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So I'm doing a Top Ten this time. Even that, as you'll see by the breadth of runners-up, was a difficulty. (That said, the first five listed below would have been my Top Five if I'd forced myself to that number, though.) But nobody ever complained about spreading too much love around, right? So let's get our love on.
My 10 Favorite Movies of 1996
(dir. The Coens)
-- released on April 5th 1996 --
(dir. Alexander Payne)
-- released on December 13th 1996 --
(dir. Baz Lurhmann)
-- released on November 1st 1996 --
(dir. Wes Craven)
-- released on December 20 1996 --
(dir. Todd Solondz)
-- released on March 22nd 1996 --
(dir. The Wachowskis)
-- released on October 4th 1996 --
(dir. Hettie Macdonald)
-- released on October 9th 1996 --
(dir. Lars von Trier)
-- released on November 13th 1996 --
(dir. Davis Cronenberg)
-- released on October 4th 1996 --
(dir. Danny Boyle)
-- released on August 9th 1996 --
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RUNNERS-UP: The People vs Larry Flint(dir. Milos Forman), The Portrait of a Lady (dir. Jane Campion), Hamlet (dir. Kennth Branagh), The Frighteners (dir. Peter Jackson), Lone Star(dir. John Sayles),The English Patient (dir. Anthony Minghella), Mars Attacks (dir. Tim Burton), Hard Eight (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson), Secrets & Lies (dir. Mike Leigh)...
... From Dusk Til Dawn(dir. Robert Rodriguez, Flirting With Disaster (dir. David O. Russell), The Crucible(dir. Nicholas Hytner), Mother (dir. Albert Brooks), Schizopolis (dir. Steven Soderbergh),James and the Giant Peach (dir. Henry Selick)
Irma Vep (dir. Olivier Assayas), Paradise Lost (dir. Joe Berlinger)
What are your favorite movies of 1996?
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