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.

201. The Nutty Professor

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tom Shadyac
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle, John Ales
Plot: A professor tries to lose weight by creating a potion. It works, but also causes other side effects.

202. Flipper

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alan Shapiro
Actors: Elijah Wood, Paul Hogan, Jonathan Banks, Jason Fuchs, Isaac Hayes, Chelsea Field

203. Village of Dreams ( Eno nakano bokuno mura )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yoichi Higashi
Actors: Mieko Harada, Keigo Matsuyama, Shogo Matsuyama, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Hosei Komatsu, Kaneko Iwasaki

204. The Search for One-eye Jimmy

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Henry Kass
Actors: John Turturro, Jennifer Beals, Nicholas Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Steve Buscemi, Samuel L. Jackson
Plot: A man returns home to his old neighborhood in order to film a documentary but finds a much more compelling subject when he begins to investigate the case of a missing man and the quirky characters searching for him.

205. appartement, L'

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gilles Mimouni
Actors: Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Monica Bellucci, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Granier
Plot: A successful executive overhears a phone conversation hinting at adultery and murder, and convinced that his ex-lover is involved, attempts to track her down to discover the truth about her sudden disappearance from his life.

206. Nobody's Business

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alan Berliner
Actors: Alan Berliner, Oscar Berliner

207. Comrades: Almost a Love Story ( Tian mi mi )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Chan
Actors: Leon Lai, Maggie Cheung, Eric Tsang, Irene Tsu, Kristy Yang, Christopher Doyle

208. 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.

209. City Hall

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Harold Becker
Actors: Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau, David Paymer

210. Jack & Sarah

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tim Sullivan
Actors: Richard E. Grant, Samantha Mathis, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Imogen Stubbs, Ian McKellen

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