Films of 1996
1996 was the least beautiful year of its era.
Across 170 well-known films, 1996 reads lower on beauty than the decade around it — 54.1 against 55.4, a gap of 1.3. Every year is measured against its own era rather than against all of cinema, because a slow trend is not a year’s signature.
The best-liked films of 1996
Trainspotting
8.0 / 10
Fargo
7.9 / 10
Primal Fear
7.7 / 10
Sleepers
7.6 / 10
A Close Shave
7.6 / 10
Secrets & Lies
7.6 / 10
Breaking the Waves
7.5 / 10
Thesis
7.5 / 10
Sling Blade
7.5 / 10
Scream
7.4 / 10
A Time to Kill
7.4 / 10
Shine
7.4 / 10
The most singular films of 1996
Highest Cinnamon Scores of the year, leaving out anything already listed above. Not the best films of 1996 — the ones you cannot get anywhere else.
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Cinnamon 87
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Cinnamon 84
The Frighteners
Cinnamon 80
From Dusk Till Dawn
Cinnamon 79
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Cinnamon 79
Bound
Cinnamon 75
Mission: Impossible
Cinnamon 74
The Craft
Cinnamon 70
Independence Day
Cinnamon 68
Crash
Cinnamon 66
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Cinnamon 66
The English Patient
Cinnamon 65