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Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films (U.S.) 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1996 5 Wide-released movies 5.1 January–March 5.2 April–June 5.3 July–September 5.4 October–December 6 Births 7 Deaths 8 Film debuts

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.

Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	Independence Day	20th Century Fox	$306,169,268
2.	Twister	Warner Bros./Universal	$241,721,524
3.	Mission: Impossible	Paramount	$180,981,856
4.	Jerry Maguire	TriStar	$153,952,592
5.	Ransom	Touchstone	$136,492,681
6.	101 Dalmatians	Disney	$136,189,294
7.	The Rock	Hollywood	$134,069,511
8.	The Nutty Professor	Universal	$128,814,019
9.	The Birdcage	MGM/UA	$124,060,553
10.	A Time to Kill	Warner Bros.	$108,766,007

source: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1996&p=.htm

Awards

Academy 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

Golden Globe Awards:

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

#

• 101 Dalmatians, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright and Hugh Laurie, directed by Stephen Herek

A

• The Adventures of Pinocchio, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau, Udo Kier, Rob Schnieder and Dawn French, directed by Steve Barron
• Alaska
• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
• The Arrival, starring Charlie Sheen
• The Associate
• August

B

• Bad Moon
• Barb Wire
• Basquiat
• Beautiful Girls
• Beautiful Thing
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, with guest voices by Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, Richard Linklater, Robert Stack and David Letterman, directed by Mike Judge
• Bed of Roses
• Before and After
• Big Bully

• The Birdcage
• Black Sheep
• Blood and Wine
• Bottle Rocket
• Bound
• Breaking the Waves
• Broken Arrow, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, and Howie Long
• Broken English
• Bulletproof

C

• The Cable Guy, starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick, directed by Ben Stiller
• Camping Cosmos
• Carried Away
• Carpool
• Celtic Pride
• Chain Reaction
• The Chamber
• City Hall
• 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
• The Craft, Fairuza Balk and Neve Campbell are two of four co-stars in movie that helped begin a trend of gothic dressers.
• The Crow: City of Angels
• The Crucible

D

• D3: The Mighty Ducks
• Dave and the Giant Pickle
• Daddy's Girl
• Daylight, starring Sylvester Stallone
• Dear God
• The Dentist
• Diabolique
• Different for Girls
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
• Down Periscope
• Dragonheart
• Dunston Checks In

E

• Eddie, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Frank Langella, directed by Steve Rash
• The English Patient - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, starring Moira Kelly
• Eraser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vanessa Williams
• Escape from L.A., aka John Carpenter's Escape from L.A.
• The Evening Star
• Everyone Says I Love You, directed by Woody Allen
• Evita - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
• Executive Decision
• Extreme Measures
• Eye for an Eye

F

• The Fan - starring Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, and Benicio del Toro
• Fargo
• Fear - starring Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon
• Fire by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das
• The First Wives Club
• Fled
• Flipper
• Flirting with Disaster
• Floating Life
• Fly Away Home
• The Frighteners, directed by Peter Jackson
• From Dusk Till Dawn

G

• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
• Get on the Bus
• The Ghost and the Darkness
• Ghosts of Mississippi, directed by Rob Reiner
• Girl 6
• The Glimmer Man
• The Great White Hype

H

• Hamlet
• Happy Gilmore, directed by Dennis Dugan
• Hard Eight, directed by P. T. Anderson
• Harriet The Spy
• Heaven's Prisoners
• High School High
• 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'm Not Rappaport
• In Love and War
• Independence Day
• Infinity
• Intimate Relations
• The Island of Dr. Moreau

J

• Jack
• James and the Giant Peach, starring Miriam Margoyles, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite and introducing Paul Terry, animation supervisor Paul Berry, director of photography Pete Kozachik (animation) and Hiro Narita (live action), directed by Henry Selick
• Jerry Maguire, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Renée Zellweger
• 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, directed by John Payson
• Joseph Conley Kevin Bacon Michael Traenor (1996)
• The Juror

K

• Kazaam
• Kingpin
• Kolya, directed by Jan Sverák - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

L

• Larger than Life
• Last Dance
• Last Man Standing
• Licántropo
• Lone Star
• The Long Kiss Goodnight
• Looking for Richard

M

• Mars Attacks!
• Marvin's Room
• Mary Reilly
• Matilda
• Maximum Risk
• Michael, starring John Travolta, Andie MacDowell and William Hurt
• Michael Collins, directed by Neil Jordan - Golden Lion award
• The Mirror Has Two Faces
• Mission: Impossible
• Mother
• Mr. Wrong
• Mulholland Falls
• Multiplicity
• Muppet Treasure Island, starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders and introducing Kevin Bishop, performed by Ziggy Marley, directed by Brian Henson
• My Fellow Americans
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

N

• The Nutty Professor

O

• One Fine Day
• 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 - Golden Bear award (for 1997)
• The Phantom
• Phenomenon
• Pie in the Sky
• The Pillow Book
• The Portrait of a Lady
• The Preacher's Wife
• Police Story 4: First Strike (released May 1996)
• Primal Fear

Q

• The Quest

R

• Race the Sun
• Ransom, directed by Ron Howard, starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, and Gary Sinise
• Revive! Ultraman
• Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche
• The Rock
• Rumble in the Bronx
• Romeo + Juliet

S

• Santa with Muscles
• Scream
• Secrets & Lies - Palme d'Or award
• Set It Off
• Sgt. Bilko
• She's the One
• Shine
• The Silencers
• Silent Trigger
• Sleepers
• Sling Blade
• A Small Domain
• Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Larry Bird and Bill Murray, voices by Danny DeVito, live action/animation visual effects by Ed Jones, directed by Joe Pytka
• Space Truckers
• The Spitfire Grill
• Spy Hard, starring Leslie Nielsen and Nicollette Sheridan
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Stealing Beauty, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
• Striptease, starring Demi Moore
• The Stupids
• The Substitute, starring Tom Berenger
• The Sunchaser, directed by Michael Cimino
• Sunset Park
• Swingers

T

• That Thing You Do!
• A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
• Thinner
• A Time to Kill
• Tin Cup
• To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
• The Toy That Saved Christmas
• Trainspotting, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor - Golden space Needle award
• Tremors 2: Aftershocks
• The Trigger Effect
• True Blue
• The Truth About Cats & Dogs
• Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
• Twister
• Two Days in the Valley

U

• Unforgettable
• Up Close & Personal, starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer
• Urban Safari

W

• Waiting for Guffman, directed by Christopher Guest.
• The War at Home
• Wedding Bell Blues
• Werewolf
• The West
• White Squall
• The Wind in the Willows

X

Y

Z

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
• January 19
• January 26
• February 1996
• February 2
• February 9 - Broken Arrow
• February 16 - Muppet Treasure Island
• February 23
• March 1996
• March 1
• March 8
• March 15
• March 22
• March 29

April–June

• April 1996
• April 5
• April 12
• April 19
• April 26
• May 1996
• May 3
• May 10 - Twister
• May 17
• May 24
• May 31
• June 1996
• June 7
• June 14
• June 21 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• June 28 - The Nutty Professor

July–September

• July 1996
• July 3 - Independence Day
• July 5
• July 12
• July 19
• July 26
• August 1996
• August 2
• August 9
• August 16 - The Fan
• August 23
• August 30
• September 1996
• September 6
• September 13
• September 20
• September 27

October–December

• October 1996
• October 4
• October 11
• October 18
• October 25
• November 1996
• November 1 - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
• November 8 - Ransom
• November 15 - Space Jam
• November 22
• November 29
• December 1996
• December 6 - Daylight
• December 13 - Jerry Maguire
• December 20-Scream, Beavis & Butt-Head do America
• December 27

Births

• February 28 – Bobb'e J. Thompson, actor
• April 14 – Abigail Breslin, actress
• April 17 – Dee Dee Davis, actress
• August 21 – Jamia Simone Nash, actress
• October 5 – Mary Gibbs, actress

Deaths

• January 18 - NTR,Telugu film actor,director,producer
• February 2 - Gene Kelly, actor
• February 6 - Guy Madison, actor
• February 11 - Phil Regan, singer, actor
• February 13 - Martin Balsam, actor
• February 15 - McLean Stevenson, American actor
• February 15 - Tommy Rettig, actor
• February 17 - Evelyn Laye, actress
• February 25 - Haing S. Ngor, actor
• March 2 - Lyle Talbot, actor
• March 9 - George Burns, actor
• March 13 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director
• March 17 - René Clément, French film director
• April 6 - Greer Garson, actress
• April 16 - Lucille Bremer, actress
• May 20 - Jon Pertwee, actor
• May 21 - Lash La Rue, cowboy actor
• June 7 - Max Factor, Sr., make-up artist and founder of Max Factor
• June 10 - Jo Van Fleet, actress
• June 11 - Brigitte Helm, German actress
• July 2 - Margaux Hemingway, model, actress
• July 30 - Claudette Colbert, actress
• August 7 - Akiji Kobayashi, Japanese actor
• September 7 - Bibi Besch, actress
• September 10 - Joanne Dru, actress
• September 13 - Tupac Shakur, rap singer/songwriter, actor
• September 14 - Juliet Prowse, dancer, actress
• September 18 - Annabella, actress
• September 22 - Dorothy Lamour, actress
• October 14 - Laura La Plante, actress
• October 31 - Marcel Carné, French film director
• November 14 - Virginia Cherrill, actress
• November 19 - Véra Korène, Russian born French actress
• December 8 - Howard E. Rollins Jr, actor
• December 19 - Marcello Mastroianni, actor
• December 30 - Lew Ayres, actor
• December 30 - Jack Nance, actor

Film debuts

• Gael Garcia Bernal
• Emily Mortimer
• Samantha Morton