Movie Releases by Genre

SubUrbia

SubUrbia

February 7, 1997 | TV-MA
Richard Linklater explores the lives of young Americans at a crossroads.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
8.1
Dante's Peak

Dante's Peak

February 7, 1997 | PG-13
Without warning, day becomes night; air turns to fire, and solid ground melts beneath white-hot lava. Welcome to the town of Dante's Peak, where a long-dormant volcano is about to erupt with devastating force. Who will survive when the inferno unleashes its fury? (Universal)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
5.9
Hotel de Love

Hotel de Love

February 7, 1997 | R
This comedy of errors finds twin brothers battling for the attention of the same woman.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
Prefontaine

Prefontaine

January 24, 1997 | PG-13
The true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! (Buena Vista Entertainment)
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.4
Mother

Mother

January 24, 1997 | PG-13
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Albino Alligator

Albino Alligator

January 17, 1997 | R
Matt Dillon and Gary Sinise play brothers Dova and Milo ... a couple of small-time crooks suddenly in way over their heads. When a holdup goes terribly wrong, the robbers flee to a local bar, desperately taking everyone inside hostage. With nowhere to run and time running out, it's a deadly situation where every second counts! (Buena Vista)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
7.9
Metro

Metro

January 17, 1997 | R
A Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
tbd
Ghosts of Mississippi

Ghosts of Mississippi

January 3, 1997 | PG-13
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Thieves

Thieves

December 25, 1996 | R
The fates of four different people - a thief, a cop, a female professor of philosophy, a suicidal girl - unexpectedly collide.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
tbd
The People vs. Larry Flynt

The People vs. Larry Flynt

December 25, 1996 | R
Woody Harrelson stars as publishing maverick Larry Flynt, who becomes the unlikely champion of the First Amendment when he takes his fight against the Rev. Jerry Falwell all the way to the Supreme Court. (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.4
Evita

Evita

December 25, 1996 | PG
Madonna stars in the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.8
Michael

Michael

December 25, 1996 | PG
John Travolta plays an angel who's no saint in this divinely romantic comedy. (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Metascore:
38
User Score:
7.9
The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

December 24, 1996 | PG-13
Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman), a head strong American finds herself trapped in a marriage to Gilbert Osmond (John Malkovich).
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.0
One Fine Day

One Fine Day

December 20, 1996 | PG
The lives of two strangers and their young children unexpectedly intersect on one hectic, stressful day in New York City.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

December 18, 1996 | PG-13
Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee (Streep) left home ... and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie (Keaton) to care for their father, Marvin (Cronyn). But now Lee is returning with her teenage son (DiCaprio), for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.9
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

December 15, 1996 | R
An unflinching tale about a young girl who suffers terribly at the hands of her stepfather.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
Citizen Ruth

Citizen Ruth

December 13, 1996 | R
A hilarious, provocative look at what happens when a sperm meets an egg and sparks fly. (Miramax)
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.0
Whisper of the Heart

Whisper of the Heart

December 13, 1996 | G
A chance encounter with a mysterious cat sends Shizuku, a quiet schoolgirl, on a quest for her true talent. Together with Seiji, a boy determined to follow his dreams, and enchanted by The Baron, a magical cat figurine who helps her listen to the whispers of her heart, Shizuku embarks on a life-changing adventure that takes her beyond the boundaries of her imagination.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.3
Jerry Maguire

Jerry Maguire

December 13, 1996 | R
Maguire (Cruise), a high-powered sports agent, is enchanted by a young mother (Zellweger) who believes in him and oversees the career comeback of his struggling football player client Ron Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.2
Daylight

Daylight

December 6, 1996 | PG-13
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero (Stallone) tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
tbd
Sling Blade

Sling Blade

November 27, 1996 | R
A southern gothic tale about a man named Karl (Billy Bob Thornton), who's just been released from an asylum -- some 25 years after he committed a gruesome crime. He returns to the southern town of his youth, where his quiet, gentle manner and simple charm land him a job and lead him to an unlikely friendship with a young boy (Lucas Black) and his widowed mother. When the mother's abusive boyfriend appears, however, this simple man is thrust into a combustible dilemma that has powerful, moving consequences for all. [Miramax Films]
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.3
The Crucible

The Crucible

November 27, 1996 | TV-PG
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Ridicule

Ridicule

November 22, 1996 | R
To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Shine

Shine

November 20, 1996 | PG-13
Inspired by the troubled but ultimately triumphant life of classical pianist David Helfgott, Shine focuses on Helfgott's painful retreat into a private world while still in his early 20's and on the brink of a glittering international career. Spanning the 1950's to the 1980's, Shine dramatizes the deeply moving way in which Helfgott, after a decade of obscurity, achieves both personal and professional fulfillment through the love and support of a remarkable woman. (Fine Line Features)
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.2
The English Patient

The English Patient

November 15, 1996 | R
An epic film of adventure, intrigue, betrayal and love about four strangers whose diverse lives become inextricably connected. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.3
Blue Juice

Blue Juice

November 15, 1996 | R
JC (Pertwee), a Cornish surfing legend, is thinking of putting his board away and settling down with his girlfriend (Zeta-Jones). He gets sidetracked when his friends from London come to visit.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.8
The Mirror Has Two Faces

The Mirror Has Two Faces

November 15, 1996 | PG-13
A shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves

November 13, 1996 | R
Set in a remote coastal village in northern Scotland, this is the extraordinary tale of a young woman's love and devotion to her husband, recently paralyzed in an oil rig accident.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.0
The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

November 8, 1996 | R
Based on Joseph Conrad's novel about a quiet English shopkeeper, a secret spy for the Russian Embassy, is ordered to plant a bomb that will wreak havoc on the British public. (Fox Searchlight)
Metascore:
41
User Score:
5.5
Set It Off

Set It Off

November 6, 1996 | R
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
5.8
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

November 1, 1996 | PG-13
Baz Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic love story is spellbinding. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes portray Romeo and Juliet, the youthful star-crossed lovers of the past who now meet in the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach. Their two rival families, the Montaques and the Capulets, are now gangs and every other aspect of life surrounding Romeo and Juliet's tragic love affair has moved from its Elizabethan origins to a decidedly contemporary, brilliantly stylized reality. (Fox)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.3
Jude

Jude

October 18, 1996 | R
In 19th-century England, Jude (Eccleston) and his cousin Sue (Winslet) are ostracized when they have children together after leaving their spouses.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.3
Swingers

Swingers

October 18, 1996 | R
Set in the back streets and sometimes hidden clubs of Hollywood, Swingers is an ensemble comedy about five guys, all in their twenties, all coping with the mysteries of life and women. (Miramax Films)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
4.2
Sleepers

Sleepers

October 18, 1996 | R
When a Hell's kitchen prank goes awry, a group of boys are sent to a reform institution, where they experience brutal sexual assaults by the sadistic "caretakers." Many years later, a pair of the now-grown victims encounter their chief tormenter and plot to exact revenge.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
8.1
Get on the Bus

Get on the Bus

October 16, 1996 | R
Get on the Bus follows a group of different men traveling from Los Angeles to the Million Man Marchc in Washington, D.C. On the way, they will make friends, make enemies and make history.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
6.3
Trees Lounge

Trees Lounge

October 11, 1996 | R
Tommy is an unemployed mechanic who spends most of his time in a bar (Trees Lounge) in a small blue collar town. He seems to always be thinking, "If only X then I could stop drinking".
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.9
The Chamber

The Chamber

October 11, 1996 | R
O'Donnell stars as idealistic young attorney Adam Hall who takes on the death row clemency case of his onetime Klansman grandfather, Sam Cayhall (Hackman). With just 28 days before the execution, Adam sets out to retrace the events leading to the crime for which Sam was convicted. As the impending death sentence looms closer, Adam works quickly to uncover the family's history for any hidden clues. In a white-knuckle series of twists and turns, Adam discovers deceptions and dark secrets that ultimately lead him to the startling truth. (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
7.0
The Ghost and the Darkness

The Ghost and the Darkness

October 11, 1996 | R
A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
8.1
Michael Collins

Michael Collins

October 11, 1996 | R
In Ireland, where national pride is a passion akin to religion and romantic love, one man became a legend for his fierce devotion to his land and its independence. Liam Neeson stars as Michael Collins in a story about the real-life patriot whose bravery and unswerving dedication to the Irish people changed history as it made him into a legend. Collins' quest would bring a man raised on war into an even more dangerous battle for peace. It would cost him his life but would make him a hero for the ages. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.4
The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight

October 11, 1996 | R
In this thriller an amnesiac schoolteacher (Davis) searches for her true identity and finds she is actually a secret agent immersed in a deadly plot to topple the government.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
8.1
Mahjong

Mahjong

October 7, 1996 | Not Rated
When a well known businessman goes missing, owing $100m to Taipei's underworld, two hoods decide to follow his son, the leader of a youth gang. A small group of trendy foreigners gets caught up in the action.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
The Glimmer Man

The Glimmer Man

October 4, 1996 | R
Two cops, played by Seagal and Wayans, are forced to work together to solve a chain of mysterious killings by a killer nicknamed "The Family Man".
Metascore:
33
User Score:
4.6
Bound

Bound

October 4, 1996 | R
A provocative and passionate thriller from the creators of the Matrix series.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.4
That Thing You Do!

That Thing You Do!

October 4, 1996 | PG
Set in the 1964 and steeped in Americana, this film chronicles the meteoric rise -- and equally quick demise -- of a music group called The Wonders. [Fox]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.8
Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

September 27, 1996 | R
A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

September 27, 1996 | R
A middle-aged London factory worker is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone's secrets are exposed.
Metascore:
92
User Score:
8.2
Surviving Picasso

Surviving Picasso

September 20, 1996 | R
A cinematic portrayal of Francoise Gilot's (McElhone) relationship with Picasso (Hopkins).
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.8
Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

September 20, 1996 | R
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.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
7.0
Big Night

Big Night

September 20, 1996 | R
The story of two Italian brothers, Primo (Tony Shalhoub) and Secondo (Stanley Tucci), who immigrated to America with the dream of running a successful restaurant. As their business struggles, they pin all of their hopes on a lavish banquet honoring star vocalist Louis Prima, who a friend has promised to bring to the restaurant.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.4
Feeling Minnesota

Feeling Minnesota

September 13, 1996 | R
Feeling Minnesota explores the tormented relationship between two brothers, Sam (D'Onofrio) and Jjaks (Reeves), and the young woman, Freddie (Diaz), who comes between them. (Fine Line)
Metascore:
30
User Score:
4.4
Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

September 13, 1996 | PG
A father and daughter decide to attempt to lead a flock of orphaned Canada Geese south by air.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.8
The Trigger Effect

The Trigger Effect

August 30, 1996 | R
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.1
Freeway

Freeway

August 23, 1996 | NC-17
In this updated version of Little Red Riding Hood, the main character is actually a hood and the wolf is a serial killer in sheep's clothing.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
5.6
She's the One

She's the One

August 23, 1996 | R
The love lives of two brothers, Mickey and Francis, interconnect as Francis cheats on his wife with Mickey's ex-girlfriend, while Mickey impulsively marries a stranger.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Girls Town

Girls Town

August 21, 1996 | R
A look at a group of girl friends coming-of-age during their senior year of high school in urban America. Nikki and Emma have a heart to heart talk one evening about how much they'll miss each other at college next year, but the next day, Nikki doesn't show up at school: she's committed suicide. The friends steal Nikki's journal and discover that she'd been raped. The rest of the movie shows our heroines growing closer in the wake of Nikki's death and the relevation of her secret (Emma reveals that she's also been raped), taking revenge on the men who oppress them, and trying to grow up and move on with their lives. Emma has to deal with a shallow boyfriend, Angela with an overbearing mother, and Patti is trying to finish high school while trying to raise a child and avoid the child's loser father.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
Tin Cup

Tin Cup

August 16, 1996 | R
Ron Shelton ("Bull Durham") directs Kevin Costner and Rene Russo in another sports tale about coulda been golf contender's romantic pursuit of a psychiatrist and his attempt to prove himself.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
8.1
The Fan

The Fan

August 16, 1996 | R
When the San Francisco Giants pay centerfielder Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan Gil Renard. So when Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard stops at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory... not even murder. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
32
User Score:
1.6
Kansas City

Kansas City

August 16, 1996 | R
Robert Altman's jazz-fueled film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930's Kansas City.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.6
Jack

Jack

August 9, 1996 | PG-13
Jack (Williams) has a disease that accelerates his growth. It causes confusing situations to the fifth grader who outwardly appears to be nearly forty.
Metascore:
31
User Score:
7.7
Basquiat

Basquiat

August 9, 1996 | R
Basquiat chronicles the meteoric rise to fame of the gifted and charismatic young New York artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, as he emerged from the streets of the East Village to become an internationally renowned sensation. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.7
Flirt

Flirt

August 7, 1996 | R
A romantic comedy exploring the age-old notion being able to choose the one you love set in three different places and told in three different ways.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

August 2, 1996 | PG-13
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
tbd
Cyclo

Cyclo

August 2, 1996
When a poor bicycle-taxi driver has his cyclo stolen, he is forced into a life of crime. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a sex worker.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Manny & Lo

Manny & Lo

July 26, 1996 | R
A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

July 24, 1996 | R
A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
53
User Score:
8.5
Trainspotting

Trainspotting

July 19, 1996 | R
Renton (Ewan McGregor), a twenty-something junkie, is deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene. He must choose to clean up and get out, or continue following the allure of the drugs and the influence of friends.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.7
Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

July 17, 1996 | R
This comedy follows the hilarious antics of four friends looking for love in the '90s. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.3
Phenomenon

Phenomenon

July 3, 1996 | PG
An uplifting story of an ordinary man transformed by extraordinary events. (BV Entertainment)
Metascore:
42
User Score:
8.0
Striptease

Striptease

June 28, 1996 | Unrated
A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.
Metascore:
37
User Score:
5.6
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

June 21, 1996 | G
A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.7
Lone Star

Lone Star

June 21, 1996 | R
The unearthing of human bones and a rusty sheriff's badge on a rifle range in a Texas border town resurrects painful memories for a young lawman (Cooper), drawing him into an intricate, fascingatingly woven web of ethical, familial, and intercultural conflicts.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.7
Eraser

Eraser

June 21, 1996 | R
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the best of the elite federal marshals working for the Federal Witness Protection Program, one of the government's most clandestine agencies. When all hope is gone, he moves in and saves the lives of those at risk by eliminating all evidence of their existence. He will do anything to keep his witnesses safe. Operating in secrecy by necessity and anonymity by design, he is United States Marshal John Kruger. John Kruger is "Eraser." (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.3
The Cable Guy

The Cable Guy

June 14, 1996 | PG-13
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
8.1
Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

June 14, 1996 | R
Liv Tyler stars as a nineteen-year old beauty who summers at a villa in Tuscany with a variety of artistic types after the death of her mother, who had stayed there years earlier.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.3
Heavy

Heavy

June 5, 1996 | R
This poignant film centers around an overweight chef at a rust-belt tavern.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
5.4
Dead Man

Dead Man

May 10, 1996 | R
In search of a fresh start, William Blake embarks on an exciting journey to a new town, never realizing the danger that lies ahead. When a heated love triangle ends in double murder, Blake finds himself a wanted man, running scared—until a mysterious loner teaches him to face the dangers that follow a "dead man." [BV Entertainment]
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.2
Twister

Twister

May 10, 1996 | PG-13
The largest storm to hit Oklahoma in more than half a century is brewing, and it promises to drop multiple twisters into Tornado Alley. It's the storm that two rival groups of scientists have been waiting for to earn their place in meteorological history. [Warner Bros.]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.2
The Craft

The Craft

May 3, 1996 | R
A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft, and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who anger them.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
8.2
I Shot Andy Warhol

I Shot Andy Warhol

May 1, 1996 | R
In 1968, mad, radical-feminist genius Valerie Solanas shot pop-art icon Andy Warhol, seriously wounding him. This film traces her bizarre life leading to that moment, including the writing of her "SCUM Manifesto," which decrees males biologically obsolete. [MGM]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.3
Butterfly Kiss

Butterfly Kiss

April 26, 1996
Eunice wanders the English countryside looking for Judith. Miriam takes pity on Eunice and decides to assist in her search. But when Eunice's sociopathic tendencies lead to bloodshed, Miriam tries to help her find her soul too, all the while slowly losing her own.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls

April 26, 1996 | R
In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
5.8
Mrs. Winterbourne

Mrs. Winterbourne

April 19, 1996 | PG-13
This fast-paced comedy follows the story of eighteen-year-old Connie Doyle an expectant mother with no money and an uncertain future. In a screwball case of mistaken identity, a grieving Mrs. Winterbourne takes the girl to live with her in the stately Winterbourne mansion, believing she is the wife of her deceased son. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
7.5
The Substitute

The Substitute

April 19, 1996 | R
After a teacher is attacked by drug-dealing students, her boyfriend, a professional mercenary, steps into her job at a rough Miami high school.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
tbd
As Tears Go By (1988)

As Tears Go By (1988)

April 19, 1996 | Not Rated
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.3
Primal Fear

Primal Fear

April 3, 1996 | R
Guilty? Innocent? Those questions aren't for high-powered Chicago attorney Martin Vail (Gere) to decide. His job is to defend - especially if a case will put his name in the headlines and further his career. When Vail hears that a penniless altar boy (Norton) is accused of murdering the local archbishop, he snaps up the case, eager for the media spotlight. Little does he know that it will uncover a viper's nest of corruption, pit him against a prosecutor (Linney) who's his ex-lover, and test all his skill, judgement and even his win-at-any-cost attitude. (Paramount)
Metascore:
47
User Score:
8.3
A Family Thing

A Family Thing

March 29, 1996 | PG-13
Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones portray long-lost brothers in this compelling and poignant family drama about a white Southerner whose identity is shaken after he learns that his natural mother was black. (MGM)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.8
Girl 6

Girl 6

March 22, 1996 | R
An aspiring actress disappointed by her treatment in the movie industry turns to phone sex to make a living.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
6.3
Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse

March 22, 1996 | R
Welcome to the Dollhouse is a stark suburban comedy about 11-year-old Dawn Wiener (Matarazzo), a middle child in middle school in the middle of New Jersey. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.8
Dekalog (1988)

Dekalog (1988)

March 22, 1996 | Not Rated
This masterwork by Krzysztof Kieślowski is one of the twentieth century’s greatest achievements in visual storytelling. Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Shot by nine different cinematographers, with stirring music by Zbigniew Preisner and compelling performances from established and unknown actors alike, Dekalog arrestingly explores the unknowable forces that shape our lives. Also available are the longer theatrical versions of the series’ fifth and sixth films: A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love. [Janus Films]
Metascore:
100
User Score:
8.0
The Flower of My Secret

The Flower of My Secret

March 8, 1996 | R
Leo (Paredes), a writer of romance novels under the name Amanda Gris, is unable to write a happy ending for her latest novel after realizing her marriage to Paco (Arias) is ending. She finds a job as a book reviewer witht he help of her best friend Betty (Elias) and meets Angel (Echanove), an Amanda Gris fan who persuades her to review her own book.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
Chungking Express

Chungking Express

March 8, 1996 | PG-13
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.3
Fargo

Fargo

March 8, 1996 | R
Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has landed himself deep into debt. Desperate for money, he hires two inept crooks to kidnap his own wife in the hope that her wealthy father will pay the ransom, giving him enough cash to pay off his associates and clear his debts.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.6
The Neon Bible

The Neon Bible

March 1, 1996 | Not Rated
While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family. This film evokes the haunting quality of memory while creating a heartfelt portrait of a boy's life in a rural 1940s Southern town.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly

February 23, 1996 | R
The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde through the the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's maid Mary Reilly (Julia Roberts).
Metascore:
44
User Score:
6.8
City Hall

City Hall

February 16, 1996 | R
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls

February 9, 1996 | R
An all-star cast sparks this comedy about a group of old friends whose 10-year high school reunion creates some unexpected surprises. (Miramax)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.4
Restoration

Restoration

February 2, 1996 | R
The exiled royal physician to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
White Squall

White Squall

February 2, 1996 | PG-13
A group of boys learn about life and death during their senior year as the crew on the ship Albatross.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.2
Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

January 19, 1996 | PG
A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.3
Eye for an Eye

Eye for an Eye

January 12, 1996 | R
When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman (Sally Field) seeks her own form of justice.
Metascore:
25
User Score:
tbd
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