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| 1 |  | Secrets & Lies (1996) |  3.3442 114 reviews | R | Drama |
$7.15
| After the death of her adopted parents a thriving young black optometrist searches for her birth ...more about Secrets & Lies starring Timothy Spall and Phyllis Logan |
| 2 |  | Shine (1996) |  3.1728 147 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Biography, Romance, Music |
$5.99
| After years of torment and a tumultuous childhood David Helgott stumbles into a pub and begins to ...more about Shine starring Geoffrey Rush and Justin Braine |
| 3 |  | Lone Star (1996) | 3.1440 117 reviews | R | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$8.63
| John Sayles' murder-mystery explores interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas. ...more about Lone Star starring Stephen Mendillo and Stephen J. Lang |
| 4 |  | Breaking The Waves (1996) | 3.1190 127 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Foreign |
$9.99
| A naive Scottish girl from a religious background falls in love with an oil-rig worker. When he ...more about Breaking The Waves starring Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård |
| 5 |  | Trainspotting (1996) | 3.1141 212 reviews | R | Drama, Crime, Comedy |
$12.34
| Every time Mark tries to kick his heroin addiction he falls off the wagon, not particularly sure he ...more about Trainspotting starring Ewen Bremner |
| 6 |  | Sling Blade (1996) | 3.1084 153 reviews | R | Drama |
$7.02
| Karl Childers, now a grown man, is released from a psychiatric hospital where he has been ...more about Sling Blade starring Billy Bob Thornton and Dwight Yoakam |
| 7 |  | Hamlet (1996) | 3.0733 131 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$18.26
| Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother's ...more about Hamlet starring Kenneth Branagh and Kate Winslet |
| 8 |  | Jerry Maguire (1996) | 3.0699 195 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Sports |
$9.32
| One of the most ruthless sports agents in the industry has a revelation, questioning the ethics of ...more about Jerry Maguire starring Tom Cruise and Renée Zellweger |
| 9 |  | People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) | 3.0623 160 reviews | R | Drama, Biography, Comedy |
$5.99
| When Larry Flynt begins publishing "Hustler" magazine he pushes the limits of free speech and ...more about People vs. Larry Flynt starring Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love |
| 10 |  | Swingers (1996) | 3.0597 141 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy |
$7.02
| This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. ...more about Swingers starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn |
| 11 |  | Courage Under Fire (1996) | 3.0579 121 reviews | R | Action, Drama, War, Mystery |
$4.11
| The pilot of a rescue copter, Captain Karen Walden, died shortly before her helicopter crew was ...more about Courage Under Fire starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan |
| 12 |  | Big Night (1996) | 3.0522 106 reviews | R | Drama |
$9.32
| Primo and Secondo are two brothers who have emigrated from Italy to open an Italian restaurant in ...more about Big Night starring Tony Shalhoub and Stanley Tucci |
| 13 |  | Bound (1996) | 3.0090 124 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$9.10
| Corky, a lesbian ex con hired to work in an apartment as a plumber, meets neighbors Caesar, who ...more about Bound starring Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon |
| 14 |  | Rock, The (1996) | 2.9797 142 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$7.02
| A group of renegade marine commandos seizes a stockpile of chemical weapons and takes over ...more about Rock starring Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage |
| 15 |  | English Patient, The (1996) | 2.9611 189 reviews | R | Drama, War, Romance |
$12.34
| A severely burned pilot lies dying in an Italian monastery. He is accompanied by a nurse, thief and ...more about English Patient starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche |
| 16 |  | Crucible, The (1996) | 2.9604 100 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.33
| The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on ...more about Crucible starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Winona Ryder |
| 17 |  | That Thing You Do! (1996) | 2.9595 131 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Teen, Music |
$9.64
| A small local band rockets their way up the pop charts with there hit song "That Thing You Do!" ...more about That Thing You Do! starring Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler |
| 18 |  | Beautiful Girls (1996) | 2.9554 79 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Beautiful Girls is about a group of small-town friends joining up for their first high school ...more about Beautiful Girls starring Matt Dillon and Noah Emmerich |
| 19 |  | I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) | 2.9469 81 reviews | R | Drama, Biography, Crime |
$9.99
| Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her ...more about I Shot Andy Warhol starring Lili Taylor and Jared Harris |
| 20 |  | Evita (1996) | 2.9210 126 reviews | PG | Drama, Biography, Musical |
$7.02
| The film based on the Broadway musical of the same name tells the story of Argentina’s most ...more about Evita starring Madonna (I) and Fabián Stratas |
| 21 |  | Ransom (1996) | 2.9178 157 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.02
| Tom Mullen, rich airline owner, is shocked when his son is kidnapped. He is willing to pay the two ...more about Ransom starring Mel Gibson and Rene Russo |
| 22 |  | Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996) | 2.9009 108 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$6.39
| Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives ...more about Long Kiss Goodnight starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson |
| 23 |  | Michael Collins (1996) | 2.8904 86 reviews | NA | Drama, History, War, Thriller, Biography |
$8.63
| Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of Michael Collins, the 'Lion of ...more about Michael Collins starring Aiden Grennell and Ian Hart |
| 24 |  | Get on the Bus (1996) | 2.8897 58 reviews | R | Drama, History |
$7.03
| Get on the Bus follows several Black men on a cross country bus trip to the Million Man March. On ...more about Get on the Bus starring Richard Belzer and De'aundre Bonds |
| 25 |  | Sleepers (1996) | 2.8754 97 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$4.60
| Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. ...more about Sleepers starring Kevin Bacon and Billy Crudup |
| 26 |  | Birdcage, The (1996) | 2.8679 102 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy, Music |
$5.49
| Mike Nichols remakes "La Cage Aux Folles." The comedy features a flamboyant gay couple ...more about Birdcage starring Robin Williams and Nathan Lane |
| 27 |  | Primal Fear (1996) | 2.8658 83 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.25
| Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer (Richard Gere) who takes the seemingly unwinnable ...more about Primal Fear starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney |
| 28 |  | Looking for Richard (1996) | 2.8510 30 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Documentary |
$21.94
| Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and ...more about Looking for Richard starring Penelope Allen and Gordon MacDonald |
| 29 |  | Mother (1996) | 2.8455 37 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Comedy |
$3.90
| After two failed marriages, a science fiction writer (Brooks) decides coming to terms with his mom ...more about Mother starring Paul Collins and Laura Weekes |
| 30 |  | Citizen Ruth (1996) | 2.8413 79 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy |
$7.35
| Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer - inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down ...more about Citizen Ruth starring Laura Dern and Swoosie Kurtz |
| 31 |  | Beautiful Thing (1996) | 2.8374 64 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$19.37
| A tender love story set during a hot summer on a South-East London housing estate. Jamie, a ...more about Beautiful Thing starring Meera Syal and Linda Henry |
| 32 |  | Twister (1996) | 2.8305 151 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$3.59
| TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so ...more about Twister starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton |
| 33 |  | Sydney (1996) | 2.8258 65 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$10.23
| John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys ...more about Sydney starring Philip Baker Hall and John C. Reilly |
| 34 |  | Whole Wide World, The (1996) | 2.8139 47 reviews | PG | Drama, Biography, Romance |
$13.99
| In Texas in the 1930s, young schoolteacher Novalyne Price meets a handsome, eccentric, interesting ...more about Whole Wide World starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Renee Zellweger |
| 35 |  | One Fine Day (1996) | 2.8133 89 reviews | PG | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$4.11
| Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father ...more about One Fine Day starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney |
| 36 |  | Tin Cup (1996) | 2.8128 90 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Sports |
$7.59
| Roy McAvoy is a failed pro golfer who lives in a Winnebago at a crummy driving range which he owns ...more about Tin Cup starring Kevin Costner and Rene Russo |
| 37 |  | Eraser (1996) | 2.8026 100 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$3.59
| John Kruger is a U.S. marshal who is assigned to protect Lee Cullen, who works for the Cyrez ...more about Eraser starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Caan |
| 38 |  | Kissed (1996) | 2.7984 34 reviews | R | Drama, Romance |
$7.89
| Over the years, a child's romantic ideals about death blossom into necrophilia, the study of ...more about Kissed starring Molly Parker and Peter Outerbridge |
| 39 |  | 2 Days in the Valley (1996) | 2.7813 90 reviews | R | Drama, Crime |
$4.00
| John Herzfeld deftly welds together a multitude of subplots-- a loser hitman and a cool assassin ...more about 2 Days in the Valley starring Danny Aiello and Greg Cruttwell |
| 40 |  | Time to Kill, A (1996) | 2.7735 116 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$4.60
| A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a ...more about Time to Kill starring Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock |
| 41 |  | Hollow Reed (1996) | 2.7729 36 reviews | R | Drama | N/A | Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt (Donovan) ...more about Hollow Reed starring Sam Bould and Martin Donovan |
| 42 |  | Basquiat (1996) | 2.7713 90 reviews | R | Drama, Biography |
$11.30
| Basquiat tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Starting out ...more about Basquiat starring Jeffrey Wright and Michael Wincott |
| 43 |  | American Buffalo (1996) | 2.7709 65 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.52
| From the play by David Mamet, AMERICAN BUFFALO is another story of mens interminable struggle ...more about American Buffalo starring Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Franz |
| 44 |  | Trees Lounge (1996) | 2.7701 78 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy |
$9.99
| Things aren't going so well for Tommy Basilio. He lost his job because he "borrowed" money from the ...more about Trees Lounge starring Carol Kane and Mark Boone Junior |
| 45 |  | Brassed Off (1996) | 2.7690 83 reviews | R | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Music |
$14.99
| In existence for a hundred years, Grimley Colliery Brass band is as old as the mine. But the miners ...more about Brassed Off starring Pete Postlethwaite and Tara Fitzgerald |
| 46 |  | Matilda (1996) | 2.7642 57 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy, Family |
$8.78
| A grouchy couple give birth to a very sweet girl they name Matilda. Unlike her bratty brother & ...more about Matilda starring Mara Wilson and Danny DeVito |
| 47 |  | Bottle Rocket (1996) | 2.7630 60 reviews | R | Adventure, Drama, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$2.20
| Upon his release from a mental hospital following a breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his ...more about Bottle Rocket starring Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson |
| 48 |  | Grace of My Heart (1996) | 2.7581 58 reviews | R | Drama, Comedy, Music |
$3.92
| Riveting tale about an aspiring singer, Edna Buxton (Denise Waverly) wonderfully played by Illeana ...more about Grace of My Heart starring Illeana Douglas and Sissy Boyd |
| 49 |  | City Hall (1996) | 2.7579 62 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$5.63
| A young boy dies from a stray bullet during a shootout between a cop and mob family member who had ...more about City Hall starring Al Pacino and John Cusack |
| 50 |  | Unhook the Stars (1996) | 2.7577 39 reviews | R | Drama, Romance |
$7.35
| Character study about Mildred (Gena Rowlands), an elderly woman who has spent her life caring for ...more about Unhook the Stars starring Gena Rowlands and Marisa Tomei |
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