28 films released in 1996

Breaking the Waves

Lars von Trier, 1996, Denmark

159 mins
8.6 / 10 (13795)
30 countries
8 years
Drama History

Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat)

Aki Kaurismäki, 1996, Finland

95 mins
8.6 / 10 (5138)
113 countries
2 years
Comedy Drama

Irma Vep

Olivier Assayas, 1996, France

99 mins
7.8 / 10 (10448)
98 countries
1 year
Drama Comedy Avant-Garde

Symposium: Ladder of Love

Nik Sheehan, 1996, Canada

51 mins
6.8 / 10 (10)
1 country
1 year
Documentary

The Watermelon Woman

Cheryl Dunye, 1996, United States

85 mins
8.4 / 10 (2415)
2 countries
11 months
Drama Romance LGBTQ+

The Making of the Mahatma

Shyam Benegal, 1996, South Africa

145 mins
8.2 / 10 (150)
6 countries
11 months
Drama

Sanshodhan

Govind Nihalani, 1996, India

165 mins
8.4 / 10 (80)
6 countries
9 months
Drama

Chronicle of a Disappearance

Elia Suleiman, 1996, Palestinian Territory

88 mins
8 / 10 (343)
1 country
7 months
Drama

Gabbeh

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996, Iran

73 mins
7.8 / 10 (579)
2 countries
6 months
Drama Romance Thriller

Secrets & Lies

Mike Leigh, 1996, United Kingdom

142 mins
8.8 / 10 (7055)
7 countries
5 months
Drama Comedy

The Bloody Child

Nina Menkes, 1996, United States

86 mins
6.6 / 10 (162)
2 countries
4 months
Drama

Carla's Song

Ken Loach, 1996, Germany

122 mins
7.2 / 10 (447)
2 countries
4 months
Drama Romance War

Deep Crimson (Profundo carmesí)

Arturo Ripstein, 1996, Mexico

110 mins
7.6 / 10 (804)
1 country
3 months
Crime Drama Romance

Kansas City

Robert Altman, 1996, France

116 mins
7.6 / 10 (935)
7 countries
2 months
Crime Drama Thriller

For Ever Mozart

Jean-Luc Godard, 1996, France

84 mins
7 / 10 (845)
2 countries
17 days
Drama Avant-Garde

Bound

Lilly Wachowski Lana Wachowski, 1996, United States

109 mins
7.6 / 10 (2252)
1 country
16 days
Thriller Crime LGBTQ+

Pusher

Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996, Denmark

110 mins
7.8 / 10 (4356)
2 countries
Unlimited
Crime Drama Thriller

The Pillow Book

Peter Greenaway, 1996, United Kingdom

126 mins
7.4 / 10 (1601)
6 countries
Unlimited
Drama Romance LGBTQ+ Avant-Garde

Hustler White

Rick Castro Bruce LaBruce, 1996, Germany

80 mins
7.4 / 10 (523)
1 country
Unlimited
Comedy Drama LGBTQ+ Cult

Happy-End

Peter Tscherkassky, 1996, Austria

11 mins
6.2 / 10 (141)
5 countries
Unlimited
$2.99, €2,99, ₺7,99, £2.49
Short Avant-Garde

Love Serenade

Shirley Barrett, 1996, Australia

97 mins
7.4 / 10 (226)
98 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Crime Romance

How to Make Love to a Woman

Bill Plympton, 1996, United States

5 mins
7.2 / 10 (1194)
1 country
Unlimited
Animation Short

United Trash

Christoph Schlingensief, 1996, Germany

76 mins
5.8 / 10 (211)
128 countries
Unlimited
Comedy Cult

Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux calvaire)

Denys Arcand, 1996, Canada

89 mins
7.4 / 10 (97)
40 countries
Unlimited
Drama

Red Hollywood

Thom Andersen Noël Burch, 1996, United States

114 mins
7.6 / 10 (259)
1 country
Unlimited
Documentary History

The Stendhal Syndrome (La sindrome di Stendhal)

Dario Argento, 1996, Italy

120 mins
6.4 / 10 (921)
1 country
Unlimited
Crime Horror Thriller

A Summer's Tale (Conte d'été)

Éric Rohmer, 1996, France

114 mins
8.4 / 10 (6797)
1 country
Unlimited
Comedy Drama Romance

Kids Return (Kizzu ritân)

Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi), 1996, Japan

108 mins
8 / 10 (2065)
3 countries
Unlimited
Drama Crime