Movies Using the English Language and Released in 1996
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The list below includes all films using the English language, including movies using other languages as well.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode.
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| Movie | Language(s) | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Independence Day |
English |
Adventure |
$75,000,000 |
$817,400,878 |
|
| Twister |
English |
Action |
$88,000,000 |
$495,700,000 |
|
| Mission: Impossible |
English |
Action |
$80,000,000 |
$457,697,994 |
|
| The Rock |
English |
Action |
$75,000,000 |
$336,069,511 |
|
| Ransom |
English |
Action |
$70,000,000 |
$308,700,000 |
|
| The Nutty Professor |
English |
Comedy |
$55,000,000 |
$273,814,019 |
|
| Jerry Maguire |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$50,000,000 |
$273,552,592 |
|
| Space Jam |
English |
Adventure |
$80,000,000 |
$250,180,384 |
|
| Eraser |
English |
Action |
$100,000,000 |
$234,400,000 |
|
| The English Patient |
English |
Drama |
$35,000,000 |
$231,710,008 |
|
| The Birdcage |
English |
Comedy |
|
$181,760,553 |
|
| The First Wives Club |
English |
Comedy |
$30,000,000 |
$181,489,203 |
|
| Scream |
English |
Horror |
$15,000,000 |
$173,046,640 |
|
| Sleepers |
English |
Drama |
$44,000,000 |
$165,600,852 |
|
| Daylight |
English |
Action |
$80,000,000 |
$158,908,290 |
|
| A Time to Kill |
English |
Drama |
$40,000,000 |
$152,266,007 |
|
| Phenomenon |
English |
Drama |
$32,000,000 |
$152,036,382 |
|
| Evita |
English,
Spanish |
Musical |
$55,000,000 |
$151,947,179 |
|
| Star Trek: First Contact |
English |
Adventure |
$46,000,000 |
$150,000,000 |
|
| Broken Arrow |
English |
Action |
$65,000,000 |
$148,345,997 |
|
| Romeo+Juliet |
English |
Drama |
$14,500,000 |
$147,542,381 |
|
| Jingle All the Way |
English |
Comedy |
$60,000,000 |
$129,832,389 |
|
| Executive Decision |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$55,000,000 |
$122,079,192 |
|
| Dragonheart |
English |
Adventure |
$57,000,000 |
$104,364,680 |
|
| The Cable Guy |
English |
Black Comedy |
$47,000,000 |
$102,825,796 |
|
| Primal Fear |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$102,573,633 |
|
| Mars Attacks! |
English |
Black Comedy |
$80,000,000 |
$101,371,017 |
|
| Courage Under Fire |
English |
Drama |
$46,000,000 |
$100,833,145 |
|
| Up Close & Personal |
English |
Drama |
$60,000,000 |
$100,645,801 |
|
| Tin Cup |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$45,000,000 |
$75,854,588 |
|
| Trainspotting |
English |
Drama |
$3,100,000 |
$71,548,935 |
|
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do America |
English |
Comedy |
$12,000,000 |
$63,118,386 |
|
| Chain Reaction |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$55,000,000 |
$60,209,334 |
|
| The Preacher’s Wife |
English |
Drama |
|
$56,432,646 |
|
| The Craft |
English |
Horror |
$15,000,000 |
$55,669,466 |
|
| Fargo |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$7,000,000 |
$51,203,507 |
|
| Happy Gilmore |
English |
Comedy |
$10,000,000 |
$41,004,412 |
|
| The Ghost and the Darkness |
English |
Action |
$55,000,000 |
$38,564,422 |
|
| The Adventures of Pinocchio |
English,
Italian |
Adventure |
$25,000,000 |
$36,682,170 |
|
| Shine |
English |
Drama |
$5,500,000 |
$36,675,932 |
|
| That Thing You Do! |
English |
Comedy |
$2,500,000 |
$34,557,416 |
|
| Muppet Treasure Island |
English |
Adventure |
|
$34,327,391 |
|
| The Truth About Cats & Dogs |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$34,084,531 |
|
| The Long Kiss Goodnight |
English |
Action |
$65,000,000 |
$33,447,612 |
|
| Matilda |
English |
Comedy |
|
$33,098,222 |
|
| Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco |
English |
Adventure |
|
$32,709,423 |
|
| Black Sheep |
English |
Comedy |
|
$32,330,354 |
|
| Kingpin |
English |
Comedy |
$25,000,000 |
$32,223,424 |
|
| Flipper |
English |
Adventure |
$25,530,000 |
$30,593,313 |
|
| Michael Collins |
English |
Drama |
$25,000,000 |
$27,798,183 |
|
| First Kid |
English |
Adventure |
|
$26,465,920 |
|
| From Dusk Till Dawn |
English |
Horror |
$20,000,000 |
$25,736,162 |
|
| Escape from L.A. |
English |
Action |
$50,000,000 |
$25,426,861 |
|
| D3: The Mighty Ducks |
English |
Comedy |
|
$22,936,273 |
|
| My Fellow Americans |
English |
Comedy |
$21,500,000 |
$22,331,846 |
|
| Bulletproof |
English |
Action |
|
$22,230,840 |
|
| High School High |
English |
Comedy |
|
$20,995,023 |
|
| City Hall |
English |
Drama |
$40,000,000 |
$20,278,055 |
|
| The People vs. Larry Flynt |
English |
Drama |
|
$20,224,840 |
|
| Multiplicity |
English |
Comedy |
$45,000,000 |
$20,133,326 |
|
| Kazaam |
English |
Comedy |
|
$18,880,508 |
|
| The Phantom |
English |
Action |
$45,000,000 |
$17,220,599 |
|
| Diabolique |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$17,100,266 |
|
| The Frighteners |
English |
Horror |
|
$16,554,422 |
|
| Secrets & Lies |
English |
Drama |
$4,500,000 |
$16,090,874 |
|
| She's the One |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
$3,500,000 |
$13,795,053 |
|
| Bio-Dome |
English |
Comedy |
|
$13,294,762 |
|
| Ghosts of Mississippi |
English |
Drama |
$36,000,000 |
$13,052,741 |
|
| Mr. Wrong |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$12,805,071 |
|
| Marvin's Room |
English |
Drama |
$23,000,000 |
$12,803,305 |
|
| The Evening Star |
English |
Drama |
|
$12,767,815 |
|
| Mulholland Falls |
English |
Drama |
|
$11,504,190 |
|
| 2 Days In The Valley |
English |
Drama |
|
$11,101,856 |
|
| Two if by Sea |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$10,493,670 |
|
| White Squall |
Danish,
English,
Spanish |
Adventure |
$38,000,000 |
$10,229,300 |
|
| Dunston Checks In |
English |
Comedy |
|
$9,419,316 |
|
| Hellraiser IV: Bloodline |
English |
Horror |
|
$9,321,492 |
|
| Celtic Pride |
English |
Comedy |
|
$9,240,378 |
|
| Larger Than Life |
English |
Comedy |
|
$8,295,903 |
|
| The Great White Hype |
English |
Comedy |
|
$7,852,282 |
|
| Bound |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$4,500,000 |
$7,011,317 |
|
| Swingers |
English |
Comedy |
$200,000 |
$6,618,578 |
|
| Last Dance |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,857,534 |
|
| Jane Eyre |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,200,601 |
|
| When We Were Kings |
English |
Documentary |
|
$4,647,606 |
|
| Breaking the Waves |
English |
Drama |
|
$4,072,128 |
|
| Ed |
English |
Comedy |
|
$3,956,785 |
|
| Barb Wire |
English |
Action |
|
$3,775,952 |
|
| Moll Flanders |
English |
Drama |
|
$3,443,047 |
|
| Crash |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$10,000,000 |
$3,412,380 |
|
| Carpool |
English |
Comedy |
|
$3,325,651 |
|
| Original Gangstas |
English |
Action |
|
$3,279,266 |
|
| Unforgettable |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$18,000,000 |
$2,483,790 |
|
| Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace |
English |
Action |
|
$2,396,302 |
|
| Big Bully |
English |
Comedy |
|
$2,042,530 |
|
| Kansas City |
English |
Drama |
$19,000,000 |
$1,353,824 |
|
| The Celluloid Closet |
English |
Documentary |
|
$1,310,167 |
|
| Dead Man |
Cree,
English |
Western |
|
$1,078,064 |
|
| Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation |
English |
Adventure |
|
$1,002,002 |
|
| Heavy |
English |
Drama |
|
$852,362 |
|
| Trees Lounge |
English |
Drama |
$1,300,000 |
$749,741 |
|
| Anne Frank Remembered |
English,
German |
Documentary |
|
$606,713 |
|
| Twelfth Night: Or What You Will |
English |
Comedy |
|
$588,621 |
|
| Boys |
English |
Drama |
|
$516,349 |
|
| Bottle Rocket |
English |
Action |
$5,000,000 |
$407,576 |
|
| Stonewall |
English |
Drama |
$2,000,000 |
$304,602 |
|
| Hype! |
English |
Documentary |
|
$242,021 |
|
| Lilies |
English,
French |
Drama |
|
$221,494 |
|
| Jack & Sarah |
English |
Romantic Comedy |
|
$218,626 |
|
| Man of the Year |
English |
Comedy |
|
$209,935 |
|
| Santa with Muscles |
English |
Comedy |
|
$198,717 |
|
| Silent Trigger |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
$15,000,000 |
$76,382 |
|
| Adrenalin: Fear the Rush |
English |
Action |
|
$37,536 |
|
| Lust och fägring stor |
English,
German,
Swedish |
Drama |
|
$19,982 |
|
| From the Journals of Jean Seberg |
English |
Documentary |
|
$8,868 |
|
| A Leap of Faith |
English |
Documentary |
|
$5,000 |
|
| Bird of Prey |
Bulgarian,
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$5,000 |
|
| The Low Life |
English |
Drama |
|
$5,000 |
|
| Headless Body in Topless Bar |
English |
Black Comedy |
|
$4,708 |
|
| Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press |
English |
Documentary |
|
$3,204 |
|
| Lilian's Story |
English |
Drama |
|
$1,220 |
|
| Terrified |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
| Unforgivable |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Bastard Out of Carolina |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| A Step Toward Tomorrow |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Riot |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| Pure Danger |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Rage |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Access Denied |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Once You Meet a Stranger |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| The Elevator |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Subterfuge |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Mariette in Ecstasy |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Serpent’s Lair |
English |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$0 |
|
| The Moravian Massacre |
English |
Documentary |
|
$0 |
|
| The Juniper Tree |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| On Dangerous Ground |
English |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Alibi |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Abduction of Innocence |
English |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Project: ALF |
English |
Comedy |
|
$0 |
|
| Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering |
English |
Horror |
|
$0 |
|
