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Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) on 15 december 1996
, 1h37
Directed by Anjelica Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jena Malone, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Dermot Mulroney, Grace Zabriskie
Rating72% 3.647653.647653.647653.647653.64765
Ruth Anne, nicknamed "Bone", is a young girl growing up in Greenville, South Carolina. Born out of wedlock to Anney, Bone lives with her mother and their extended family in a poor part of town. Anney loves Bone, but is still very much a child herself, tired out from working and needy for attention and adoration. Bone and Anney nearly always have to face the shame of the "ILLEGITIMATE" stamp on Bone's birth certificate. Later, when the county courthouse burns down, Anney is happy that a copy of Bone's birth certificate no longer exists, much less has "ILLEGITIMATE" stamped on it.
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire (1996) on 13 december 1996
, 2h18
Directed by Cameron Crowe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, American football films, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell, Alison Armitage
Rating72% 3.6481253.6481253.6481253.6481253.648125
Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) is a glossy 35-year-old sports agent working for Sports Management International (SMI). After having a life-altering epiphany about his role as a sports agent, he writes a mission statement about perceived dishonesty in the sports management business and his desire to work with fewer clients so as to produce better quality. In turn, Management decides to send Bob Sugar (Jay Mohr), Jerry's protégé, to fire him. Jerry and Sugar call all of Jerry's clients to try convincing them not to hire the services of the other. Sugar secures most of Jerry's previous clients. Jerry speaks to Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), one of his clients who is disgruntled with his contract. Rod tests Jerry's resolve through a very long telephone conversation while Sugar is able to convince the rest of Jerry's clients to stick with SMI instead. Leaving the office, Jerry announces that he will start his own agency and asks if anyone is willing to join him, to which only 26-year-old single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zellweger) agrees. Meanwhile, Frank "Cush" Cushman (Jerry O'Connell), a superstar quarterback prospect who expects to be the number one pick in the NFL Draft, also stays with Jerry after he makes a visit to the Cushman home. However, Sugar is able to convince Cushman and his father at the last minute to sign with SMI over Jerry. Cushman's father implies they decided to sign with Sugar over Jerry when they saw Jerry attending to Tidwell; an African-American player, versus his son (a white player).
Evita
Evita (1996) on 14 december 1996
, 2h14
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Peter Polycarpou, Adrià Collado
Rating62% 3.1493.1493.1493.1493.149
In a cinema in Buenos Aires on July 26, 1952, a film is interrupted when the news breaks of the death of Eva Perón, Argentina's first lady, at the age of 33. The nation goes into public mourning. Ché, a member of the public, marvels at the spectacle and promises to show how Eva did "nothing, for years." The rest of the film follows Eva Duarte (later Eva Duarte de Perón) from her humble beginnings as an illegitimate child of a lower class woman to her rise to become First Lady and Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina, with Ché assuming many different guises throughout Eva's story.
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists, 1h14
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about children, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Children's films
Actors Scott McAfee, Candace Hutson, Heather Hogan, John Ingle, Rob Paulsen, Jeff Bennett
Rating58% 2.9126952.9126952.9126952.9126952.912695
Littlefoot notices a longneck herd entering Great Valley, and informs his grandparents. They tell him that the longnecks are their cousins, and that they must go and greet them. As the Old One, the leader of the herd, tells the residents of the great valley that her herd has been migratory since a heavy rain period turned their old home into a marshland called "The Land of Mists", and became the home of many dangerous creatures, Littlefoot meets a longneck girl named Ali, and invites her to play. He introduces her to his friends, but as she is not used to associating with diverse species, she is afraid of them.
Lea
Lea (1996) on 12 december 1996
, 1h36
Directed by Ivan Fíla
Origin Republique tcheque
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lenka Vlasáková, Hanna Schygulla, Udo Kier, Miroslav Donutil, Zuzana Kronerová, Christian Redl
Rating71% 3.5780053.5780053.5780053.5780053.578005
Lea witnesses her mother's rape and murder by her father as a child and because of it speaks very little and writes poems to her mother. Lea then grows up with foster parents in a different part of Slovakia. Strehlow buys Lea, now aged 21, from her foster father and imprisons her in a castle in Germany, using the same tools Lea's father used to control Lea as a child and to kill Lea's mother. As Strehlow learns more of Lea's past, he permits her to continue writing to her mother. Lea dies of a stroke within a year of living with Strehlow.
The Brylcreem Boys
The Brylcreem Boys (1996) on 15 december 1996
, 2h4
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Billy Campbell, Angus Macfadyen, Gabriel Byrne, Joe McGann, Marc Sinden, John Gordon Sinclair
Rating61% 3.092083.092083.092083.092083.09208
In World War II all Allied and Axis service personnel that end up in Ireland are to be interned for the duration of the conflict. Two pilots, Canadian Billy Campbell and Angus Macfadyen of the Luftwaffe, both fall in love with local Irish girl, Jean Butler. The relationship is further complicated by Gabriel Byrne, who plays the unceasingly vigilant internment camp commander.
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks! (1996) on 13 december 1996
, 1h46
Directed by Tim Burton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Politique, Mars in film, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films, White House in fiction
Actors Jack Nicholson, Lukas Haas, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Sylvia Sidney
Rating63% 3.1999853.1999853.1999853.1999853.199985
In Kentucky, a family watches an enormous horde of cattle running past their home, having caught fire, and a flying saucer leaving Earth. The ship explodes before it returns to Mars, and hundreds of other Martian ships leave Mars and head towards Earth.
The Preacher's Wife
The Preacher's Wife (1996) on 13 december 1996
, 2h4
Directed by Penny Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about angels, Musical films
Actors Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis, Loretta Devine
Rating57% 2.8506952.8506952.8506952.8506952.850695
A voiceover by the child Jeremiah (Justin Pierre Edmund) guides the viewer through the film.
The Cherokee Kid
The Cherokee Kid (1996) on 14 december 1996
, 1h31
Directed by Paris Barclay
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Sinbad, James Coburn, Burt Reynolds, Lorraine Toussaint, Gregory Hines, A Martinez
Rating59% 2.9964552.9964552.9964552.9964552.996455
When greedy land-grabber, Bloomington (Coburn), destroys his family, Isaiah (Sinbad), knows nothing about the world, but vows to someday get revenge. He learns about good and evil by being forced to rob a bank and then capturing the gang. He learns how to live off the land from Otter Bob (Reynolds), the "Best Mountain Man in Texas". He learns about friendship and loyalty after saving the life of Cortina (Martinez), the "Hero of the Mexican People". He learns how to shoot from Nat Love (Hudson). He learns about love from Stagecoach Mary (Lewis). It finally comes down to a showdown with the notorious Undertaker (Hines), who's working for Bloomington. But there's something about The Undertaker that makes this worse since there's a rumor that he killed Isaiah's brother, Jedediah.
Citizen Ruth
Citizen Ruth (1996) on 13 december 1996
, 1h42
Directed by Alexander Payne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Laura Dern, Burt Reynolds, Mary Kay Place, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Kelly Preston
Rating69% 3.49653.49653.49653.49653.4965
The movie opens with Ruth Stoops and a man (apparently an ex-boyfriend) having intercourse on a bed in a flophouse, after which he disrespectfully throws her out of the apartment. She later goes to a hardware store to buy patio sealant and huffs it in a paper bag in an alley to get high. Ruth is portrayed as a dumb, inebriated addict, capable of doing nearly anything to get money or drugs.
Dear Diary
Dear Diary (1996) on 13 december 1996
, 38minutes
Directed by David Frankel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Bruce Altman, Haviland Morris, Peter Brown, Brian Kerwin, Bebe Neuwirth, Mike Starr
Rating60% 3.047373.047373.047373.047373.04737
Lying Eyes
Lying Eyes (1996) on 9 december 1996
, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Romance
Actors Cassidy Rae Joyce, Vincent Irizarry, Jamie Rose, Allison Smith, Sherry Hursey
Rating54% 2.70532.70532.70532.70532.7053
A 33-year-old lawyer, Derek Bradshaw courts and wins Amy Miller, an 18-year-old, sexy, virginal high school cheerleader. The slick lawyer is the epitome of creepiness: a straight-faced liar, a sneaky philanderer, and magnetically charismatic. He seduces Amy with romantic evenings and extravagant gifts much too adult for an 18-year-old. Amy's support system falters as she withdraws from her friends and her hard-working single mother, while a mystery stalker repeatedly threatens Amy's life. Is it Derek's suspicious wife Elizabeth, Amy's best friend Dana, a jealous ex-boyfriend, or some other anonymous competitor? When Amy finally acknowledges Derek's duplicity and attempts to end the affair, he won't let her off that easily, and the threats escalate as she becomes the victim of vicious pranks and ultimately, life-threatening attacks.