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Star Trek: First Contact
1996 · Action
For My Daughter’s Honor
1996 · Drama
True Blue
1996 · Drama
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
1996 · Horror
Alexander
1996 · Action
Ransom
1996 · Action
Head Above Water
1996 · Comedy
Set It Off
1996 · Action
Buried Secrets
1996 · Mystery
To Brave Alaska
1996 · Adventure
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Drama
Moebius
1996
Ang Probinsyano
1996 · Action
Panic in the Skies
1996 · Thriller
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 · Action
Michael Collins
1996 · Biography
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · Adventure
King of Robbery
1996 · Action
Tata Birla
1996
The Glimmer Man
1996 · Action
Bound
1996 · Drama
The People Next Door
1996 · Thriller
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
1996 · Thriller
Extreme Measures
1996 · Drama
Ang Syota Kong Balikbayan
1996 · Drama
Specimen
1996 · Action
The Rich Man’s Wife
1996 · Thriller
Maximum Risk
1996 · Crime
Bulletproof
1996 · Action
Chronicle of a Disappearance
1996 · Drama
The Trigger Effect
1996 · Drama
Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders
1996 · Horror
Foxfire
1996 · Drama
The Fan
1996 · Drama
Danger Zone
1996 · Drama
Chain Reaction
1996 · Action
A Time to Kill
1996 · Drama
Fled
1996 · Action
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996 · Horror
Independence Day
1996 · Action
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