American films of 1996

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The English Patient won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The English Patient won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

A list of American films released in 1996.














Contents

[edit] Highest grossing

1996
Rank
Title Studio Gross
1. Independence Day 20th Century Fox $797,900,000
2. Twister Warner Bros. $494,471,524
3. Mission: Impossible Paramount Pictures $456,494,803
4. The Rock Hollywood Pictures $325,000,000
5. The Nutty Professor Universal Studios $244,300,000
6. Eraser Warner Bros. $233,200,000
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame Disney $184,700,000
8. Jerry Maguire TriStar Pictures $153,620,822
9. Ransom Touchstone Pictures $136,448,821
10. 101 Dalmatians Buena Vista Pictures $136,182,161

[edit] #

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
101 Dalmatians Stephen Herek Glenn Close Comedy, Family
2 Days in the Valley John Herzfeld Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels Comedy, Crime

[edit] A

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
A Summer's Tale Eric Rohmer Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin Comedy, Drama, Romance French film
Actrius Ventura Pons Núria Espert, Rosa Maria Sardà, Anna Lizaran, Mercè Pons Drama Spanish film
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush Albert Pyun Christopher Lambert, Natasha Henstridge Action, Sci-Fi
The Adventures of Pinocchio Steve Barron Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Udo Kier, Bebe Neuwirth Fantasy, Family
Aladdin and the King of Thieves Tad Stones Robin Williams Family, Animation
Alaska Fraser Clarke Heston Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict Adventure, Family
Alien Nation: Millennium Kenneth Johnson Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli Sci-Fi Television movie
Alien Nation: The Enemy Within Kenneth Johnson Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli Sci-Fi Television movie
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 Larry Leker, Paul Sabella Ernest Borgnine, Bebe Neuwirth, Charlie Sheen Family, Animation
All of a Sudden Herman Yau Alfred Cheung, Irene Wan, Chi Wan Hong Crime, Drama, Romance Hong Kong film
Amityville Dollhouse Steve White Robin Thomas, Starr Andreeff, Allen Cutler Horror
Andersonville John Frankenheimer Frederic Forrest, Carmen Argenziano, Jayce Bartok Drama, History, War Television movie
Angels & Insects Philip Haas Kristin Scott Thomas, Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit Drama, Romance
Army Raam Shetty Sridevi, Harish Patel, Mohnish Behl Action, Drama Indian film
Army Daze Keng Sen Ong Ahmed Azad, Sheikh Haikel, Deanna Yusoff, Jacintha Charles Comedy Singaporean film
The Arrival David Twohy Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mistery, Action
The Associate Donald Petrie Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne West, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth Comedy

[edit] B

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Barb Wire David Hogan Pamela Anderson Action, Sci-Fi
Bastard Out of Carolina Anjelica Huston Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jena Malone Drama
The Beast Jeff Bleckner William Petersen, Karen Sillas, Charles Martin Smith Horror direct-to-tv
Beautiful Girls Ted Demme Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Natalie Portman Romantic comedy
Beautiful Thing
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Animated film
Bed of Roses
Before and After Barbet Schroeder Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong Drama, Thriller
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Big Bully Steve Miner Rick Moranis Comedy
Big Night Campbell Scott, Stanley Tucci Marc Anthony Drama
Bio-Dome Jason Bloom Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin Comedy
The Birdcage Mike Nichols Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest Comedy
Black Mask
Black Sheep
Black Sun
Blood Brothers Documentary
Blood and Wine
Bloodguilt
Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite Action
The Bondage Master
Bottle Rocket
Bound
Box of Moon Light
Boys
The Boys Next Door
Brain Candy
Brassed Off
Breaking the Waves
Broken Arrow John Woo John Travolta, Christian Slater Action
Broken English
Bullet
Bulletproof Ernest R. Dickerson Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan Action, Comedy
Busted Corey Feldman Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Dominick Brascia, Ava Fabian Comedy direct-to-video
Butch Camp

[edit] C

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Cable Guy Ben Stiller Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick Comedy Thriller
Camp Stories
Camping Cosmos
Cannibal! The Musical
Carla's Song
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
Carpool
Carried Away
Celtic Pride
Chain Reaction
The Chamber
A Chef in Love
The Cherokee Kid
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering
Children of the Revolution
Christmas Every Day
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood
Citizen Ruth
City Hall
Clancy's Kitchen
Close Up
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Conspirators of Pleasure
Cosmic Voyage
A Couch in New York
Courage Under Fire
The Craft Andrew Fleming Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True Fantasy, Horror
Crash
The Cremaster Cycle
Crocodile Kim Ki-duk
The Crow: City of Angels Tim Pope Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop, Thuy Trang Action, Thriller
The Crucuble
Curdled

[edit] D

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
D3: The Mighty Ducks Robert Lieberman Emilio Estevez Family
Dallas: J.R. Returns
Darkman
Dating the Enemy
The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (film)
Daylight
The Daytrippers
Dead Man's Island
Deadly Outbreak
Dear Diary
Dear God
Death and the Compass
The Deep End of the Ocean
Demolition High Jim Wynorski Corey Haim, Alan Thicke, Dick Van Patten Action direct-to-video
Denise Calls Up
The Dentist
Diary of a Camper
Different for Girls
Doctor Who
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Don't Look Back (1996 film)
Dorf on the Diamond
Down Periscope
Dragonheart Rob Cohen Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Jason Isaacs, Brian Thompson, Sean Connery Adventure, Fantasy
Drawing Flies
Dream of an Insomniac
Dunston Checks In

[edit] E

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
East Palace, West Palace
Ebola Syndrome
Ed
Ed's Next Move
Eddie
Emma
The Emperor's Shadow
The Empty Mirror
Encore
The English Patient
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
Eraser Charles Russell Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan Action, Thriller
Escape from L.A.
The Evening Star
Everyone Says I Love You
Evita Alan Parker Antonio Banderas, Madonna Musical
Executive Decision Stuart Baird Kurt Russell Action
Extreme Measures Michael Apted Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman Thriller
Eye for an Eye

[edit] F

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Face
Faces of Death VI
Faithful
A Family Thing
The Fan Tony Scott Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes Thriller
Fear James Foley Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman Thriller
Feel 100%
Feeling Minnesota
Fetishes
Fever Lake Rafe M. Portilo Corey Haim, Mario Lopez, Bo Hopkins Horror, Slasher direct-to-video
Fire[citation needed]
Fire on the Mountain
First Kid David Mickey Evans Sinbad, Brock Pierce Comedy, Family
The First Wives Club
Five Days, Five Nights
Flipper
Flirting with Disaster
Floating Life
Fly Away Home
For Hope
Forbidden City Cop
Foxfire
Freeway
Frequent Flyer
The Frighteners
From Dusk Till Dawn
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo
The Funeral

[edit] G

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Gang in Blue
Generation X
Get on the Bus
Getting Away with Murder
The Ghost and the Darkness
Ghosts of Mississippi
Giant Mine direct-to-TV
Girl 6
Girls Town
Glastonbury the Movie
The Glimmer Man John Gray Steven Seagal, Keenan Ivory Wayans Action
God of Cookery
Gone in the Night
Goodbye South, Goodbye
Gotti
Grace of My Heart
The Grave
Gray's Anatomy
The Great White Hype

[edit] H

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Hamlet
Happy Gilmore Dennis Dugan Adam Sandler Comedy
Hard Core Logo
Hard Eight
Hard Men
Harriet the Spy Bronwen Hughes Michelle Trachtenberg, Rosie O'Donnell
Heaven's Prisoners
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
Hellraiser: Bloodline
High School High
Himmat
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
House Arrest
Le huitième jour
The Hunckback of Notre Dame Animated film
The Hunters
Hustler White
Hype!

[edit] I

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
I Love You, I Love You Not
I Shot Andy Warhol
I'm Not Rappaport
Idiot Box
If Lucy Fell
If These Walls Could Talk
Impure Blood
In Cold Blood
In Love and War
Independence Day Will Smith
Indian (film)
Indira (film)
Infinity (film)
Intimate Relations
Irma Vep
The Island of Dr. Moreau
It's My Party

[edit] J

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Jack Francis Ford Coppola Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Bill Cosby Comedy drama, Family
Jack Frost Michael Cooney Comedy, Horror
Jake's Women Neil Simon Drama
James and the Giant Peach Animated film
Jane Eyre Franco Zeffirelli
Jerry Maguire Cameron Crowe Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Kelly Preston, Jonathan Lipnicki, Jay Mohr, Jerry O'Connell Comedy-drama
Jimmy Zip
Jingle All the Way Brian Levant Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Jim Belushi Comedy, Family
Joe's Apartment
Johns
Jude Michael Winterbottom Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham
The Juror

[edit] K

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Kadhal Desam
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
Kansas City (1996 film)
Kazaam Paul Michael Glaser Shaquille O'Neal Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Khamoshi: The Musical
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
Kids Return
Killer: A Journal of Murder
The King of Masks
Kingpin
Kissed
Kolya
Kounterfeit John Mallory Asher Crime, Thriller

[edit] L

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists Roy Allen Smith Family Animated film
Larger Than Life
The Last Angel of History
Last Dance Bruce Beresford Sharon Stone Drama
Last Man Standing
The Late Shift television film
The Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
Leila
Lewis and Clark and George
Libertarias
Licántropo
Lilies
The Little Riders
Little Soldiers
Little Witches
Loch Ness
London Suite
Lone Star
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Lost and Found
Love Birds
Love Is All There Is
Love Serenade
Love and Other Catastrophes
Lumière and Company

[edit] M

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Maachis
Maanbumigu Maanavan
Mad Dog Time
Magenta
Mahjong
The Making of the Mahatma
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Manny & Lo
Mars Attacks!
Marvin's Room
Mary Reilly
Matilda
Maximum Risk
Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
Michael
Michael Collins
Microcosmos
The Mirror Has Two Faces
Mission: Impossible
Mojave Moon
Moll Flanders
A Moment of Romance 3
The Moonstone
Mother
Mother Night
A Mother's Instinct
Mr. Romeo
Mr. Wrong
Mrs. Santa Claus
Mrs. Winterbourne
Mulholland Falls
Multiplicity
Muppet Treasure Island
My Fellow Americans
My Night with Reg
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

[edit] N

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Night Hunter
Ninne Pelladutha
Norma Jean & Marilyn
The Nutty Professor Eddie Murphy Comedy, Family
Nénette et Boni

[edit] O

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Ogre
Once a Thief
One Fine Day
The One That Got Away
Operation "Happy New Year!"
Orientation
Original Gangstas
Our Son, the Matchmaker

[edit] P

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Pallbearer
Pandora's Clock
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Pedar
The People vs. Larry Flynt Miloš Forman Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton Bio-pic, Drama
The Phantom
Phenomenon
Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio
Picado Fino
The Pillow Book
Pinocchio's Revenge
Poison Ivy II: Lily Horror
Police Story 4: First Strike Jackie Chan Action
The Pompatus of Love
Ponette
The Portrait of a Lady
The Preacher's Wife
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
Primal Fear
Prisoner of the Mountains
Project Grizzly
La Promesse
The Proprietor
Public Ememies
Puddle Cruiser Jay Chandrasekhar Comedy
Pusher

[edit] Q

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Quest Jean-Claude Van Damme Action

[edit] R

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Race the Sun
Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat
Ransom Ron Howard Mel Gibson Thriller
Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
Rebirth of Mothra
Red Ribbon Blues
Return of Techno-Destructo
The Rich Man's Wife
Riders of the Purple Sage
Ridicule
Une robe d'été
Robin of Locksley
The Rock Michael Bay Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris Action
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
Rubber's Lover
Rumble in the Bronx Jackie Chan Action

[edit] S

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Sabrina the Teenage Witch Fantasy
Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya
Saint Clara
Samson and Delilah
Santa Claws John A. Russo Horror
Santa with Muscles John Murlowski Hulk Hogan Action, Comedy
Schizopolis
Scream Wes Craven David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy, W. Earl Brown, Joseph Whipp, Liev Schreiber, Drew Barrymore Horror, Slasher
Secrets & Lies
Selva
Set It Off
Sgt. Bilko
Shall We Dance
Shanghai Grand
She Cried No
She's the One
Shiloh Dale Rosenbloom Family
Shine
Shrunken Heads
Silent Trigger
Skin & Bone
Sleepers
Small Faces
Snowboard Academy John Shepphird Corey Haim, Jim Varney, Brigitte Nielsen Comedy Television movie
Sol de otoño
Solo
Some Mother's Son
Sometimes They Come Back... Again
Space Jam Joe Pytka Michael Jordan Comedy, Family, Animation
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
Spy Hard
Star Trek: First Contact Sci-Fi
Stealing Beauty
The Stendhal Syndrome
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
A Story of Healing
Striptease Andrew Bergman Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick, Burt Reynolds Comedy, Erotic
The Stupids Comedy
SubUrbia
The Substance of Fire
The Substitute
The Sunchaser
Sunday
Sunset Park
Supermarket Woman
Surviving Picasso
Susie Q
Swallowtail Butterfly
Sweet Temptation
Swingers Doug Liman Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Alex Désert, Patrick Van Horn, Heather Graham Comedy
Szamanka

[edit] T

Tales of Erotica Talk to Me (1996 film) Temptress Moon Tere Mere Sapne (1996 film) Tesis That Thing You Do! The Takeover A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Thinner (film) Those Were the Days (1996 film) Ticket to New Year's Tierra (film) Tieta do Agreste A Time to Kill (film) Tin Cup Titanic (TV miniseries) To Brave Alaska To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday To Sir, with Love II Toad Warrior Tornado! Touching Starlight Trainspotting (film) Trees Lounge Tremors 2: Aftershocks The Trigger Effect Trilogy of Terror II Tristar (film) Tromeo and Juliet True Blue (film) True Crime (1996 film) The Truth About Cats & Dogs Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996 film) Twisted Desire Twister (film)

Title Director Cast Genre Notes

[edit] U

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Un Asunto Privado
The Unbroken Cycle
Unforgettable
Unhook the Stars
Unlikely Angel
Up Close & Personal
Urban Safari

[edit] V

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Vasantha Vaasal
A Very Brady Sequel
Viva Erotica

W Walking and Talking The War at Home (film) The Watermelon Woman Werewolf (1996 film) When We Were Kings When the Cat's Away White Squall (film) The Whole Wide World Wild Animals William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet The Wind in the Willows (1996 film) Windsor Protocol Wish Upon a Star Wkw/tk/1996@7'55"hk.net Y Year of the Dogs Young and Dangerous Young and Dangerous 1 Young and Dangerous 2 Young and Dangerous 3 Your Studio and You

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