Best movies of 1996

Actors : Andy Garcia, Lena Olin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ian Holm,
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 : Reese Witherspoon, Amy Brenneman, Mark Wahlberg, William Petersen,
Directors : James Foley,

When Nicole met David; handsome, charming, affectionate, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear.

Actors : Bill Murray, Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel,

A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Actors : Dan Hedaya, Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen,
Directors : Rob Cohen,

Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.

Actors : Harry Belafonte, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Michael Murphy,
Directors : Robert Altman,

Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930s Kansas City. When Blondie O'Hara's husband, a petty thief, is captured by Seldom Seen and held ...

Actors : Halle Berry, Kurt Russell, John Leguizamo, Steven Seagal,
Directors : Stuart Baird,

When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.

Actors : Aurelia Nolin, Gwenaëlle Simon, Amanda Langlet, Melvil Poupaud,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

A shy maths graduate takes a holiday in Dinard before starting his first job. He hopes his sort-of girlfriend will join him, but soon strikes up a friendship with another girl working in ...

Actors : Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Guinevere Turner, Cheryl Dunye,
Directors : Cheryl Dunye,

Cheryl is young, Black, and lesbian, working in Philadelphia with her best friend Tamara and consumed by a film project: to make a video about her search for a Black actress from Philly who...

Actors : Sean Connery, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Rob Cohen,

The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality.

Actors : Zack Duhame, Michael Keaton, Katie Schlossberg, Andie MacDowell,
Directors : Harold Ramis,

A man who never has enough time for the things he wants to do is offered the opportunity to have himself duplicated.

Actors : Edward Norton, Julia Roberts, Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn,
Directors : Woody Allen,

A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a troubled marriage while her stepsister gets engaged.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Anthony Hopkins, Joss Ackland, Natascha McElhone,
Directors : James Ivory,

The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso, who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.

Actors : Theresa Randle, Spike Lee, Isaiah Washington, Jenifer Lewis,
Directors : Spike Lee,

This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York. She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with 'QT'. Out of work ...

Actors : Anne Heche, Amy Braverman, Catherine Keener, Miranda Rhyne,
Directors : Nicole Holofcener,

Things have been tough lately for Amelia. Her best friend moved out of the apartment, her cat got cancer, and now her best friend, Laura, is getting married. She copes with things, from the...

Actors : Michael Beach, Robert Duvall, Irma P. Hall, James Earl Jones,
Directors : Richard Pearce,

Earl Pilcher, Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining ...

Actors : Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron,
Directors : John Herzfeld,

48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.

Actors : Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Walter Hill,

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Actors : Dana Delany, Anna Paquin, Terry Kinney, Jeff Daniels,
Directors : Carroll Ballard,

A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.

Actors : Gary Sinise, Faye Dunaway, William Fichtner, Matt Dillon,
Directors : Kevin Spacey,

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.