141. Space Jam
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Joe Pytka
Actors: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Billy West, Dee Bradley Baker, Danny DeVito, Bob Bergen
Plot: National Basketball Association star, Michael Jordan teams with the Looney Toons crew to face invading aliens in a basketball game in this mix of animation and live-action.
142. The Craft
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Fleming
Actors: Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Skeet Ulrich, Christine Taylor
Plot: A troubled teen moves to L.A. in order to start a new life with her family and joins a Catholic school. She finds three kindred spirits with interest in the occult and together they form a witches coven and begin to shape events around them - but their power comes with a cost.
143. Marvin's Room
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jerry Zaks
Actors: Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Hume Cronyn, Gwen Verdon
Plot: Two sisters have been apart since their father's stroke started a 20-year feud. Yet when one sister is diagnosed with cancer, her hope lies in a bone marrow transplant that she can only hope to get if she reconciles with her estranged sister.
144. Walking and Talking
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Actors: Anne Heche, Catherine Keener, Vincent Pastore, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Corrigan, Joseph Siravo
145. The Funeral
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio Del Toro
Plot: New York City, the 1930s. A powerful crime family is caught in a lethal crossfire between union organizers and brutal corporate bosses.
146. The Portrait of a Lady
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jane Campion
Actors: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters
147. White Balloon, The ( Badkonake sefid )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jafar Panahi
Actors: Aida Mohammadkhani, Mohsen Kafili, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Anna Borkowska, Mohammad Shahani, Mohammed Bakhtiar
148. Jude
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Actors: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Rachel Griffiths, Liam Cunningham, James Daley, June Whitfield
149. Doctor Who
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Actors: Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook, Sylvester McCoy, Yee Jee Tso, John Novak
Plot: After bearing witness to his greatest enemies' execution, the mysterious alien known only as "The Doctor" returns to his planet in his telephone-shaped spaceship. On route however, tragedy and secrets unfold.
150. Midwinter's Tale, A ( In the Bleak Midwinter )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Richard Briers, Hetta Charnley, Joan Collins, Nicholas Farrell, Mark Hadfield, Jennifer Saunders
