Best Drama movies of 1996

Actors : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Antoine Basler, Maggie Cheung, Nathalie Richard,
Directors : Olivier Assayas,

A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.

Actors : Paul Scofield, Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Joan Allen,
Directors : Nicholas Hytner,

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Will Patton, Marcia Gay Harden, Alison Elliott,
Directors : Lee David Zlotoff,

Percy, upon being released from prison, goes to the small town of Gillead, to find a place where she can start over again. She is taken in by Hannah, to help out at her place, the Spitfire ...

Actors : Judith Godrèche, Charles Berling, Fanny Ardant, Jean Rochefort,
Directors : Patrice Leconte,

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Laurie Fortier, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Directors : Michael Pressman,

David Lewis is affected by the death of his wife Gillian, who fell from the mast pole of their boat on a sailing trip two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance ...

Actors : Tony Goldwyn, Benjamin Ungar, Tom McDermott, Timothy Hutton,
Directors : Daniel J. Sullivan,

Publishing magnate refuses to publish a book by his son's male lover so the kids buy out their father and run it themselves!

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Josh Brolin, Christian Slater, Pamela Adlon,
Directors : Michael Goldenberg,

Romantic drama about a young career girl who is swept off her feet by a shy florist, who fell in love with her after one glimpse through a shadowy window.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Alan Arkin, Bernard Behrens, Sheryl Lee,
Directors : Keith Gordon,

An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.

Actors : Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Geneviève Bujold, Udo Kier,
Directors : Steve Barron,

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he ...

Actors : Christopher McDonald, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Ray Liotta,
Directors : John Dahl,

Unsuccessfully framed for his wife's murder, Dr. David Krane attempts to find the real culprit by utilizing a new drug that allows him to experience the memories of other people first-hand....

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Kyle MacLachlan, Richard T. Jones, Elisabeth Shue,
Directors : David Koepp,

A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Bill Paxton,
Directors : Robert Harling,

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious ...

Actors : Pippa Grandison, Simon Bossell, Saffron Burrows, Aden Young,
Directors : Craig Rosenberg,

Twin brothers meet a childhood sweetheart at a tacky hotel and rediscover their love as they renew their competition for her affection.

Actors : Parker Posey, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Liev Schreiber,
Directors : Greg Mottola,

When a happily married woman discovers a love letter written by her husband to an unknown party, she enlists her dysfunctional family to discover the truth.

Actors : Delphine Schiltz, Matiaz Bureau Caton, Léopoldine Serre, Victoire Thivisol,
Directors : Jacques Doillon,

A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.

Actors : Mary Stuart Masterson, Kelly Lynch, Eric Roberts, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Phil Joanou,

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.

Actors : Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Martin Lawrence, Bobby Brown,
Directors : Martin Lawrence,

An observable, fast-talking party man Darnell Wright, gets his punishment when one of his conquests takes it personally and comes back for revenge in this 'Fatal Attraction'-esque comic ...

Actors : Ondrej Vetchý, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková, Andrey Khalimon,
Directors : Jan Sverák,

Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady's man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing ...

Actors : Dragan Bjelogrlic, Zoran Cvijanovic, Nikola Kojo, Dragan Maksimovic,
Directors : Srdjan Dragojevic,

At the Belgrade army hospital, casualties of Bosnian civil war are treated. In the hospital they remember their youth and the war. Two young boys, Halil, a Muslim, and Milan, a Serb, have ...

Actors : Sean Nelson, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz,
Directors : Michael Corrente,

Long-repressed feelings of bitterness and betrayal explode when three inner-city losers plot the robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.