11. Scream
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courtney Cox, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard
Plot: A killer strikes a small town with fear, focusing on one young woman in particular. As the list of suspects grows, who to trust becomes a matter of life and death.
12. Hamlet
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Julie Christie, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Gérard Depardieu
Plot: Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in an adaptation of Shakespeare's drama, using the original words as a son comes to avenge his father by murdering his uncle - who is now his step-father. Madness, plots, conspiracy and death will follow in turn.
13. Sleepers
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Ron Eldard, Joseph Perrino
Plot: A group of friends growing up in Hell's Kitchen commit a petty crime seriously injuring someone when they are sent to Juvenile detention which happens to mistreat young boys and they are forced to deal with it the rest of their lives.
14. Happy Gilmore
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Dennis Dugan
Actors: Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers, Julie Bowen, Allen Covert
Plot: A short-tempered wannabe hockey player parlays his talent at driving a golf ball into the P.G.A. tour in order to save his grandma's house from forclosure.
15. Shine
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Scott Hicks
Actors: Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Alex Rafalowicz
Plot: Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall
16. Bottle Rocket
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Anderson
Actors: Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd, Shea Fowler, Haley Miller, Robert Musgrave
Plot: Focusing on a trio of friends and their elaborate plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
17. Ninja Scroll ( Jûbei ninpûchô )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kevin Seymour
Actors: Richard Barnes, Dean Elliott, Richard Cansino, Richard Epcar, Wendee Lee, Dougary Grant
Plot: A traveling ninja for hire fights demons and their henchmen.
18. The English Patient
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anthony Minghella
Actors: Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth
Plot: Towards the end of WWII a burn victim is tended to by a nurse who learns of his romantic story as he tries to recover from a mysterious accident.
19. From Dusk Till Dawn
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, Danny Trejo
Plot: Two brothers and cold-blooded killers, Seth and Richard Gecko, take a
family hostage and steal their RV with hopes of fleeing to Mexico. They
make a pit stop at an exotic dance club which, unfortunately for all
involved, is actually just a front for a clan of vampires.
20. 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.
