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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from 1996
426 movies from 1996, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Bound
1996 · Drama
That Thing You Do!
1996 · Drama
Amityville: Dollhouse
1996 · Horror
Mojave Moon
1996 · Comedy
The People Next Door
1996 · Thriller
Different for Girls
1996 · Comedy
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
1996 · Thriller
Secrets & Lies
1996 · Drama
The Way to Fight
1996 · Drama
Dilliwala Rajakumaran
1996 · Comedy
Extreme Measures
1996 · Drama
2 Days in the Valley
1996 · Thriller
Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan
1996 · Drama
Last Man Standing
1996 · Action
Surviving Picasso
1996 · Biography
The First Wives Club
1996 · Comedy
Big Night
1996 · Drama
Blood and Wine
1996 · Crime
Elevated
1996 · Thriller
Ee Puzhayum Kadannu
1996 · Drama
Specimen
1996 · Action
Humanoids from the Deep
1996 · Thriller
The Rich Man’s Wife
1996 · Thriller
Everything Relative
1996 · Drama
Maximum Risk
1996 · Crime
Fly Away Home
1996 · Adventure
Feeling Minnesota
1996 · Drama
The Ogre
1996 · Drama
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
1996 · Romance
Ponette
1996 · Drama
Intimate Relations
1996 · Drama
Kissed
1996 · Romance
Mongkok Story
1996 · Action
Curdled
1996 · Comedy
Twelfth Night
1996 · Romance
Bogus
1996 · Comedy
Bulletproof
1996 · Action
Bombay Priyudu
1996 · Drama
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996 · Crime
Unhook the Stars
1996 · Romance
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