- top 10 overall films of '96 -

[adidas12185]

top 10 overall films of '96 (in no particular order):

the Rock- Bay
the Ghost and the Darkness- Hopkins
Scream- Craven
the Arrival- Twohy
the Nutty Professor- Shadyac
the Glimmerman- Gray
Broken Arrow- Woo
Independence Day- Emmerich
From Dusk Till Dawn- Rodriguez
Alaska- Burg

[notchreturns]

1996
1. Fargo
2. Jerry Maguire
3. Sling Blade
4. Beautiful Girls
5. Welcome to the Dollhouse
6. Swingers
7. The Birdcage
8. The Rock
9. Courage Under Fire
10. Bound

[Cyclonus]

Some 1996 films I liked:

Trainspotting
The People vs Larry Flynt
Star Trek: First Contact
Courage Under Fire
From Dusk Till Dawn
Shine
Primal Fear
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Everyone Says I Love You
Romeo & Juliet

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[charliebobo]

1.Jerry Maguire
2.Scream
3.Sleepers
4.Everyone Says I Love You
5.Romeo + Juliet
6.She's The One
7.When We Were Kings
8.The People Vs. Larry Flint
9.The English Patient
10.Fargo

[Fergus]

1. Fargo **** ½
2. Jerry Maguire **** ½
3. Courage Under Fire **** ½
4. Shine **** ½
5. Antonia's Line **** ½
6. Sling Blade **** ½
7. Everyone Says I Love You (8.5)
8. Trainspotting (8.5)
9. Lone Star (8.5)
10. Beautiful Girls ****

Runners Up:
The English Patient ****
Welcome to the Dollhouse ****
Mission: Impossible ****
Scream ****
White Balloon, The ****
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The ****
Primal Fear ****
Michael Collins ****
Michael ****
Twelfth Night ****

Still many too see before this is final, such as BREAKING THE WAVES, THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, SECRETS & LIES, HAMLET, BIG NIGHT, LOOKING FOR RICHARD, ANGELS AND INSECTS, MOTHER NIGHT, and SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Until then, this is it. Great year BTW, much better than most people would like to think. Even though I didn't have any 10's come out of it, its still pretty darn good.

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[Nate6]

Top 10 Films of 1996
1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
2. Hamlet
3. Jerry Maguire
4. Fargo
5. Everyone Says I Love You
6. The English Patient
7. Breaking the Waves
8. Courage Under Fire
9. Welcome to the Dollhouse
10. Secrets and Lies

[Philip Marlowe]

TOP 5 in no particular order:

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS [TED DEMME]
HAMLET [KENNETH BRANAGH]
SECRETS & LIES [MIKE LEIGH]
FARGO [COEN BROTHERS]
MICROCOMOS [CLAUDE NURIDSANY/MARIE PERENNOU]

Runner ups:

HARD EIGHT [P.T.ANDERSON]
JERRY MAGUIRE [CAMERON CROWE]
FORGOTTEN SILVER [PETER JACKSON]
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN [RODRIGUEZ]
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE [DE PALMA]

[Michael Corleone]

01. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella)
02. Fargo (Joel, Ethan Coen)
03. The People vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman)
04. Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann)
05. Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier)
06. Secrets and Lies (Mike Leigh)
07. Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch)
08. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)
09. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe)
10. Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thorton)

[Puck Bond]

Top 10 films of 1996...

1. Swingers
2. The Rock
3. Fargo
4. Bound
5. Sleepers
6. Independence Day
7. Trainspotting
8. The English Patient
9. Jerry Maguire
10. Sling Blade

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[urbanlegend23]

1. Breaking the Waves
2. Jerry Maguire
3. Scream
4. Swingers
5. Romeo + Juliet
6. The Mask
7. Fear
8. Fly Away Home
9. The Craft
10. The Nutty Professor