1996

  1. *****

  2. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle; 94 min; UK): 97%
  3. Fargo (Joel Coen; 98 min; USA): 95%
  4. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh; 142 min; UK/France): 95%
  5. **** 1/2

  6. Breaking The Waves (Lars Von Trier; 159 min; Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway/Iceland): 94%
  7. Nun Va Goldoon (Mohsen Makhmalbaf; 78 min; Iran/France): 94%
  8. Shine (Scott Hicks; 105 min; Australia): 93%
  9. Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas; 99 min; France): 93%
  10. Microcosmos (Claude Nuridsany; 80 min; France/Switzerland/Italy): 93%
  11. La Promesse (Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne; 90 min; Belgium): 90%
  12. ****

  13. Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson; 91 min; USA): 88%
  14. The Frighteners (Peter Jackson; 110 min; New Zealand/USA): 88%
  15. Tesis (Alejandro Amenábar; 125 min; Spain): 85%
  16. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (Jim Mallon; 73 min; USA): 84%
  17. Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton; 106 min; USA): 83%
  18. Brassed Off (Mark Herman; 107 min; UK/USA): 81%
  19. *** 1/2

  20. Independence Day (Roland Emmerich; 145 min; USA): 78%
  21. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe; 139 min; USA): 77%
  22. Conte D'Été (Eric Rohmer; 113 min; France): 76%
  23. Primal Fear (Gregory Hoblit; 129 min; USA): 75%
  24. Space Jam (Joe Pytka; 88 min; USA): 74%
  25. Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen; 101 min; USA): 73%
  26. A Time to Kill (Joel Schumacher; 149 min; USA): 72%
  27. From Dusk Till Dawn (Robert Rodriguez; 108 min; USA): 71%
  28. Mission: Impossible (Brian DePalma; 110 min; USA): 70%
  29. ***

  30. Scream (Wes Craven; 111 min; USA): 68%
  31. Bogus (Norman Jewison; 110 min; USA): 68%
  32. Matilda (Danny DeVito: 98 min; USA): 67%
  33. Michael (Nora Ephron; 105 min; USA): 66%
  34. James and the Giant Peach (Henry Selick; 79 min; UK/USA): 65%
  35. Beautiful Girls (Ted Demme; 112 min; USA): 65%
  36. Spy Hard (Rick Friedberg; 81 min; USA): 64%
  37. The Rock (Michael Bay; 136 min; USA): 62%
  38. The Craft (Andrew Fleming; 101 min; USA): 61%
  39. ** 1/2

  40. The Hunchback of the Notre Dame (Gary Trousdale/Kirk Wise; 91 min; USA): 59%
  41. Alaska (Fraser Clarke Heston; 109 min; USA): 59%
  42. Twister (Jan de Bont; 113 min; USA): 58%
  43. Crash (David Cronenberg; 100 min; Canada/UK): 56%
  44. Dragonheart (Rob Cohen; 103 min; USA): 55%
  45. 101 Dalmatians (Stephen Herek; 103 min; USA): 54%
  46. Broken Arrow (John Woo; 103 min; USA): 53%
  47. Daylight (Rob Cohen; 115 min; USA): 52%
  48. **

  49. Ransom (Ron Howard; 121 min; USA): 49%
  50. The First Wives Club (Hugh Wilson; 103 min; USA): 49%
  51. Executive Decision (Stuart Baird; 134 min; USA): 47%
  52. Eraser (Chuck Russell; 115 min; USA): 45%
  53. Joe's Appartment (John Payson; 80 min; USA): 43%
  54. House Arrest (Harry Winer; 108 min; USA): 41%
  55. Loch Ness (John Henderson; 101 min; UK/USA): 40%
  56. * 1/2

  57. Flipper (Alan Shapiro; 95 min; USA): 39%
  58. The Substitute (Robert Mandel; 114 min; USA): 35%
  59. Night Of The Twisters (Timothy Bond; 92 min; Canada/USA): 32%
  60. *

  61. Gulliver's Travels (Charles Sturridge; 186 min; UK/USA): 29%
  62. The Cable Guy (Ben Stiller; 96 min; USA): 26%
  63. Striptease (Andrew Bergman; 115 min; USA): 22%
  64. 1/2

  65. Escape From LA (John Carpenter; 101 min; USA): 17%
  66. Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann; 120 min; USA): 15%
  67. The Nutty Professor (Tom Shadyac; 95 min; USA): 11%
  68. The Glimmer Man (John Gray; 92 min; USA): 10%
  69. 0 stars

  70. Don't Be a Menace While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (Paris Barclay; 89 min; USA): 8%