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Oscars 1996: Winners and Nominees of the 68th Academy Awards

Public list by WPS with 58 movies or TV shows/series

These movies have won or been nominated for the Oscars 1996 on 03/25/1996.

The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by David Salzman and Quincy Jones and directed by Jeff Margolis. Actress Whoopi Goldberg hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 66th ceremony in 1994. Three weeks earlier, in a ceremony held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on March 2, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Richard Dreyfuss. Braveheart won five awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included Apollo 13, Pocahontas, Restoration, and The Usual Suspects with two awards and Anne Frank Remembered, Antonia's Line, Babe, A Close Shave, Dead Man Walking, Leaving Las Vegas, Lieberman in Love, Mighty Aphrodite, One Survivor Remembers, Il Postino: The Postman, and Sense and Sensibility with one. The telecast garnered almost 45 million viewers in the United States. ()

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Toy Story(1995)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 21min | Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, Comedy
4.0/5 (with 8,657 votes)

Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.

Directed by John Lasseter

Se7en(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 7min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
4.2/5 (with 9,525 votes)

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Braveheart(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 58min | Action, Drama, History, War
4.0/5 (with 4,499 votes)

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule.

The Usual Suspects(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 46min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
4.1/5 (with 4,724 votes)

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

Twelve Monkeys(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 9min | Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 3,691 votes)

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

Casino(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 59min | Crime, Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 2,559 votes)

In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

Pocahontas(1995)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 25min | Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 2,585 votes)

Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.

Waterworld(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 1,587 votes)

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship.

All Things Fair(1995)

2h 10min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.2/5 (with 48 votes)

Stig is a 15-year-old pupil of 37-year-old teacher Viola. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity while she is drawn to him by his youth and innocence, a godsent relief from her drunk and miserable husband.

Apollo 13(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 20min | History, Drama, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 2,401 votes)

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Babe(1995)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 31min | Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.1/5 (with 1,263 votes)

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he has the makings to become the greatest sheep pig of all time, and Farmer Hogget knows it. With the help of the sheep dogs, Babe learns that a pig can be anything that he wants to be.

Batman Forever(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 1min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
2.7/5 (with 2,410 votes)

Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.

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Leaving Las Vegas(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 51min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 649 votes)

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Sense and Sensibility(1995)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 713 votes)

Based on Jane Austen's classic novel of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

The Bridges of Madison County(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 979 votes)

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.

Crimson Tide(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 56min | Thriller, Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 764 votes)

After the Cold War, a breakaway Russian republic with nuclear warheads becomes a possible worldwide threat. U.S. submarine Capt. Frank Ramsey signs on a relatively green but highly recommended Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter to the USS Alabama, which may be the only ship ableto stop a possible Armageddon. When Ramsay insists that the Alabama must act aggressively, Hunter, fearing they will start rather than stop a disaster, leads a potential mutiny to stop him.

The American President(1995)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 305 votes)

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.

Mighty Aphrodite(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 35min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 280 votes)

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.

Sabrina(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 7min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 264 votes)

An ugly duckling having undergone a remarkable change, still harbors feelings for her crush: a carefree playboy, but not before his business-focused brother has something to say about it.

Dead Man Walking(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 2min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 572 votes)

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

Rob Roy(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 19min | Adventure, History, Drama, Action, War
3.4/5 (with 265 votes)

In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.

A Little Princess(1995)

3.8/5 (with 433 votes)

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self- worth.

Don Juan DeMarco(1994)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Romance / Love, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 326 votes)

John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion. But the psychiatric sessions have an unexpected effect on the psychiatric staff and, most profoundly, Dr Mickler, who rekindles the romance in his complacent marriage.

Mr. Holland's Opus(1995)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 17min | Drama, Music, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 173 votes)

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.

Nixon(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 3h 12min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 146 votes)

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

A Close Shave(1995)

FSK: 6+ years
| 30min | Kids & Family, Animation, Comedy
3.8/5 (with 335 votes)

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

Directed by Nick Park

Restoration(1995)

1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 47 votes)

An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.

Shanghai Triad(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 48min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 34 votes)

Shanghai, China, 1930. When young Shuisheng arrives from the countryside, his uncle Liushu puts him at the service of Bijou, the mistress of Laoda, supreme boss of the Tang Triad, constantly threatened by his enemies, both those he knows and those lurking in the shadows.

Directed by Zhang Yimou - With Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Xuejian, Xiao-Xiao Wang, Fu Biao

Richard III(1995)

1h 44min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 78 votes)

A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension—among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised.

The Postman(1994)

4.0/5 (with 502 votes)

Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

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