13 Best Movies To Watch Released In 1996 - A Good Movie To Watch

Popular + 1996

Popular + 1996

Find the best movies and show to watch from the year 1996. These handpicked recommendations are highly-rated by viewers and critics.

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Bottle Rocket (1996)

7.8

Wes Anderson’s debut might lack the meticulous visual style he's synonymous with, but it's full of the charm and understated emotion we love him for

Lone Star (1996)

best

8.0

A rich tapestry that weaves together America’s past and present with expert fluidity

Bound (1996)

best

8.6

A breathless and pristinely stylish thriller about queer women breaking free

Fire (1996)

7.8

An Indo-Canadian film showcasing how love and desire ignite a fire that defies tradition

Dead Man Walking (1996)

best

8.4

Spectacular performances elevate this already beautiful, morally complex drama on the death penalty

Irma Vep (1996)

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8.1

A satiric take on French filmmaking through the eyes of Maggie Cheung

Big Night (1996)

7.7

A delightful comfort food movie about comfort food

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)

7.3

A painfully realistic coming-of-age tale

That Thing You Do! (1996)

7.7

Tom Hanks writes and directs this sweetly nostalgic sleeper hit about a one-hit-wonder band in the ‘60s

Beautiful Thing (1996)

7.6

The Promise (1996)

7.6

A gritty, realist thriller and a bitter coming-of-age tale all in one

The Watermelon Woman (1996)

7.9

This groundbreaking classic of New Queer Cinema is as funny as it is incisive.

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