1996

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• February 16 - Happy Gilmore
• March 15 - Ed
• March 29 - Sgt. Bilko
• April 12 - Fear
• April 19 - Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
• April 26 - The Quest
• May 3 - Barb Wire
• May 10 - Twister
• May 17 - Flipper
• May 31 - Dragonheart
• June 28 - The Nutty Professor
• July 19 - The Frighteners
• August 16 - Bordello of Blood
• September 6 - Bulletproof
• October 4 - Bound
• October 11 - The Chamber
• October 18 - Sleepers
• December 6 - Daylight
• December 25 - The Portrait of a Lady
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Home video releases

VHS releases

• January 23 - Waterworld
• February 6 - The Usual Suspects
• February 20
  • The Land Before Time
  • To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
• March 12 - Clockers
• March 19 - Babe
• March 26 - Mallrats
• April 2 - Balto
• April 9 - Tremors 2: Aftershocks
• April 30
  • How to Make an American Quilt
  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
  • The Reluctant Astronaut
  • Pillow Talk
  • Strange Bedfellows
  • Send Me No Flowers
  • The Love God?
  • Man's Favorite Sport?
  • Lover Come Back
  • Come September
  • The Thrill of It All
  • Shenandoah
  • Bend of the River
• May 14
  • Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
  • The Appaloosa
  • The Virginian
  • Law and Order
• May 28 - Casino
• June 11 - Sudden Death
• July 16 - Happy Gilmore
• July 23 - 12 Monkeys
• August 6 - Ed
• August 20 - Barb Wire
• September 10 - Sgt. Bilko
• September 17
  • The Quest
  • Little Miss Marker
  • Now and Forever
  • The Shakiest Gun in the West
  • How to Frame a Figg
• October 8 - Flipper
• October 15
  • Fear
  • Six of a Kind
  • Love in Bloom
  • Here Comes Cookie
  • Going My Way
• November 12 - The Nutty Professor
• November 19 - Dragonheart
• December 10 - The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
• December 17 - The Frighteners

Character debuts

• April 12 - Stuart Gharty
• May 31 - Draco, Bowen, King Enion
• July 17 - Frank Bannister, Lucy Lynskey, Ray Lynskey, Milton Dammers, Patricia Bradley, Johnny Bartlett, Sheriff Walt Perry, Magda Rees-Jones
• September 18 - Jamie Ross
• October 25 - Terri Stivers
• November 1 - Julianna Cox
• December 10 - Ali, Archie, Icky and Dil, Old One

People

Births

• November 22 - Madison Davenport (actress)

Deaths

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