Nick's Flick Picks: The Movies of 1996

<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="50"> <body> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+2><b>My Original Top Ten List</b></Font><br> <Font Color="#003399">Check back in January 2008 for an updated Top 10!</Font><br> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 1. &nbsp<b><a href=fargo.html style="text-decoration:none">Fargo</a></b></Font> Dir. Joel Coen. With Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 2. &nbsp<b><a href=engpat.html style="text-decoration:none">The English Patient</a></b></Font> Dir. Anthony Minghella. With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 3. &nbsp<b><a href=lonestar.html style="text-decoration:none">Lone Star</a></b></Font> Dir. John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, Kris Kristofferson <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 4. &nbsp<b><a href=portlady.html style="text-decoration:none">The Portrait of a Lady</a></b></Font> Dir. Jane Campion. With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font> (<Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>)<br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 5. &nbsp<b><a href=maguire.html style="text-decoration:none">Jerry Maguire</a></b></Font> Dir. Cameron Crowe. With Tom Cruise, Ren&#233e Zellweger <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 6. &nbsp<b><a href=seclies.html style="text-decoration:none">Secrets & Lies</a></b></Font> Dir. Mike Leigh. With Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 7. &nbsp<b><a href=hunch.html style="text-decoration:none">The Hunchback of Notre Dame</a></b></Font> Dirs. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise. Animated <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 8. &nbsp<b><a href=bignight.html style="text-decoration:none">Big Night</a></b></Font> Dirs. Stanley Tucci & Campbell Scott. With Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1> 9. &nbsp<b><a href=flynt.html style="text-decoration:none">The People vs. Larry Flynt</a></b></Font> Dir. Milo&#154 Forman. With Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=+1>10. <b><a href=bound.html style="text-decoration:none">Bound</a></b></Font> Dirs. Larry and Andy Wachowski. With Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1>Reviews from 1996</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1> <Font Color="#009900">&#9733</Font> <b>= Full-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#0090FF">&#169</Font> <b> = Capsule-Length Review</b> / <Font Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font> <b>&nbsp= Blog Review</b> (New Window) </Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=antoline.html style="text-decoration:none">Antonia's Line</a></b></Font> Dir. Marleen Gorris. With Willeke Van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>F</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=beauthng.html style="text-decoration:none">Beautiful Thing</a></b></Font> Dir. Hettie MacDonald. With Glen Berry, Linda Henry <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=cemetman.html style="text-decoration:none">Cemetery Man</a></b></Font> Dir. Mich&#232le Soavi. With Rupert Everett, Francois Hadji-Lazaro <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#FF6600">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href="http://www.nicksflickpicks.com/2005/10/picked-flick-94-cemetery-man.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new">Cemetery Man</a></b></Font> Dir. Mich&#232le Soavi. With Rupert Everett, Francois Hadji-Lazaro <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=citzruth.html style="text-decoration:none">Citizen Ruth</a></b></Font> Dir. Alexander Payne. With Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>C+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=flirtwth.html style="text-decoration:none">Flirting with Disaster</a></b></Font> Dir. David O. Russell. With Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=portlady.html style="text-decoration:none">The Portrait of a Lady</a></b></Font> Dir. Jane Campion. With Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=ransom.html style="text-decoration:none">Ransom</a></b></Font> Dir. Ron Howard. With Mel Gibson, Gary Sinise, Ren&#233 Russo <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=schizopl.html style="text-decoration:none">Schizopolis</a></b></Font> Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Steven Soderbergh, Betsy Brantley <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=survpic.html style="text-decoration:none">Surviving Picasso</a></b></Font> Dir. James Ivory. With Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>D+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond><Font Size=-1 Color="#009900">&#9733</Font>&nbsp &nbsp<b><a href=trainspt.html style="text-decoration:none">Trainspotting</a></b></Font> Dir. Danny Boyle. With Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>More Grades from 1996</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Fire</b></Font> Dir. Deepa Mehta. With Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Kulbushan Kharbanda <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Jude</b></Font> Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>A Moment of Innocence</b></Font> Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With Mirhadi Tayebi <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>A&#150</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Walking and Talking</b></Font> Dir. Nicole Holofcener. With Catherine Keener, Anne Heche <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B+</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet</b></Font> Dir. Baz Luhrmann. With Leonardo DiCaprio <Font Color="#FF0000"><b>B</b></Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#0090FF" Size=+1><b>Also from 1996</b></Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Size=-1><b>The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fetching</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Angels & Insects</b></Font> Dir. Philip Haas. With Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Basquiat</b></Font> Dir. Julian Schnabel. With Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Claire Forlani<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Breaking the Waves</b></Font> Dir. Lars von Trier. With Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsg&#229rd<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Nutty Professor</b></Font> Dir. Tom Shadyac. With Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Larry Miller<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Welcome to the Dollhouse</b></Font> Dir. Todd Solondz. With Heather Matarazzo<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Fair</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Beautiful Girls</b></Font> Dir. Ted Demme. With Timothy Hutton, Matt Dillon, Natalie Portman<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Birdcage</b></Font> Dir. Mike Nichols. With Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Butterfly Kiss</b></Font> Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Amanda Plummer, Saskia Reeves<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Celluloid Closet</b></Font> Dirs. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Documentary<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Cold Comfort Farm</b></Font> Dir. John Schlesinger. With Kate Beckinsale, Eileen Atkins<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Courage Under Fire</b></Font> Dir. Edward Zwick. With Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Crucible</b></Font> Dir. Nicholas Hytner. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Dadetown</b></Font> Dir. Russ Hexter. With Bill Garrison, Edith Meeks, David Phelps<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Emma</b></Font> Dir. Douglas McGrath. With Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Everyone Says I Love You</b></Font> Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Evita</b></Font> Dir. Alan Parker. With Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The First Wives Club</b></Font> Dir. Hugh Wilson. With Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Hamlet</b></Font> Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>I Shot Andy Warhol</b></Font> Dir. Mary Harron. With Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Stephen Dorff<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Kansas City</b></Font> Dir. Robert Altman. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mars Attacks!</b></Font> Dir. Tim Burton. With Jack Nicholson, Jim Brown, Annette Bening<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Marvin's Room</b></Font> Dir. Jerry Zaks. With Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mary Reilly</b></Font> Dir. Stephen Frears. With Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, Glenn Close<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mission: Impossible</b></Font> Dir. Brian De Palma. With Tom Cruise, Emmanuelle B&#233art, Jon Voight<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mother</b></Font> Dir. Albert Brooks. With Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds, Rob Morrow<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Mr. Wrong</b></Font> Dir. Nick Castle. With Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Pallbearer</b></Font> Dir. Matt Reeves. With David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills</b></Font> Documentary<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Rock</b></Font> Dir. Michael Bay. With Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Scream</b></Font> Dir. Wes Craven. With Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Rose McGowan<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Set It Off</b></Font> Dir. F. Gary Gray. With Jada Pinkett, Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Shine</b></Font> Dir. Scott Hicks. With Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor, Armin Mueller-Stahl<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Sling Blade</b></Font> Dir. Billy Bob Thornton. With Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Truth About Cats & Dogs</b></Font> Dir. Michael Lehmann. With Janeane Garofalo<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Unhook the Stars</b></Font> Dir. Nick Cassavetes. With Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, Jake Lloyd<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Les Voleurs</b></Font> Dir. Andr&#233 T&#233chin&#233. With Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Cote, Catherine Deneuve<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Feh</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Beavis and Butt-head Do America</b></Font> Dir. Mike Judge. Animated. Voice of Mike Judge<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Dead Man</b></Font> Dir. Jim Jarmusch. With Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Diabolique</b></Font> Dir. Jeremiah Chechik. With Isabelle Adjani, Sharon Stone, Chazz Palminteri<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Film of Her</b></Font> Dir. Bill Morrison. Experimental documentary collage of found footage<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Ghosts of Mississippi</b></Font> Dir. Rob Reiner. With Alec Baldwin, James Woods<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Gray's Anatomy</b></Font> Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Spalding Gray<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>If These Walls Could Talk</b></Font> TV Movie. Dirs. Nancy Savoca, Cher. With Demi Moore<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Jane Eyre</b></Font> Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. With Charlotte Gainsbourg, William Hurt, Joan Plowright<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Mirror Has Two Faces</b></Font> Dir. Barbra Streisand. With Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Nenette et Boni</b></Font> Dir. Claire Denis. With Gr&#233goire Colin, Alice Houri, Jacques Nolot<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Primal Fear</b></Font> Dir. Gregory Hoblit. With Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Sweet Nothing</b></Font> Dir. Gary Winick. With Michael Imperioli, Mira Sorvino, Paul Calderon<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>A Time to Kill</b></Font> Dir. Joel Schumacher. With Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Twister</b></Font> Dir. Jan de Bont. With Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>The Whole Wide World</b></Font> Dir. Dan Ireland. With Ren&#233e Zellweger, Vincent D'Onofrio<br> <Font Size=-3>&nbsp<br></Font> <Font Face=Garamond>Flotsam</Font><br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Executive Decision</b></Font> Dir. Stuart Baird. With Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>I Love You, I Love You Not</b></Font> Dir. Billy Hopkins. With Claire Danes, Jeanne Moreau<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Independence Day</b></Font> Dir. Roland Emmerich. With Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Jingle All the Way</b></Font> Dir. Brian Levant. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Scorned 2</b></Font> Dir. Rodney McDonald. With Tane McClure, Myles O'Brien<br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#0000FF">&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <b>Stealing Beauty</b></Font> Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. 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