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.

61. Ransom

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor, Brawley Nolte
Plot: The owner of a rich airline is willing to do anything to get his son back, including giving the kidnappers $2 million in ransom. When the drop goes bad, he turns the tables and instead offers the money to anyone willing to take on the kidnapper and return his son.

62. Gabbeh

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Actors: Abbas Sayah, Shaghayeh Djodat, Hossein Moharami, Rogheih Moharami, Parvaneh Ghalandari

63. Freeway

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Bright
Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon , Wolfgang Bodison, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields
Plot: A 90s update to Little Red Riding Hood - when a girl from an abusive family is left on her own, she decides to find her grandmother rather than the foster system. Along the way she is picked up by Bob Wolvertine - a charming man who turns out to be a real wolf in sheep's clothing. After realizing her mistake, she tries to find a way to escape.

64. Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The ( giardino dei Finzi Contini, Il )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Actors: Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Romolo Valli, Barbara Pilavin, Helmut Berger

65. Executive Decision

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stuart Baird
Actors: Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton
Plot: Terrorists hijack a 747 bound for Washington D.C. in order to release their leader. Intelligence expert David Grant thinks there's a more sinister plot going on and joins a commando team for a mid-air operation before the plane can land.

66. Jane Eyre

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Actors: Anna Paquin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nic Knight, Nicola Howard, Sasha Graff, Joan Plowright

67. Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tim Reid
Actors: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon, Paula Kelly, Isaac Hayes, Anna Maria Horsford

68. The Ghost and the Darkness

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Actors: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Emily Mortimer
Plot: In the late 1800s an engineer in East Africa faces a pair of man-eating lions that are so insatiable and violent they are nicknamed "The Ghost" and "The Darkness" by the natives. A famous hunter is brought in to bring the beasts down, but even his presence cannot stop the carnage.

69. Ebola Syndrome ( Yi boh laai beng duk )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Horror/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Herman Yau
Actors: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yeung Ming Wan, Fui-On Shing, Miu-Ying Chan, Meng Lo, Wong Tsui-ling
Plot: the main character is smuggled into south Africa to avoid being caught.
one day he rapes and murders a black girl who is infected with the Ebola virus.
Later he kills his boss couple and minces their bodies into hamburgers.
to escape from arrest he flies back to Hong Kong and continues to spread
the Ebola virus

70. Gotti

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Harmon
Actors: Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Richard C. Sarafian, Frank Vincent, Anthony Quinn, Vincent Pastore
Plot: The rise and fall of the "Dapper Don" or "Teflon Don" John Gotti - head of the Gambino family whose suspicion, green and high profile all work against him.

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