Top 20 Action Movies of 1996
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- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesBrent SpinerThe Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsHarvey KeitelGeorge ClooneyJuliette LewisTwo criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerVanessa WilliamsJames CaanA Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.
- DirectorRobert MandelStarsTom BerengerRaymond CruzWilliam ForsytheShale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
- DirectorDaniel LeeStarsJet LiChing Wan LauKaren MokA survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.
- DirectorBenny ChanStarsChing Wan LauJordan ChanTat-Ming CheungAfter assaulting his tactical commander during a raid gone sour, a dedicated but temperamental cop Sergeant Bill Chu is demoted to the Emergency Unit, long considered to be the police force's dumping ground for problem cops.
- DirectorStuart BairdStarsKurt RussellHalle BerrySteven SeagalWhen terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsSean ConneryNicolas CageEd HarrisA mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
- DirectorJohn WooStarsJohn TravoltaChristian SlaterSamantha MathisTerrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.
- DirectorRingo LamStarsJean-Claude Van DammeNatasha HenstridgeJean-Hugues AngladeWhile seeking answers to the death of the twin brother he never knew he had, a French cop and his sibling's fiancee find themselves pursued by corrupt FBI agents and the Russian mafia.
- DirectorRichard PepinStarsJack ScaliaCindy AmbuehlJonathan BanksSix astronauts are infected by an alien organism.
- DirectorRichard PepinStarsJack ScaliaDennis ChristopherCarlos LauchuSpecial Agent Rafferty is thrown into a maelstrom of action and intrigue when he identifies a mysterious alien race who are on a mission to invade Earth.
- DirectorC. Thomas HowellStarsC. Thomas HowellTeri Ann LinnMichael RussoA paroled short order cook and a waitress go on the run with a bag of diamonds that accidentally falls into their possession, prompting two warring gangs to come after them.
- DirectorJoseph MerhiStarsC. Thomas HowellJeff FaheyEd LauterMark Goddard, a Los Angeles cop with a penchant for violence, is recruited by a secret police society who deliver justice outside of the law.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDolph LundgrenGina BellmanConrad DunnWaxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
- DirectorJonathan HeapStarsEric RobertsLaurie HoldenNick MancusoA cop (Roberts) tries to bust a gang of teenage gun dealers. In the process he catches only one and tries to charge him with a number of offences but fails since the gang member is underage. One by one the youth's friends start turning up dead. It is up to Dylan (Roberts), and his partner to save the youth from the same fate as the rest of his gang.
- DirectorJoseph MerhiStarsGary DanielsSugar Ray LeonardPaige RowlandAn heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.
- DirectorGordon ChanStarsMichael WongGigi LeungDamian LauHong Kong action thriller, about the Hong Kong Police Department's Special Duties Unit. When a raid by customs officials goes drastically wrong, the SDU are called in to deal with the ruthless mercenaries responsible, but before long the operation is derailed by a series of inter-departmental rivalries that could cause more innocent lives to be lost.
- DirectorAndrew StevensStarsMichael DudikoffFrederic ForrestReiner SchöneNuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, who turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL can save the day by sliding aboard while the sub is underwater.
- DirectorRick BennettStarsBilly BlanksMakoLisa JaiA peaceful karate instructor is propelled into the bloody, underworld kick-boxing circuit by the murder of a close friend. The man responsible is an Asian crime lord with a passion for gambling on the city's underground street fights.