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.

141. Killer: A Journal of Murder

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Metcalfe
Actors: James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle

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

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