Description: Again. A list of good movies that came out in the year 1996. Also, like with my other lists, if a movie has a different year other than 1996, I double checked to make sure. I’m just goin’ by what imdb says. lol.
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Bastard Out of Carolina
( 1997 )
A mother and daughter find their lives adversely affected when a new man enters the picture. Will their family ever be what they expect?
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Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
( 1997 )
Mole's underground home is bought by the Weasels from wealthy landowner Mr. Toad and Mole is thrown out. He and Rat start to fight to get his home back from evil Weasels.
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Snowboard Academy
( 1997 )
A wacky free-for-all comedy about the riotous rivalry between snobby skiers and knuckle-dragging snowboarders.
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Freeway
( 1997 )
A twisted take on "Little Red Riding Hood", with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker travelling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer and pedophile.
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SubUrbia
( 1997 )
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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Head Above Water
( 1997 )
A prominent judge, his wife, her ex-lover, and their neighbor encounter a dead body that complicates their lives.
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Night Falls on Manhattan
( 1997 )
A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
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Bloodsport III
( 1997 )
After his trainer is murdered, Alex Cardo uses his martial arts skills and takes on the one responsible.
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Shiloh
( 1997 )
A small-town Southern boy named Marty Preston must rescue a young beagle from his abusive owner, Judd Travers.
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Swingers
( 1997 )
A wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends.
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Schizopolis
( 1997 )
Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.
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Crash
( 1997 )
A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.
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Sling Blade
( 1997 )
Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
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Marvin's Room
( 1997 )
After seventeen years, a fiercely independent woman and her rebellious son return home and together they turn the family she left behind upside down.
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Secrets & Lies
( 1997 )
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
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Tromeo and Juliet
( 1997 )
Tromeo, a filmmaker, falls in love with Juliet, the daughter of a former partner who tried to steal his business from him.
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Hard Eight
( 1997 )
A stranger mentors a young, troubled Reno gambler.
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Leprechaun 4: In Space
( 1997 )
Our deadly leprechaun is in space to woo a beautiful princess who is impressed with his gold and desires to separate him from it.
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Blood and Wine
( 1997 )
Wealthy wine dealer and failed family man Alex commits a robbery to make money for his fledgling business, but things become complicated when his wife Suzanne interferes.
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Shine
( 1997 )
David Helfgott, a gifted pianist, struggles through childhood as his dysfunctional father abuses him and his siblings. Years later, he suffers a mental breakdown but manages to return as a legend.
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Waiting for Guffman
( 1997 )
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
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Mother
( 1997 )
A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.
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Everyone Says I Love You
( 1997 )
A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a troubled marriage while her stepsister gets engaged.
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The Portrait of a Lady
( 1997 )
An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
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Evita
( 1997 )
The hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
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The People vs. Larry Flynt
( 1997 )
The story of controversial pornography publisher Larry Flynt, and how he became a defender of free speech.
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First Strike
( 1997 )
This fourth installment of Jackie Chan's Police Story film franchise has our hero trying to locate a missing nuclear warhead.
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Ghosts of Mississippi
( 1997 )
A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white supremacist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
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Michael
( 1996 )
Two tabloid reporters checking out a report of the Archangel Michael living with an old woman find that it's true. But that's not the only surprise.
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The Evening Star
( 1996 )
After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but she has a grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter and another grandson living almost on the poverty line.
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Hamlet
( 1996 )
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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I'm Not Rappaport
( 1996 )
Two old men - a white former radical, and a black retired janitor - strike up an unusual and funny friendship on a park bench in New York, where they deal with family, drug dealers, and the pitfalls of age.
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Scream
( 1996 )
A masked killer targets a past victim's daughter.
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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
( 1996 )
Our intrepid adolescent heroes wake up to find their beloved television stolen, and embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, and, who knows, maybe even score.
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One Fine Day
( 1996 )
The lives of two strangers and their young children unexpectedly intersect on one hectic, stressful day in New York City.
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My Fellow Americans
( 1996 )
Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.
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The Cherokee Kid
( 1996 )
A child's parents are killed by a vicious land-grabber but years later the child grows into a man ready for revenge.
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Mars Attacks!
( 1996 )
Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.
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Citizen Ruth
( 1996 )
An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides.
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The Preacher's Wife
( 1996 )
An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
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Jerry Maguire
( 1996 )
When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.
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Daylight
( 1996 )
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
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The English Patient
( 1996 )
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
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Santa with Muscles
( 1996 )
A heartless millionaire believes he is Santa Claus after an accident renders him amnesiac.
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The Crucible
( 1996 )
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
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101 Dalmatians
( 1996 )
An evil high-fashion designer plots to steal dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat but creates an extravagant mess instead.
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Star Trek: First Contact
( 1996 )
The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.
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Jingle All the Way
( 1996 )
A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.
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The Mirror Has Two Faces
( 1996 )
A shy, middle-aged professor enters into a romantic but non-physical relationship with an unlucky-in-love colleague.
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Space Jam
( 1996 )
In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.
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Breaking the Waves
( 1996 )
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
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Ransom
( 1996 )
Multi-millionaire Tom Mullen's son is kidnapped, but after initially agreeing to pay the ransom Mullen then decides to use the ransom money as a bounty.
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Movie:
Set It Off
( 1996 )
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
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Dear God
( 1996 )
When letters written to God start getting results, and replies, people everywhere are amazed. The post office, however, is annoyed.
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The Funeral
( 1996 )
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
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Larger Than Life
( 1996 )
A motivational speaker discovers that the inheritance his father left for him is in the form of an elephant.
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Romeo + Juliet
( 1996 )
Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
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Bad Moon
( 1996 )
After being bitten by a werewolf in the jungle, Ted looks for a cure. His lawyer sister, with a son and dog, invites him to park his camper by her house in the woods and live out of her fridge.
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Brassed Off
( 1996 )
The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
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The Sunchaser
( 1996 )
A prestigious oncologist learns a valuable lesson in humility and is forced to reexamine his relationship with medicine and his life in general when Brandon, a young patient and convicted for murder, kidnaps him at gunpoint.
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To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
( 1996 )
David's wife died 2 years ago. He, his teen daughter Rachel, her cute friend and 2 in-laws trying to fix him up with a friend, are all spending the weekend at his beach house. David still "talks to his wife" and neglects Rachel.
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High School High
( 1996 )
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.
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Thinner
( 1996 )
An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.
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Michael Collins
( 1996 )
Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
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The Associate
( 1996 )
A comedy about making it on Wall Street. Prejudices are hard to break and Laurel Ayres quickly learns that in order for people to take her seriously she has to work for an older white man or be one.
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Santa Claws
( 1996 )
A B-horror movie actress is stalked by a deranged fan bent on claiming her for himself.
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Sleepers
( 1996 )
A reporter and a District Attorney help childhood friends who killed a sadistic guard.
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The Dentist
( 1996 )
An extremely successful dentist goes off the deep end after he catches his wife cheating on him.
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If These Walls Could Talk
( 1996 )
The movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.
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Wish Upon a Star
( 1996 )
A young girl wishes to switch places with her popular older sister, and they awaken to find the wish has come true.
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Hard Core Logo
( 1996 )
A group of washed-up Canadian punk rockers get back together for a road trip in memory of a dear friend who was supposedly shot, or so rumors imply. As they travel, they ignore the underlying psychological darkness within each other.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
( 1996 )
Government agents come after an amnesiac woman, who gradually remembers her past.
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The Ghost and the Darkness
( 1996 )
A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
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The Chamber
( 1996 )
A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row.
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Trees Lounge
( 1996 )
Tommy is an unemployed mechanic who spends most of his time in a bar (Trees Lounge) in a small blue collar town. He seems to always be thinking, "If only X then I could stop drinking".
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Children of the Corn: The Gathering
( 1996 )
A nurse returns to her hometown in Nebraska, only to find that the town's children have fallen under a mysterious mass illness connected to its sinister past.
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Pinocchio's Revenge
( 1996 )
A suburban defense lawyer mistakenly gives her troubled daughter, Zoe, a wooden puppet belonging to a deceased serial killer. The toy fills the void of friendship in Zoe's life, but Zoe begins to act increasingly strange and violent.
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D3: The Mighty Ducks
( 1996 )
The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.
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That Thing You Do!
( 1996 )
A local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.
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The Glimmer Man
( 1996 )
Two cops are forced to work together to solve a chain of mysterious killings by a killer nicknamed "The Family Man".
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Bound
( 1996 )
Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
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Susie Q
( 1996 )
A boy, grieving the recent death of his father, comes to befriend the ghost of a young girl haunting his house, learning that the ghost, nicknamed "Susie Q," is still coming to terms with the car crash that took her life in the 1950s.
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Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
( 1996 )
Laurel has the boyfriend of her dreams: Kevin. He can and will do anything for her. He is totally devoted to her but the down-side is that he never leaves her alone. When she tries to get some distance he responds with aggression. It finally dawns on Laurel that he is not good for her. Laurel's mother Jessica has already started to suspect that something is wrong with...Read all
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Extreme Measures
( 1996 )
A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.
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Lifeform
( 1996 )
When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part "ET". Encased in armor, it extends a humanlike form from its shell to examine its surroundings and shows an interest in humans including a soft caress of a female scientist prior to the Army killing it. This onl...Read all
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She Cried No
( 1996 )
A college freshman is date-raped at her brother's frat party by a fraternity member.
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Big Night
( 1996 )
New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food.
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Last Man Standing
( 1996 )
A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.
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The First Wives Club
( 1996 )
Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.
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Surviving Picasso
( 1996 )
The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.
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Loch Ness
( 1996 )
A scientist tries to prove the existence of the Loch Ness monster.
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Specimen
( 1996 )
Searching for answers about his parents, a man with superhuman abilities travels to his mother's hometown and learns she was impregnated by an alien.
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American Buffalo
( 1996 )
Long-repressed feelings of bitterness and betrayal explode when three inner-city losers plot the robbery of a valuable coin in a seedy second-hand junk shop.
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The Rich Man's Wife
( 1996 )
A rich man's wife goes on a trip to a cabin with her husband. He's preoccupied with business and leaves early. A man she meets offers to kill her husband. He's crazy and she leaves. He later tracks down the couple.
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Fly Away Home
( 1996 )
Amy moves to Ontario to live with her father after the death of her mother. Her father, an aviation expert, helps Amy lead a flock of orphaned geese south for the winters.
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Feeling Minnesota
( 1996 )
An ex-convict and his bumbling crook brother fight for the same woman.
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Maximum Risk
( 1996 )
While seeking answers to the death of the twin brother he never knew he had, a French cop and his sibling's fiancee find themselves pursued by corrupt FBI agents and the Russian mafia.
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Bulletproof
( 1996 )
Two criminals, Keats and Moses, end their friendship, when Keats turns out to be an undercover cop. Many years later, the two are forced to work together when Keats is assigned to protect Moses as a witness.
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Bogus
( 1996 )
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can see the boy's imaginary friend: a flamboyant, French magician named Bogus.
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