Domestic Release Schedule
| Release | Distributor | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| September 20, 1996 | ||
 Last Man Standing
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken 1 hr 41 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 Surviving Picasso
Biography
Drama
Romance
With: Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone, Julianne Moore, Joss Ackland 2 hr 5 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Paraíso Perdido
Drama
With: Maria de Medeiros, Rui Mendes, Manuela de Freitas, Carlos Daniel 1 hr 30 min | - | Limited |
 Giant1996 Re-release
Drama
Western
With: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker 3 hr 21 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
| September 27, 1996 | ||
 Extreme Measures
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse 1 hr 58 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 2 Days in the Valley
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
With: Teri Hatcher, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Charlize Theron 1 hr 44 min | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Wide |
 Curdled
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
With: William Baldwin, Angela Jones, Bruce Ramsay, Lois Chiles 1 hr 28 min | - | Limited |
 Somebody to Love
Comedy
Drama
With: Rosie Perez, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn, Michael DeLorenzo 1 hr 42 min | - | Limited |
 Ed's Next Move
Comedy
Romance
With: Matt Ross, Catherine Curtin, Timothy Pilato, Ramon Moses 1 hr 28 min | Orion Classics | Limited |
 The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Biography
Documentary
With: Julie Andrews, Lauren Bacall, Carol Channing, Cy Coleman 1 hr 26 min | Castle Hill Productions | Limited |
 | Seventh Art Releasing | Limited |
| September 28, 1996 | ||
 Secrets & Lies
Comedy
Drama
With: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook 2 hr 16 min | October Films | Limited |
| October 4, 1996 | ||
 The Glimmer Man
Action
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton, Brian Cox 1 hr 31 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 D3: The Mighty Ducks
Action
Comedy
Drama
Family
Sport
With: Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Nordling, David Selby, Heidi Kling 1 hr 44 min | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 That Thing You Do!
Comedy
Drama
Music
With: Tom Hanks, Liv Tyler, Charlize Theron, Tom Everett Scott 1 hr 48 min | Twentieth Century Fox | Wide |
 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 Infinity
Biography
Drama
With: Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Force, Peter Riegert 1 hr 59 min | First Look International | Limited |
 | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Small Wonders
Biography
Documentary
Music
With: Roberta Guaspari, Arnold Steinhardt, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman 1 hr 17 min | Miramax | Limited |
 Bird of Prey
Crime
Drama
Music
Romance
Thriller
With: Lenny von Dohlen, Boyan Milushev, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Chamberlain 1 hr 45 min | Northern Arts Entertainment | Limited |
| October 6, 1996 | ||
 Vertigo1996 Restored 70mm
Mystery
Romance
Thriller
With: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore 2 hr 8 min | Universal Pictures | Limited |
| October 9, 1996 | ||
 Beautiful Thing
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson 1 hr 30 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 | Miramax | Limited |
| October 11, 1996 | ||
 The Long Kiss Goodnight
Action
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
With: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko 2 hr 1 min | New Line Cinema | Wide |
 The Ghost and the Darkness
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
With: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani 1 hr 50 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 The Chamber
Crime
Drama
Thriller
With: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Robert Prosky 1 hr 53 min | Universal Pictures | Wide |
 The Grass Harp
Comedy
Drama
With: Piper Laurie, Sissy Spacek, Walter Matthau, Edward Furlong 1 hr 47 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
 Love Is All There Is
Comedy
Romance
With: Lainie Kazan, Paul Sorvino, Barbara Carrera, Joseph Bologna 1 hr 45 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
 Michael Collins
Biography
Drama
Thriller
War
With: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart 2 hr 13 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Bitter Sugar
Drama
Romance
With: René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Larry Villanueva 1 hr 45 min | First Look International | Limited |
 Looking for Richard
Documentary
Drama
With: Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey, Frederic Kimball 1 hr 52 min | - | Limited |
 Trees Lounge
Comedy
Drama
With: Steve Buscemi, Carol Kane, Mark Boone Junior, Bronson Dudley 1 hr 35 min | Orion Classics | Limited |
 Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
Biography
Documentary
History
With: Susan Sarandon, Edward Asner, Ben Bagdikian, Jeff Cohen 1 hr 30 min | - | Limited |
| October 16, 1996 | ||
 | - | Limited |
| October 18, 1996 | ||
 | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Get on the Bus
Adventure
Drama
History
With: Ossie Davis, Charles S. Dutton, Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer 2 hr | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 | Miramax | Limited |
 Jude
Drama
Romance
With: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths 2 hr 3 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Laurie Fortier 1 hr 33 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Limited |
 I Shot a Man in Vegas
Crime
Drama
With: John Stockwell, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Drillinger, Noelle Lippman 1 hr 26 min | Arrow Releasing | Limited |
 Not Bad for a Girl
Documentary
Music
With: Lisa Rose Apramian, Donita Sparks, Jennifer Finch, Andrea Kusten 1 hr 30 min | - | Limited |
| October 25, 1996 | ||
 High School High
Comedy
Crime
Romance
With: Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher, Mekhi Phifer 1 hr 26 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 Thinner
Fantasy
Horror
With: Robert John Burke, Joe Mantegna, Lucinda Jenney, Bethany Joy Lenz 1 hr 33 min | Paramount Pictures | Wide |
 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Wide |
 The Sunchaser
Crime
Drama
With: Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda, Anne Bancroft, Alexandra Tydings 2 hr 2 min | Warner Bros. | Limited |
 Palookaville
Comedy
Crime
With: William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese, Gareth Williams 1 hr 32 min | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Limited |
Michael Collins
Biography
Drama
Thriller
War
With: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Ian Hart 2 hr 13 min | Warner Bros. | Wide |
 Twelfth Night
Comedy
Drama
Romance
With: Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Steven Mackintosh 2 hr 14 min | Fine Line Features | Limited |
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
With: Peter Gallagher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Laurie Fortier 1 hr 33 min | Sony Pictures Releasing | Wide |
 When We Were Kings
Documentary
Sport
With: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown 1 hr 28 min | Gramercy Pictures (I) | Limited |
 | Fine Line Features | Limited |
