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1996 - Top of the Pops

by dziwnytenswiat • Created 12 years ago • Modified 1 month ago
All movies from 1996 I have seen. The Top of the Pops Rules for the Ranking: my personal rating + the imdb rating x votes.
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  • Independence Day (1996)

    1. Independence Day

    19962h 25mPG-1359Metascore
    7.0 (631K)
    The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
    DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff Goldblum
    9108 points
  • Fargo (1996)

    2. Fargo

    19961h 38mR88Metascore
    8.1 (761K)
    Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
    DirectorsJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve Buscemi
    7485 points
  • Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, and Kelly Macdonald in Trainspotting (1996)

    3. Trainspotting

    19961h 33mR83Metascore
    8.1 (753K)
    Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsEwan McGregorEwen BremnerJonny Lee Miller
    6271 points
  • Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)

    4. Mission: Impossible

    19961h 50mPG-1359Metascore
    7.2 (502K)
    An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsTom CruiseJon VoightEmmanuelle Béart
    5203 points
  • Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996)

    5. Jerry Maguire

    19962h 19mR77Metascore
    7.3 (301K)
    When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.
    DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruiseCuba Gooding Jr.Renée Zellweger
    3025 points
  • George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

    6. From Dusk Till Dawn

    19961h 48mR48Metascore
    7.2 (358K)
    Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
    DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsHarvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette Lewis
    3008 points
  • Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, and Jason Patric in Sleepers (1996)

    7. Sleepers

    19962h 27mR49Metascore
    7.5 (246K)
    A reporter and a District Attorney help childhood friends who killed a sadistic guard.
    DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert De NiroKevin BaconBrad Pitt
    2800 points
  • Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Ed Harris in The Rock (1996)

    8. The Rock

    19962h 16mR58Metascore
    7.4 (372K)
    An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS solider turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerve gas attack on San Francisco.
    DirectorMichael BayStarsSean ConneryNicolas CageEd Harris
    2652 points
  • Claire Danes, Leonardo DiCaprio, John Leguizamo, Jamie Kennedy, Dash Mihok, and Harold Perrineau in Romeo + Juliet (1996)

    9. Romeo + Juliet

    19962hPG-1360Metascore
    6.7 (253K)
    Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
    DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsLeonardo DiCaprioClaire DanesJohn Leguizamo
    2580 points
  • Richard Gere in Primal Fear (1996)

    10. Primal Fear

    19962h 9mR47Metascore
    7.7 (265K)
    A high-profile murder intrigues a publicity hungry lawyer.
    DirectorGregory HoblitStarsRichard GereLaura LinneyEdward Norton
    2447 points
  • Pierce Brosnan, Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito, and Annette Bening in Mars Attacks! (1996)

    11. Mars Attacks!

    19961h 46mPG-1352Metascore
    6.4 (253K)
    Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
    DirectorTim BurtonStarsJack NicholsonPierce BrosnanSarah Jessica Parker
    2326 points
  • Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, and Matthew McConaughey in A Time to Kill (1996)

    12. A Time to Kill

    19962h 29mR53Metascore
    7.5 (192K)
    A young Mississippi lawyer defends a black man who killed the two white men that raped his preteen daughter.
    DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsMatthew McConaugheySandra BullockSamuel L. Jackson
    2219 points
  • Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)

    13. The English Patient

    19962h 42mR86Metascore
    7.4 (210K)
    At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
    DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem Dafoe
    1810 points
  • Danny DeVito, Embeth Davidtz, Kiami Davael, Pam Ferris, Rhea Perlman, Jacqueline Steiger, Michael Valentine, and Mara Wilson in Matilda (1996)

    14. Matilda

    19961h 38mPG72Metascore
    7.0 (188K)
    A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
    DirectorDanny DeVitoStarsDanny DeVitoRhea PerlmanMara Wilson
    1786 points
  • Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)

    15. Twister

    19961h 53mPG-1368Metascore
    6.6 (246K)
    Two storm chasers on the brink of divorce must work together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
    DirectorJan de BontStarsHelen HuntBill PaxtonJami Gertz
    1769 points
  • Sling Blade (1996)

    16. Sling Blade

    19962h 15mR85Metascore
    8.0 (102K)
    Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
    DirectorBilly Bob ThorntonStarsBilly Bob ThorntonDwight YoakamJ.T. Walsh
    1207 points
  • Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves (1996)

    17. Breaking the Waves

    19962h 33mR82Metascore
    7.8 (74K)
    Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
    DirectorLars von TrierStarsEmily WatsonStellan SkarsgårdKatrin Cartlidge
    973 points
  • Woody Harrelson in The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

    18. The People vs. Larry Flynt

    19962h 10mR79Metascore
    7.3 (104K)
    The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsWoody HarrelsonCourtney LoveEdward Norton
    969 points
  • Kevin Kline, Demi Moore, Tom Hulce, Jason Alexander, Tony Jay, Paul Kandel, Charles Kimbrough, Frank Welker, and Mary Wickes in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

    19. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    19961h 31mG74Metascore
    7.0 (179K)
    A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.
    DirectorsGary TrousdaleKirk WiseStarsDemi MooreJason AlexanderMary Kay Bergman
    942 points
  • Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest in The Birdcage (1996)

    20. The Birdcage

    19961h 57mR71Metascore
    7.2 (110K)
    A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing, conservative parents.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsRobin WilliamsNathan LaneGene Hackman
    690 points
  • Shine (1996)

    21. Shine

    19961h 45mPG-1387Metascore
    7.6 (58K)
    David Helfgott, a gifted pianist, struggles through childhood as his dysfunctional father abuses him and his siblings. Years later, he suffers a mental breakdown but manages to return as a legend.
    DirectorScott HicksStarsGeoffrey RushArmin Mueller-StahlJustin Braine
    689 points
  • Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing (1996)

    22. Last Man Standing

    19961h 41mR44Metascore
    6.4 (63K)
    A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.
    DirectorWalter HillStarsBruce WillisBruce DernWilliam Sanderson
    625 points
  • Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. Reilly, and Philip Baker Hall in Hard Eight (1996)

    23. Hard Eight

    19961h 41mR78Metascore
    7.1 (57K)
    A stranger mentors a young, troubled Reno gambler.
    DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsPhilip Baker HallJohn C. ReillyGwyneth Paltrow
    572 points
  • Rosanna Arquette, Elias Koteas, James Spader, and Deborah Kara Unger in Crash (1996)

    24. Crash

    19961h 40mNC-1753Metascore
    6.4 (70K)
    A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.
    DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames SpaderHolly HunterElias Koteas
    552 points
  • Alejandro Amenábar, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, and Ana Torrent in Thesis (1996)

    25. Thesis

    19962h 5mR
    7.4 (45K)
    While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...
    DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsAna TorrentFele MartínezEduardo Noriega
    518 points

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