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Crime of the Century
Crime of the Century (1996) on 14 september 1996

Directed by Mark Rydell
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, Allen Garfield, Michael Moriarty, J. T. Walsh, Barry Primus
Rating70% 3.5418353.5418353.5418353.5418353.541835
En 1932, le monde apprend avec stupeur l'enlèvement et l'assassinat du fils de Charles Lindberg, alors âgé de quatorze mois. Deux ans plus tard, Bruno Richard Hauptmann est arrêté et condamné. Le film revient sur l'enquête, le procès et les étapes de cette affaire caractérisée par la corruption et la manipulation de la police de l'époque.
American Buffalo
American Buffalo (1996) on 13 september 1996
, 1h28
Directed by Michael Corrente
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson
Rating57% 2.8987652.8987652.8987652.8987652.898765
Donny runs a junk shop in a city's sparsely populated and decaying neighborhood. Teach, who has no visible means of support, spends many hours each day at the shop, as does Bobby, a young man who is eager to please Donny in any way he can.
American Strays
American Strays (1996) on 12 september 1996
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Actors Luke Perry, Eric Roberts, Jennifer Tilly, Carol Kane, John Savage, Joe Viterelli
Rating52% 2.6124352.6124352.6124352.6124352.612435
Red's Desert Diner Oasis, a dive in the middle of nowhere, becomes the focal point of three separate storylines. In the first, Dwayne (Savage), a homicidal vacuum cleaner salesman, may have met his match in Patty Mae (Tilly), a woman with an impressive collection of sweepers. The second story follows Johnny (Perry), a suicidal man who hires a sadistic hitman (Jones) to end his life anyway possible which includes beating the ever loving crap out of him. The third story follows an unemployed man (Roberts) and his family, two mobsters (Viterelli and Russo), and others as they travel across the emptiness of the American Southwest.
Fly Away Home
Fly Away Home (1996) on 13 september 1996
, 1h47
Directed by Carroll Ballard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about birds
Actors Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany, Terry Kinney, Holter Graham, Jeremy Ratchford
Rating68% 3.4497053.4497053.4497053.4497053.449705
After her mother dies in a car accident, 13-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) is brought from New Zealand to Ontario, Canada, by her estranged father Thomas Alden (Jeff Daniels), a sculptor and inventor, to live with him and his girlfriend Susan (Dana Delaney).
Hillsborough
Hillsborough (1996) on 11 september 1996
, 1h41
Directed by Charles McDougall
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Ricky Tomlinson, Christopher Eccleston, Maurice Roëves, Annabelle Apsion, Stephen Walters, Joe Duttine
Rating79% 3.976933.976933.976933.976933.97693
Hillsborough est le nom du stade de Sheffield où se déroula, le 15 avril 1989, la Tragédie de Hillsborough, qui fit 96 morts parmi les supporters de Liverpool FC. On suit l'histoire de quatre familles touchées par le drame.
Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors María Conchita Alonso, Marcy Walker, Michael Paul Chan, Bruce Weitz
Rating44% 2.2224952.2224952.2224952.2224952.222495
La conductrice d'un bus de ramassage scolaire doit faire face à une prise d'otages. Elle tente de rester calme et de prévenir discrètement la police.
Maximum Risk
Maximum Risk (1996) on 13 september 1996
, 1h40
Directed by Ringo Lam
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Zach Grenier, Paul Ben-Victor, Frank Senger
Rating55% 2.7530552.7530552.7530552.7530552.753055
Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a cop in Nice, France. Alain is at a funeral that is being held for a fellow cop, when Alain’s partner Sebastien (Jean-Hugues Anglade) shows up, and requests for his presence at a crime scene. When they arrive, Sebastien shows Alain a dead body of someone that looks exactly like him. They discover that his name was Mikhail Suvorov, who was born on exactly the same day Alain was. As it turns out, Mikhail is the twin brother Alain never knew he had.
Brother of Sleep
Brother of Sleep (1995) on 13 september 1996
, 2h7
Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Paulus Manker, Detlef Bothe, Eva Mattes, Michael Mendl, Lena Stolze, Regina Fritsch
Rating69% 3.493053.493053.493053.493053.49305
C'est l'histoire de Elias Alder, un enfant vivant à Eschberg, un hameau de montagne, exceptionnellement sensible à la musique (et à tous les sons de la nature) à la laquelle il se consacre corps et âme sans jamais avoir appris le solfège. Il répare et améliore l'orgue de l'église de son village, aidé par Peter, son seul ami qui en est amoureux. Elias est aussi aimé d'Elsbeth, une fille promise à un autre garçon, mais il ne répond pas à ses avances. Jaloux, un soir de Noël, Peter incendie le village et tous sauf Elias, ses parents et Peter fuient à Feldberg, la ville proche.
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams (1996) on 15 september 1996
, 1h36
Directed by Phillips Smalley, Jack Bender
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Tiffani Thiessen, Amy Yasbeck, A Martinez, David Newsom, Conchata Ferrell, Chelsea Hobbs
Rating58% 2.9032452.9032452.9032452.9032452.903245
After waking up from a coma, Allison Sullivan finds she has no memory of anything. As she begins to try to put the pieces together she learns someone is out to get her due to an affair she had with a Dr. Jack Renault whose wife Laura just had a baby named Sara. Allison begins speaking with other people and learns all is not as it seems. She tries to put everything together and learns something strange about a person she is supposed to trust.
Feeling Minnesota
Feeling Minnesota (1996) on 13 september 1996
, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio, Delroy Lindo, Dan Aykroyd, Courtney Love
Rating54% 2.700562.700562.700562.700562.70056
Freddie (Cameron Diaz) is a former stripper marrying Sam (Vincent D'Onofrio) to repay a debt owed to nightclub owner Red (Delroy Lindo). When Freddie meets Jjaks (Keanu Reeves), Sam's brother, they instantly fall in love. Jjaks and Freddie decide to run off together, eventually staying in a motel. After realizing that they don't have any money, Freddie and Jjaks decide to go back and steal some of Sam's money. Sam catches Jjaks in the act and they have a fight. After escaping, Jjaks returns to the motel, unaware that Sam has been following him. After Jjaks passes out due to the fight, Sam ends up shooting Freddie in the stomach in Jjak's car, and tries to frame the killing on Jjaks by returning Freddie's body to the motel room along with the murder weapon.
Grace of My Heart
Grace of My Heart (1996) on 13 september 1996
, 1h56
Directed by Allison Anders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, John Turturro, J Mascis, Patsy Kensit
Rating66% 3.345823.345823.345823.345823.34582
Edna Buxton (Illeana Douglas) is a steel heiress from Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, who wants to be a singer and enters a talent contest. The story begins with a conversation between herself and her mother (Christina Pickles) with regard to what she will sing and what she will wear. At her mother’s insistence, she reluctantly makes a plan to sing "You'll Never Walk Alone.” Edna is even less thrilled about her mother’s choice of wardrobe, calling it uncomfortable. Her mother responds with a cutting remark, “Perhaps it’s not the dress. Perhaps it’s you who doesn’t fit, dear.
The Rich Man's Wife
The Rich Man's Wife (1996) on 13 september 1996
, 1h35
Directed by Amy Holden Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Halle Berry, Peter Greene, Clive Owen, Christopher McDonald, Frankie Faison, Charles Hallahan
Rating53% 2.6525952.6525952.6525952.6525952.652595
Josie Potenza is the trophy wife of workaholic Hollywood producer Tony Potenza, but their marriage is crumbling due to his increased drinking resulting from stress at work. She convinces him to join her for a romantic getaway at a secluded lakeside cabin, but when it becomes obvious his concerns about the studio are going to take precedence over relaxation, she grudgingly tells him to return home but decides to stay on her own for a few days.