21. Pride and Prejudice
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Simon Langton
Actors: Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Susannah Harker, Julia Sawalha, Alison Steadman, Benjamin Whitrow
Plot: A BBC mini-series based on Jane Austen's 1813 novel of the same name, Pride and Prejudice centres around Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters: Jane, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. When charismatic and eligible bachelor Mr Bingley moves into the neighbourhood, he brings along his proud and condescending friend, Mr Darcy. While Bingley and Jane Bennet become close, Darcy has trouble adapting to the social graces of the countryside and his manners do not endear him to the locals, least of all Elizabeth.
22. Mission: Impossible
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Tom Cruise, Emmanuelle Béart, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, Henry Czerny
Plot: A super American spy agent must uncover the mystery why he was set up and what parties were involved with his team of spies.
23. When We Were Kings
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Leon Gast
Actors: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown, B.B. King, Spike Lee
Plot: A documentary detailing the "rumble in the jungle" between Ali and Foreman.
24. The Rock
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer, David Morse, William Forsythe
Plot: When a group of home-grown terrorists take over Alcatraz with 15 chemical warheads it's up to a federal prisoner with intimate knowlege of the prison and a young chemical weapons expert to stop them from launching the deadly missiles.
25. Big Night
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci
Actors: Marc Anthony, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Liev Schreiber
Plot: A pair of brothers try to keep their ailing Italian restaurant afloat - Primero is a gifted chef but finds it beneath him to create mediocre fare (the kind customers actually like to eat) while Secondo does his best to balance finances and keep things going. Their rival, Pascal has a highly successful place with tepid food but happy customers and offers them one big chance: a jazz musician friend to play for one night as a benefit. The brothers waste no time in planning the big night.
26. Dead Man
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, John Hurt, John Hurt, Gabriel Byrne, Robert Mitchum
Plot: A timid murdering accountant is on the run into the west when he teams up with a man named Nobody to help him along his way.
27. Star Trek: First Contact
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, James Cromwell, Gates McFadden
Plot: Picard and company follow the Borg back in time to stop them from assimilating Earth before the Earth's first contact with aliens.
28. Normal Life
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Kate Walsh, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost, Scott Cummins
Plot: A contemporary "Bonnie & Clyde" about a woman living on the edge who marries a young cop and convinces him to join her on a bank robbery spree throughout Chicago.
29. Mystery Science Theatre 3000
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jim Mallon
Actors: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, John Brady
Plot: Mike Nelson and his two robot companions are stuck on a spaceship and forced to watch the worst B-movies by the evil Dr. Clayton Forrester. In order to combat his nefarious plan, they make fun of the movie (This Island Earth - 1954) the whole time.
30. Pusher
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic, Mads Mikkelsen, Peter Andersson
Plot: A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
