Temporal Top Ten – 1996

Number of movies seen from this year – 126
Number of movies reviewed – 86  (including 7 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.

Updated 1 Jan 2020 – Hamlet has moved up a slot to #4 moving all subsequent films down

 

My Top Ten

10. Scream

9. Jack

8. The War at Home

7. Independence Day

6. Star Trek: First Contact

5. Jerry Maguire  
4. Hamlet

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