1996 Top Ten List
By IMDb date: first public screening
- 94/100
- La promesse (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 1996)
- 92/100
- Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996)
- 91/100
- Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
- 86/100
- Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996)
- 85/100
- Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne, 1996)
- 82/100
- Conspirators of Pleasure (Jan Svankmajer, 1996)
- 80/100
- Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996)
- 80/100
- Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)
- 78/100
- Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
- 47/100
- The Last Big Thing (Dan Zukovic, 1996)
1996 U.S. Releases by Grade
- 98/100
- Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
- 94/100
- Chung King Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)
- 92/100
- Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996)
- 86/100
- Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996)
- 85/100
- Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne, 1996)
- 85/100
- Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995)
- 82/100
- Dellamorte Dellamore (Michele Soavi, 1994)
- 80/100
- Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996)
- 78/100
- Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
- 74/100
- Dadetown (Russ Hexter, 1995)
- 72/100
- Rumble in the Bronx (Stanley Tong, 1995)
- 70/100
- A Single Girl (Benoit Jacquot, 1995)
- 52/100
- Ashes of Time (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)
- 46/100
- Angels and Insects (Philip Haas, 1995)
- 29/100
- Bound (Larry and Andy Wachowski, 1996)
1996 U.S. Releases by Title
- 46/100
- Angels and Insects (Philip Haas, 1995)
- 52/100
- Ashes of Time (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)
- 29/100
- Bound (Larry and Andy Wachowski, 1996)
- 92/100
- Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier, 1996)
- 94/100
- Chung King Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)
- 98/100
- Chungking Express (Wong Kar-wai, 1994)
- 85/100
- Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne, 1996)
- 74/100
- Dadetown (Russ Hexter, 1995)
- 82/100
- Dellamorte Dellamore (Michele Soavi, 1994)
- 80/100
- Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen, 1996)
- 85/100
- Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, 1995)
- 86/100
- Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton, 1996)
- 78/100
- Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
- 72/100
- Rumble in the Bronx (Stanley Tong, 1995)
- 70/100
- A Single Girl (Benoit Jacquot, 1995)