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The Rich Man’s Wife
1996 · Thriller
Maximum Risk
1996 · Crime
Curdled
1996 · Comedy
The Trigger Effect
1996 · Drama
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996 · Sci-Fi
Freeway
1996 · Drama
Solo
1996 · Action
Foxfire
1996 · Drama
The Fan
1996 · Drama
Kansas City
1996 · Drama
Escape from L.A.
1996 · Action
Chain Reaction
1996 · Action
A Time to Kill
1996 · Drama
Daraar
1996 · Thriller
Independence Day
1996 · Action
Striptease
1996 · Drama
Silent Trigger
1996 · Thriller
The Sweeper
1996 · Action
Eraser
1996 · Action
The Maddening
1996 · Thriller
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi
1996 · Action
The Cable Guy
1996 · Drama
Deadly Voyage
1996 · Thriller
The Rock
1996 · Action
The Dentist
1996 · Horror
The Arrival
1996 · Sci-Fi
Mission: Impossible
1996 · Action
Heaven’s Prisoners
1996 · Drama
Power 98
1996 · Thriller
Twister
1996 · Action
Original Gangstas
1996 · Crime
Indian
1996 · Thriller
The Craft
1996 · Drama
An Unfinished Affair
1996 · Drama
Mulholland Falls
1996 · Drama
Butterfly Kiss
1996 · Drama
The Substitute
1996 · Action
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
1996 · Thriller
Fear
1996 · Thriller
Thesis
1996 · Thriller
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