Temporal Top Ten – 1996

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

 

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