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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Twister
( 1996 )
Two storm chasers on the brink of divorce must work together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
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Scream
( 1996 )
A masked killer targets a past victim's daughter.
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Independence Day
( 1996 )
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
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Happy Gilmore
( 1996 )
After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.
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Mission: Impossible
( 1996 )
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
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From Dusk Till Dawn
( 1996 )
Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
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Matilda
( 1996 )
A girl gifted with a keen intellect and psychic powers uses both to get even with her callous family and free her kindly schoolteacher from the tyrannical grip of a sadistic headmistress.
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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 Craft
( 1996 )
A young girl new to a Catholic school befriends a coven of witches whom the other students either shun or fear. But when a powerful invocation goes wrong, the consequences could endanger their lives.
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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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The Rock
( 1996 )
An FBI chemical weapons expert, and a former SAS solider turned political prisoner, must break into Alcatraz prison when a rogue military group, led by a renegade general, take it over and threaten a nerve gas attack on San Francisco.
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Fargo
( 1996 )
Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.
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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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A Time to Kill
( 1996 )
A young Mississippi lawyer defends a black man who killed the two white men that raped his preteen daughter.
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Fear
( 1996 )
When Nicole met handsome, charming, affectionate David, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his adoration turns to obsession, their dream into a nightmare, and her love into fear.
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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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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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Trainspotting
( 1996 )
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
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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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The Frighteners
( 1996 )
After a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead, and he uses that gift to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead.
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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 Long Kiss Goodnight
( 1996 )
Government agents come after an amnesiac woman, who gradually remembers her past.
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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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Primal Fear
( 1996 )
A high-profile murder intrigues a publicity hungry lawyer.
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Phenomenon
( 1996 )
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
( 1996 )
A deformed bell-ringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancer.
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The Nutty Professor
( 1996 )
Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.
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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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The Cable Guy
( 1996 )
A designer makes a grievous mistake when he rejects the friendship of a borderline cable guy.
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Tremors II: Aftershocks
( 1996 )
Earl Bassett, now a washed-up ex-celebrity, is hired by a Mexican oil company to eradicate a Graboid epidemic that's killing more people each day. However, the humans aren't the only one with a new battle plan.
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Eraser
( 1996 )
A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
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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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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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Escape from L.A.
( 1996 )
In 2013, Snake Plissken is tasked by a despotic U.S. President with entering Los Angeles - now an autonomous island prison - and recovering a doomsday device stolen by his daughter.
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Striptease
( 1996 )
A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.
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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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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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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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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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The Birdcage
( 1996 )
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's right-wing, conservative parents.
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James and the Giant Peach
( 1996 )
An orphan who lives with his two cruel aunts befriends anthropomorphic bugs who live inside a giant peach, and they embark on a journey to New York City.
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The Substitute
( 1996 )
Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
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Kingpin
( 1996 )
An amateur state bowling champion whose professional aspirations are prematurely dashed when he gets "Munsoned" hopes to ride a new bowling prodigy to success and riches by becoming his manager.
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DragonHeart
( 1996 )
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragon-slaying knight must unite to stop an evil king, who was granted partial immortality.
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Down Periscope
( 1996 )
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days.
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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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Tin Cup
( 1996 )
A washed-up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the U.S. Open in order to win the heart of his successful rival's girlfriend.
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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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Chain Reaction
( 1996 )
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
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A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
( 1996 )
A fast paced, womanizing nightclub promoter gets paid back in full when he scorns a beautiful woman with psychotic tendencies who will punish him for breaking her heart.
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Broken Arrow
( 1996 )
Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.
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Eye for an Eye
( 1996 )
When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.
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The Arrival
( 1996 )
Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.
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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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Black Sheep
( 1996 )
A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.
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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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Jack
( 1996 )
Because of an unusual disorder that has aged him four times faster than a typical human being, a boy looks like a 40-year-old man as he starts fifth grade at public school after being homeschooled.
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Executive Decision
( 1996 )
When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
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Gotti
( 1996 )
John Gotti rises to head the powerful Gambino crime family before being convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder.
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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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The Quest
( 1996 )
A group of gentlemen of fortune visits a legendary "Lost City", located in Tibet. They plan to steal a priceless statue "Golden Dragon" during the martial arts tournament.
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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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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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Courage Under Fire
( 1996 )
A U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.
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Emma
( 1996 )
While matchmaking for friends and neighbours, a young 19th Century Englishwoman nearly misses her own chance at love.
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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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Thinner
( 1996 )
An obese attorney is cursed by a gypsy to rapidly and uncontrollably lose weight.
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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 Preacher's Wife
( 1996 )
An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
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Space Truckers
( 1996 )
A space trucker and his cute fiancee are on their way from a space station to Earth with an unknown cargo. When space pirates hijack them, 5000 disintegrator robots are found in the cargo.
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Aladdin and the King of Thieves
( 1996 )
The King of Thieves disrupts Aladdin and Jasmine's long-anticipated wedding, looking for an oracle that will lead him to an even bigger treasure. His true identity causes trouble for Aladdin.
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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 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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The Crow: City of Angels
( 1996 )
The spirit of the Crow resurrects a car mechanic seeking revenge for the murder of his son.
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Joe's Apartment
( 1996 )
A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.
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Bio-Dome
( 1996 )
Moronic best friends get themselves locked inside the Bio-Dome, a science experiment, along with a group of environmental scientists for one year.
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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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Poison Ivy II
( 1996 )
First time out of Michigan, Lily starts art school in LA and shares a house with other young artistic people. Both her teacher and a roomie/classmate show interest in her.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
( 1996 )
After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
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Stealing Beauty
( 1996 )
After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.
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Barb Wire
( 1996 )
During the Second American Civil War in 2017, Barb Wire owns a nightclub called the Hammerhead. Things become complicated when her ex-lover Axel Hood, who is married to the fugitive Corrina Devonshire, re-enters her life.
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Hellraiser: Bloodline
( 1996 )
In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.
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Multiplicity
( 1996 )
A family man who never has enough time for the things he wants to do takes advantage of the opportunity to have himself cloned.
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The Fan
( 1996 )
An all-star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of an obsessive salesman.
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The Phantom
( 1996 )
The Phantom, descendent of a line of African superheroes, travels to New York City to thwart a wealthy criminal genius from obtaining three magic skulls which would give him the secret to ultimate power.
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Bordello of Blood
( 1996 )
The Crypt Keeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello.
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Bullet
( 1996 )
Paroled after 8 years in prison, Bullet's picked up by his brother and a friend. Bullet assaults a drug dealer and two customers. Things escalate.
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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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Bottle Rocket
( 1996 )
Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.
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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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Spy Hard
( 1996 )
Dick Steele, Agent WD-40 is assigned by his Director, to stop the evil General Rancor from destroying the world. WD-40 believed Rancor was dead and he teams up with the hot KGB Agent Veronique Ukrinsky to find Rancor and save the world.
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch
( 1996 )
Sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, Sabrina Sawyer discovers on her 16th birthday that she's a witch.
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Harriet the Spy
( 1996 )
Harriet M. Welsch is a spy. But when her friends find her secret notebook, the tables are turned on her. Can she win them back and still keep on going with the spy business?
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Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
( 1996 )
When adventurous pets Chance, Shadow, and Sassy are accidentally separated from their vacationing humans, they're left to fend for themselves on the mean streets of San Francisco, searching for the "golden bridge" that will take them home.
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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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Doctor Who: The Movie
( 1996 )
The newly-regenerated Doctor takes on the Master on the turn of the millennium, 31 December 1999.
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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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Dunston Checks In
( 1996 )
A young boy befriends a larcenous orangutan in a luxury hotel.
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Eddie
( 1996 )
Coincidences lead to the New York Knicks, getting its loudest fan, Edwina "Eddie" Franklin, as coach. Season victory?
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