Temporal Top Ten – 1996

Number of movies seen from this year – 124
Number of movies reviewed – 83  (including 6 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
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. Marvin’s Room
70. Mary Reilly
71. Michael
72. Michael Collins
73. The Mirror Has Two Faces
74. Mission: Impossible
75. Mother
76. Mulholland Falls
77. Multiplicity
78. Muppet Treasure Island
79. My Fellow Americans
80. North Star
81. The Nutty Professor
82. One Fine Day
83. The People vs. Larry Flynt
84. The Phantom
85. Phenomenon
86. The Portrait of a Lady
87. The Preacher’s Wife
88. Primal Fear
89. The Quest
90. Ransom
91. The Rock
92. Romeo + Juliet
93. Scream
94. Secrets & Lies
95. Sgt. Bilko
96. She’s the One
97. Shine
98. Sleepers
99. Sling Blade
100. Space Jam
101. The Spitfire Grill
102. Spy Hard
103. Star Trek: First Contact Encore Review
104. Stealing Beauty
105. Striptease
106. The Substitute
107. Swingers
108. That Thing You Do!
109. Thinner
110. A Time to Kill
111. Tin Cup
112. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
113. Trainspotting
114. Trees Lounge
115. The Truth About Cats & Dogs
116. Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
117. Twister
118. Two If By Sea
119. Two Much
120. Up Close & Personal
121. A Very Brady Sequel
122. The War at Home
123. When We Were Kings
124. White Squall