Temporal Top Ten – 1996

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