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The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included Scream, Independence Day, Fargo, Trainspotting, The Rock, The English Patient, Twister, Mars Attacks!, Jerry Maguire and a film version of the musical, Evita.
Highest-grossing films[]
See also: List of 1996 box office number-one films in the United States
The top ten films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Independence Day | 20th Century Fox | $817,400,891 |
| 2. | Twister | Warner Bros. / Universal | $494,471,524 |
| 3. | Mission: Impossible | Paramount | $457,696,359 |
| 4. | The Rock | Disney | $335,062,621 |
| 5. | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $325,338,851 | |
| 6. | 101 Dalmatians | $320,689,294 | |
| 7. | Ransom | $309,492,681 | |
| 8. | The Nutty Professor | Universal | $273,961,019 |
| 9. | Jerry Maguire | TriStar | $273,552,592 |
| 10. | Eraser | Warner Bros. | $242,295,562 |
Events[]
- July 10 - Nickelodeon releases their first feature film, Harriet the Spy, a spy-comedy-drama film based on the 1964 novel of the same name. It also helps Michelle Trachtenberg, then ten years old, with making her feature film debut by starring as the film's lead role and title character.
- Mid-July - Production begins on Titanic.
- September 20 - 75-year-old English actor Sir Dirk Bogarde suffers a severe stroke. He continued to need a wheelchair until his death in 1999.
Award ceremonies[]
- 1st Empire Awards
Awards[]
| Category/Organization | 54th Golden Globe Awards January 19, 1997 |
2nd Critics' Choice Awards January 20, 1997 |
3rd Screen Actors Guild Awards February 27, 1997 |
69th Academy Awards March 24, 1997 |
50th BAFTA Awards April 29, 1997 | |
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| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||||
| Best Film | The English Patient | Evita | Fargo | N/A | The English Patient | |
| Best Director | Miloš Forman The People vs. Larry Flynt |
Anthony Minghella The English Patient |
N/A | Anthony Minghella The English Patient |
Joel and Ethan Coen Fargo | |
| Best Actor | Geoffrey Rush Shine |
Tom Cruise Jerry Maguire |
Geoffrey Rush Shine | |||
| Best Actress | Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies |
Madonna Evita |
Frances McDormand Fargo |
Brenda Blethyn Secrets & Lies | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Edward Norton Primal Fear |
Cuba Gooding, Jr. Jerry Maguire |
Paul Scofield The Crucible | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces |
Joan Allen The Crucible |
Lauren Bacall The Mirror Has Two Faces |
Juliette Binoche The English Patient | ||
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski The People vs. Larry Flynt |
Anthony Minghella The English Patient |
N/A | Billy Bob Thornton Sling Blade |
Anthony Minghella The English Patient | |
| Best Screenplay, Original | N/A | Joel and Ethan Coen Fargo |
Mike Leigh Secrets & Lies | |||
| Best Original Score | The English Patient Gabriel Yared |
N/A | N/A | The English Patient Gabriel Yared | ||
| Best Original Song | "You Must Love Me" Evita |
N/A | N/A | "You Must Love Me" Evita |
N/A | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Kolya | Ridicule | N/A | Kolya | Ridicule | |
1996 Wide-released movies[]
Births[]
- February 21 - Sophie Turner, British actress
- February 28 – Bobb'e J. Thompson, actor
- March 18 - Madeline Carroll, American actress
- April 14 – Abigail Breslin, actress
- April 17 – Dee Dee Davis, actress
- June 1 - Tom Holland, actor
- July 23 - Rachel G. Fox, actress
- August 21 – Jamia Simone Nash, actress
- August 26 - Bishop Nehru, rapper
- September 1 - Zendaya, American actress, singer, and dancer
- December 6 - Stefanie Scott, American actress
- December 8 - Teala Dunn, American actress
- December 11 - Hailee Steinfeld, American actress
Notable deaths[]
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | John Rodney | 81 | USA | Actor |
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| 1 | Virgil W. Vogel | 76 | USA | Director, Film Editor |
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| 7 | William H. Clothier | 92 | USA | Cinematographer |
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| 10 | Al Silvani | 85 | USA | Actor |
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| 13 | Mark Herron | 67 | USA | Actor |
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| 15 | Les Baxter | 73 | USA | Composer |
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| 17 | Harry Robertson | 63 | UK | Composer |
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| 19 | Don Simpson | 52 | USA | Producer | ||
| 19 | Gerry Mulligan | 68 | USA | Musician, Composer |
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| 30 | Guy Doleman | 72 | USA | Actor |
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| February | 2 | Gene Kelly | 83 | USA | Actor, Dancer, Director | |
| 2 | Aline Towne | 76 | USA | Actress |
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| 2 | Shamus Culhane | 87 | USA | Animator | ||
| 3 | Audrey Meadows | 73 | USA | Actress |
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| 6 | Guy Madison | 74 | USA | Actor |
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| 6 | Patsy Smart | 77 | UK | Actress | ||
| 13 | Martin Balsam | 76 | USA | Actor |
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| 13 | Scott Beach | 65 | USA | Actor | ||
| 15 | Tommy Rettig | 54 | USA | Actor |
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| 15 | McLean Stevenson | 68 | USA | Actor |
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| 16 | Roger Bowen | 63 | USA | Actor |
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| 17 | Evelyn Laye | 95 | UK | Actress |
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| 19 | Brenda Bruce | 76 | UK | Actress |
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| 23 | Elisa Cegani | 84 | Italy | Actress |
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| 25 | Haing S. Ngor | 55 | Cambodia | Actor |
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| March | 2 | Lyle Talbot | 94 | USA | Actor |
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| 4 | Whit Bissell | 86 | USA | Actor | ||
| 6 | Simon Cadell | 45 | UK | Actor |
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| 9 | George Burns | 100 | USA | Actor, Comedian |
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| 10 | Ross Hunter | 75 | USA | Producer |
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| 11 | Vince Edwards | 67 | USA | Actor |
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| 13 | Lucio Fulci | 68 | Italy | Director, Actor |
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| 13 | Krzysztof Kieślowski | 55 | Poland | Director |
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| 16 | Charlie Barnett | 41 | USA | Actor, Comedian |
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| 17 | René Clément | 82 | Monaco | Director, Writer |
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| 24 | Liam O'Brien | 83 | USA | Screenwriter |
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| 28 | Barbara McLean | 92 | USA | Film Editor |
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| April | 5 | Norman Rockett | 84 | USA | Set Decorator |
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| 6 | Greer Garson | 91 | UK | Actress |
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| 8 | Ben Johnson | 77 | USA | Actor | ||
| 11 | Wanda McKay | 80 | USA | Actress |
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| 16 | Lucille Bremer | 79 | USA | Actress |
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| 18 | Bernard Edwards | 43 | Japan | Music Orchestrated | ||
| 21 | Luigi Pistilli | 66 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 24 | Preston Lockwood | 83 | UK | Actor |
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| 25 | Saul Bass | 75 | USA | Art Designer | ||
| 25 | Dick Wesson | 73 | USA | Actor |
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| 26 | Stirling Silliphant | 78 | USA | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Joan Sterndale-Bennett | 82 | UK | Actress |
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| May | 1 | Luana Patten | 57 | USA | Actress |
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| 3 | Jack Weston | 71 | USA | Actor |
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| 19 | Margaret Rawlings | 89 | Japan | Actress |
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| 20 | Jon Pertwee | 76 | UK | Actor |
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| 21 | Lash LaRue | 78 | USA | Actor | Song of Old Wyoming | |
| 23 | Patrick Cargill | 77 | UK | Actor |
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| 29 | Jennings Lang | 81 | USA | Producer |
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| 29 | Jeremy Sinden | 45 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Tamara Toumanova | 77 | Russia | Dancer, Actress |
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| 30 | Natividad Vacío | 83 | USA | Actor |
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| June | 1 | Michael Fox | 75 | USA | Actor | |
| 2 | John Alton | 94 | Hungary | Cinematographer | ||
| 3 | Peter Glenville | 82 | USA | Director |
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| 5 | Vito Scotti | 78 | USA | Actor | ||
| 6 | Mary Lee | 71 | USA | Actress |
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| 6 | Marc de Jonge | 47 | France | Actor |
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| 7 | Percy Edwards | 88 | UK | Actor | ||
| 7 | Max Factor, Jr. | 91 | USA | Makeup Artist |
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| 7 | Saul David | 74 | USA | Producer |
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| 10 | Jo Van Fleet | 81 | USA | Actress |
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| 15 | Ella Fitzgerald | 79 | USA | Singer, Actress |
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| 16 | Mel Allen | 83 | USA | Broadcaster, Actor |
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| 23 | Pasqualino De Santis | 69 | Italy | Cinematographer |
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| 27 | Albert R. Broccoli | 87 | USA | Producer | ||
| July | 1 | Steve Tesich | 53 | Yugoslavia | Screenwriter |
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| 8 | Irene Prador | 84 | Germany | Actress |
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| 8 | Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | 85 | Italy | Soundtrack, Actor |
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| 9 | Christopher Casson | 84 | Ireland | Actor |
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| 10 | Paul King | 69 | USA | Screenwriter, Producer | Operation Petticoat | |
| 13 | Pandro S. Berman | 91 | USA | Producer |
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| 15 | Dana Hill | 32 | USA | Actress |
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| 20 | Randy Stuart | 71 | USA | Actress |
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| 21 | Wolfe Morris | 71 | UK | Actor |
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| 21 | Luana Anders | 58 | USA | Actress |
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| 21 | Herb Edelman | 62 | USA | Actor |
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| 23 | Jean Muir | 85 | USA | Actress |
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| 24 | Virginia Christine | 76 | USA | Actress | ||
| 29 | Hilary Pritchard | 53 | UK | Actress |
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| 30 | Anthony Peck | 49 | USA | Actor | ||
| 30 | Claudette Colbert | 92 | France | Actress |
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| August | 3 | Guido Alberti | 86 | Italy | Actor |
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| 11 | Charles McGregor | 73 | USA | Actor |
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| 14 | Bob Hannah | 57 | USA | Actor |
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| 14 | Camilla Horn | 93 | Germany | Actress |
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| 15 | Joe Seneca | 77 | USA | Actor |
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| 16 | Miles Goodman | 46 | USA | Composer |
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| 26 | Clair Weeks | 84 | USA | Animator | ||
| September | 4 | Victor Aaron | 39 | ?? | Actor |
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| 7 | Bibi Besch | 54 | Austria | Actress |
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| 7 | Joseph F. Biroc | 93 | USA | Cinematographer |
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| 9 | Ruggero Mastroianni | 66 | Italy | Film Editor |
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| 10 | Joanne Dru | 74 | USA | Actress |
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| 11 | Brenda Forbes | 87 | USA | Actress |
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| 13 | Jane Baxter | 87 | UK | Actress |
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| 13 | Tupac Shakur | 25 | USA | Singer, Actor |
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| 14 | Juliet Prowse | 59 | USA | Actress, Dancer | ||
| 16 | Gene Nelson | 76 | USA | Actor, Director |
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| 16 | Joan Perry | 85 | USA | Actress |
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| 18 | Annabella | 89 | France | Actress |
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| 18 | Ulrich Beiger | 78 | Germany | Actor | The Great Escape | |
| 20 | Ken Steadman | 27 | USA | Actor | I Like to Play Games | |
| 22 | Dorothy Lamour | 81 | USA | Actress |
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| 30 | George Zuckerman | 80 | USA | Screenwriter |
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| October | 4 | Stephen J. Friedman | 59 | USA | Producer | |
| 5 | Judith Allen | 85 | USA | Actress |
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| 6 | Ted Bessell | 61 | USA | Actor |
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| 8 | Francis D. Lyon | 91 | USA | Director, Editor |
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| 8 | William Prince | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| 9 | Harvey Vernon | 69 | USA | Actor |
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| 13 | Beryl Reid | 77 | UK | Actress |
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| 14 | Laura La Plante | 91 | USA | Actress |
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| 16 | Jason Bernard | 58 | USA | Actor |
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| 27 | Morey Amsterdam | 87 | USA | Actor, Comedian |
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| 27 | Harry Woolman | 87 | USA | TV Stuntman |
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| 30 | John Young | 80 | UK | Actor | ||
| 31 | Marcel Carné | 90 | France | Director |
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| November | 12 | Peter Leeds | 79 | USA | Actor |
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| 13 | June Gale | 85 | USA | Actress |
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| 14 | Virginia Cherrill | 88 | USA | Actress |
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| 22 | Stephanie Bachelor | 84 | USA | Actress |
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| 22 | Mark Lenard | 72 | USA | Actor | ||
| 23 | George Nicholas | 85 | USA | Animator | ||
| 26 | Michael Bentine | 74 | UK | Actor, Screenwriter |
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| 29 | Jordan Cronenweth | 61 | USA | Cinematographer | ||
| December | 8 | Howard E. Rollins, Jr. | 46 | USA | Actor |
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| 8 | Paulene Myers | 83 | USA | Actress | ||
| 8 | Douglas Webb | 74 | UK | Camera Operator | ||
| 9 | Diana Morgan | 86 | UK | Actress, Screenwriter |
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| 11 | William Rushton | 59 | UK | Actor, Writer |
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| 12 | Larry Gates | 81 | USA | Actor |
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| 19 | Ronald Howard | 78 | UK | Actor |
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| 19 | Marcello Mastroianni | 72 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 20 | Carl Sagan | 62 | USA | Author, Screenwriter | Contact | |
| 23 | Ronnie Scott | 69 | UK | Actor, Composer | Stolen Face | |
| 28 | Edward Carfagno | 67 | USA | Art Director | ||
| 30 | Lew Ayres | 88 | USA | Actor, Director | ||
| 30 | Jack Nance | 53 | USA | Actor | ||
| 31 | Wesley Addy | 83 | USA | Actor |
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Film debuts[]
- Will Arnett - Close Up
- Billy Crudup - Sleepers
- Viola Davis - The Substance of Fire
- Kimberly Elise - Set It Off
- Godfrey - Original Gangstas
- Mila Kunis - Santa with Muscles
- Kelly Macdonald - Trainspotting
- Natascha McElhone - Surviving Picasso
- Gretchen Mol - Girl 6
- Emily Mortimer - The Ghost and the Darkness
- Edward Norton - Primal Fear
- Timothy Olyphant - The First Wives Club
- Freddie Prinze, Jr. - To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
- Tom Everett Scott - That Thing You Do!
- Octavia Spencer - A Time to Kill
- Julia Stiles - I Love You, I Love You Not
- Justin Theroux - I Shot Andy Warhol
- Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet the Spy
- Donnie Wahlberg - Bullet
- Emily Watson - Breaking the Waves
- Owen Wilson - Bottle Rocket
- Luke Wilson - Bottle Rocket
References[]
- ↑ "1996 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
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