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Minette Walters - The CollectionMinette Walters - The Collection (The Ice House, The Echo, The Dark Room, The Sculptress, The Scold's Bridle) (1996-1999)
Dir. Diarmuid Lawrence, David Thacker
Feat. Daniel Craig, Corin Redgrave, Clive Owen
A box–set of five film adaptations of murder mysteries by English crime writer Minette Walters, from the BBC. All are psychological thrillers…
MistrialMistrial (1996)
Dir. Heywood Gould
Feat. Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia, Blair Underwood
Frustrated by the legal system, cop Bill Pullman pours gasoline on community tensions by kidnapping a judge and jury – to put a suspected…
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're DeadNobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1996)
Dir. Agustin Diaz Yanes
Feat. Victoria Abril, Pilar Bardem
Alcoholic and reluctant whore Victoria Abril turns a few clever tricks on a Mexican mob's laundering operation. A Spanish pulpy fiction grafted with…
Normal LifeNormal Life (1996)
Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Kate Walsh
Based on a true story of a by–the–book cop who turns to bank–robbing with a bit of encouragement from his off–the–boil…
Passion of Darkly NoonPassion of Darkly Noon (1996)
Dir. Philip Ridley
Feat. Ashley Judd, Brendan Fraser, Viggo Mortensen
The director of the underrated THE REFLECTING SKIN revisits the bayou for another round of redneck neurosis, repressed desire and violent madness. A…
Primal FearPrimal Fear (1996)
Dir. Gregory Hoblit
Feat. Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
Hotshot Chicago attorney Richard Gere defends, with difficulty, an altar boy accused of brutally murdering a much–loved archbishop. The…
Pure Formality, APure Formality, A (Una pura formalità) (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski
A chilling interrogation of an elusive murder suspect transpires under weather most foul. Roman Polanski and Gerard Depardieu face–off…
PusherPusher (1996) Recommended
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen
Intense Danish thriller follows a fast–living drug dealer's (Bodnia) downward arc after he inadvertantly loses a load of product and tries to…
RansomRansom (1996) Recommended
Dir. Ron Howard
Feat. Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise
Kidnappers post a nasty ultimatum to airline mogul Mel Gibson, who didn't get to where he is today by responding kindly to threats. Hi–gloss…
Secret Agent, TheSecret Agent, The (1996)
Dir. Christopher Hampton
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Gerard Depardieu, Patricia Arquette
Faithful period adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel concerning political intrigues in Edwardian London. Russian spy Bob Hoskins is ordered out…

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