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| 1 |  | Fargo (1996) |  3.1161 174 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.89
| Jerry Lundegaard is in a financial jam and, out of desperation, comes up with a plan to hire ...more about Fargo starring William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi |
| 2 |  | Scream (1996) | 3.0869 119 reviews | R | Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Teen |
$7.02
| A masked killer is on the loose in a small town. He terrorizes local teenagers using his knowledge ...more about Scream starring David Arquette and Neve Campbell |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | Independence Day (1996) | 2.9385 250 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$7.50
| On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric ...more about Independence Day starring Will Smith and Bill Pullman |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | Mission: Impossible (1996) | 2.9012 187 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Mystery |
$7.97
| Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing ...more about Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise and Jon Voight |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) | 2.8968 155 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$9.27
| The Gecko brothers takes a priest and his family hostage while en route to freedom and Mexico. ...more about From Dusk Till Dawn starring George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | 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 |
| 13 |  | Arrival, The (1996) | 2.8701 84 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$4.79
| Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial ...more about Arrival starring Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Crouse |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | Frighteners, The (1996) | 2.8464 107 reviews | R | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$10.13
| A psychic private detective who consorts with deceased souls becomes engaged in a mystery as ...more about Frighteners starring Michael J. Fox and Trini Alvarado |
| 16 |  | Muppet Treasure Island (1996) | 2.8407 60 reviews | G | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Musical, Comedy, Family, Disney |
$13.99
| The muppets are back into action in another movie based on a novel written by Robert Louis ...more about Muppet Treasure Island starring Tim Curry and Kevin Bishop |
| 17 |  | 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 |
| 18 |  | 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 |
| 19 |  | Executive Decision (1996) | 2.8066 82 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.49
| Terrorists take over a 747 bound from Athens to Washington D.C., supposedly to effect the release ...more about Executive Decision starring Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal |
| 20 |  | 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 |
| 21 |  | Escape from L.A. (1996) | 2.7747 123 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$3.90
| The year is 2013 and Snake Plissken is back from Escape From New York. An earthquake has separated ...more about Escape from L.A. starring Kurt Russell and A.J. Langer |
| 22 |  | 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 |
| 23 |  | 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 |
| 24 |  | Extreme Measures (1996) | 2.7540 92 reviews | R | Thriller |
$4.60
| Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who ...more about Extreme Measures starring Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman |
| 25 |  | Broken Arrow (1996) | 2.7508 99 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$4.11
| "Broken Arrow" is the term used to describe a nuclear device that has been lost. In this movie, two ...more about Broken Arrow starring John Travolta and Christian Slater |
| 26 |  | Freeway (1996) |  2.7485 62 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Teen |
$6.75
| On her way to her grandmother's house troubled teen Vanessa meets up with a child psychologist that ...more about Freeway starring Kiefer Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon |
| 27 |  | City Hall (1996) | 2.7421 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 |
| 28 |  | Craft, The (1996) | 2.7277 89 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy |
$6.29
| A new girl moves to a new city with her family to start a new life. She meets up with the girls who ...more about Craft starring Robin Tunney and Fairuza Balk |
| 29 | | Set It Off (1996) | 2.6558 56 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.57
| Four Black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, ...more about Set It Off starring Queen Latifah and Vivica A. Fox |
| 30 |  | Blood and Wine (1996) | 2.6475 71 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.99
| Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with "Five ...more about Blood and Wine starring Stephen Dorff and Jennifer Lopez |
| 31 |  | Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) | 2.6395 84 reviews | PG-13 | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$5.99
| This remake of the 1977 film stars Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, and Dragonheart's David Thewlis. Set ...more about Island of Dr. Moreau starring David Thewlis and Fairuza Balk |
| 32 |  | Daylight (1996) | 2.6336 108 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
$4.49
| When a bunch of runaway robbers in a getaway car hit the tunnel connecting Manhatten and New Jersey. ...more about Daylight starring Sylvester Stallone and Amy Brenneman |
| 33 |  | Ghost and the Darkness, The (1996) | 2.6188 73 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$6.40
| Set in 1898, this movie is based on the true story of two lions in Africa that killed 130 people ...more about Ghost and the Darkness starring Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer |
| 34 |  | Tromeo and Juliet (1996) | 2.6040 24 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Comedy |
$12.14
| A modern, punk adaptation of Shakespeare's classic. Told irreverently, this film attempts to impact ...more about Tromeo and Juliet starring Jane Jensen and Maximillian Shaun |
| 35 |  | Caught (1996) | 2.5919 37 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$7.24
| Joe and Betty run a fish market and have sunk into a comfortable, if somewhat boring life. Enter ...more about Caught starring Edward James Olmos and Maria Conchita Alonso |
| 36 |  | Albino Alligator (1996) | 2.5567 61 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.02
| Three petty thieves are chased by the police who believe that the three are really major criminals ...more about Albino Alligator starring Matt Dillon and Faye Dunaway |
| 37 |  | Before and After (1996) | 2.5454 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$7.02
| When teenage son Jacob is being accused of murdering his girlfriend, the well-respected and ...more about Before and After starring Meryl Streep and Edward Furlong |
| 38 |  | Diabolique (1996) | 2.5360 78 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.00
| The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed ...more about Diabolique starring Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani |
| 39 |  | Chamber, The (1996) | 2.5336 87 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$3.99
| Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young ...more about Chamber starring Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman |
| 40 |  | Mulholland Falls (1996) | 2.5180 76 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.60
| This film is about the adventures of a 1940's special anti-gangster police squad in Los Angeles, ...more about Mulholland Falls starring Melanie Griffith and Chazz Palminteri |
| 41 |  | Trigger Effect, The (1996) | 2.5102 55 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$5.95
| How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out ...more about Trigger Effect starring Kyle MacLachlan and Elisabeth Shue |
| 42 |  | Chain Reaction (1996) | 2.4917 78 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$4.44
| Eddie Kasalivich, an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, works as a technician for a ...more about Chain Reaction starring Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman |
| 43 |  | Mary Reilly (1996) | 2.4594 69 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$2.12
| We are somewhere in England in the 19th century. A Pretty housemaid works in a nice house, which is ...more about Mary Reilly starring Julia Roberts and George Cole |
| 44 |  | Fan, The (1996) | 2.4512 65 reviews | R | Thriller |
$2.12
| Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins San Fransisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose ...more about Fan starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes |
| 45 |  | Original Gangstas (1996) | 2.3721 24 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.99
| Marvin Bookman is a small shop owner in Gary, Indiana, USA. After he sees a drive-by shooting of ...more about Original Gangstas starring Fred Williamson and Jim Brown |
| 46 |  | Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996) | 2.3564 19 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime |
$8.80
| Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a ...more about Killer: A Journal of Murder starring James Woods and Robert Sean Leonard |
| 47 |  | Kansas City (1996) | 2.3295 29 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.71
| Robert Altman's jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930's ...more about Kansas City starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Miranda Richardson |
| 48 |  | Crow: City of Angels, The (1996) | 2.3247 72 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime |
$32.89
| This sequel to the 1994 cult classic which ended in the real life death of Brandon Lee has "the ...more about Crow: City of Angels starring Vincent Perez and Mia Kirshner |
| 49 |  | Maximum Risk (1996) | 2.3173 65 reviews | R | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$5.49
| A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He ...more about Maximum Risk starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge |
| 50 |  | Thin Line Between Love and Hate, A (1996) | 2.3008 33 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$7.71
| An observable, fast-talking party man Darnell Wright (Lawrence), gets his punishment when one of ...more about Thin Line Between Love and Hate starring Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield |
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