Jack is a 1996 ensemble cast comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Bill Cosby, and Brian Kerwin. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Williams plays the role of Jack Powell, a boy who ages four times faster than normal as a result of a disease similar to progeria.

Plot[link]

The movie begins with Karen Powell (Diane Lane) going into labor during a Halloween party and being rushed to the hospital by her husband, Brian (Brian Kerwin), and their friends. Although the delivery is successful, the baby is premature, born after only ten weeks of pregnancy, and is diagnosed with an exaggerated form of Werner syndrome (an aging disease) as stated by Dr. Benfante (Allan Rich) and Dr. Lin (Keone Young). According to them, as this very rare autosomal recessive disorder progresses, Jack Powell will age at a rate four times faster than normal children due to his internal clock that seems to be developing faster.

Ten years later, Jack (Robin Williams) is next seen as a 10-year-old boy in the body of a 40-year-old man, with a group of four boys telling possible stories of a "monstrosity" of a boy their age that cannot go to school. He scares them away by dipping a fake eye into slime and throwing it at them from his window. He is extremely childish as a consequence of his secluded life. He has only had contact with his parents and tutor, Lawrence Woodruff (Bill Cosby), who introduces the idea that he should go to public school. His parents initially balk at the idea of their son going there because he could be emotionally hurt.

When he first attends school, he is exploited by the other kids to win at basketball against bullies, and eventually to get adult magazines and other such items. As time goes by, he is accepted by them, beginning with Louis, as they discover that they like him. He attempts to be normal there, for example, when he deals with his first crush and heartbreak, and the relationship with his teacher, Miss Marquez (Jennifer Lopez). When he goes through a fall while attempting to leave school, he is rushed over to the hospital, where his doctor explains that he suffered a shocking severe strain (which could've been a rare form of angina), and also because of his Werner Syndrome condition, his internal clock is starting to run out. Realizing the dangers it might entail for his health, his parents decide to withdraw him from school, which upsets him.

He sneaks out of the house and goes to a bar where he gets drunk and befriends a man named Paulie (Michael McKean). Jack gets into a fight with an angry man (Edward Lynch^{[disambiguation needed ]}) and gets arrested. Yet he is bailed out by Dolores, Louis' mother (Fran Drescher). When he returns home, he locks himself in his room and doesn't go out for weeks. His mother speculates that perhaps he realized the fragility of his life and is now scared of facing the outside world again. He also doubts the need to study as he realizes that he wouldn't have the time to use any of the knowledge.

Meanwhile, his friends continue coming to his house, hoping that he will come out and play, but he refuses. Finally, Louis has an idea: he brings the entire class to Jack's house as they take turns yelling "Can Jack come out and play?" and participate in various games and fun activities right in front of the house. The next day he decides to go back to school.

Seven years later, an elderly looking Jack and his four best friends are at their high school graduation. He delivers the valedictory speech, in which he reminds his classmates that life is short, and urges them to "make your life spectacular". The film ends as the five drive away down the road and into their future lives.

Cast[link]

• Robin Williams as Jack Powell
• Brian Kerwin as Brian Powell
• Diane Lane as Karen Powell
• Jennifer Lopez as Miss Marquez
• Bill Cosby as Lawrence Woodruff
• Fran Drescher as Dolores "D.D." Durante
• Adam Zolotin as Louie Durante
• Todd Bosley as Eddie
• Seth Smith as John-John
• Ryan Kennedy as George
• Michael McKean as Paulie
• Allan Rich as Dr. Benfante
• Keone Young as Dr. Lin
• Allison Whitbeck as Lucy
• Dwight Hicks as High School Principal
• Mark Coppola as Radio Personality (voice)

Reception[link]

The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. It holds a 17% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ^[1] However, the film debuted at #1 and it was moderately successful at the box office, grossing roughly $58.6 million on a budget of $45 million.

Trivia[link]

Tom Hanks and John Schneider were both considered for the role of Jack Powell, before Robin Williams finally got the part.

Music[link]

The film theme is "Star", performed by Canadian rocker Bryan Adams.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Jack (1996 film)

• Jack at the Internet Movie Database
• Jack at AllRovi
• Jack at Rotten Tomatoes

Look up Jack or jack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

The name Jack is a pet name for John, or to a lesser extent Jacob, commonly so in the Northeastern United States and in the United Kingdom. Jack may also refer to:

Myth/Folklore[link]

• Jack (hero), an archetypal trickster hero appearing in many folk tales, fairy tales, legends and literature.

Computers[link]

• Jack (CAD software), a 3-D ergonomics and human factors CAD package
• JACK Intelligent Agents, a multi-agent platform written in Java
• JACK Audio Connection Kit, a computer sound server
• Jack (human modeling), a human modeling and simulation system

Games[link]

• Jacks, six-tipped game pieces used in the game of the same name
• Jack (playing card), the lowest face card in a deck of playing cards
• Jack, a target ball used in games such as bowls

Films[link]

• Jack (1996 film), a 1996 film starring Robin Williams
• Jack (2004 film), a 2004 film starring Anton Yelchin and Stockard Channing
• Jack: The Last Kennedy Film, a 1993 American TV documentary directed by Nick Davis

Music[link]

• Jack (band), a British independent pop group signed to the Too Pure label
• Jack (album), a 2010 studio album by John Farnham
• "The Jack", a song by AC/DC originally on the 1975 album T.N.T.

Flags[link]

• A Navy Jack, a type of flag flown by warships
• Union Jack, a.k.a. Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom

Plants[link]

• Jack (tree) (Mangifera caesia), a relative of the mango
• Jackfruit, a species of tree native to the East Indies

Fish[link]

• Carangidae, generally
  • Almaco jack
  • Amberjack
  • Bar jack
  • Black jack (fish)
  • Crevalle jack
  • Giant trevally or ronin jack
  • Jack mackerel
  • Leather jack
  • Yellow jack
• Coho salmon, males called "jacks"
• Esox (northern pike), young called "jacks"
• "Jack Fish", a name for Northern pike, in Saskatchewan, Canada

Tools and devices[link]

• Jack (device), a device used to lift heavy objects
• Jack plane, a tool for smoothing wood
• Jackhammer, a portable percussive drill
• Jackknife, a folding knife
• Roasting jack, a device for turning a spit

Connectors[link]

• Jack (connector), an electrical connector
• Jack plug, also known as a TRS connector, a common audio connector

Other uses[link]

• Jack, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama
• Jack, an archaic unit of volume equal to two fluid ounces
• Jack, slang for theft
• Jack (given name), a masculine given name
• Jack (webcomic), an anthropomorphic webcomic
• Monterey Jack, a variety of cheese
• Jack in the Green, a traditional figure in British May Day celebrations
• Jack Daniel's, a brand of whiskey
• Jack FM, a radio format and brand
• Jack of plate, a type of armour
• Jacking Off, masturbation
• Jack-o'-lantern
• Jackass, a male donkey.
• Jack (mascot), the mascot of Jack in the Box restaurants
• Oxide jacking, rust bursting

See also[link]

• All pages beginning with "Jack" (Wikipedia search)
• Crackerjack (disambiguation)
• Happy Jack (disambiguation)
• Jack-in-the-box (disambiguation)
• Jack of all trades (disambiguation)
• You Don't Know Jack (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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Events[link]

• 20 September - 75-year-old English actor Sir Dirk Bogarde suffers a severe stroke. He continued to need a wheelchair until his death in 1999.

Top grossing films[link]

Awards[link]

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh, United Kingdom

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Michael Collins, directed by Neil Jordan, U.K. / Ireland / U.S.A.

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee, United States

Films released in 1996[link]

U.S.A. unless stated

#

• 2 Days in the Valley, starring Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Teri Hatcher, Marsha Mason, Charlize Theron
• 101 Dalmatians, directed by Stephen Herek, starring Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Hugh Laurie

A-D[link]

• The Adventures of Pinocchio, directed by Steve Barron, starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau, Udo Kier, Rob Schneider, Dawn French
• Alaska, starring Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston
• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, voices of Charlie Sheen, Dom DeLuise, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Sheena Easton
• Andersonville, directed by John Frankenheimer
• L'appartement, starring Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci - (France)
• The Arrival, starring Charlie Sheen - (U.S.A./Mexico)
• The Associate, starring Whoopi Goldberg
• August, starring Anthony Hopkins - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Avvai Shanmugi - (India)

B

• Bad Moon, starring Mariel Hemingway and Michael Pare
• The Bandit (Eskiya) - (Turkey)
• Barb Wire, starring Pamela Anderson
• Basquiat, starring Jeffrey Wright and David Bowie
• Bastard Out of Carolina, directed by Angelica Huston, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Beautiful Girls, starring Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Rosie O'Donnell, Mira Sorvino
• Beautiful Thing - (U.K.)
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, directed by Mike Judge, voices by Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, Robert Stack, David Letterman
• Bed of Roses, starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson
• Before and After, starring Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
• Besos en la frente (Kisses on the Forehead) - (Argentina)
• Beyond Silence (Jenseits der Stille) - (Germany)
• Big Bully, starring Tom Arnold and Rick Moranis
• Big Night, starring Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Ian Holm, Isabella Rosselini
• The Birdcage, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest
• Black Sheep, starring Chris Farley and David Spade
• Blood and Wine, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine
• Blood Brothers, featuring Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
• Bottle Rocket, starring Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson
• Bound, directed by The Wachowski Brothers, starring Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly
• Box of Moonlight, starring John Turturro and Sam Rockwell
• The Boy from Mercury, starring Rita Tushingham and Tom Courtenay - (Ireland)
• Brassed Off, starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor - (U.K.)
• Breaking the Waves, directed by Lars von Trier, starring Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård - (Denmark)
• Broken Arrow, directed by John Woo, starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Howie Long, Delroy Lindo
• Broken English - (New Zealand)
• Buenos Aires Vice Versa - (Argentina/Netherlands)
• Bulletproof, starring Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan

C

• The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller, starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick
• Camping Cosmos - (Belgium)
• Carpool, starring Tom Arnold and David Paymer
• Carried Away, starring Dennis Hopper and Amy Irving
• Celtic Pride, starring Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Stern and Damon Wayans
• Chain Reaction, starring Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman
• The Chamber, starring Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman
• A Chef in Love (Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti) - (Georgia)
• Chronicle of a Disappearance (Segell Ikhtifa) - (Palestine)
• City Hall, starring Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau
• Clando (Clandestine) - (Cameroon)
• Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
• Comrades: Almost a Love Story, starring Maggie Cheung - (Hong Kong), Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Space Needle award
• Conspirators of Pleasure (Spiklenci slasti) - (Czech Republic)
• Cosmic Voyage, narrated by Morgan Freeman
• Courage Under Fire, starring Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Matt Damon and Lou Diamond Phillips
• The Craft, starring Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Rachel True
• Crash, directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Spader and Holly Hunter - (Canada/U.K.)
• The Crucible, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield

D

• D3: The Mighty Ducks, starring Emilio Estevez
• Daddy's Girl
• Daylight, starring Sylvester Stallone and Amy Brenneman
• Dear God, starring Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Tim Conway
• Deep Crimson (Profundo Carmesí) - (Mexico)
• The Dentist, starring Corbin Bernsen and Molly Hagan
• Diabolique, starring Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
• Different for Girls - (U.K./France)
• The Disappearance of Finbar, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers - (Ireland/Sweden/U.K.)
• Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, starring Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans
• Down Periscope, starring Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern
• Dragonheart, starring Dennis Quaid and Sean Connery - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The Dress (De jurk) - (Netherlands)
• Drifting Clouds (Kauas pilvet karkaavat), directed by Aki Kaurismäki - (Finland)
• Dunston Checks In, starring Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Rupert Everett, Eric Lloyd, Glenn Shadix

E-K[link]

• East Palace, West Palace (Dong gong xi gong), directed by Zhang Yuan - (China)
• Eddie, directed by Steve Rash, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Frank Langella
• Edipo Alcalde (Oedipus Mayor) - (Colombia)
• The Eighth Day (Le huitième jour), starring Daniel Auteuil - (Belgium)
• Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• The English Patient, directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche - (U.K./U.S.A.) - Academy and Golden Globe (drama) Awards for Best Picture
• Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story, starring Moira Kelly
• Eraser, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams
• Escape from L.A., aka John Carpenter's Escape from L.A., starring Kurt Russell
• The Evening Star, starring Shirley MacLaine, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Bill Paxton
• Everyone Says I Love You, directed by Woody Allen, starring Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Tim Roth, Alan Alda, Goldie Hawn
• Evita - Golden Globe Award for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), directed by Alan Parker, starring Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce
• Executive Decision, starring Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo and Oliver Platt
• Extreme Measures, starring Gene Hackman and Hugh Grant
• Eye for an Eye, starring Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris

F

• The Fan - starring Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Benicio del Toro
• Fargo, made by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Frances McDormand (Oscar winner), William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi
• Fear, starring Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Alyssa Milano and Amy Brenneman
• Fine Powder (Picado fino) - (Argentina)
• Fire by Deepa Mehta, starring Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das - (Canada/India)
• First Kid, starring Sinbad, Brock Pierce and Robert Guillaume
• The First Wives Club, starring Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler
• Five Days, Five Nights (Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites) - (Portugal)
• Fled, starring Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin
• Flipper, starring Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan
• Flirting with Disaster, starring Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal and Lily Tomlin
• Floating Life - (Australia)
• Fly Away Home, starring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, Dana Delany
• Follow Me Home, starring Alfre Woodard
• Forbidden City Cop (Dai lap mat tam 008) - (Hong Kong)
• Foreign Land (Terra Estrangeira) - (Brazil/Portugal)
• Foxfire, starring Angelina Jolie
• Freeway, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Brooke Shields
• The Frighteners, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Michael J. Fox - (U.S.A./New Zealand)
• From Dusk Till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis
• The Funeral, directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini

G

• Gabbeh - (Iran)
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (Gamera Tsū: Region Shūrai) - (Japan)
• Get on the Bus, directed by Spike Lee
• Ghatak: Lethal, starring Sunny Deol - (India)
• The Ghost and the Darkness, starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas
• Ghosts of Mississippi, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods
• Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee, starring Theresa Randle, Spike Lee and Isaiah Washington
• The Glimmer Man, starring Steven Seagal and Keenen Ivory Wayans
• The God of Cookery (Shíshén), starring Stephen Chow - (Hong Kong)
• Goodbye South, Goodbye (Nánguó Zaìjiàn, Nánguó) - (Taiwan)
• Gotti, starring Armand Assante and Anthony Quinn
• Gray's Anatomy, directed by Steven Soderbergh
• The Great White Hype, starring Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg

H

• Hamlet, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh with Julie Christie and Derek Jacobi - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Hamsun, starring Max von Sydow - (Norway/Denmark/Sweden)
• Happy Gilmore, directed by Dennis Dugan, starring Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Carl Weathers
• Hard Core Logo - (Canada)
• Hard Eight, directed by P. T. Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow
• Harriet The Spy, starring Michelle Trachtenberg and Rosie O'Donnell
• Heaven's Prisoners, starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts, Mary Stuart Masterson
• High School High, starring Jon Lovitz
• Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, directed by David R. Ellis
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
• The Hunters (Jägarna) - (Sweden)
• Hype!

I

• I Shot Andy Warhol, starring Lili Taylor and Jared Harris
• I'm Not Rappaport, starring Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Martha Plimpton, Craig T. Nelson
• In Love and War, starring Sandra Bullock and Chris O'Donnell
• Independence Day, directed by Roland Emmerich, starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Jeff Goldblum
• Indian - (India)
• Infinity, directed by and starring Matthew Broderick
• Intimate Relations, starring Julie Walters - (Canada/U.K.)
• Irma Vep, starring Maggie Cheung and Jean-Pierre Léaud - (France)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau, starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer

J

• Jack, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Bill Cosby
• James and the Giant Peach, directed by Henry Selick, starring Miriam Margoyles, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite and introducing Paul Terry - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Jerry Maguire, written and directed by Cameron Crowe, starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Renée Zellweger, Jay Mohr, Jonathan Lipnicki
• Jingle All the Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Joe's Apartment, starring Jerry O'Connell and Megan Ward, voices by Billy West, animation directed by Chris Wedge
• Joseph Conley, Kevin Bacon, Michael Traenor (1996)
• Jude, starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet - (U.K.)
• The Juror, starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin

K

• Kaalapani - (India)
• Kazaam, starring Shaquille O'Neal
• Khamoshi: The Musical - (India)
• Kids Return (Kizzu Ritān), directed by Takeshi Kitano - (Japan)
• The King of Masks (Biàn Liǎn) - (China)
• Kingpin, directed by the Farrelly Brothers, starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Bill Murray and Vanessa Angel
• Kolya, directed by Jan Sverák - (Czech Republic) - Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

L-Q[link]

• The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
• Larger than Life, starring Bill Murray
• Last Dance, starring Sharon Stone and Rob Morrow
• The Last Days of Frankie the Fly, starring Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah
• Last Man Standing, directed by Walter Hill, starring Bruce Willis and Christopher Walken
• Leila - (Iran)
• Libertarias (Freedom Fighters) - (Spain)
• Licántropo - (Spain)
• Lilies - (Canada)
• Lone Star, directed by John Sayles, starring Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, Joe Morton, Kris Kristofferson
• Long Day's Journey into Night - (Canada)
• The Long Kiss Goodnight, starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson
• Looking for Richard, starring Al Pacino
• Lost and Found (Tian ya hai jiao) - (Hong Kong)
• Love Serenade, starring Miranda Otto - (Australia)

M

• Mad Dog Time, starring Jeff Goldblum, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Diane Lane, Gabriel Byrne
• Mahjong - (Taiwan)
• Manny & Lo, starring Scarlett Johansson
• Mars Attacks!, directed by Tim Burton, starring Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Michael J. Fox, Jim Brown
• Marvin's Room, starring Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
• Mary Reilly, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich
• Matilda, starring Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz and Pam Ferris
• Maximum Risk, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Natasha Henstridge
• Michael, starring John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt
• Michael Collins, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman and Julia Roberts - (Ireland/U.K.) - Golden Lion award
• Microcosmos (Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe) - (France/Switzerland/Italy)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces, starring Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Mimi Rogers, Lauren Bacall
• Mission: Impossible, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave, Jon Voight
• Moll Flanders, starring Robin Wright and Morgan Freeman
• Mother, starring Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds
• Mother Night, starring Nick Nolte
• Mr. Holland's Opus, starring Richard Dreyfuss
• Mr. Wrong, starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman
• Mulholland Falls, starring Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Connelly, Chazz Palminteri, John Malkovich
• Multiplicity, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Michael Keaton and Andie MacDowell
• Muppet Treasure Island, directed by Brian Henson, starring Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop
• My Fellow Americans, starring Jack Lemmon, James Garner and Dan Aykroyd
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

N-O

• Nénette et Boni - (France)
• Ninne Pelladatha - (India)
• The Nutty Professor, directed by Tom Shadyac and starring Eddie Murphy
• The Ogre (Der Unhold), directed by Volker Schlöndorff, starring John Malkovich and Armin Mueller-Stahl - (Germany)
• One Fine Day, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney
• Original Gangstas, starring Jim Brown and Pam Grier
• The Other Side of Sunday (Søndagsengler) - (Norway)

P-Q

• Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996 National Board of Review Best Documentary, 1997 Peabody Award)
• Pedar - (Iran)
• The People vs. Larry Flynt, starring Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton - Golden Bear award (for 1997)
• A Petal (Kkonnip) - (South Korea)
• The Phantom, starring Billy Zane, Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar and Patrick McGoohan - (U.S.A./Australia)
• Phat Beach, starring Jermaine Hopkins
• Phenomenon, starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Duvall, Forest Whitaker
• Pie in the Sky, starring Josh Charles and Anne Heche
• Picnic (Pikunikku) - (Japan)
• The Pillow Book, directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Ken Ogata - (U.K./France/Netherlands)
• Police Story 4: First Strike (Ging chaat goo si 4: Ji gaan daan yam mo), starring Jackie Chan - (Hong Kong)
• Ponette - (France)
• The Portrait of a Lady, directed by Jane Campion, starring Nicole Kidman and John Malkovich
• The Preacher's Wife, directed by Penny Marshall, starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance
• Pretty Village, Pretty Flame (Lepa sela lepo gore) - (Yugoslavia)
• Primal Fear, directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
• Prisoner of the Mountains (Kavkazskiy plennik) - (Russia/Kazakhstan)
• Private Confessions (Enskilda samtal), directed by Liv Ullman - (Sweden)
• La promesse (The Promise) - (Belgium)
• Pusher - (Denmark)
• The Quest, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore
• The Quiet Room - (Australia)

R-Z[link]

• Race the Sun, starring Halle Berry and James Belushi
• Ransom, directed by Ron Howard, starring Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Liev Schreiber, Delroy Lindo
• Revive! Ultraman (Yomigaere! Urutoraman) - (Japan)
• Ridicule, directed by Patrice Leconte, starring Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche - (France)
• The Rock, starring Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris
• The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg - (U.K.)
• Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrman, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes

S

• Saint Clara (Clara Hakedosha) - (Israel)
• A Saturday on Earth (Un samedi sur la terre) - (France)
• Schizopolis, directed by and starring Steven Soderbergh
• Scream, directed by Wes Craven and starring David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox
• Secrets & Lies, directed by Mike Leigh, starring Brenda Blethyn - (U.K.) - Palme d'Or award
• A Self Made Hero (Un héros très discret), directed by Jacques Audiard - (France)
• Set It Off, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise
• Sgt. Bilko, starring Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Glenne Headly, Phil Hartman
• Shall We Dance? (Shall we Dansu?) - (Japan)
• She's the One, directed by and starring Edward Burns, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Mike McGlone and Maxine Bahns
• Shine, directed by Scott Hicks, starring Geoffrey Rush - (Australia)
• Silent Trigger, starring Dolph Lundgren
• Sleepers, directed by Barry Levinson, starring Brad Pitt, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Minnie Driver, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro
• Sling Blade, directed by and starring Billy Bob Thornton, with Lucas Black, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, James Hampton
• A Small Domain
• Some Mother's Son, starring Helen Mirren - (Ireland)
• Somersault in a Coffin (Tabutta Rövaşata) - (Turkey)
• Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Bill Murray, voices by Danny DeVito
• Space Truckers, starring Stephen Dorff and Dennis Hopper
• The Spitfire Grill, starring Marcia Gay Harden, Ellen Burstyn, Alison Elliott
• Spy Hard, starring Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Barry Bostwick, Andy Griffith
• Star Trek: First Contact, starring Patrick Stewart, Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell
• Stealing Beauty (Io ballo da sola), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Liv Tyler and Joseph Fiennes - (Italy/U.K./France)
• Striptease, starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds
• The Stupids, starring Tom Arnold
• The Substitute, starring Tom Berenger
• A Summer's Tale (Conte d'été), directed by Éric Rohmer - (France)
• The Sunchaser, directed by Michael Cimino, starring Woody Harrelson
• Sunset at Chaophraya (aka Khu Kam) - (Thailand)
• Sunset Park, starring Rhea Perlman
• Surviving Picasso, directed by James Ivory, starring Anthony Hopkins and Natascha McElhone
• Swallowtail Butterfly (Suwarōteiru) - (Japan)
• Swingers, starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau

T

• Temptress Moon (Feng yue), directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung and Gong Li - (China/Hong Kong)
• Tender Fictions
• That Thing You Do!, written and directed by Tom Hanks, starring Tom Everett Scott and Liv Tyler
• Thieves (Les Voleurs), directed by André Téchiné, starring Daniel Auteuil and Catherine Deneuve - (France)
• A Thin Line Between Love and Hate, starring Martin Lawrence and Lynn Whitfield
• Thinner
• Three Lives and Only One Death (Trois vies et une seule mort), starring Marcello Mastroianni - (France)
• A Time to Kill, starring Sandra Bullock, Mathew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Spacey
• Tin Cup, directed by Ron Shelton, starring Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin
• To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, starring Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker, Michelle Pfeiffer
• Trainspotting, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle - (U.K.) - Golden space Needle award
• Traveling Companion (Compagna di viaggio) - (Italy)
• Trees Lounge, directed by and starring Steve Buscemi
• Tremors 2: Aftershocks, starring Fred Ward
• The Trigger Effect, starring Kyle MacLachlan and Elisabeth Shue
• True Blue - (U.K.)
• The Truth About Cats & Dogs, starring Janeane Garofalo, Uma Thurman, Ben Chaplin
• Twelfth Night: Or What You Will, directed by Trevor Nunn, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Imogen Stubbs - (U.K.)
• Twister, directed by Jan de Bont, starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton
• Two Much, starring Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah

U-V

• Unforgettable, starring Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino
• Up Close & Personal, starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer
• Urban Safari - (Switzerland)
• The Van, directed by Stephen Frears, starring Colm Meaney - (Ireland)
• Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura) - (Japan)

W

• The War at Home, directed by and starring Emilio Estevez with Martin Sheen
• Wedding Bell Blues, starring Julie Warner, Paulina Porizkova, Illeana Douglas
• When We Were Kings, featuring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
• White Squall, directed by Ridley Scott, starring Jeff Bridges
• The Whole Wide World, starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Renée Zellweger
• The Wind in the Willows, directed by Terry Jones, starring Steve Coogan and Eric Idle - (U.K.)

Wide-released movies[link]

January–March[link]

• January 1996
  • January 12 - Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Eye for an Eye, Dunston Checks In, Bio-Dome, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
  • January 19 - From Dusk Till Dawn
  • January 26 - Bed of Roses, Big Bully
• February 1996
  • February 2 - Black Sheep, The Juror, White Squall
  • February 9 - Broken Arrow, Beautiful Girls
  • February 16 - Happy Gilmore, Mr. Wrong, Muppet Treasure Island
  • February 23 - Mary Reilly, Before and After
• March 1996
  • March 1 - Down Periscope, Up Close & Personal
  • March 8 - The Birdcage
  • March 15 - Ed, Executive Decision, Two Much
  • March 22 - Diabolique, Flirting with Disaster
  • March 29 - Sgt. Bilko