Temporal Top Ten – 1996

Number of movies seen from this year – 121
Number of movies reviewed – 77  (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. Gotti
47. Grace of My Heart
48. Hamlet                        Encore Review
49. Happy Gilmore
50. Hard Eight
51. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
52. If These Walls Could Talk
53. I’m Not Rappaport
54. In Love and War
55. Independence Day  Encore Review
56. The Island of Dr. Moreau
57. Jack
58. Jerry Maguire
59. Jingle All the Way
60. Joe’s Apartment
61. The Juror
62. Kingpin
63. Larger than Life
64. Last Man Standing
65. Lone Star
66. The Long Kiss Goodnight
67. Marvin’s Room
68. Mary Reilly
69. Michael
70. Michael Collins
71. The Mirror Has Two Faces
72. Mission: Impossible
73. Mother
74. Mulholland Falls
75. Multiplicity
76. Muppet Treasure Island
77. My Fellow Americans
78. North Star
79. The Nutty Professor
80. One Fine Day
81. The People vs. Larry Flynt
82. The Phantom
83. Phenomenon
84. The Portrait of a Lady
85. The Preacher’s Wife
86. Primal Fear
87. The Quest
88. Ransom
89. The Rock
90. Romeo + Juliet
91. Scream
92. Secrets & Lies
93. Sgt. Bilko
94. She’s the One
95. Shine
96. Sleepers
97. Sling Blade
98. Space Jam
99. The Spitfire Grill
100. Spy Hard
101. Star Trek: First Contact Encore Review
102. Stealing Beauty
103. Striptease
104. The Substitute
105. Swingers
106. That Thing You Do!
107. Thinner
108. A Time to Kill
109. Tin Cup
110. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
111. Trainspotting
112. Trees Lounge
113. The Truth About Cats & Dogs
114. Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
115. Twister
116. Two Much
117. Up Close & Personal
118. A Very Brady Sequel
119. The War at Home
120. When We Were Kings
121. White Squall