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.

141. The Craft

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Fleming
Actors: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich, Christine Taylor
Plot: A troubled teen moves to L.A. in order to start a new life with her family and joins a Catholic school. She finds three kindred spirits with interest in the occult and together they form a witches coven and begin to shape events around them - but their power comes with a cost.

142. Killer: A Journal of Murder

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Metcalfe
Actors: James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle

143. Beavis and Butt-head Do America

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mike Judge, Yvette Kaplan
Actors: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman, Jacqueline Barba
Plot: The two most aimless and brainless teens in American embark on an epic quest to recover their missing TV - along the way they somehow become involved with deadly smugglers, a lethal virus, ex-roadies and a cavity-search-loving FBI agent.

144. Walking and Talking

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Actors: Anne Heche, Catherine Keener, Vincent Pastore, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Corrigan, Joseph Siravo

145. Marvin's Room

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jerry Zaks
Actors: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon
Plot: Two sisters have been apart since their father's stroke started a 20-year feud. Yet when one sister is diagnosed with cancer, her hope lies in a bone marrow transplant that she can only hope to get if she reconciles with her estranged sister.

146. The Funeral

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio Del Toro
Plot: New York City, the 1930s. A powerful crime family is caught in a lethal crossfire between union organizers and brutal corporate bosses.

147. God of Cookery ( Sik san )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Stephen Chow, Lik-Chi Lee
Actors: Stephen Chow, Vincent Kok, Karen Mok, Nancy Sit, Tats Lau, Stephen Au

148. White Balloon, The ( Badkonake sefid )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jafar Panahi
Actors: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska, Mohammad Shahani, Mohammed Bakhtiar

149. The Portrait of a Lady

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters

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

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 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

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