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The Best Movies of 1996 - Original Release   (153 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 1996, # 70 Overall Fargo 1996 Coen, Joel / Coen, Ethan USA / UK DBOP
# 2 for 1996, # 249 Overall Secrets & Lies 1996 Leigh, Mike France / UK Y
# 3 for 1996, # 279 Overall The English Patient 1996 Minghella, Anthony USA DBOP
# 4 for 1996, # 349 Overall Shine 1996 Hicks, Scott Australia DOS
# 5 for 1996, # 389 Overall Breaking the Waves 1996 von Trier, Lars Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway Y
# 6 for 1996, # 530 Overall Trainspotting 1996 Boyle, Danny UK DB
# 7 for 1996, # 572 Overall Jerry Maguire 1996 Crowe, Cameron USA Y
# 8 for 1996, # 679 Overall Kolya 1996 Sverák, Jan Czech Republic YOP
# 9 for 1996, # 714 Overall Lone Star 1996 Sayles, John USA D
# 10 for 1996, # 862 Overall The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Forman, Milos Canada / USA DBO
# 11 for 1996, # 1183 Overall Independence Day 1996 Emmerich, Roland USA DBS
# 12 for 1996, # 1219 Overall Everyone Says I Love You 1996 Allen, Woody USA Y
# 13 for 1996, # 1268 Overall Irma Vep 1996 Assayas, Olivier France DO
# 14 for 1996, # 1274 Overall Sling Blade 1996 Thornton, Billy Bob USA DB
# 15 for 1996, # 1342 Overall Big Night 1996 Scott, Campbell / Tucci, Stanley USA Y
# 16 for 1996, # 1402 Overall Ridicule 1996 Leconte, Patrice France Y
# 17 for 1996, # 1454 Overall When We Were Kings 1996 Gast, Leon USA DS
# 18 for 1996, # 1463 Overall Ponette 1996 Doillon, Jacques France Y
# 19 for 1996, # 1499 Overall Crash 1996 Cronenberg, David Canada / USA Y
# 20 for 1996, # 1526 Overall Evita 1996 Parker, Alan USA DOP
# 21 for 1996, # 1560 Overall La Promesse 1996 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc Belgium / France / Luxembourg D
# 22 for 1996, # 1581 Overall Prisoner of the Mountains 1996 Bodrov, Sergei Russia / Kazakhstan Y
# 22 for 1996, # 1581 Overall Romeo + Juliet 1996 Luhrmann, Baz USA DBO
# 23 for 1996, # 1612 Overall Shall We Dance? 1996 Suo, Masayuki Japan Y
# 24 for 1996, # 1623 Overall Microcosmos 1996 Nuridsany, Claude / Pérennou, Marie France / Switzerland / Italy DS
# 25 for 1996, # 1628 Overall Hamlet 1996 Branagh, Kenneth UK / USA DBO
# 26 for 1996, # 1683 Overall Gabbeh 1996 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France D
# 27 for 1996, # 1699 Overall A Self-Made Hero 1996 Audiard, Jacques France
# 28 for 1996, # 1740 Overall Courage Under Fire 1996 Zwick, Edward USA DBO
# 29 for 1996, # 1755 Overall Scream 1996 Craven, Wes USA DBOPS
# 30 for 1996, # 1894 Overall Small Faces 1996 MacKinnon, Gillies UK
# 31 for 1996, # 1953 Overall The Crucible 1996 Hytner, Nicholas USA DOS
# 32 for 1996, # 1971 Overall Beyond Silence 1996 Link, Caroline Germany Y
# 33 for 1996, # 1990 Overall Marvin's Room 1996 Zaks, Jerry USA DOPS
# 34 for 1996, # 2030 Overall Thieves 1996 Téchiné, André France Y
# 35 for 1996, # 2033 Overall Pretty Village Pretty Flame 1996 Dragojevic, Srdjan Fed Rep of Yugoslavia D
# 36 for 1996, # 2070 Overall L'Appartement 1996 Mimouni, Gilles France / Spain / Italy D
# 37 for 1996, # 2071 Overall Flirting with Disaster 1996 Russell, David O. USA D
# 38 for 1996, # 2078 Overall The Pillow Book 1996 Greenaway, Peter France / UK / Netherlands Y
# 39 for 1996, # 2084 Overall Mother 1996 Brooks, Albert USA YOP
# 40 for 1996, # 2117 Overall Three Lives and Only One Death 1996 Ruiz, Raoul France / Portugal V
# 41 for 1996, # 2128 Overall Mary Reilly 1996 Frears, Stephen USA DO
# 42 for 1996, # 2137 Overall Swingers 1996 Liman, Doug USA DBS
# 43 for 1996, # 2140 Overall Trees Lounge 1996 Buscemi, Steve USA DS
# 44 for 1996, # 2145 Overall Will It Snow for Christmas? 1996 Veysset, Sandrine France V
# 45 for 1996, # 2186 Overall Hamsun 1996 Troell, Jan Germany / Norway / Sweden / Denmark D
# 45 for 1996, # 2186 Overall The Leopard Son 1996 Van Lawick, Hugo USA / Netherlands S
# 46 for 1996, # 2195 Overall Bound 1996 Wachowski, Andy / Wachowski, Larry USA Y
# 47 for 1996, # 2211 Overall The Portrait of a Lady 1996 Campion, Jane UK / USA DOP
# 48 for 1996, # 2245 Overall James and the Giant Peach 1996 Selick, Henry UK / USA DB
# 48 for 1996, # 2245 Overall The King of Masks 1996 Wu, Tian-Ming China / Hong Kong D
# 48 for 1996, # 2245 Overall The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story 1996 Dryfoos, Susan Warms USA D
# 48 for 1996, # 2245 Overall Looking for Richard 1996 Pacino, Al USA VOPS
# 48 for 1996, # 2245 Overall The Quiet Room 1996 de Heer, Rolf Australia / Italy / France D
# 49 for 1996, # 2268 Overall Basquiat 1996 Schnabel, Julian USA Y
# 49 for 1996, # 2268 Overall Deep Crimson 1996 Ripstein, Arturo Mexico / France / Spain Y
# 50 for 1996, # 2278 Overall Fly Away Home 1996 Ballard, Carroll USA DBOP
# 51 for 1996, # 2310 Overall Mission: Impossible 1996 De Palma, Brian USA DBOPS
# 51 for 1996, # 2310 Overall Twister 1996 de Bont, Jan USA DBOP
# 52 for 1996, # 2311 Overall Blood & Wine 1996 Rafelson, Bob USA / UK DS
# 53 for 1996, # 2324 Overall Temptress Moon 1996 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong D
# 54 for 1996, # 2336 Overall Michael Collins 1996 Jordan, Neil UK / Ireland / USA YOP
# 55 for 1996, # 2346 Overall Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996 Berlinger, Joe / Sinofsky, Bruce USA D
# 56 for 1996, # 2358 Overall The Birdcage 1996 Nichols, Mike USA DO
# 57 for 1996, # 2363 Overall Study of a River 1996 Hutton, Peter B. USA
# 58 for 1996, # 2371 Overall Freeway 1996 Bright, Matthew USA D
# 58 for 1996, # 2371 Overall Manny & Lo 1996 Krueger, Lisa USA D
# 59 for 1996, # 2378 Overall Comrades, Almost a Love Story 1996 Chan, Peter Hong Kong Y
# 59 for 1996, # 2378 Overall Goodbye South, Goodbye 1996 Hou, Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Y
# 59 for 1996, # 2378 Overall Improvisation 1996 Mili, Gjon USA
# 59 for 1996, # 2378 Overall Mahjong 1996 Yang, Edward Taiwan
# 59 for 1996, # 2378 Overall Oriental Elegy 1996 Sokurov, Aleksandr Russia / Japan D
# 59 for 1996, # 2378 Overall Robert Altman's Jazz '34:
Remembrances of Kansas City Swing		 1996 Altman, Robert USA
# 59 for 1996, # 2378 Overall The Suicide 1996 Bordowitz, Gregg USA
# 60 for 1996, # 2381 Overall Last Man Standing 1996 Hill, Walter USA DS
# 61 for 1996, # 2387 Overall A Chef in Love 1996 Dzhordzhadze, Nana France / Georgia / Ukraine / Belgium Y
# 61 for 1996, # 2387 Overall The Other Side of Sunday 1996 Nesheim, Berit Norway Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Brigands - Chapter VII 1996 Iosseliani, Otar France / Russia / Italy / Switzerland Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Carla's Song 1996 Loach, Ken UK / Spain / Germany Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall For Ever Mozart 1996 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Switzerland D
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall The Funeral 1996 Ferrara, Abel USA Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi 1996 Lelouch, Claude France
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Ilona Arrives with the Rain 1996 Cabrera, Sergio Colombia / Italy / Spain Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall The Ogre 1996 Schlöndorff, Volker France / Germany / UK Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Party 1996 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal / France Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Sacred Silence 1996 Capuano, Antonio Italy Y
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Taipin tienguo 1996 Wu, Nien-Jen Taiwan
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Vesna va veloce 1996 Mazzacurati, Carlo France / Italy
# 62 for 1996, # 2390 Overall Yek Dastan-e Vaghe'i 1996 Jalili, Abolfazl Iran
# 63 for 1996, # 2391 Overall Beaumarchais 1996 Molinaro, Edouard France Y
# 63 for 1996, # 2391 Overall Bitter Sugar 1996 Ichaso, Leon Cuba / Dominican Republic Y
# 64 for 1996, # 2394 Overall Get on the Bus 1996 Lee, Spike USA DS
# 64 for 1996, # 2394 Overall The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Trousdale, Gary / Wise, Kirk USA DOPS
# 65 for 1996, # 2395 Overall Beautiful Thing 1996 MacDonald, Hettie UK DS
# 66 for 1996, # 2400 Overall The Eighth Day 1996 van Dormael, Jaco France / Belgium / UK Y
# 66 for 1996, # 2400 Overall Lea 1996 Fíla, Ivan Czech Republic / Germany Y
# 66 for 1996, # 2400 Overall Luna e l'Altra 1996 Nichetti, Maurizio Italy
# 67 for 1996, # 2405 Overall Drifting Clouds 1996 Kaurismäki, Aki Finland
# 68 for 1996, # 2409 Overall Capitaine Conan 1996 Tavernier, Bertrand France D
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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall The Arrival 1996 Twohy, David USA / Mexico DBOP
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Beautiful Girls 1996 Demme, Ted USA DS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Escape from L.A. 1996 Carpenter, John USA DBOPS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Female Perversions 1996 Streitfeld, Susan Germany / USA
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Hard Eight 1996 Anderson, Paul Thomas USA DOP
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall I Shot Andy Warhol 1996 Harron, Mary UK / USA DS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Jane Eyre 1996 Zeffirelli, Franco France / Italy / UK DS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Kingpin 1996 Farrelly, Bobby / Farrelly, Peter USA DS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Mulholland Falls 1996 Tamahori, Lee USA DS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Normal Life 1996 McNaughton, John USA D
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall The Phantom 1996 Wincer, Simon Australia / USA DO
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Primal Fear 1996 Hoblit, Gregory USA DBOPS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Private Confessions 1996 Ullmann, Liv Sweden
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall The Rock 1996 Bay, Michael USA DBOPS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Set It Off 1996 Gray, F. Gary USA DBS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Shiloh 1996 Rosenbloom, Dale USA DOS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Space Jam 1996 Pytka, Joe USA DS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Star Trek: First Contact 1996 Frakes, Jonathan USA DOS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall SubUrbia 1996 Linklater, Richard USA VS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall The Truth About Cats & Dogs 1996 Lehmann, Michael USA DOS
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Twelfth Night 1996 Nunn, Trevor UK / Ireland / USA D
# 69 for 1996, # 2411 Overall Wallace & Gromit:
The Best of Aardman Animation		 1996 Park, Nick UK
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall Chaplin's Goliath 1996 Macdonald, Kevin UK DO
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall The Daytrippers 1996 Mottola, Greg Canada / USA DO
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall The Frighteners 1996 Jackson, Peter New Zealand / USA DBOS
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall Harriet the Spy 1996 Hughes, Bronwen USA DOP
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall Kissed 1996 Stopkewich, Lynne Canada DS
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall Life 1996 Johnston, Lawrence Australia
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall Long Day's Journey Into Night 1996 Wellington, David Canada
# 70 for 1996, # 2414 Overall X 1996 Rintaro Japan D
# 71 for 1996, # 2420 Overall Mars Attacks! 1996 Burton, Tim USA DBOPS
# 71 for 1996, # 2420 Overall Pusher 1996 Refn, Nicolas Winding Denmark DO
# 72 for 1996, # 2427 Overall Floating Life 1996 Law, Clara Australia
# 72 for 1996, # 2427 Overall Waiting for Guffman 1996 Guest, Christopher USA YOP
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Carried Away 1996 Barreto, Bruno USA DOS
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Fire 1996 Mehta, Deepa India / Canada D
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Hollow Reed 1996 Pope, Angela UK / Germany / Spain S
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall I'm Not Rappaport 1996 Gardner, Herb USA D
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Jerusalem 1996 August, Bille Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Finland / Iceland V
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Jude 1996 Winterbottom, Michael UK S
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Little Angel 1996 Misselwitz, Helke Germany
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall The Second Time 1996 Calopresti, Mimmo France / Italy
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Sleepers 1996 Levinson, Barry USA DBOS
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Some Mother's Son 1996 George, Terry Ireland / USA S
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall A Summer's Tale 1996 Rohmer, Eric France D
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall Un Air de Famille 1996 Klapisch, Cédric France D
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall When the Cat's Away 1996 Klapisch, Cédric France
# 73 for 1996, # 2428 Overall The Whole Wide World 1996 Ireland, Dan USA DS
# 74 for 1996, # 2432 Overall A Time to Kill 1996 Schumacher, Joel USA DBOPS
# 75 for 1996, # 2435 Overall A Moment of Innocence 1996 Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Iran / France
# 76 for 1996, # 2436 Overall The Unseen 1996 Janek, Miroslav Czech Republic
NR Emma 1996 Lawrence, Diarmuid UK D
NR 101 Dalmatians 1996 Herek, Stephen USA DOPS
NR Ransom 1996 Howard, Ron USA DOPS
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D   DVD
V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
O   On Demand Video Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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