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Movies of 1996
22 Films I loved this year
Beautiful Girls
Big Night
Bottle Rocket
Emma
Fargo
Happy Gilmore
Independence Day
James and the Giant Peach
Jerry Maguire
L.A. Confidential
Lone Star
Matilda
Mr. Holland’s Opus
The Rock
Romeo + Juliet
Tin Cup
Honorable mention
2 Days in the Valley
The Birdcage
Kingpin
Michael Collins
The Nutty Professor
One Fine Day
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Primal Fear
Scream
Sling Blade
That Thing You Do!
Trainspotting
White Squall
All ages
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
James and the Giant Peach
Matilda
Guilty pleasures
Bound
Daylight
Eraser
From Dusk Til Dawn
Holiday
Jingle All the Way
Want to see
Breaking the Waves
Fly Away Home
Hard Eight
Secrets & Lies
Shine
SubUrbia
Overrated and/or underwhelming
The Cable Guy
The Ghost and the Darkness
The English Patient
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Essential music of 1996
Albums
Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Honorable mention
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
The Fugees - The Score
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Tool - Ænima
The greatest songs of 1996
(Love Is) What I Got – Sublime (E)
1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
Ænema - Tool (E)
ATLiens - OutKast (E)
The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
Building Steam With a Grain of Salt - DJ Shadow
Call It in the Air - Jimmy Eat World
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Children - Robert Miles
The Distance - Cake
Don’t Look Back in Anger - Oasis
Fall At Your Feet by Crowded House
Firestarter - Prodigy
Forty Six & 2 - Tool
The Fox in the Snow - Belle and Sebastian
The Good Life - Weezer (E)
I Want You - Savage Garden
If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
Ironic - Alanis Morissette
Ladykillers - Lush
Midnight in a Perfect World - DJ Shadow
One of Us - Joan Osborne
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Orphan Girl by Gillian Welch
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
Santa Monica - Everclear
Santeria - Sublime
The Score - The Fugees
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods
We Rule the School - Belle and Sebastian
What Do I Have To Do - Stabbing Westward
When You’re Gone - Cranberries
1996 PLAYLISTS BY MONTH
January
Midnight in a Perfect World - DJ Shadow
Don’t Look Back in Anger - Oasis
A Design for Life by Manic Street Preachers
Ænema - Tool (E)
February
I Want You - Savage Garden
Killing Me Softly - The Fugees
When You’re Gone - Cranberries
If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
March
April
Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand - Primitive Radio Gods
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
My Wondering Days Are Over - Belle and Sebastian
Seeing Other People - Belle and Sebastian
If You’re Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
May
Fu-Gee-La - Fugees
Gangsta’s Paradise - Coolio f. L.V.
Lovefool - Cardigans
Wannabe - Spice Girls
Criminal – Fiona Apple
Ironic - Alanis Morissette
One of Us - Joan Osborne
Wonderwall - Oasis
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Where Do You Go - No Mercy
Be My Lover - La Bouche
Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
You Learn / You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
June
The Distance - Cake
(Love Is) What I Got – Sublime (E)
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Where It’s At - Beck
The Good Life - Weezer (E)
Firestarter - Prodigy
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
ATLiens - OutKast (E)
July
Just a Girl - No Doubt
Santa Monica - Everclear
Santeria - Sublime
Pepper - Butthole Surfers
August
Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots
Australia by Manic Street Preachers
Call It in the Air - Jimmy Eat World
Me and the Major - Belle and Sebastian
The Score - The Fugees
September
1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
Building Steam With a Grain of Salt - DJ Shadow
Forty Six & 2 - Tool
We Rule the School - Belle and Sebastian
The Beautiful People - Marilyn Manson
Clarity - Jimmy Eat World
October
Children - Robert Miles
Ladykillers - Lush
Judy And The Dream of Horses - Belle and Sebastian
What Do I Have To Do - Stabbing Westward
Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying - Belle and Sebastian
November
The Fox in the Snow - Belle and Sebastian
December
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Spiritual
One of Us - Joan Osborne