1996

1. Breaking the Waves (Lars von Trier) - 10
   
2. Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)
3. Fargo (Joel Coen)
4. Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) - 9.5
   
5. Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thorton) - 9.0
   
6. Trainspotting (Danny Boyle)
7. Lone Star (John Sayles)
8. Kids Return (Takeshi Kitano) - 8.5
   
9. Scream (Wes Craven)
   
10. Jerry Maguire (Cameron Crowe) - 8.0
    
11. Hard Eight (Paul Thomas Anderson) - 7.5
    
12. Beautiful Girls (Ted Demme)
13. Flirting with Disaster (David O. Russell)
14. Michael Collins (Neil Jordan)
15. The English Patient (Anthony Minghella)
16. A Moment of Innocence (Mohsen Makhmalbaf) - 7.0
    
17. The Crucible (Nicholas Hytner)
18. Kingpin (Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly)
    
19. Irma Vep (Olivier Assayas)
    
20. Phenomenon (Jon Turteltaub) - 6.5
    
21. A Very Brady Sequel (Arlene Sanford)
22. Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton)
23. Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma)
24. Star Trek: First Contact (Jonathan Frakes)
25. Kansas City (Robert Altman)
    
26. A Time to Kill (Joel Schumacher) - 6.0
    
27. Shine (Scott Hicks)
28. Everyone Says I Love You (Woody Allen)
    
29. The Frighteners (Peter Jackson)
    
30. Waiting for Guffman (Christopher Guest) - 5.5
    
31. Sleepers (Barry Levinson)
32. Marvin's Room (Jerry Zaks)
33. James and the Giant Peach (Henry Selick)
34. Courage Under Fire (Edward Zwick) - 5.0
    
35. Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson)
36. The People vs. Larry Flynt (Milos Forman)
37. Evita (Alan Parker)
38. Primal Fear (Gregory Hoblit) - 4.5
    
39. Ghosts of Mississippi (Rob Reiner)
40. Happy Gilmore (Dennis Dugan)
41. Pie in the Sky (Bryan Gordon)
    
42. The Truth About Cats & Dogs (Michael Lehmann)
43. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Garry Trousdale, Kirk Wise)
44. Independence Day (Roland Emmerich) - 4.0
    
45. Jackie Chan's First Strike (Stanley Tong)
46. Ransom (Ron Howard)
47. The Rock (Michael Bay)
48. Demon Knight (Ernest R. Dickerson, Gilbert Adler)
    
49. Twister (Jan de Bont)
50. The Ghost and the Darkness (Stephen Hopkins)
51. White Squall (Ridley Scott)
52. The Birdcage (Mike Nichols) - 3.5
    
53. The Cable Guy (Ben Stiller)
54. Tin Cup (Ron Shelton)
55. From Dusk Till Dawn (Robert Rodriguez)
56. Black Sheep (Penelope Spheeris)
57. The Craft (Andrew Fleming)
58. Fear (James Foley)
59. Multiplicity (Harold Ramis)
60. The Long Kiss Goodnight (Renny Harlin)
61. Mary Reilly (Stephen Frears) - 3.0
    
62. Executive Decision (Stuart Baird)
63. In Love and War (Richard Attenborough)
64. The Arrival (David Twohy)
65. Broken Arrow (John Woo)
66. Down Periscope (David S. Ward)
67. Up Close & Personal (Jon Avnet) - 2.5
    
68. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (Michael Pressman)
69. The Nutty Professor (Tom Shadyac)
70. Michael (Nora Ephron)
71. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (Mike Judge, Yvette Kaplan)
72. Mother (Albert Brooks)
73. Harriet the Spy (Bronwen Hughes)
74. Dragonheart (Rob Cohen)
75. Eye for an Eye (John Schlesinger) - 2.0
    
76. Escape from L.A. (John Carpenter)
77. 2 Days in the Valley (John Herzfeld)
78. The Chamber (James Foley)
79. Eraser (Chuck Russell)
80. Bordello of Blood (Gilbert Adler)
81. Bed of Roses (Michael Goldenberg)
82. Chain Reaction (Andrew Davis)
83. The Phantom (Simon Wincer)
84. Girl 6 (Spike Lee)
85. The Island of Dr. Moreau (John Frankenheimer) - 1.5
    
86. The First Wives Club (Hugh Wilson)
87. The Fan (Tony Scott)
88. Joe's Apartment (John Payson)
89. Spy Hard (Rick Friedberg)
90. The Great White Hype (Reginald Hudlin) - 1.0
    
91. Diabolique (Jeremiah S. Chechik)
92. The Quest (Jean-Claude Van Damme)
93. The Glimmer Man (John Gray)
94. Fled (Kevin Hooks)
95. The Substitute (Robert Mandel)
96. The Crow: City of Angels (Tim Pope)
97. Jingle All the Way (Brian Levant)
98. Bulletproof (Ernest R. Dickerson)
99. High School High (Hart Bochner)
100. Bio-Dome (Jason Bloom)
101. Striptease (Andrew Bergman)
102. Jack (Francis Ford Coppola)
103. Big Bully (Steve Miner)
104. The Stupids (John Landis)