Top Movies of 1996


The top movies of 1996 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

91. Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eriq La Salle
Actors: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman
Plot: Follows the life of one of basketball's greatest street legends.

92. Everyone Says I Love You

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Natasha Lyonne, Alan Alda, Gaby Hoffmann, Natalie Portman

93. That Thing You Do!

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tom Hanks
Actors: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Tom Hanks
Plot: The meteoric rise and falling out of The Wonders, a band out of Erie, Pennsylvania following the British Invasion in 1964.

94. Daylight

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young
Plot: After an accident seals off both ends of a tunnel between Manhattan and
New Jersey, Kit Latura springs into action desperately working to save a
group of survivors trapped inside.

95. Tin Cup

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sport/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Shelton
Actors: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson
Plot: A washed up, and mentally unstable, golf pro decides to qualify for the US Open and put it all on the line.

96. The Crucible

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison, Jeffrey Jones
Plot: A small group of teen girls in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts caught in an
innocent conjuring of love potions to catch young men are forced to tell
lies that Satan had invaded them and forced them to participate in the
rites and are then forced to name those involved. Thrown into the mix
are greedy preachers and other major landowners trying to steal others'
land and one young woman (Ryder) infatuated with a married man (Day-
Lewis) and determined to get rid of his innocent wife (Allen).

97. Patriotism ( Yûkoku )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Domoto Masaki, Yukio Mishima
Actors: Yukio Mishima, Yoshiko Tsuruoka

98. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie ( Sutorîto Faitâ II gekijô-ban )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gisaburo Sugii
Actors: Kôjiro Shimizu, Kenji Haga, Miki Fujitani, Masane Tsukayama, Masakatsu Funaki, Ginzô Matsuo
Plot: The evil organization of Shadowlaw headed by M. Bison threatens the worlds governments and a band of street fighters must rise to stop him. Join such classic fighting game champions as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, E. Honda, and Guile as they battle Bison and his evil fighters Vega, Sagat, and Balrog.

99. Bloodsport 2

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Mehrez
Actors: Daniel Bernhardt, Pat Morita, Donald Gibb, James Hong, Lori Lynn Dickerson, Philip Tan

100. Lumière and Company ( Lumière et Compagnie )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Various
Actors: Liv Ullmann, Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson, David Lynch, Spike Lee

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