Movies 1997
by anstamatopoulos | created - 14 Jul 2015 | updated - 15 Jul 2015 | PublicMovies released in Greece in 1997
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1. Cavafy (1996)
85 min | Biography, Drama
Loosely based on the life of Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis.
Director: Yannis Smaragdis | Stars: Dimitris Katalifos, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Magia Lymberopoulou, Lazaros Georgakopoulos
Votes: 492
2. Adis (1996)
90 min | Drama
The search for a missing woman gives an Athenian lawyer, Manos - who is suffocating in his marriage to Kynthia - the opportunity to travel to Epirus. Leaving his familiar surroundings, he ... See full summary »
Director: Stelios Charalampopoulos | Stars: Yiorgos Moroyiannis, Periklis Moustakis, Evri Sophroniadou, Nantia Deliyanni
Votes: 21
3. Truants (1996)
115 min | Drama
The story follows the sporadic reunions of six friends during the seven-year period of their integration into society.
Director: Nikos Grammatikos | Stars: Nikos Georgakis, Giorgos Evgenikos, Vangelis Mourikis, Tasos Nousias
Votes: 976
4. O varonos (1996)
90 min | Drama
Directors: Sakis Maniatis, Nikos Zervos | Stars: Kostas Kakavas, Vana Pefani, Alkis Panagiotidis, Georgia Zoi
Votes: 10
5. The Bachelor (1997)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Theodoris Dimitriadis is an average happily married Greek man who works as a bank clerk in the late '90s in Athens. After his wife's mysterious disappearance he soon finds out that she has become a courtesan for rich foreigners.
Director: Nikos Panayotopoulos | Stars: Stratos Tzortzoglou, Karyofyllia Karabeti, Akis Sakellariou, Leda Matsaggou
Votes: 277
6. Maria - Electra (1996)
105 min | Drama
Director: Stella Belessi | Stars: Alexandra Batsalia, Giorgos Zahariadis, Vana Xylouri, Stelios Kalathas
7. Mi mou aptou (1996)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
In a frantic mid-1990s Athens, a methodical frotteur balances dangerously between reality and dream; desire and compulsion; obsession and fantasy in the crammed means of public transportation, where he can have any woman he desires.
Director: Dimitris Giatzouzakis | Stars: Giorgos Ninios, Eleni Gasouka, Rania Schiza, Kostas Sfikas
Votes: 79
8. Oneiro se aspro fondo (1996)
81 min | Drama
Director: Dimitris Spyrou | Stars: Vasilis Laggos, Katia Gerou, Vasilis Kolovos, Adamantios Lemos
9. O orgasmos tis ageladas (1996)
90 min | Comedy
A cow's eye-opening climax inspires two young women to break all taboos and chase their dreams beyond the narrow confines of their families and village.
Director: Olga Malea | Stars: Irini Balta, Natalia Stylianou, Eleni Gerasimidou, Katerina Didaskalou
Votes: 420
10. Prin to telos tou kosmou (1996)
126 min | Sci-Fi
An astrophysicist on vacation continues secretly to work on his thesis, "The Interaction of Stars with Diffused Galactic Matter". He realize that he is on the verge of a great discovery when his life becomes plagued by strange events.
Director: Panagiotis Maroulis | Stars: Aris Lebessopoulos, Christos Kalavrouzos, Olia Lazaridou, Yiorgos Kendros
Votes: 21
11. Pros tin elefteria (1996)
130 min | Drama
Slowly fading into obscurity, a beloved and once-popular actress summons up the courage to make a comeback, only to see that--in this alluring world of fame and glamour--she has always been alone. How painful is the bitter road to freedom?
Director: Harris Papadopoulos | Stars: Mary Hronopoulou, Dimitris Papamichael, Stratos Tzortzoglou, Alkis Kourkoulos
Votes: 36
12. Slaughter of the Cock (1996)
155 min | Drama
Longing for a better life, Evagoras and Onisilios decide to emigrate to the Persian Gulf to earn enough money to start their own business. When they return home, the pair open a night club. However, their past catches up with them.
Director: Andreas Pantzis | Stars: Georges Corraface, Dimitris Vellios, Valeria Golino, Popi Avraam
Votes: 85
13. Treis epohes (1996)
100 min | Drama, Romance
An existential reflection on time and gender.
Director: Maria Ilioú | Stars: Giota Festa, Giorgos Konstas, Giolanda Kaperda, Gregory Patrick Karr
Votes: 14
14. The Wing of the Fly (1995)
105 min | Drama
Director: Christos Siopahas | Stars: Manos Gavras, Nikos Karathanos, Peggy Trikalioti, Lia Vissi
Votes: 13
15. The English Patient (1996)
R | 162 min | Drama, Romance, War
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 200,982 | Gross: $78.65M
16. The Son Of... (1995)
102 min | Drama
Antoine is four years old. His father Gerard leaves his mother Sophie. Gerard has several mistresses, but never knows how to leave them. Sophie takes a new lover, Jeannot.
Director: Maurice Pialat | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Géraldine Pailhas, Antoine Pialat, Dominique Rocheteau
Votes: 644
17. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Pamela Blair, Rene Ceballos
Votes: 42,809 | Gross: $6.70M
18. Extreme Measures (1996)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse
Votes: 20,704 | Gross: $17.31M
19. Chain Reaction (1996)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward
Votes: 56,249 | Gross: $21.23M
20. American Buffalo (1996)
R | 88 min | Drama
Long-repressed feelings of bitterness and betrayal explode when three inner-city losers plot the robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.
Director: Michael Corrente | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
Votes: 4,033 | Gross: $0.54M
21. Someone Else's America (1995)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
This tale take place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Tom Conti, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, María Casares, Zorka Manojlovic
Votes: 731
22. The Quest (1996)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A group of gentlemen of fortune visits a legendary "Lost City", located in Tibet. They plan to steal a priceless statue "Golden Dragon" during the martial arts tournament.
Director: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn
Votes: 28,108 | Gross: $21.60M
23. Looking for Richard (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Documentary, Drama
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Frederic Kimball
Votes: 8,570 | Gross: $1.36M
24. My Man (1996)
Unrated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps ... See full summary »
Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Olivier Martinez
Votes: 1,722
25. Now and Then (1995)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Four 12-year-old girls grow up together during an eventful small-town summer in 1970.
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Christina Ricci, Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Thora Birch
Votes: 32,429 | Gross: $27.40M
26. Ransom (1996)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Multi-millionaire Tom Mullen's son is kidnapped, but after initially agreeing to pay the ransom Mullen then decides to use the ransom money as a bounty.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gary Sinise, Rene Russo, Brawley Nolte
Votes: 135,489 | Gross: $136.49M
27. Turbulence (1997)
R | 100 min | Action, Thriller
After a shootout on a flight transporting prisoners, a flight attendant must outwit a smooth-talking serial killer and land the plane herself.
Director: Robert Butler | Stars: Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Brendan Gleeson, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 12,611 | Gross: $11.47M
28. Sgt. Bilko (1996)
PG | 93 min | Comedy
Sgt. Bilko is a well-liked conman in charge of the army base's motor pool, developing a hover tank and unofficially of gambling etc. One man hates Bilko and he's coming to inspect the base for possible closure.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Glenne Headly
Votes: 23,916 | Gross: $30.36M
29. Faithful (1996)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Mazursky
Votes: 2,267 | Gross: $2.10M
30. Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family
A man learns he has a thirteen-year-old son who was raised in the jungle and brings the boy to New York City, turning his life upside down in the process.
Director: John Pasquin | Stars: Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams, Lolita Davidovich
Votes: 25,861 | Gross: $59.93M
31. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, Quentin Tarantino
Votes: 340,683 | Gross: $25.75M
32. Escape from L.A. (1996)
R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer
Votes: 80,562 | Gross: $25.48M
33. Eraser (1996)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn
Votes: 118,386 | Gross: $101.30M
34. Mars Attacks! (1996)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening
Votes: 243,548 | Gross: $37.77M
35. Les grands ducs (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Three aging and failed comedians, Georges Cox, Victor Vialat and Eddie Carpentier, hit the road again with a lousy production of a lousy play, of course under the worst possible conditions.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 1,079
36. Augustin (1995)
61 min | Comedy
Augustin Dos Santos is a benign simpleton with a slight stammer. He's serious about his part-time job as a clerk for an insurance company, and he also acts, with small parts under his belt ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, Stéphanie Zhang, Guy Casabonne, Nora Habib
Votes: 130
37. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,379,891 | Gross: $290.48M
38. The Arrival (1996)
PG-13 | 115 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane
Votes: 38,185 | Gross: $14.05M
39. The Rock (1996)
R | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer
Votes: 358,196 | Gross: $134.07M
40. Sale gosse (1995)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A mother makes her son believe his father -who deserted her a long time ago- is a desert Tuareg.
Director: Claude Mouriéras | Stars: Anouk Grinberg, Alberto Gimignani, Philippe Madala, Maaike Jansen
Votes: 30
41. A Goofy Movie (1995)
G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
When Max makes a preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.
Director: Kevin Lima | Stars: Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Jim Cummings, Kellie Martin
Votes: 62,736 | Gross: $35.35M
42. Grumpier Old Men (1995)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
John and Max resolve to save their beloved bait shop from turning into an Italian restaurant, just as its new female owner catches Max's attention.
Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann-Margret, Sophia Loren
Votes: 29,741 | Gross: $71.52M
43. Crying Freeman (1995)
102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A woman sees an assassin outside San Francisco killing yakuza men and later in Vancouver. She's been told that he leaves no witness. Will she be his next victim or...?
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Julie Condra, Kevan Ohtsji, Mark Dacascos, Debbie Podowski
Votes: 13,629
44. Breaking the Waves (1996)
R | 159 min | Drama
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr
Votes: 71,575 | Gross: $4.04M
45. The Nutty Professor (1996)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller
Votes: 123,679 | Gross: $128.81M
46. That Thing You Do! (1996)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.
Director: Tom Hanks | Stars: Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Tom Everett Scott
Votes: 73,585 | Gross: $25.81M
47. Unforgettable (1996)
R | 117 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A Seattle medical examiner uses an experimental memory transference drug to unravel the mystery surrounding his Wife's brutal murder.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 6,005 | Gross: $2.78M
48. La seconda volta (1995)
80 min | Drama
Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names. She is not the... See full summary »
Director: Mimmo Calopresti | Stars: Nanni Moretti, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Valeria Milillo, Simona Caramelli
Votes: 637
49. Diabolique (1996)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
Votes: 15,378 | Gross: $17.10M
50. Blood and Wine (1996)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Stephen Dorff, Jennifer Lopez
Votes: 10,768 | Gross: $1.08M
51. The Apartment (1996)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A recently engaged man sees a former lover and becomes obsessed with meeting her again.
Director: Gilles Mimouni | Stars: Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Monica Bellucci
Votes: 15,915
52. Fled (1996)
R | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two prisoners chained together flee during an escape attempt gone bad.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Will Patton, Robert John Burke
Votes: 9,825 | Gross: $17.10M
53. 12 Monkeys (1995)
R | 129 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Joseph Melito
Votes: 646,756 | Gross: $57.14M
54. Evita (1996)
PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama, History
The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Madonna, Jonathan Pryce, Antonio Banderas, Jimmy Nail
Votes: 37,575 | Gross: $50.05M
55. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
In World War II Italy, four fascist libertines round up nine adolescent boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental, and sexual torture.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Uberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti
Votes: 65,842
56. 101 Dalmatians (1996)
G | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat but creates an extravagant mess instead.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright
Votes: 117,566 | Gross: $136.19M
57. Elective Affinities (1996)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The novel (1809) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The marriage of Edward and Charlotte gets worse with the arrival at the castle Young Ottilia, grandson of Carlotta, and Brass. Edward is ... See full summary »
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Marie Gillain
Votes: 671
58. The Glimmer Man (1996)
R | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two cops are forced to work together to solve a chain of mysterious killings by a killer nicknamed "The Family Man".
Director: John Gray | Stars: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, Brian Cox
Votes: 21,267 | Gross: $20.10M
59. Emma (1996)
PG | 120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While matchmaking for friends and neighbours, a young 19th Century Englishwoman nearly misses her own chance at love.
Director: Douglas McGrath | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming
Votes: 41,622 | Gross: $22.20M
60. 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles.
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron
Votes: 21,741 | Gross: $11.11M
61. Un samedi sur la terre (1996)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of seemingly unconnected events and 50 important speaking parts make this film a jigsaw puzzle to be solved by the viewer. Martin and Claire were separated in childhood, and are ... See full summary »
Director: Diane Bertrand | Stars: Elsa Zylberstein, Éric Caravaca, Johan Leysen, Kent
Votes: 85
62. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Samantha Caine lives in a small town with her daughter. Eight years ago she emerged, two months pregnant, from a nearby river with no memory of her past or who she is. However, she's getting closer to finding out about her past.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko
Votes: 85,678 | Gross: $33.33M
63. Jingle All the Way (1996)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.
Director: Brian Levant | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson
Votes: 116,154 | Gross: $60.57M
64. A Self-Made Hero (1996)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in France at the end of World War II Albert Dehousse finds out his father wasn't a war hero and his mother is a collaborator. He leaves his wife and goes to Paris. Gradually he ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Audiard | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Anouk Grinberg, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jean-Louis Trintignant
Votes: 3,274 | Gross: $0.07M
65. Eddie (1996)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Sport
Coincidences lead to the New York Knicks, getting its loudest fan, Edwina "Eddie" Franklin, as coach. Season victory?
Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 11,435 | Gross: $31.36M
66. Mulholland Falls (1996)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 18,990 | Gross: $11.50M
67. Tin Cup (1996)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A washed-up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the U.S. Open in order to win the heart of his successful rival's girlfriend.
Director: Ron Shelton | Stars: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin
Votes: 53,277 | Gross: $53.85M
68. Mission: Impossible (1996)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny
Votes: 470,353 | Gross: $180.98M
69. The Substitute (1996)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 15,684 | Gross: $14.75M
70.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
Persuasion
(1995)
PG | 103 min | Drama
Theatrical film of Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds & Amanda Root. Directed by Roger Michell.
Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Amanda Root, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave
Votes: 11,397 | Gross: $5.46M
71. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,121,533 | Gross: $309.13M
72. Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young widow still grieving over the death of her husband finds herself being comforted by a local housepainter.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathleen Turner, Gwyneth Paltrow
Votes: 4,066 | Gross: $2.49M
73. A Time to Kill (1996)
R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
Votes: 181,678 | Gross: $108.77M
74. Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
106 min | Comedy
Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend ... See full summary »
Director: Étienne Chatiliez | Stars: Michel Serrault, Eddy Mitchell, Sabine Azéma, Carmen Maura
Votes: 2,983 | Gross: $0.41M
75. Pédale douce (1996)
100 min | Comedy
The film discusses how to save a marriage when one is surrounded by heterosexual as well as homosexual people ?
Director: Gabriel Aghion | Stars: Patrick Timsit, Fanny Ardant, Richard Berry, Michèle Laroque
Votes: 1,970
76. Moll Flanders (1996)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Romance
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after her mother's execution, but the actions of an abusive priest lead her to rebel as a teenager, and she escapes to... See full summary »
Director: Pen Densham | Stars: Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing, John Lynch
Votes: 4,511 | Gross: $3.36M
77. Isotta (1996)
85 min | Comedy
Isotta, a poor and overweight girl, works as a seamstress in a popular district of Naples. She spends her time dreaming to escape from the harsh reality.
Director: Maurizio Fiume | Stars: Nicoletta Magalotti, Dimitris Verykios, Rosa Di Brigida, Teresa Saponangelo
Votes: 25
78. A Summer's Tale (1996)
G | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
As a reserved young graduate vacations in a seaside town, he hopes his girlfriend will join him. But he ends up bonding with a local young woman whose female friend is also smitten with him.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet, Gwenaëlle Simon, Aurelia Nolin
Votes: 9,992 | Gross: $0.20M
79. Kazaam (1996)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A troubled kid inadvertently releases a genie, who must grant him any three wishes he requests.
Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, James Acheson
Votes: 25,656 | Gross: $18.88M
80. Curdled (1996)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
After getting interested in murder as a kid in Colombia, Gabriela now has a scrapbook on murders including clippings on "The Blue Blood Killer". While cleaning his latest murder scene in Miami, she comes across a clue missed by the cops.
Director: Reb Braddock | Stars: William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Bruce Ramsay, Lois Chiles
Votes: 5,590 | Gross: $0.05M
81. The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.
Director: Barbra Streisand | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal
Votes: 22,433 | Gross: $41.25M
82. Fools Rush In (1997)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a one-night stand with Alex, Isabel realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married. However, along with the marriage comes compromise of one's own cultural traditions.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Matthew Perry, Salma Hayek, Jon Tenney, Carlos Gómez
Votes: 39,631 | Gross: $29.29M
83. The Last Supper (1995)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Director: Stacy Title | Stars: Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Ron Perlman
Votes: 15,638 | Gross: $0.44M
84. Good Men, Good Women (1995)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan began with Beiqing Chengshi (1989), this film reveals the story through three levels: a film within a film as ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Annie Shizuka Inoh, Giong Lim, Jack Kao, Ah-Cheng
Votes: 1,244
85. Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
An awkward seventh-grader struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish class-mates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister and her own insecurities in suburban New Jersey.
Director: Todd Solondz | Stars: Heather Matarazzo, Christina Brucato, Victoria Davis, Christina Vidal
Votes: 37,178 | Gross: $4.77M
86. DragonHeart (1996)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying Knight must cooperate to stop an evil King, who was given partial immortality.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Dina Meyer, Pete Postlethwaite
Votes: 101,795 | Gross: $51.37M
87. Metro (1997)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Kim Miyori, Art Evans
Votes: 29,082 | Gross: $31.99M
88. Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
Six years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan
Votes: 42,050 | Gross: $15.12M
89. Manneken Pis (1995)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man having lost his familiy as a boy in an accident comes to Brussels. There he falls in love with a girl who drives trams.
Director: Frank Van Passel | Stars: Frank Vercruyssen, Antje de Boeck, Ann Petersen, Wim Opbrouck
Votes: 687
90. The First Wives Club (1996)
PG | 103 min | Comedy
Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.
Director: Hugh Wilson | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith
Votes: 54,230 | Gross: $105.49M
91. Stealing Beauty (1996)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi, Sinéad Cusack
Votes: 30,424 | Gross: $4.57M
92. The Cable Guy (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A designer makes a grievious mistake when he rejects the friendship of a borderline cable guy.
Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black
Votes: 178,116 | Gross: $60.24M
93. The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
The spirit of the Crow resurrects another man seeking revenge for the murder of his son.
Director: Tim Pope | Stars: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Iggy Pop
Votes: 21,702 | Gross: $17.88M
94. Crash (1996)
NC-17 | 100 min | Drama
After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 66,378 | Gross: $2.04M
95. The Pillow Book (1995)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Votes: 13,646 | Gross: $2.29M
96. White Squall (1996)
PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama
Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf
Votes: 25,457 | Gross: $10.30M
97. Lolita (1962)
Not Rated | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged college professor becomes infatuated with a 14-year-old girl.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell
Votes: 108,813 | Gross: $9.25M
98. Captain Conan (1996)
129 min | Drama, War
The war exploits of French captain Conan and his men during World War I and during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Samuel Le Bihan, Bernard Le Coq, Catherine Rich
Votes: 2,450
99. The Crucible (1996)
PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, History
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen
Votes: 40,187 | Gross: $7.34M
100. Michael Collins (1996)
R | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart
Votes: 33,759 | Gross: $11.09M
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