Top 100 Movies of 1996

Best of Rotten Tomatoes

Best of Rotten Tomatoes

Movies with 20 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. Eligible movies are ranked based on their Tomatometer Scores.

Year:

Rank Tomatometer Title No. of Reviews
1. 98% When We Were Kings (1996) 43
2. 97% Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (Microcosmos) (1996) 31
3. 96% Big Night (1996) 54
4. 96% Sling Blade (1996) 51
5. 96% Paradise Lost - The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) 26
6. 96% Kolja (Kolya) (1996) 24
7. 95% Hamlet (1996) 55
8. 95% Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud (1996) 22
9. 95% La Promesse (The Promise) (1996) 21
10. 94% Fargo (1996) 67
11. 94% Secrets & Lies (1996) 36
12. 94% Ghost in the Shell (1996) 31
13. 93% James and the Giant Peach (1996) 58
14. 93% That Thing You Do! (1996) 54
15. 93% Lone Star (1996) 41
16. 92% Star Trek - First Contact (1996) 53
17. 92% Bound (1996) 37
18. 91% Mother (1996) 43
19. 91% Irma Vep (1996) 35
20. 91% Shall We Dance? (Shall We Dansu?) (1996) 34
21. 91% Shine (1996) 33
22. 91% Ponette (1996) 22
23. 90% Beautiful Thing (1996) 21
24. 90% Matilda (1996) 21
25. 90% Gabbeh (1996) 20
26. 89% Trainspotting (1996) 75
27. 88% Career Girls (1996) 24
28. 88% Girls Town (1996) 24
29. 88% Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy Plennik) (1996) 24
30. 87% The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996) 53
31. 87% Swingers (1996) 52
32. 87% Get on the Bus (1996) 39
33. 87% Fire (1996) 23
34. 86% Flirting With Disaster (1996) 51
35. 86% Breaking the Waves (1996) 43
36. 86% Walking and Talking (1996) 22
37. 85% Jerry Maguire (1996) 59
38. 85% Courage Under Fire (1996) 53
39. 85% Fly Away Home (1996) 34
40. 85% All Over Me (1996) 27
41. 84% The English Patient (1996) 61
42. 84% The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) 38
43. 84% Cold Comfort Farm (1996) 32
44. 83% Emma (1996) 48
45. 82% Hard Eight (Sydney) (1996) 34
46. 81% Looking for Richard (1996) 47
47. 81% Jude (1996) 36
48. 81% Trees Lounge (1996) 26
49. 80% Scream (1996) 64
50. 80% Marvin's Room (1996) 49
51. 80% Bottle Rocket (1996) 44
52. 80% Citizen Ruth (1996) 25
53. 80% Children of the Revolution (1996) 20
54. 79% Rumble in the Bronx (1996) 53
55. 79% Everyone Says I Love You (1996) 43
56. 79% Brassed Off (1996) 38
57. 79% The Funeral (1996) 34
58. 79% Traveller (1996) 28
59. 78% Beautiful Girls (1996) 46
60. 77% Michael Collins (1996) 44
61. 77% Ransom (1996) 44
62. 77% The Birdcage (1996) 43
63. 77% American Buffalo (1996) 26
64. 77% I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) 26
65. 76% Freeway (1996) 37
66. 76% Grace of My Heart (1996) 21
67. 75% The Trigger Effect (1996) 24
68. 74% Primal Fear (1996) 43
69. 74% Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996) 31
70. 74% Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1996) 27
71. 73% Sleepers (1996) 52
72. 73% The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) 51
73. 73% Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) 40
74. 73% A Family Thing (1996) 22
75. 72% Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) 54
76. 71% Romeo + Juliet (1996) 59
77. 70% Basquiat (1996) 27
78. 70% Muppet Treasure Island (1996) 23
79. 70% Kissed (1996) 20
80. 69% Tin Cup (1996) 48
81. 69% Restoration (1996) 32
82. 68% The Crucible (1996) 57
83. 67% The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 52
84. 67% A Time to Kill (1996) 51
85. 67% The Rock (1996) 49
86. 67% The Pillow Book (1996) 36
87. 65% The Nutty Professor (1996) 54
88. 65% The Last Supper (1996) 31
89. 64% From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) 44
90. 64% Evita (1996) 36
91. 64% Mother Night (1996) 25
92. 64% Carried Away (1996) 22
93. 63% Executive Decision (1996) 38
94. 63% Kansas City (1996) 35
95. 63% The Arrival (1996) 32
96. 63% Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man) (Demons '95) (Of Death, of Love) (1996) 27
97. 63% Set It Off (1996) 24
98. 62% White Squall (1996) 34
99. 62% Manny & Lo (1996) 21
100. 61% Mission: Impossible (1996) 49

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