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.

31. Mother

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Albert Brooks
Actors: Paul Collins, Laura Weekes, Albert Brooks, John C. McGinley, Debbie Reynolds, Lisa Kudrow
Plot: A science fiction author who has survived two failed marriages decides that the only way to improve the chance to have a successful relationship is to reconcile with his mother. So he moves in with her.

32. Jerry Maguire

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ren?e Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Jay Mohr
Plot: A sports agent goes through a hard time and discovers there is more to life than money.

33. Swingers

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Doug Liman
Actors: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Heather Graham, Alex Désert, Patrick Van Horn
Plot: Mike is having a rough time after long-relationship ends. His friend Trent tries to make him forget and to enjoy single life by showing him a good time in Vegas and partying it up with some cute ?babies?.

34. Beautiful Thing

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Actors: Linda Henry, Meera Syal, Glen Berry, Martin Walsh, Steven M. Martin, Scott Neal
Plot: Set in a South-East London suburb Jamie avoids sports at school as he is likely to become the victim of his fellow students. His neighbor Ste - an athletic boy - if often beaten at the hand of his father. Looking for relief, he accepts the offer to stay over one night - it sparks an attraction between the two boys, one which quickly grows.

35. Welcome to the Dollhouse

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Todd Solondz
Actors: Heather Matarazzo, Victoria Davis, Christina Brucato, Christina Vidal, Siri Howard, Brendan Sexton III
Plot: Dawn Weiner has a lot to deal with - her looks cause her no end of teasing in school, her older brother is a brain, her cute, younger sister gets all the attention and the guy she has a crush on rejects her. Todd Solondz spares nothing in his look into adolescent hell.

36. The People vs. Larry Flynt

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, James Cromwell, Brett Harrelson, Crispin Glover
Plot: A comical biography of Larry Flynt's life, the birth of Husler Magazine and his battle for free speech in America.

37. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Actors: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, David Ogden Stiers, Jason Alexander, Kevin Kline, Tony Jay
Plot: In 15th century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by Frollo in the bell tower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the lively gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Mir.

38. Microcosmos ( Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Actors: Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas
Plot: The bizarre and beautiful world of insects and arachnids is explored

39. Michael Collins

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Ian Hart, Julia Roberts, Richard Ingram, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Alan Rickman
Plot: An Irish Patriot in the first quarter of the 20th Century fights for his nation's independence and signs his own death warrant in the process.

40. Matilda

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Danny DeVito
Actors: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris, Paul Reubens
Plot: 6-year-old Matilda Wormwood immerses herself in a world of books. With so much mental stimulation, she acquires telekinetic abilities which she promptly unleashes on her self-absorbed family and odious headmistress

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