Number of movies seen from this year – 130
Number of movies reviewed – 104 (including 11 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
1. Fargo
Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 1996
- 2 Days in the Valley
- 101 Dalmatians
- The Arrival
- Bad Moon
- Beautiful Girls Encore Review
- Bed of Roses
- Big Night
- The Birdcage
- Bottle Rocket
- Bound
- Breaking the Waves
- Broken Arrow
- Bulletproof
- The Cable Guy
- Carpool
- Chain Reaction
- The Chamber
- City Hall
- Courage Under Fire
- The Crucible
- Daylight
- Daytrippers, The
- Dear Diary
- Diabolique
- Down Periscope
- Dragonheart
- Ed
- Eddie
- Eisenhower: Supreme Commander in Chief
- Emma
- The English Patient Encore Review
- Eraser
- Evita
- Executive Decision
- Extreme Measures
- Eye for an Eye
- The Fan
- Fargo Encore Review Encore Review 2
- Fear
- Feeling Minnesota
- The First Wives Club
- Fled
- Flirting with Disaster
- Fly Away Home
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- The Funeral
- The Ghost and the Darkness
- Ghosts of Mississippi
- Glimmer Man, The
- Gotti
- Grace of My Heart
- Hamlet Encore Review
- Happy Gilmore
- Hard Eight
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- If These Walls Could Talk
- I’m Not Rappaport
- In Love and War
- Independence Day Encore Review Encore Review 2
- The Island of Dr. Moreau
- It’s My Party
- Jack
- Jerry Maguire Encore Review
- Jingle All the Way
- Joe’s Apartment
- The Juror
- Kingpin
- Larger than Life
- Last Man Standing
- Late Shift, The
- Lone Star
- The Long Kiss Goodnight Encore Review
- Mars Attacks
- Marvin’s Room
- Mary Reilly
- Michael
- Michael Collins
- The Mirror Has Two Faces
- Mission: Impossible
- Mother
- Mulholland Falls
- Multiplicity
- Muppet Treasure Island
- My Fellow Americans
- North Star
- The Nutty Professor
- One Fine Day Encore Review
- The Pallbearer
- The People vs. Larry Flynt
- The Phantom
- Phenomenon
- The Portrait of a Lady
- The Preacher’s Wife
- Primal Fear
- The Quest
- Ransom
- The Rock
- Romeo + Juliet
- Scream
- Secrets & Lies
- Sgt. Bilko
- She’s the One
- Shine
- Sleepers
- Sling Blade
- Space Jam
- The Spitfire Grill
- Spy Hard
- Star Trek: First Contact Encore Review
- Stealing Beauty
- Striptease
- The Substitute
- Swingers
- That Thing You Do!
- Thinner
- A Time to Kill
- Tin Cup
- To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
- Trainspotting
- Trees Lounge
- The Truth About Cats & Dogs
- Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
- Twister
- Two If By Sea
- Two Much
- Up Close & Personal
- A Very Brady Sequel
- The War at Home
- When We Were Kings
- White Squall
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Totally agreed that Fargo is the best from this year. That’s such a great flick.
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Truly is. I didn’t find the show to be as engrossing tho
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I intended to watch the show. But then never got around to it. So I have no opinion there. 😉
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Ditto
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Great list as always. Although I’m not that great a fan of Fargo. Love a Star Trek getting some love though, probably the best film in the series before the new versions.
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That and Khan. What didn’t u like abt fargo?
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I think I went into the movie expecting to be blown away and was just left slightly flat. I’ve written a review detailing it properly so that’ll explain it better than here (next week probably).
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Excellent!
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