The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.
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 |
United Artists |
$124,060,553 |
| 10. |
A Time To Kill |
Warner Bros. |
$108,766,007 |
| 11. |
The First Wives Club |
Paramount |
$105,489,203 |
| 12. |
Phenomenon |
Touchstone |
$104,636,382 |
| 13. |
Scream |
Dimension |
$104,546,663 |
| 14. |
Eraser |
Warner Bros. |
$103,995,562 |
| 15. |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
Disney |
$103,638,851 |
note : There were 15 films (hence the extra five films listed) that grossed over $100,000,000 in the North American market, making them blockbusters.
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
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- 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
- 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
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- Scream
- Secrets & Lies - Palme d'Or award
- Set It Off
- Sgt. Bilko
- She's the One
- Shine
- The Silencers
- Sleepers
- Sling Blade
- A Small Domain
- Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley, 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
- 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
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Births
Deaths
- 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
- 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
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