Best movies of 1996

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 : Roger Moore, Janet Gunn, James Remar, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Jean-Claude Van Damme,

Chris embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery that spans the globe. Kidnapped and enslaved by gun smugglers, sold by pirates and thrust into the murky underworld of gambling and kickboxing,...

Actors : Billy Zane, Cameron Diaz, Harvey Keitel, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Jim Wilson,

A prominent judge, his wife, her ex-lover, their neighbor and a dead body that complicates their lives.

Actors : Maria Pitillo, Greg Kinnear, Tim Conway, Laurie Metcalf,
Directors : Garry Marshall,

When letters written to God start getting results, and replies, people everywhere are amazed. The post office, however, is annoyed.

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 : Iggy Pop, Vincent Perez, Richard Brooks, Mia Kirshner,
Directors : Tim Pope,

The spirit of the Crow resurrects another man seeking revenge for the murder of his son.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, Bill Murray, Jerry Adler, Richard Alan Baker,
Directors : Howard Franklin,

A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant.

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 : Jackie Chan, Jackson Lou, Bill Tung, Annie Wu,
Directors : Stanley Tong,

This installment of Chan's Police Story series has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead.

Actors : Simon Bossell, Pippa Grandison, 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 : Whoopi Goldberg, Haley Joel Osment, Andrea Martin, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.

Actors : Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Stiller, Eric Schaeffer, Elle Macpherson,
Directors : Eric Schaeffer,

Joe and Lucy are roommates and best friends. Lucy, whose love life is embarrassingly dull, convinces Joe, who is infatuated with a neighbor he's never met, that if they don't have stable ...

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 : Jessica Lundy, Tom Arnold, Alex McKenna, Bug Hall,
Directors : John Landis,

An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 ...