Tuesday, December 31, 1996

Critical Consensus: The Films Of 1996 (Fung)

Critic Top Ten Lists - 1996
From 1995 through 2002, Alex Fung - apparently a student at Carlton University - compiled year-end Top Ten lists from a significant number of film critics. Here are his results for 1996.

#1 FARGO, directed by Joel Coen
#2 SECRETS & LIES, directed by Mike Leigh
#3 BREAKING THE WAVES, directed by Lars Von Trier
#4 THE ENGLISH PATIENT, directed by Anthony Minghella
#5 LONE STAR, directed by John Sayles
#6 SHINE, directed by Scott Hicks
#7 TRAINSPOTTING, directed by Danny Boyle
#8 BIG NIGHT, directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci
#9 THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, directed by Milos Forman
#10 THE CRUCIBLE, directed by Nicholas Hytner

#11 FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, directed by David O. Russell
#12 DEAD MAN, directed by Jim Jarmusch
#13 JERRY MAGUIRE, directed by Cameron Crowe
#14 THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, directed by Jane Campion
#15 HAMLET, directed by Kenneth Branagh
#16 WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, directed by Todd Solondz
#17 PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
#18 MOTHER, directed by Albert Brooks
#19 THE WHITE BALLOON, directed by Jafar Panahi
#20 L'AMERICA, directed by Gianni Amelio

#21 CHUNGKING EXPRESS, directed by Wong Kar-Wai
#22 TREES LOUNGE, directed by Steve Buscemi
#23 THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, directed by Dan Ireland
#24 EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU, directed by Woody Allen
#25 TIN CUP, directed by Ron Shelton
#26 EMMA, directed by Douglas McGrath
#27 RIDICULE, directed by Patrice Leconte
#28 LA CEREMONIE, directed by Claude Chabrol
#29 LAND AND FREEDOM, directed by Ken Loach
#30 WHEN WE WERE KINGS, directed by Leon Gast

#31 CRASH, directed by David Cronenberg
#32 MICROCOSMOS, directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou
#33 MICHAEL COLLINS, directed by Neil Jordan
#34 LA FILLE SEULE, directed by Benoit Jacquot
#35 NELLY AND MONSIEUR ARNAUD, directed by Claude Sautet