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.

71. Dragonheart

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Jason Isaacs, Dina Meyer, Pete Postlethwaite, Sean Connery
Plot: An evil king has brought a dragon and a dragon slayer together to fight against his rule.

72. Fear

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Foley
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman, Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gray
Plot: The Walkers have the perfect family life until the night that 16-year-old Nicole meets handsome, charming David at a party. At first glance he appears to be a great boyfriend, until it becomes apparent he's jealous and possessive - enough so that she breaks up. However, David isn't about to let her go that easily.

73. It's My Party

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Randal Kleiser
Actors: Margaret Cho, Gregory Harrison, Eric Robert, Marlee Matlin, Roddy McDowall, Olivia Newton-John

74. Twister

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jan de Bont
Actors: Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck
Plot: Two meteorologists seek the perfect tornado in order to launch sensors that will help them study these forces of nature.

75. The Whole Wide World

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dan Ireland
Actors: Vincent D'Onofrio, Renée Zellweger, Ann Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell, Benjamin Mouton, Michael Corbett
Plot: Based on the memoirs of Novalyne Price Ellis, this is a captivating story about the last years of never fully understood and appreciated writer, Robert E. Howard.

76. Lone Star

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Sayles
Actors: Stephen Mendillo, Stephen J. Lang, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson

77. The Frighteners

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Jake Busey
Plot: After the death of his wife, a budding architect started to see ghosts. Abandoning his dream house, he beings a new career of convincing ghosts to haunt a house then "exorcising" them for a small fee. Then a grim new ghost appears on the scene and the bodies start piling up, each with a ghostly number on their foreheads.

78. Flirting with Disaster

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David O. Russell
Actors: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal

79. Rumble in the Bronx ( Hung fan kui )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stanley Tong
Actors: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung, Marc Akerstream, Garvin Cross
Plot: A young man from Hong Kong is visiting his uncle in New York, who is about to get married. He decides to run his market while he attends his honeymoon only to find himself at the center of a local gang and the mob and with the cops failing to help, takes matters into his own hands.

80. The Last Supper

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stacy Title
Actors: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner, Bill Paxton, Ron Perlman

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