Best movies of 1996

Actors : John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes,
Directors : Baz Luhrmann,

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

Actors : Delroy Lindo, Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, John Travolta,
Directors : John Woo,

Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.

Actors : Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Mel Gibson, Brawley Nolte,
Directors : Ron Howard,

When a multimillionaire man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then turns the tables on the kidnappers when he uses the ransom money as a reward for the capture of the kidnappers.

Actors : Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning, Marcia Gay Harden,
Directors : Rick Friedberg,

Dick Steele, Agent WD-40 is assigned by his Director, to stop the evil General Rancor from destroying the world. WD-40 believed Rancor was dead and he teams up with the hot K.G.B. Agent Veronique Ukrinsky to find Rancor and save the world.

Actors : Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Terry, Simon Callow,
Directors : Henry Selick,

An orphan, who lives with his two cruel aunts, befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.

Actors : Steve Zahn, Amie Carey, Jayce Bartok, Giovanni Ribisi,
Directors : Richard Linklater,

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.

Actors : Greta Scacchi, James Cosmo, Alan Cumming, Gwyneth Paltrow,
Directors : Douglas McGrath,

In rural 1800s England things go bad for a young matchmaker after she finds a man for another woman.

Actors : Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell, Rachel True, Fairuza Balk,
Directors : Andrew Fleming,

A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who even slightly anger them.

Actors : Burt Reynolds, Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames,
Directors : Andrew Bergman,

A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.

Actors : Kurtwood Smith, Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Mary Kay Place,
Directors : Alexander Payne,

An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.

Actors : Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Richard Gere,
Directors : Gregory Hoblit,

An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.

Actors : Robert Prosky, Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway,
Directors : James Foley,

A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.

Actors : Shaquille O'Neal, Ally Walker, James Acheson, Francis Capra,
Directors : Paul Michael Glaser,

A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.

Actors : Rita Wilson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman,
Directors : Brian Levant,

A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas, however, every store is sold out of them, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.

Actors : Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Jason Alexander,
Directors : Ken Kwapis,

A young boy befriends a larcenous orangutan in a luxury hotel.

Actors : Joan Plowright, Joely Richardson, Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : Stephen Herek,

A woman kidnaps puppies to kill them for their fur, but various animals then gang up against her and get their revenge in slapstick fashion.

Actors : Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Bokeem Woodbine, Paul Perri,
Directors : Matthew Bright,

A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile.

Actors : Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Ian Holm, Richard Dreyfuss,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Actors : Michael J. Fox, John Astin, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.

Actors : John Kani, Tom Wilkinson, Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Stephen Hopkins,

A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.