Videos Released in 1996

This chart lists films and TV titles that were released on video in the United States and/or Canada in 1996. If a date has both movie and tv show releases they are shown as separate blocks divided by a blank line.

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January, 1996
January 5 Def Comedy Jam: Season 6 HBO     Amazon
 
 
January 9 Point Break Fox Home Entertainment     Netflix iTunes
What's Love Got to Do With It Walt Disney Home Enter…     iTunes Vudu
 
January 10 Raising Arizona 20th Century Studios     Hulu iTunes
 
January 16 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka MGM Video     Amazon
 
January 23 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Universal Home Enterta…      
Twins Universal Home Enterta…     Netflix iTunes
 
Moesha UPN      
Moesha: Season 1 UPN     Netflix Amazon
 
 
January 30 Shallow Grave Polygram USA Video      
 
 
 1996 The Big Green Buena Vista Home Enter…     iTunes
February, 1996
February 13 The Amazing Panda Adventure Warner Home Video      
 
February 17 Project: ALF ABC      
 
February 20 Billy Madison Universal Home Enterta…     Amazon iTunes
Copycat Warner Home Video     Vudu
Heavyweights Buena Vista Home Enter…     Amazon iTunes Google
The Land Before Time Universal Home Enterta…     Netflix iTunes Google Vudu
Major Payne Universal Home Enterta…     Netflix Amazon iTunes
 
February 27 Assault on Precinct 13 New Line Home Video     Amazon
March, 1996
March 5 Moonlight and Valentino Polygram USA Video      
My Neighbor Totoro Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes Vudu
Pulp Fiction Miramax Video     Amazon iTunes Google
 
March 12 The Great Alligator      
Mrs. Doubtfire Fox Home Entertainment     Hulu iTunes Google Vudu
 
March 26 The Juniper Tree Rhino Records      
Running on Empty Warner Home Video      
The Secret of Santa Vittoria MGM Video      
Tremors Universal Home Enterta…     Amazon iTunes Google
April, 1996
April 9 Johnny Mnemonic Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Hulu Netflix iTunes
 
April 16 Leap of Faith Paramount Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google
Rocky 2 MGM Video     Netflix Amazon
Rocky 3 MGM Video     Netflix
 
April 20 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes
 
April 23 On Moonlight Bay Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes
Waiting to Exhale Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes
 
April 30 Village of the Damned Universal Home Enterta…     iTunes Google Vudu
May, 1996
May 7 Diner MGM Video      
The Dirty Dozen MGM Video     Netflix iTunes Vudu
It Takes Two Warner Home Video     iTunes Vudu
 
May 14 The Abyss Fox Home Entertainment     Hulu iTunes
Die Hard: With a Vengeance 20th Century Studios     iTunes
Red Ball Express Universal Home Enterta…      
Terrified     iTunes Vudu
The Underneath Universal Home Enterta…      
Weird Science Universal Home Enterta…     Amazon iTunes
 
May 16 Airport '77 Gaiam     Netflix iTunes
 
May 21 La Boheme MGM Video     iTunes
Cliffhanger Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes
Live and Let Die MGM Video     Amazon
 
May 28 Clueless Paramount Home Video     Netflix iTunes Google
June, 1996
June 1 Coyote Summer Questar      
 
June 4 The Blue Lagoon Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix
Dog Day Afternoon Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes
Hardcore Sony Pictures Home Ent…      
The Net Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes
The Power of One Warner Home Video      
St. Elmo’s Fire Sony Pictures Home Ent…     iTunes
 
June 5 Judge Dredd Buena Vista Home Enter…     iTunes
 
June 18 Bonnie and Clyde Warner Home Video     Netflix iTunes
Dial M for Murder Warner Home Video     Amazon iTunes
Helen of Troy Warner Home Video      
The Old Man and the Sea Warner Home Video      
 
June 23 The War Universal Home Enterta…     Amazon iTunes
 
June 24 Heat Warner Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
 
June 25 Footloose Paramount Home Video     Amazon iTunes Google
July, 1996
July 9 The Choirboys Universal Home Enterta…      
City Slickers II: The Legend of … Sony Pictures Home Ent…      
Geronimo: An American Legend Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes
The Hard Way Universal Home Enterta…      
Once Bitten Hallmark     Amazon Vudu
 
July 16 Desperado Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix iTunes
Dragonslayer Paramount Home Video     iTunes
Heaven's Gate MGM Video     Amazon iTunes
El Mariachi Sony Pictures Home Ent…      
Panther Polygram USA Video      
Runaway Train Fox Home Entertainment     iTunes
 
July 31 Homeward Bound II: Lost in San F… Buena Vista Home Enter…     Disney+
August, 1996
August 6 Curse of the Undead Universal Home Enterta…      
Greek Tycoon, The Universal Home Enterta…      
Odds Against Tomorrow MGM Video     Vudu
 
August 13 Clash by Night Turner Home Entertainment      
 
August 20 Our Modern Maidens MGM Video      
The Surgeon      
 
 
August 21 Beverly Hills 90210: Season 7 Fox     Amazon
 
August 25 The Steve Harvey Show The WB      
The Steve Harvey Show: Season 1 The WB     Amazon
 
August 26 7th Heaven The WB      
7th Heaven: Season 1 The WB     Amazon
 
August 27 Moesha: Season 2 UPN     Amazon
Moesha: Season 2 UPN     Netflix
 
August 28 The Jamie Foxx Show The WB     Netflix
The Jamie Foxx Show: Season 1 The WB     Netflix
September, 1996
September 4 Sister Sister: Season 4 The WB     Amazon
Sister, Sister: Season 4 ABC     Netflix
 
September 8 Blue's Clues Nickelodeon      
Blue's Clues: Season 1 Nickelodeon     Amazon
 
 
September 10 The Anderson Tapes Sony Pictures Home Ent…      
Fiddler on the Roof United Artists Video     Amazon iTunes
Legends of the Fall Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix Hulu Amazon iTunes
Pure Danger FilmRise     Amazon
Rover Dangerfield Warner Home Video      
 
 
September 14 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Se… CBS      
 
 
September 17 Little Miss Marker Universal Home Enterta…      
Money Train Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Amazon
The Quest Universal Home Enterta…      
 
Frasier: Season 4 NBC     Amazon
Home Improvement: Season 6 ABC     Disney+
Spin City ABC      
Spin City: Season 1 ABC     Amazon
Wings: Season 8 NBC      
 
September 18 The Nanny: Season 4 CBS      
 
September 19 Friends: Season 3 NBC      
 
 
September 24 The American President Castle Rock Video     Amazon iTunes Google
 
Spin City: Season 2 ABC     Amazon
 
September 27 Sabrina: The Teenage Witch ABC      
Sabrina: The Teenage Witch, Seas… ABC     Amazon
 
October, 1996
October 1 Above the Rim New Line Home Video     Netflix Amazon iTunes Vudu
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Fa… Warner Home Video     Netflix iTunes Google
 
October 3 Dr. Giggles Universal Home Enterta…      
 
October 8 Children of the Corn IV: The Gat… Dimension Home     iTunes
Posse Polygram USA Video     Amazon iTunes
 
October 15 James and the Giant Peach Walt Disney Home Enter…     iTunes
The Secret of My Success Universal Home Enterta…     Netflix iTunes
 
October 22 Gallipoli Warner Home Video     iTunes
A Midwinter's Tale TriStar Pictures Video      
 
 
October 27 The Simpsons: Season 8 Fox     Disney+
 
 
October 29 Goldeneye MGM Video     Amazon
 
October 30 Toy Story Walt Disney Home Enter…     Disney+ Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
November, 1996
November 5 The Adventures of Pinocchio New Line Home Video      
The Men's Club Polygram USA Video     Amazon Vudu
To Die For Sony Pictures Home Ent…      
 
November 6 The Outfit MGM Video     iTunes Vudu
 
November 7 Halloween 3: Season of the Witch Gaiam      
Halloween II Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Amazon iTunes Google
Raid on Rommel Gaiam      
 
November 10 Romeo and Juliet Fox Home Entertainment     Google
 
November 12 Dead Presidents Walt Disney Home Enter…     iTunes
The Nutty Professor Universal Home Enterta…     Netflix Amazon iTunes
White Man's Burden HBO Home Video      
December, 1996
December 3 The Cable Guy Sony Pictures Home Ent…     Netflix Amazon
 
December 15 Bastard Out of Carolina Showtime Entertainment      
 
December 26 Emma A & E Home Video      
 
December 30 Betrayed Fox Home Entertainment      
 
 
During 1996 A Step Toward Tomorrow Hallmark     Amazon
Unforgivable     Amazon