Temporal Top Ten – 1996

Number of movies seen from this year – 120
Number of movies reviewed – 73  (including 5 Encore Reviews)

1996 was yet another very prolific movie year for me.  I saw a lot of these films in the theater and making the choices for the top 10 wasn’t easy at all.

My #1 was actually a simple choice for me because it is, IMHO, one of the very best crime dramas ever made and the Coen Brothers did an amazing job with the storyline.

#2 is probably a movie that most of you have never heard of, but it’s a great “friendship” movie with excellent music and an amazingly likeable A-List cast.

#3 is the eventual Oscar Best Picture winner and despite it being a long epic love story, it really is great.  I loved the characters, the storyline and above all else, the chemistry between the characters.

#4 is an amazing movie about life’s ups and downs and how we should utilize every moment as best as we can. Also has one of the best movie catch phrases ever . 🙂

#5 is Kenneth Branagh’s superb 4 hour version of a Shakespearean Classic  that really proved his ability as an actor and director.  It’s unfortunate that he doesn’t do projects like this anymore.. 😦

#6 is one of the best movies from the long running sci-fi franchise

#7 is a movie that blew me away when I saw it in the theater and despite it’s numerous plot holes and lots of silliness is still a guilty pleasure of mine

#8 is a great movie that I only came across last summer. It tells a great story of how a family tries to deal with psychological problems upon their son’s return from Vietnam.

#9. is another guilty pleasure of mine which was a very moving film that helped highlight Robin Williams’ dramatic talent in a role perfect for him.

and finally #10 is one of the (very) few horror movies that I have enjoyed.  The sequels it produced made things even more convoluted and confusing, but the original on its own does a wonderful job.

 

My Top Ten

10. Scream

9. Jack

8. The War at Home

7. Independence Day

6. Star Trek: First Contact

5. Hamlet

4. Jerry Maguire

3. The English Patient

2. Beautiful Girls

1. Fargo

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1996

1. 2 Days in the Valley
2. 101 Dalmatians
3. The Arrival
4. Bad Moon
5. Beautiful Girls
6. Bed of Roses
7. Big Night
8. The Birdcage
9. Bound
10. Breaking the Waves
11. Broken Arrow
12. Bulletproof
13. The Cable Guy
14. Carpool
15. Chain Reaction
16. The Chamber
17. City Hall
18. Courage Under Fire
19. The Crucible
20. Daylight
21. Diabolique
22. Down Periscope
23. Dragonheart
24. Eddie
25. Eisenhower: Supreme Commander in Chief
26. Emma
27. The English Patient       Encore Review
28. Eraser
29. Evita
30. Executive Decision
31. Extreme Measures
32. Eye for an Eye
33. The Fan
34. Fargo              Encore Review         Encore Review 2
35. Fear
36. Feeling Minnesota
37. The First Wives Club
38. Fled
39. Flirting with Disaster
40. Fly Away Home
41. From Dusk Till Dawn
42. The Funeral
43. The Ghost and the Darkness
44. Ghosts of Mississippi
45. Gotti
46. Grace of My Heart
47. Hamlet
48. Happy Gilmore
49. Hard Eight
50. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
51. If These Walls Could Talk
52. I’m Not Rappaport
53. In Love and War
54. Independence Day  Encore Review
55. The Island of Dr. Moreau
56. Jack
57. Jerry Maguire
58. Jingle All the Way
59. Joe’s Apartment
60. The Juror
61. Kingpin
62. Larger than Life
63. Last Man Standing
64. Lone Star
65. The Long Kiss Goodnight
66. Marvin’s Room
67. Mary Reilly
68. Michael
69. Michael Collins
70. The Mirror Has Two Faces
71. Mission: Impossible
72. Mother
73. Mulholland Falls
74. Multiplicity
75. Muppet Treasure Island
76. My Fellow Americans
77. North Star
78. The Nutty Professor
79. One Fine Day
80. The People vs. Larry Flynt
81. The Phantom
82. Phenomenon
83. The Portrait of a Lady
84. The Preacher’s Wife
85. Primal Fear
86. The Quest
87. Ransom
88. The Rock
89. Romeo + Juliet
90. Scream
91. Secrets & Lies
92. Sgt. Bilko
93. She’s the One
94. Shine
95. Sleepers
96. Sling Blade
97. Space Jam
98. The Spitfire Grill
99. Spy Hard
100. Star Trek: First Contact Encore Review
101. Stealing Beauty
102. Striptease
103. The Substitute
104. Swingers
105. That Thing You Do!
106. Thinner
107. A Time to Kill
108. Tin Cup
109. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
110. Trainspotting
111. Trees Lounge
112. The Truth About Cats & Dogs
113. Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
114. Twister
115. Two Much
116. Up Close & Personal
117. A Very Brady Sequel
118. The War at Home
119. When We Were Kings
120. White Squall