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.

211. The Man Who Captured Eichmann

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Graham
Actors: Robert Duvall, Arliss Howard, Jeffrey Tambor, Jack Laufer, Nicolas Surovy, Michael Laskin
Plot: Brilliant TV movie based on true events and people, about WWII war criminal Adolf Eichmann and the Israeli agents who finally managed to capture him.

212. Extreme Measures

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Apted
Actors: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Bill Nunn, John Toles-Bey

213. Mulholland Falls

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Tamahori
Actors: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Jennifer Connelly
Plot: In 1940s L.A., the "hat squad" is a special task force, not above
stretching the law, in order to bring down the criminal elements of the
city. When a young woman is found murdered, they uncover a plot linking
her to several prominent individuals, including an Army general working
for the powerful, new Atomic Energy Commission. But the closer they get to
the truth, the harder it becomes to uncover it.

214. Butterfly Kiss

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Actors: Amanda Plummer, Kathy Jamieson, Saskia Reeves, Des McAleer, Lisa Riley, Freda Dowie

215. Curdled

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Reb Braddock
Actors: Angela Jones, William Baldwin, Bruce Ramsay, Barry Corbin, Daisy Fuentes, Kelly Preston

216. Heaven's Prisoners

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts, Teri Hatcher, Joe Viterelli

217. Tremors 2: Aftershocks

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: S.S. Wilson
Actors: Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver, Michael Gross, Marcelo Tubert
Plot: After surviving the attack in Perfection, Nevada Earl Bassett, having squandered the money from the event, finds himself hunting the subterranean terrors again at the Petromaya oil refinery in Mexico. When the job proves to be more than he can handle, he calls on survivalist Burt Gummer to give him a hand and earn some much-needed cash.

218. Midwinter's Tale, A ( In the Bleak Midwinter )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell, Mark Hadfield, Jennifer Saunders

219. Visitors, The ( visiteurs, Les )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jean-Marie Poiré
Actors: Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, Valérie Lemercier, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Bujeau, Didier Pain

220. The Fan

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, John Leguizamo, Benicio Del Toro, Chris Mulkey
Plot: An all-star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of a down-on-his-luck salesman.

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