 | Gross: $60.24M

18. Carpool (1996)

PG | 89 min | Comedy

15 Metascore

When his wife falls ii, a father finds himself carpooling for the neighborhood schoolchildren--and being taken hostage by a bank robber.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rod Steiger

Votes: 5,275 | Gross: $3.31M

19. Chain Reaction (1996)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

43 Metascore

Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward

Votes: 56,254 | Gross: $21.23M

20. The Cherokee Kid (1996 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Western

A child's parents are killed by a vicious land-grabber but years later the child grows into a man ready for revenge.

Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Sinbad, James Coburn, Gregory Hines, A Martinez

Votes: 1,723

21. City Hall (1996)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

62 Metascore

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello

Votes: 22,457 | Gross: $20.20M

22. Courage Under Fire (1996)

R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

77 Metascore

A U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.

Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 59,580 | Gross: $59.03M

23. The Craft (1996)

R | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

55 Metascore

A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True

Votes: 107,744 | Gross: $24.88M

24. Crime of the Century (1996 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama

In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested, convicted... See full summary »

Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, J.T. Walsh, Michael Moriarty

Votes: 898

25. The Crucible (1996)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, History

75 Metascore

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen

Votes: 40,190 | Gross: $7.34M

26. Day of the Warrior (1996)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The Agency's computer database is compromised by a powerful criminal named "The Warrior". Now, with the list of all the undercover agents' identities in hand, he is going after them, one by one.

Director: Andy Sidaris | Stars: Kevin Light, Cristian Letelier, Julie Strain, Julie K. Smith

Votes: 1,582

27. Daylight (1996)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

47 Metascore

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.

Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya

Votes: 76,744 | Gross: $33.02M

28. Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode: Deadly Voyage (1996)

R | 90 min | Drama

When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to dispose of them at sea. The last time they had a stowaway on board, the ship was fined ... See full summary »

Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Omar Epps, Joss Ackland, Sean Pertwee, David Suchet

Votes: 676

29. Diabolique (1996)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.

Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates

Votes: 15,378 | Gross: $17.10M

30. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Crime

53 Metascore

A parody of several U.S. films about being in the 'Hood', for instance Boyz n the Hood (1991), South Central (1992), Menace II Society (1993), Higher Learning (1995) and Juice (1992).

Director: Paris Barclay | Stars: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Tracey Cherelle Jones

Votes: 61,526 | Gross: $20.11M

31. Down Periscope (1996)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy

39 Metascore

Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days.

Director: David S. Ward | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 26,692 | Gross: $25.79M

32. Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words (1996)

TV-14 | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A serial adventure writer with problems in his personal life lives out the adventures of his literary hero, King of Adventurers.

Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung

Votes: 2,079

33. Dream Master: The Erotic Invader (1996)

R | 86 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

On a quest to unravel the mysteries of recurring nightmares, four college graduates experiment on each other, monitoring and attempting to manipulate their dreams. Grant, the most troubled ... See full summary »

Director: Jackie Garth | Stars: Lisa Boyle, Patrick Ahern, Kristen Elizabeth, Timothy Di Pri

Votes: 249

34. Eraser (1996)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

56 Metascore

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn

Votes: 118,393 | Gross: $101.30M

35. Escape from L.A. (1996)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

54 Metascore

Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer

Votes: 80,572 | Gross: $25.48M

36. Executive Decision (1996)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

62 Metascore

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.

Director: Stuart Baird | Stars: Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguizamo

Votes: 61,590 | Gross: $56.57M

37. Extreme Measures (1996)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

56 Metascore

A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse

Votes: 20,705 | Gross: $17.31M

38. Eye for an Eye (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

25 Metascore

When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Olivia Burnette

Votes: 18,933 | Gross: $26.79M

39. The Fan (1996)

R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport

32 Metascore

An all star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down on his luck salesman.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo

Votes: 51,413 | Gross: $18.57M

40. Fargo (1996)

R | 98 min | Crime, Thriller

88 Metascore

Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare

Votes: 726,839 | Gross: $24.61M

41. Fear (1996)

R | 97 min | Drama, Thriller

51 Metascore

When Nicole met David; handsome, charming, affectionate, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear.

Director: James Foley | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman

Votes: 54,899 | Gross: $20.75M

42. First Strike (1996)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

This fourth installment of Chan's Police Story film franchise has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead.

Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Jackie Chan, Jackson Lou, Annie Wu, Bill Tung

Votes: 22,523 | Gross: $15.32M

43. Fled (1996)

R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.

Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke

Votes: 9,826 | Gross: $17.10M

44. Forest Warrior (1996)

PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A shape-shifting mountain man and a group of children team up to protect an enchanted forest from evil lumberjacks.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, Terry Kiser, Max Gail, Roscoe Lee Browne

Votes: 2,934

45. Freeway (1996)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

61 Metascore

A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.

Director: Matthew Bright | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri

Votes: 31,768 | Gross: $0.30M

46. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror

48 Metascore

Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino

Votes: 340,730 | Gross: $25.75M

47. The Funeral (1996)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama

After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 9,404 | Gross: $1.23M

48. Gang in Blue (1996 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.

Directors: Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Josh Brolin, Cynda Williams, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 508

49. Get on the Bus (1996)

R | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, History

84 Metascore

A disparate group of African-American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer

Votes: 6,042 | Gross: $5.73M

50. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

R | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

46 Metascore

A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani

Votes: 65,977 | Gross: $38.62M

51. Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, History

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen

Votes: 12,153 | Gross: $13.05M

52. Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

Unrated | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Family

A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.

Director: Okihiro Yoneda | Stars: Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Aki Hano, Kazuki Futami

Votes: 1,519

53. Bloodfist VIII: Trained to Kill (1996)

R | 85 min | Action

A former CIA agent (Wilson) lives a suburban life as a high school teacher with his teen son (White). When the agent is attacked by former allies because of knowledge he possesses and his ... See full summary »

Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Don Wilson, John Patrick White, Jillian McWhirter, Warren Burton

Votes: 404

54. The Glimmer Man (1996)

R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

33 Metascore

Two cops are forced to work together to solve a chain of mysterious killings by a killer nicknamed "The Family Man".

Director: John Gray | Stars: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, Brian Cox

Votes: 21,269 | Gross: $20.10M

55. Gotti (1996 TV Movie)

R | 117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

John Gotti rises to head the powerful Gambino crime family before being convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Armand Assante, Anthony Quinn, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian

Votes: 8,674

56. The Great White Hype (1996)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Sport

The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed. He finds the one man who's beaten his black champ (at 17), a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Peter Berg

Votes: 10,655 | Gross: $7.87M

57. The Halfback of Notre Dame (1996 TV Movie)

G | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The Notre Dame High School football coach Les Modeau has his son Crazy on the team because he's an over-grown kid who's taunted by most of the other kids. He's really a very smart, artistic... See full summary »

Director: René Bonnière | Stars: Gabriel Hogan, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Allen Cutler, Scott Hylands

Votes: 154

58. Happy Gilmore (1996)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Sport

31 Metascore

After his grandmothers house is repossessed by the IRS, bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.

Director: Dennis Dugan | Stars: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay

Votes: 248,644 | Gross: $38.62M

59. Heaven's Prisoners (1996)

R | 132 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts

Votes: 5,752 | Gross: $5.01M

60. High School High (1996)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

33 Metascore

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.

Director: Hart Bochner | Stars: Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 14,243 | Gross: $20.95M

61. Hollow Point (1996)

R | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

After the botched capture of a Russian mob boss, FBI agent Diane Norwood and DEA agent Max Parrish reluctantly team up to recapture him. Along the way, they discover a much larger plot ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Thomas Ian Griffith, Tia Carrere, John Lithgow, Donald Sutherland

Votes: 2,065

62. House Arrest (1996)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Family

Desperate to keep their various parents from getting divorced, a group of teenagers kidnaps them and holds them prisoner in a basement to force them to reconcile.

Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Kyle Howard, Herbert Russell

Votes: 9,256 | Gross: $6.97M

63. If Looks Could Kill (1996 TV Movie)

80 min | Drama

The true story of John Hawkins, a notoriously elusive criminal profiled on John Walsh's television show 'Americas's Most Wanted'. Hawkin was a sociopathic con man and murderer, who used sex... See full summary »

Director: Sheldon Larry | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., Maury Chaykin, Brad Dourif, John Walsh

Votes: 301

64. If Lucy Fell (1996)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

33 Metascore

Two NYC roommates have a pact to jump off Brooklyn Bridge if they haven't found life partners before she's 30. That's less than a month away.

Director: Eric Schaeffer | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Eric Schaeffer, Ben Stiller, Elle Macpherson

Votes: 4,320 | Gross: $4.64M

65. Independence Day (1996)

PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

59 Metascore

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell

Votes: 605,757 | Gross: $306.17M

66. Jerry Maguire (1996)

R | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

77 Metascore

When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston

Votes: 287,086 | Gross: $153.95M

67. Jingle All the Way (1996)

PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

34 Metascore

A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.

Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson

Votes: 116,158 | Gross: $60.57M

68. The Juror (1996)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A juror in a Mafia trial is forced to convince the other jurors to vote not guilty by an obsessive mob enforcer.

Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini

Votes: 19,961 | Gross: $22.75M

69. Kansas City (1996)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Music

58 Metascore

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy

Votes: 5,419 | Gross: $1.35M

70. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)

R | 89 min | Comedy

55 Metascore

A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.

Director: Kelly Makin | Stars: David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney

Votes: 9,480 | Gross: $2.65M

71. Kingpin (1996)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Sport

43 Metascore

A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill Murray, Vanessa Angel

Votes: 91,083 | Gross: $24.94M

72. Last Man Standing (1996)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama

44 Metascore

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken

Votes: 61,009 | Gross: $17.60M

73. The Limbic Region (1996 TV Movie)

Unrated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A San Francisco detective, obsessed with catching a serial killer who has been committing murders for over 20 years, tries to force a suspect into confessing.

Director: Michael Pattinson | Stars: Edward James Olmos, George Dzundza, Roger Cross, Gwynyth Walsh

Votes: 267

74. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama

43 Metascore

Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko

Votes: 85,682 | Gross: $33.33M

75. Mary Reilly (1996)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

44 Metascore

A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Henry Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Edward Hyde.

Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon

Votes: 15,822 | Gross: $5.71M

76. Mars Attacks! (1996)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

52 Metascore

Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening

Votes: 243,579 | Gross: $37.77M

77. Marvin's Room (1996)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama

67 Metascore

After seventeen years, a fiercely independent woman and her rebellious son return home and together they turn the family she left behind upside down.

Director: Jerry Zaks | Stars: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro

Votes: 30,025 | Gross: $12.78M

78. Masseuse (1996)

R | 93 min | Drama

Jack is a real scumbag who is going to marry Kristy. He has a bad habit of sleeping with other women and stealing all of their money. Two weeks before their marriage, Kristy sees Jack ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Griffin Drew, Tim Abell, Monique Parent, Matt Tanner

Votes: 536

79. Maximum Risk (1996)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

While seeking answers to the death of the twin brother he never knew he had, a French cop and his sibling's fiancee find themselves pursued by corrupt FBI agents and the Russian mafia.

Director: Ringo Lam | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Zach Grenier

Votes: 23,968 | Gross: $14.50M

80. Hello, She Lied (1996 TV Movie)

R | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman uses her smarts, charm and beauty as part of a scheme to settle her long-lost brother's debt that a sleazy lawyer wants settled right now.

Director: Lawrence Lanoff | Stars: Kathy Ireland, John Enos III, Audie England, Richard C. Sarafian

Votes: 218

81. Michael Collins (1996)

R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

59 Metascore

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart

Votes: 33,759 | Gross: $11.09M

82. Mission: Impossible (1996)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

59 Metascore

An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny

Votes: 470,385 | Gross: $180.98M

83. Mulholland Falls (1996)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

51 Metascore

In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri

Votes: 18,991 | Gross: $11.50M

84. Multiplicity (1996)

PG-13 | 117 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

53 Metascore

A man who never has enough time for the things he wants to do is offered the opportunity to have himself duplicated.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Zack Duhame, Katie Schlossberg

Votes: 35,047 | Gross: $20.10M

85. My Fellow Americans (1996)

PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy

49 Metascore

Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard

Votes: 15,909 | Gross: $22.29M

86. Night Hunter (1996)

R | 86 min | Action, Drama, Horror

The stakes have never been higher for action star Don "The Dragon" Wilson! Vampire hunter Jack Cutter (Wilson) must fulfill his destiny and destroy the last of the bloodsucking creatures of the night before an unholy disaster strikes.

Director: Rick Jacobson | Stars: Don Wilson, Melanie Smith, Nicholas Guest, Sid Sham

Votes: 800

87. Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996 TV Movie)

R | 139 min | Biography, Drama

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her superstar pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin

Votes: 2,815

88. The Nutty Professor (1996)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi

64 Metascore

Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller

Votes: 123,684 | Gross: $128.81M

89. Normal Life (1996)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama

Chris is young idealistic cop who falls in love and gets married to Pam, a beautiful but emotionally unstable woman who suffers from alcoholism and drug addiction. While Chris is trying ... See full summary »

Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost

Votes: 2,525

90. An Occasional Hell (1996)

R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.

Director: Salomé Breziner | Stars: Tom Berenger, Valeria Golino, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Davi

Votes: 789

91. One Fine Day (1996)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

56 Metascore

The lives of two strangers and their young children unexpectedly intersect on one hectic, stressful day in New York City.

Director: Michael Hoffman | Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz

Votes: 48,521 | Gross: $46.15M

92. One Tough Bastard (1996)

R | 100 min | Action, Thriller

When a man's wife and family are murdered, he plots revenge only to find out that the killer is under Federal protection and he must exact his own form of justice.

Directors: Kurt Wimmer, Kurt Anderson | Stars: Brian Bosworth, Bruce Payne, Jeff Kober, DeJuan Guy

Votes: 1,274

93. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

R | 130 min | Biography, Drama

79 Metascore

The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson

Votes: 100,749 | Gross: $20.19M

94. The Phantom (1996)

PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

53 Metascore

The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Votes: 35,820 | Gross: $17.30M

95. Playback (1996)

R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller

The marriage of David, a senior executive, and his beautiful wife, Sara, an interior designer, is under great strain because he is in the process of putting together the biggest ... See full summary »

Director: Oley Sassone | Stars: Shannon Whirry, Tawny Kitaen, Charles Grant, Harry Dean Stanton

Votes: 503

96. Poison Ivy II (1996 Video)

R | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

First time out of Michigan, Lily starts art school in LA and shares a house with other young artistic people. Both her teacher and a roomie/classmate show interest in her.

Director: Anne Goursaud | Stars: Alyssa Milano, Johnathon Schaech, Xander Berkeley, Belinda Bauer

Votes: 6,329

97. Pretty Poison (1996 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 85 min | Romance, Thriller

A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.

Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Grant Show, Wendy Benson-Landes, Lynne Thigpen, Michelle Phillips

Votes: 231

98. Primal Fear (1996)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

47 Metascore

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney

Votes: 247,145 | Gross: $56.12M

99. Public Enemies (1996 Video)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Glorified, glamorized fact-based tale of Ma Barker and her boys, who robbed banks and generally terrorized the Midwest in the 1930s and were eventually gunned down by G-man Melvin Purvis.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Leah Best, Chip Heller, Theresa Russell, Richard Eden

Votes: 1,232

100. Pure Danger (1996 Video)

R | 99 min | Action, Thriller

A paroled short order cook and a waitress go on the run with a bag of diamonds that accidentally falls into their possession, prompting two warring gangs to come after them.

Director: C. Thomas Howell | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Teri Ann Linn, Michael Russo, Marcus Chong

Votes: 272



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