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Contents
Events
- 20 September - 75-year-old English actor Sir Dirk Bogarde suffers a severe stroke. He continued to need a wheelchair until his death in 1999.
- James Cameron officially begins writing future blockbuster and highest grossing film of all time, Avatar.
Top grossing films
Awards
- Best Picture: The English Patient - J&M Entertainment, Miramax Films, Tiger Moth Productions
- Best Director: Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
- Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush - Shine
- Best Actress: Frances McDormand - Fargo
- Best Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr. - Jerry Maguire
- Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche - The English Patient
- Best Foreign Language Film: Kolya (Kolja), directed by Jan Svěrák, Czech Republic
- Drama:
- Best Picture: The English Patient
- Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush - Shine
- Best Actress: Brenda Blethyn - Secrets & Lies
- Musical or comedy:
- Best Picture: Evita
- Best Actor: Tom Cruise - Jerry Maguire
- Best Actress: Madonna - Evita
- Other
- Best Director: Milos Forman - The People vs. Larry Flynt
- Best Foreign Language Film: Kolya, Czech Republic
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh, United Kingdom
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- Michael Collins, directed by Neil Jordan, U.K. / Ireland / U.S.A.
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee, United States
Films released in 1996
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- 2 Days in the Valley, starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Teri Hatcher, Marsha Mason, Charlize Theron
- 101 Dalmatians, directed by Stephen Herek, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie
A
- The Adventures of Pinocchio, directed by Steve Barron, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau, Udo Kier, Rob Schneider, Dawn French
- Alaska, starring Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, voices of Charlie Sheen, Dom DeLuise, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Sheena Easton
- L'appartement, starring Vincent Cassel
- The Arrival, starring Charlie Sheen
- The Associate, starring Whoopi Goldberg
- August
B
- Bad Moon, starring Mariel Hemingway and Michael Pare
- The Bandit (Eskiya)
- Barb Wire, starring Pamela Anderson
- Basquiat
- Beautiful Girls, starring Matt Dillon, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Rosie O'Donnell, Mira Sorvino
- Beautiful Thing
- Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, directed by Mike Judge, voices by Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, Robert Stack, David Letterman
- Bed of Roses, starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson
- Before and After, starring Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
- Big Bully, starring Tom Arnold and Rick Moranis
- Big Night, starring Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Ian Holm, Isabella Rosselini, Campbell Scott
- The Birdcage, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
- Black Sheep, starring Chris Farley and David Spade
- Blood and Wine, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine
- Bottle Rocket, starring Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson
- Bound, starring Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly
- The Boy from Mercury, starring Rita Tushingham and Tom Courtenay
- Brassed Off
- Breaking the Waves, directed by Lars von Trier
- Broken Arrow, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Howie Long
- Broken English
- Buenos Aires Vice Versa
- Bulletproof, starring Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan
C
- The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller, starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick
- Camping Cosmos
- Carried Away, starring Dennis Hopper and Amy Irving
- Carpool, starring Tom Arnold and David Paymer
- Celtic Pride, starring Dan Aykroyd and Damon Wayans
- Chain Reaction, starring Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman
- The Chamber, starring Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman
- City Hall, starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Anthony Franciosa
- Clando (Clandestine)
- Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
- Comrades: Almost a Love Story, Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Space Needle award
- Courage Under Fire, starring Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Matt Damon
- The Craft, starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True
- Crash, directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Spader and Holly Hunter
- The Crow: City of Angels
- The Crucible, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield
D
- D3: The Mighty Ducks
- Daddy's Girl
- Daylight, starring Sylvester Stallone
- Dear God, starring Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Tim Conway
- Deep Crimson (Profundo Carmesí)
- The Dentist, starring Corbin Bernsen and Molly Hagan
- Diabolique, starring Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
- Different for Girls
- The Disappearance of Finbar, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
- Down Periscope, starring Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern
- Dragonheart, starring Dennis Quaid
- Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat)
- Dunston Checks In, starring Jason Alexander
E
- East Palace, West Palace (Dong gong xi gong), directed by Zhang Yuan
- Eddie, directed by Steve Rash, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Frank Langella
- Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow
- The English Patient, directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, starring Moira Kelly
- Eraser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams
- Escape from L.A., aka John Carpenter's Escape from L.A., starring Kurt Russell
- The Evening Star, starring Shirley MacLaine, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Bill Paxton
- Everyone Says I Love You, directed by Woody Allen, starring Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Tim Roth, Alan Alda, Goldie Hawn
- Evita - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), directed by Alan Parker, starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce
- Executive Decision, starring Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry
- Extreme Measures, starring Gene Hackman and Hugh Grant
- Eye for an Eye, starring Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris
F
- The Fan - starring Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Benicio del Toro
- Fargo, made by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Frances McDormand (Oscar winner), William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi
- Fear, starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon
- Fire by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das
- First Kid, starring Sinbad, Brock Pierce and Robert Guillaume
- The First Wives Club, starring Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler
- Fled
- Flipper, starring Elijah Wood
- Flirting with Disaster, starring Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Mary Tyler Moore
- Floating Life
- Fly Away Home, starring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany
- Follow Me Home
- Foxfire
- Freeway, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Brooke Shields
- The Frighteners, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Michael J. Fox
- From Dusk Till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis
- The Funeral, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini
G
- Gabbeh
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
- Get on the Bus
- The Ghost and the Darkness, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas
- Ghosts of Mississippi, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods
- Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee
- The Glimmer Man, starring Steven Seagal and Keenen Ivory Wayans
- The Great White Hype, starring Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg
H
- Hamlet, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh with Julie Christie and Derek Jacobi
- Happy Gilmore, directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Carl Weathers
- Hard Eight, directed by P. T. Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow
- Harriet The Spy, starring Michelle Trachtenberg and Rosie O'Donnell
- Heaven's Prisoners, starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts, Mary Stuart Masterson
- High School High, starring Jon Lovitz
- Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, directed by David R. Ellis
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
- Hype!
I
- I Shot Andy Warhol, starring Lili Taylor
- I'm Not Rappaport, starring Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Martha Plimpton, Craig T. Nelson
- In Love and War, starring Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell
- Independence Day, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Jeff Goldblum
- Infinity
- Intimate Relations, starring Julie Walters
- Irma Vep
- The Island of Dr. Moreau, starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer
J-K
- Jack, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Bill Cosby
- James and the Giant Peach, directed by Henry Selick, starring Miriam Margoyles, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite and introducing Paul Terry
- Jerry Maguire, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger, Jay Mohr, Jonathan Lipnicki
- Jingle All the Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Joe's Apartment, starring Jerry O'Connell and Megan Ward, voices by Billy West, animation directed by Chris Wedge
- Joseph Conley, Kevin Bacon, Michael Traenor (1996)
- The Juror, starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin
- Kazaam, starring Shaquille O'Neal
- Kingpin, directed by the Farrelly Brothers, starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill Murray
- Kolya, directed by Jan Sverák - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
L
- The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
- Larger than Life, starring Bill Murray
- Last Dance, starring Sharon Stone and Rob Morrow
- The Last Days of Frankie the Fly, starring Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah
- Last Man Standing, directed by Walter Hill, starring Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken
- Licántropo
- Lone Star, directed by John Sayles, starring Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, Joe Morton, Kris Kristofferson
- The Long Kiss Goodnight, starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson
- Looking for Richard, starring Al Pacino
M
- Mad Dog Time, starring Jeff Goldblum, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Diane Lane, Gabriel Byrne, Larry Bishop
- Mars Attacks!, directed by Tim Burton, starring Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Michael J. Fox, Jim Brown
- Marvin's Room, starring Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
- Mary Reilly, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich
- Matilda, starring Mara Wilson
- Maximum Risk
- Michael, starring John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt
- Michael Collins, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson - Golden Lion award
- The Mirror Has Two Faces, starring Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Mimi Rogers, Lauren Bacall
- Mission: Impossible, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave, Jon Voight
- Memory Run
- Moll Flanders, starring Robin Wright and Morgan Freeman
- Mother, starring Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds
- Mr. Wrong, starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman
- Mulholland Falls, starring Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri, Treat Williams, John Malkovich
- Multiplicity, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell
- Muppet Treasure Island, directed by Brian Henson, starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop
- My Fellow Americans, starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
N-O
- The Nutty Professor, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Eddie Murphy
- One Fine Day, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney
- Original Gangstas
P
- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996 National Board of Review Best Documentary, 1997 Peabody Award)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt, starring Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton - Golden Bear award (for 1997)
- Persons Unknown, starring Naomi Watts, Joe Mantegna, Kelly Lynch
- The Phantom, starring Billy Zane
- Phat Beach
- Phenomenon, starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall, Forest Whitaker
- Pie in the Sky
- The Pillow Book
- The Portrait of a Lady, directed by Jane Campion, starring Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich
- The Preacher's Wife, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance
- Police Story 4: First Strike (released May 1996)
- Primal Fear, directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
Q-R
- The Quest
- Race the Sun
- Ransom, directed by Ron Howard, starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Liev Schreiber, Delroy Lindo
- Revive! Ultraman
- Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
- The Rock, starring Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris
- Rumble in the Bronx
- Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrman, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
S
- Santa with Muscles
- Scream, directed by Wes Craven and starring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox
- Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Brenda Blethyn - Palme d'Or award
- A Self Made Hero (Un héros très discret), directed by Jacques Audiard
- Set It Off, starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah
- Sgt. Bilko, starring Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Glenne Headly, Phil Hartman
- She's the One
- Shine, directed by Scott Hicks, starring Geoffrey Rush
- The Silencers
- Silent Trigger
- Sleepers, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Minnie Driver, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro
- Sling Blade, directed by and starring Billy Bob Thornton, with Lucas Black, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, James Hampton
- A Small Domain
- Some Mother's Son
- Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Bill Murray, voices by Danny DeVito
- Space Truckers
- The Spitfire Grill, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Ellen Burstyn, Alison Elliott
- Spy Hard, starring Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Barry Bostwick, Andy Griffith
- Star Trek: First Contact, starring Patrick Stewart, Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell
- Stealing Beauty, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
- Striptease, starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds
- The Stupids, starring Tom Arnold
- The Substitute, starring Tom Berenger
- The Sunchaser, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Woody Harrelson
- Sunset Park, starring Rhea Perlman
- Surviving Picasso, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins
- Swingers, starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau
T
- Tender Fictions
- That Thing You Do!, written and directed by Tom Hanks, starring Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, starring Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield
- Thinner
- A Time to Kill, starring Sandra Bullock, Mathew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Spacey
- Tin Cup, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin
- To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, starring Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Trainspotting, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle - Golden space Needle award
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks
- The Trigger Effect
- True Blue
- The Truth About Cats & Dogs, starring Janeane Garofalo, Uma Thurman, Ben Chaplin
- Twelfth Night: Or What You Will, directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Helena Bonham Carter
- Twister, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton
- Two Much, starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah
U-V
- Unforgettable, starring Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino
- Up Close & Personal, starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Urban Safari
- The Van, starring Colm Meaney
W
- Waiting for Guffman, directed by Christopher Guest, starring Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Parker Posey, Fred Willard
- The War at Home
- Wedding Bell Blues, starring Julie Warner, Paulina Porizkova, Illeana Douglas
- Werewolf
- The West
- White Squall, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Jeff Bridges
- The Wind in the Willows
Wide-released movies
January–March
- January 1996
- January 5 - 12 Monkeys
- January 12 - Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Eye for an Eye, Dunston Checks In, Bio-Dome
- January 19 - From Dusk Till Dawn
- January 26 - Bed of Roses, Big Bully
- February 1996
- February 2 - Black Sheep, The Juror, White Squall
- February 9 - Broken Arrow, Beautiful Girls
- February 16 - Happy Gilmore, Mr. Wrong, Muppet Treasure Island
- February 23 - Mary Reilly, Before and After
- March 1996
- March 1 - Down Periscope, Up Close & Personal
- March 8 - The Birdcage
- March 15 - Ed, Executive Decision, Two Much
- March 22 - Diabolique, Flirting with Disaster
- March 29 - Sgt. Bilko
April–June
- April 1996
- April 5 - Primal Fear, A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
- April 12 - Fear, James and the Giant Peach
- April 19 - Celtic Pride, Mrs. Winterbourne, The Substitute
- April 26 - Mulholland Falls, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Sunset Park, The Quest
- May 1996
- May 3 - Barb Wire, The Craft, The Great White Hype, Last Dance, The Pallbearer
- May 10 - Twister
- May 17 - Flipper, Heaven's Prisoners
- May 24 - Mission: Impossible, Spy Hard
- May 31 - The Arrival, Dragonheart, Eddie
- June 1996
- June 7 - The Phantom, The Rock
- June 14 - The Cable Guy, Moll Flanders
- June 21 - Eraser, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- June 28 - The Nutty Professor, Striptease
July–September
- July 1996
- July 3 - Independence Day
- July 5 - Phenomenon
- July 12 - Courage Under Fire, Harriet the Spy
- July 19 - Fled, The Frighteners, Kazaam, Multiplicity
- July 26 - A Time to Kill, Kingpin, Joe's Apartment, The Adventures of Pinocchio
- August 1996
- August 2 - Chain Reaction, Matilda, Phat Beach
- August 9 - Escape from L.A., Jack, Basquiat
- August 16 - The Fan, Tin Cup, Alaska, Bordello of Blood
- August 23 - The Island of Dr. Moreau, A Very Brady Sequel, Carpool
- August 30 - First Kid, The Stupids, The Crow: City of Angels
- September 1996
- September 6 - Bogus, Bulletproof
- September 13 - Maximum Risk, Fly Away Home, Feeling Minnesota
- September 20 - The First Wives Club, Last Man Standing
- September 27 - 2 Days in the Valley, Extreme Measures
October–December
- October 1996
- October 4 - That Thing You Do!, The Glimmer Man, Bound
- October 11 - The Ghost and the Darkness, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Chamber, Michael Collins
- October 16 - Get on the Bus
- October 18 - Sleepers
- October 25 - The Associate, High School High, Thinner
- November 1996
- November 1 - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Dear God, Larger Than Life, Bad Moon
- November 8 - Ransom
- November 10 - Set It Off
- November 15 - Space Jam, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The English Patient
- November 22 - Jingle All the Way, Star Trek: First Contact
- November 29 - 101 Dalmatians
- December 1996
- December 6 - Daylight
- December 13 - Jerry Maguire, Mars Attacks!, The Preacher's Wife
- December 20 - Scream, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, One Fine Day, My Fellow Americans, Ghosts of Mississippi
- December 27 - Michael, The Evening Star, Evita
Births
- January 1 – Mary Gibbs, actress
- February 28 – Bobb'e J. Thompson, actor
- April 14 – Abigail Breslin, actress
- April 17 – Dee Dee Davis, actress
- July 23 - Rachel G. Fox, actress
- August 21 – Jamia Simone Nash, actress
- December 8 - Teala Dunn, actress
- December 11 - Hailee Steinfeld
Notable deaths
Film debuts
- Gael García Bernal
- Emily Mortimer
- Neve Campbell
- Michelle Trachtenberg
- Edward Norton
- Owen Wilson
- Luke Wilson
- Vivica A. Fox
- Tom Everett Scott
- Freddie Prinze, Jr.
- Donnie Wahlberg
- Gretchen Mol
- Timothy Olyphant
- Mark Ruffalo
- Justin Theroux
- Emily Watson
- Julia Stiles
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