Movies produced in 1996

A cheerful, trustful and dare-devil criminal named Archie Moses makes friends with Rock Keats (Damon Wayans), unaware of his being an undercover cop, actually named Jack Carter, assigned to catch the ruthless drug lord Frank Colton (James Caan). Keats wins not only Archie's confidence but also his affection as he comes to his rescue in a fight. Archie graciously invites him to join Colton's gang and even get him involved in a multimillion-dollar drug smuggling operation. During the police raid, Carter is accidentally shot in the head by his best buddy who flees to Arizona. After recovering, Keats returns to his duties only to discover that Archie is arrested and agrees to turn state's evidence against the villainous drug king pin. But there is only one condition: he wants to be escorted to California by his former friend. Carter has nothing to do but to agree. Once friends and now bitter enemies, Moses and Carter, however, join forces when they find themselves pursued by violent assassins hired by the vengeful Colton.

Former pro golf player Roy McAvoy (Kevin Costner), surnamed Tin Cup for his talent, lives in the tiny West Texas town of Salome and ruins himself by drinking. Everything goes wrong in his life. Financial problems force him to work as a driving range instructor. One day beautiful psychiatrist Dr. Molly Griswold (Rene Russo) arrives at his driving range wanting to take golf lessons. She turns out to be the girlfriend of Roy's nemesis, calculating and low-down golfer David Simms (Don Johnson), who is said to hate 'people, kids and dogs.' Roy becomes immediately attracted to Molly. Inspired by her psychotherapy sessions, Roy decides to qualify for and play in the U.S. Open. Roy is determined to compete with Simms, win the most difficult tournament and thus win the heart of Molly.

The musical drama depicts the real-life story of Eva Duarte (Madonna), an Argentine girl from the lower class who at the age of 15 decides to leave her hometown for the capital city with hopes of a better life. Once in Buenos Aires, she becomes involved in relationships with influential men who help her to climb the ladder. A famous radio performer and film actress, Eva meets ambitious Colonel Juan Perón (Jonathan Pryce) at a fundraiser in San Juan in 1944. The two fall in love and get married the following year. Encouraged by his wife, Juan wins election to the presidency. Eva Perón eventually becomes "the spiritual leader of the nation" by establishing and running the Ministries of Labor and Health, the charitable Eva Perón Foundation, and the Female Peronist Party. Her untimely death of uterine cancer at the age of 33 shakes the whole world.

The true story based movie is set up in East Africa of the end of the 19th century where John H. Patterson (Val Kilmer), an English engineer, manages the construction of a railroad. The construction is under the threat of stoppage because several workers are killed by two extremely blood-thirsty lions. John calls Charles Remmington (Michael Douglas), a hunter who can outwit the beasts.

Two MTV cartoon dim-witted guys Beavis and Butt-head discover that their TV, their best friend and the window to the world, is stolen. They start the journey across America to find it and encounter a lot of adventures. During the trip they are hired by a smuggler to 'do' his ex-wife in Las Vegas, but for Beavis and Butt-head and for the smuggler the word 'to do' has two different meanings.

Jane Austen's novel based period comedy about Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow), a beautiful woman, who lives with her father in England and seems problem-free. She likes to play a matchmaker for her neighbors and friends whose romantic affairs Emma concerns much more than her own private life. However, her tips and tricks are not always perfect... One day she comes to realize that her love is hereabout.

In this action thriller Dolph Lundgren stars as an ex-Commando, now an assassin hired by a secret government organization and working with a sexy partner (Gina Bellman). Their employers understand they've made the wrong choice as the killers begin to ask too many questions. So the assassins turn out to be victims themselves.

Five months after the birth of his son, Mel Coplin remains unable to name the child until he has met his own biological parents and discovered who he "really is." He, his wife Nancy, and his social-worker-in-training Tina Kalb jet off to California to meet his birth mother—who turns out not to be his mother, due to an error with the agency's adoption records. The quartet sets out in search of Mel's real parents, with tensions growing because of the sexual chemistry lacking between Mel and Nancy and growing between Mel and Tina.

Based on the true story of Australian pianist David Helfgott, this delightful movie charts the early and traumatic early years. Telling the story in flashback we see David as he grows up and into a child prodigy while his father abuses him and his siblings with the memory of his childhood in Europe and the loss of his family in the concentration camps. David finally breaks away from his father and goes away to study overseas, he later suffers a breakdown and returns to Australia and a life in an institution. Many years later he is released and through several twists of fate (in reality even more unlikely than film portrays) he starts playing a piano in a bar before finally returning to the concert hall.

Janeane Garofalo plays Dr. Abby Barnes, the "Truth About Cats and Dogs" radio question-and-answer show host who unwittingly entices a listener over the radio with her soothing voice and personality. This listener, Brian, tries to meet the Abby from the radio, but Noelle, played by Uma Thurman, is mistaken for the real thing when Brian comes to the studio. Instead of clearing things up right away, the self-conscious Abby allows her best friend, Noelle, a tall, stunning blonde, to take her place for a while. Abby takes on the made-up persona of Donna, while thinking Brian would never go for her, a short, cute, brunette, who thinks she's unattractive. As the real Abby woos Brian over the phone and radio, Noelle, the pseudo-Abby, takes her place in the flesh. As time goes on, Abby feels more and more confident that Brian would rather have the beautiful Noelle than the simply attractive Abby.

This is a story about Mike, a guy who left his girl in New York when he came to LA to be a star. It's been six months since his girlfriend left him and he's not doing so good. So, his pal and some other friends try and get him back in the social scene and forget about his 6 year relationship.

Sydney is a veteran gambler in his sixties who still spends his time at the casinos. When he meets John, a loser with no money at all, he sees him as a son and tries to help him. He takes care of him and teaches him all the tricks of his work. He also helps him to make a relationship with Clementine, a young girl who works at the casino as a waitress. John doesn't seem to be bothered by the fact that Clementine is also a hooker, but soon something happens that turns their lives upside down.

Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent. Her old chums in the Chapter are now out to kill her so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch. As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful. Both Mitch and Charly proceed to do the killing thing, the bleeding thing and the shooting thing.

Sarah Bailey, a sixteen year old troubled teenager with a painful past and a history of suicidal tendencies and hallucinations, moves to L.A. with her father and stepmother to start a new life - and is enrolled into a Catholic school. It is at school that she comes into contact with three unlikely friends, Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle, all who are socially outcast with various problems in their lives that they wish they could fix. Nancy, Bonnie and Rochelle dabble in occult practices, and when they notice Sarah has the powers of a natural witch, they talk her into joining their coven. When Sarah joins, they soon realize that with a fourth witch in the coven they can begin to cast spells they couldn't before, and begin to amend all the things wrong in their lives - but like everything else in life - things come with a price.

Chris embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery that spans the globe. Kidnapped and enslaved by gun smugglers, sold by pirates and thrust into the murky underworld of gambling and kickboxing, Chris' journey takes him to forbidding Muay Thai Island where deadly martial arts are taught, the colonial splendor of British East Asia, the dank back alleys of Bangkok, desolate deserts once trod by the warriors of Genghis Khan and finally, the ancient Lost City. There he must face the ultimate test of his manhood in the fabled Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden Dragon. But fighting prowess alone will not be enough for Chris to triumph over such daunting foes. He must reach deep inside and access all of the determination, strength of character and sense of selfless honor within in order to triumph over this final obstacle on his long trek home.

The comic adventures of the children of the Jungle Book characters as they cope by themselves with life in the wild, search for food, shelter from nature, and learn to get along with each other.

Shadow, Sassy and Chance are back! It's been three years since their trek through the woods and over the mountains. Now the family lives in San Fransisco and they're taking a vacation in Canada. Only problem, the pets escape from the airport while being put in the cargo area of the plane. Now their family is in Canada and the pets are all alone in San Fransisco. They meet scruffy bully dogs and a gang of rebel dogs all abandoned and have started their own group. Also looking for them is a "Blood Red Van" driven by bumbling dog catchers. Also Chance meets a girl dog and it's love at first bite.

In 15th century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the lively gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.

An observable, fast-talking party man Darnell Wright, gets his punishment when one of his conquests takes it personally and comes back for revenge in this 'Fatal Attraction'-esque comic thriller.

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Howard Langston, a father who has promised his son that he will get anything he wants for christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, his son wants an immensely popular "Turbo Man" action figure. Howard forgets to get it, and since it's Christmas Eve, it's sold out everywhere. Since Howard knows he has let his son down in the past, he goes on a quest to track down a "Turbo Man" action figure, and will stop at nothing to get his son the gift that he wants.