Top 10 Films of 1996
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- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.
- DirectorDonald PetrieStarsWhoopi GoldbergDianne WiestEli WallachA comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsMatthew McConaugheySandra BullockSamuel L. JacksonIn Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsAlec BaldwinJames WoodsWhoopi GoldbergA Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
- DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMickey RourkeFrank SengerAdrien BrodyParoled after 8 years in prison, Bullet's picked up by his brother and a friend. Bullet assaults a drug dealer and two customers. Things escalate.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsEric RobertsGregory HarrisonMargaret ChoNick "Eric Roberts", is nearing the end of a 3-year battle with AIDS and makes arrangements to die. He hosts a party to say goodbye to friends and family. His ex-partner, Brandon "Gregory Harrison", attends and things get complicated.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsCatherine DeneuveDaniel AuteuilLaurence CôteThe fates of four different people - a thief, a cop, a female professor of philosophy, a suicidal girl - unexpectedly collide.
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsJieh-Wen KingKuei-Ying HsuAnnie Shizuka InohA glimpse at the lives of two petty criminals in Taipei.
- DirectorEdward BurnsStarsEdward BurnsJennifer AnistonJohn MahoneyThe love lives of two brothers, Mickey and Francis, interconnect as Francis cheats on his wife with Mickey's ex-girlfriend, while Mickey impulsively marries a stranger.
- DirectorJim MallonStarsTrace BeaulieuMichael J. NelsonJim MallonMike Nelson and his robot companions watch and give their comments about This Island Earth (1955).
- DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsRichard E. GrantLynsey BaxterPerdita WeeksA troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsEmilio EstevezKathy BatesMartin SheenHaunted by his experiences in the Vietnam War, a young man returns home and has trouble adjusting back to civilian life, his family and his stern father.
- DirectorLee David ZlotoffStarsAlison ElliottEllen BurstynMarcia Gay HardenOscar-winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working at a cafe in Maine.
- DirectorPeter BrattStarsAlfre WoodardJesse BorregoSalma HayekThree muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with the intent of painting their images on the White House. Along the way they meet a mysterious Black woman. Together, these four men and one woman encounter racism, sexism, internal conflicts, and finally redemption as they discover their common humanity and their internal ability to conquer the societal ills that effect them all.
- DirectorMichael HackerStarsAlan GelfantJames Le GrosCatherine KeenerWhen an ex-boxer witnesses a Mob hit the gangster forces him to commit a murder in order to save his own life.
- DirectorThaddeus O'SullivanStarsIan HartJohn LynchJames FrainA raw depiction of the Belfast, Northern Ireland "troubles" as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, this movie focuses on the tribulations of Kenny (James Frain), Protestant leader of a group of Shankill Road Loyalists, and his one-time friend Liam (John Lynch), a Catholic.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsChris CooperElizabeth PeñaStephen MendilloWhen the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
- DirectorJohn DuiganStarsJon Bon JoviAnna GalienaLambert WilsonA successful playwright falls in love with his new actress Hilary (Thandie Newton) and, in an attempt to leave his wife Elena (Anna Galiena) without incident, recruits a handsome Hollywood actor (Jon Bon Jovi) to seduce her.
- DirectorChantal AkermanStarsJuliette BinocheWilliam HurtStephanie ButtleA psychoanalyst in NYC exchanges apartments with a woman in Paris. When his patients show up, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early to NYC and becomes a patient.
- DirectorRobert M. YoungStarsEdward James OlmosMaria Conchita AlonsoArie VerveenJoe and Betty run a fish market and have sunk into a comfortable/boring life. Enter the drifter Nick, who takes a job in the store. He awakes Joe's hope in the future and Betty's sexual passions. Until their son Danny returns home..
- DirectorPhil GalloStarsFrank VincentGian DiDonnaGloria DarpinoTom, an ex-cop who supervises the destruction of old bank bonds at a Jersey City bank, creates a seemingly fool proof scheme to skim some of the bonds prior to their destruction.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsStephen ReaRichard HarrisStuart TownsendEddie, a small town ex-con, discovers he has talent for selling anything and everything. Eddie sees a way to rise above the low life by setting up on his own. What he didn't bargain for, was the murder and mayhem along the way.
- DirectorPatrick GrandperretStarsVincent LindonJacques DutroncFlorence ThomassinParis, 1996. Parisian editor Pierre Duval has an affair with Claire, wife of wealthy architect Bernard Jaillac. The latter has to supervise a large-scale operation in Morocco, he asks Pierre to join them in the desert. Bernard is obssessed by another woman, but who is she really?
- DirectorDan IrelandStarsVincent D'OnofrioRenée ZellwegerAnn WedgeworthIn 1933 Texas, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer meets a pulp fiction writer, and a relationship soon develops between the two, but it is doomed by his slavishly devotion to his ailing mother and insistence on his freedom.
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsVincent D'OnofrioHope DavisKimber RiddleA young woman with a camera follows a man around to make a documentary about him, something he is not very happy with.
- DirectorRichard LaBrieStarsGregory HinesVincent D'OnofrioJames Earl JonesHines plays a former dental student, Bern Lemley, who had to quit school just before finals because of a car accident that left him in a wheelchair. D'Onofrio plays a former pro football player, Ole Olezniak, who was blinded in a freak accident on the field. Before their accidents, Bern had been a tutor for Ole, and, after quitting his post-accident job as a denture technician, he approaches Ole about teaming up to enter a white-water rafting race on Oregon's Rogue River.
- DirectorAlex CoxStarsRebecca De MornayVincent D'OnofrioRichard EdsonWhen it is discovered that a man is having luck in the casinos in Las Vegas, people start attempting to take his money.
- DirectorMichael ShoobStarsMetin BereketliXander BerkeleyJoseph CulpA group of sleep deprived cab drivers in Los Angeles are changed forever by the arrival of mysterious new cabbie and the events of one incredible week.
- DirectorDario ArgentoStarsAsia ArgentoThomas KretschmannMarco LeonardiA young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession.
- DirectorLee David ZlotoffStarsAlison ElliottEllen BurstynMarcia Gay HardenOscar-winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working at a cafe in Maine.
- DirectorAllison AndersStarsIlleana DouglasJohn TurturroSissy BoydEdna wins a recording contract singing her own song at a competition in 1958. After trying to make it as a singer/songwriter for 11 months in NYC, she has success writing songs for others at the Brill Building.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsVince VaughnHeather GrahamJon FavreauA wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends.
- DirectorNicole HolofcenerStarsCatherine KeenerAnne HecheAmy BravermanJust as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.
- DirectorKeith GordonStarsNick NolteSheryl LeeTony RobinowAn 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.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsNicole KidmanJohn MalkovichBarbara HersheyAn American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
- DirectorCoky GiedroycStarsKelly MacdonaldJames BolamHans MathesonA young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
- DirectorMichael Ray RhodesStarsMoira KellyMartin SheenLenny von DohlenChronicles the life of Dorothy Day who dedicated herself in service to her socialist beliefs and her adopted faith of Catholicism. The movement she created continues to thrive to this day, with more than 200 communities across the United States and another 28 communities abroad. The title of the movie is taken from a phrase which means to treat all guests, whether they be kings or peasants, like they were visiting angels.
- DirectorPeter WellingtonStarsEric ThalSarah PolleyDon McKellarA man and woman meet and find out they have trouble with their relationship.
- DirectorJames MerendinoStarsJames RussoJeremy PivenFabrizio BentivoglioRupert is a small time crook trying to do the right thing. But when his younger brother gets in trouble and needs a new liver, Rupert gets together his old gang and they plan a heist on New Years Eve.
- DirectorNick GomezStarsMichael RapaportLili TaylorAdam TreseAided by a group of teens, a man and his girlfriend run a profitable drug operation but someone is distributing bad smack in the area and the cops start a crack-down.
- DirectorLawrence JohnstonStarsJohn BrumptonDavid TredinnickKevin HopkinsLife is a 1996 Australian film about life in a section of a prison reserved for those infected with HIV.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsRobert CarlyleOyanka CabezasScott Glenn1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what has happened to them and help her face her past.