Watch 1996 Movies and TV Shows Online in Australia
Explore the best 1996 movies and tv shows in Australia. From box office hits to fan-favorite films and series, discover top-rated titles, trending picks, and hidden gems that made 1996 a standout year for entertainment.
Take a trip back to 1996 and relive the best in entertainment in Australia. Browse a wide variety of movies and tv shows, including award-winning blockbusters, trending releases, and critically acclaimed favorites. Whether you're looking for action-packed thrillers, heartwarming dramas, laugh-out-loud comedies, or captivating documentaries, 1996 delivered something for everyone. Use Popcorn Time to easily find titles by genre, popularity, or release date, and rediscover the magic of 1996.
From the big screen to small-screen hits, explore the year's most memorable releases and create your own playlist of 1996's greatest entertainment. Start streaming now and see why 1996 remains a favorite among movie and TV lovers.
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Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
The Portrait of a Lady (1996 )
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After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
The Funeral (1996 )
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A school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Sunset Park (1996 )
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The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet -- in human form as Dick Solomon. Along for the ride are his alien compatriots Harry, Sally and Tommy -- who is the eldest of the group but is now angrily trapped in a teen's body.
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996 )
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Matt, a home arcade games programmer runs into an old acquaintance who saved his life years earlier from a burning automobile. The rescuer, Simon, is down on his luck, living like a bum. The grateful Matt feels obligated to help Simon, so he takes him into his home and gets him a job in the mail room of his company. However, what Matt doesn't know is it was no accident running into Simon, and Simon has an old score to settle with Matt, going all the way back to the night Simon saved Matt's life.
One Good Turn (1996 )
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Follow Australian politician Paul Keating's 1996 election campaign told from the perspective of Santo Cilauro who traveled in the media pool.
The Campaign (1996 )
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Vinodh manipulates Thulasi into marrying him. Later, he takes away their firstborn child to please Satan by sacrificing it, however, Vijay, a kind man, saves the baby.
Karuppu Roja (1996 )
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Penurious but muscle-bound Blake Thorne has made a vast fortune marketing health food and health supplements. He once was a nice fellow, but as his wealth increases, he becomes increasingly self-centered and decadent. One day, he gets in a great paint-gun fight that goes too far. Blake escapes the cops by running into a shopping mall, quickly donning a Santa Suit and pretending to be St. Nick. A head injury causes Blake to suffer amnesia, and an opportunistic "elf" decides to convince Blake that he is indeed Santa. This leads "Santa" to help save an orphanage, filled with adorable moppets, from the machinations of a greedy, insane doctor.
Santa with Muscles (1996 )
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Another thrilling adventure for Elsa the lioness as she works her magic on two teenagers struggling with changes in their life.
Born Free: A New Adventure (1996 )
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A secret agent masquerades as a toy-seller, successfully concealing his alter ego even from his young son until, on a daring mission, he is captured by an evil arms dealer, then it falls to his inexperienced offspring to save the day.
The Secret Agent Club (1996 )
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An animated musical that explains how a toymaker named Nicholas Claus (voice of Edward Asner) started the tradition of delivering a toy to every child on Christmas. Other voices: Betty White (Mrs. Claus); Tim Curry (Nostros); Miko Hughes (Clement).
The Story of Santa Claus (1996 )
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A married couple decides to adopt a baby girl and raise her as their own, but internal family problems arise when the two are blessed with a biological child.
Ama, Ina, Anak (1996 )
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The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
Doctor Who (1996 )
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In this science-fiction action opus, intergalactic extremist Alex Windham has seized control of Dome 4, a scientific outpost on another planet, after escaping from a penal colony on Mars. Windham is forcing the staff of Dome 4 to construct new weapons that he can use to destroy his enemies, but what he doesn't know is that one of his captives is the wife of interstellar lawman Chase Moran, and Mor
Assault on Dome 4 (1996 )
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Following Ko Chun's earlier years as he battles for the position he was destined for: The God of Gamblers.
God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage (1996 )
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Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (English: Player of Players) is a 1996 Bollywood wrestling action thriller starring Rekha in her first villain role, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and former World Wrestling Federation wrestlers "Crush" and Brian Lee as "The Undertaker". It was one of the highest grossing movie of the year. It was the fourth installment in the Khiladi (film series).
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996 )
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Rogue Vietnam War vets led by their old commander Sloan try to steal some diamonds, but mysterious Megan Marlow steals them first. Sloan sends his men after her, but rogue cop Jack Cates, who's partner was murdered by Sloan, helps her.
Diamond Run (1996 )
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A realistic, hard-hitting portrayal of terrorism and youth in the Punjab after the 1984 riots.
Maachis (1996 )
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Jesu and Peter are childhood friends who live in a coastal village in India and depend on fishing as their livelihood. The community is oppressed by a powerful gangster named Alphonso. Jesu is an orphan, while Peter is brought up by his aunt and uncle, after the death of his mother. The community is all thrilled when Phillips finds black pearls off the coast. But then so does Alphonso, who asks his divers to get all the pearls, thus disturbing the ocean. Peter meets with Suzy D'Silva and they fall in love with each other, and get married. While enjoying a quiet swim on the sea-shore, Suzy disappears. A search is carried out, and a number of human body parts are recovered. With shock and horror, this community finds that their livelihood is being threatened by a gigantic, virtually indestructible man-eating shark.
Aatank (1996 )
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Shiva, a happy-go-lucky young man, helps two of his best friends get married, much to the dismay of their parents. When the woman is raped by Madan, Shiva and his friends seek to bring him to justice.
Maanbumigu Maanavan (1996 )
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Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.
Rats in the Ranks (1996 )
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A rather dull minded bank robber suddenly suffers from a change of heart and decides to give the money back. However, he then learns that getting the money back into the bank is much more difficult than taking it out.
The Curse of Inferno (1996 )
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A priest hears a prostitute's confession, a tale which has a 200,000 HK$ debt as its centerpiece. The prostitute accidentally leaves behind an envelope with her address in the confessional.
Tri-Star (1996 )
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10 years ago at a party, Steven thinks he sees the girl of his dreams, Melissa. Just as he's about to make his move, his twin brother Rick gets to her first and they fall in love. Steven watches his brother's relationship bloom, longing for Melissa all the while. Eventually, Melissa leaves to go to college and the brothers go on with their lives. Steven becomes a workaholic to block out his feelings about Melissa and Rick becomes a spineless bellboy at the Hotel de Love, after a later girl friend stood him up at the altar. Enter Steven and Rick's warring parents visiting the Hotel de Love for their anniversary. Re-enter Melissa with her current boyfriend, Norman. Suddenly Rick and Steven have a second chance at Melissa. Also there's Alison the palm reader, Susie behind the counter, the owner/piano player, and the freshly married couple.
Hotel de Love (1996 )
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A surrealistic comedy-drama about a school shooting as seen through the eyes of a socially awkward college student named Jay. Walt Whitman, the shooter, is loosely based on Charles Whitman, but the film is not in any way a factual account of the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas.
The Delicate Art of the Rifle (1996 )
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Nick Broomfield and a documentary crew visit Pandora's Box, an up-scale house of bondage on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, where clients pay $175 an hour to be subservient to mistresses. Mistresses talk about their craft; a few clients, usually masked, are interviewed as well. Then, the camera watches sessions organized around fetishes: rubber, wrestling, corporal punishment, masochism, and infantilism. Mistress Raven, the owner of Pandora's Box, explains that pain need not be part of the subservient experience: it is, at its root, a transfer of power. After their session has ended, clients talk about how drained, relaxed, relieved, and at peace they are.
Fetishes (1996 )
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Capturing the essence of the Australian wilderness and its unique array of fascinating wildlife, Greg Grainger's documentary explores such diverse habitats as eucalpt forests, deserts, rainforests and coral reefs. Featuring action sequences of much loved Aussie icons the Kangaroo, Dingo, Platypus, Koala and Wombat, you'll also thrill to Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef, nest building Bower birds, mimicking Lyre birds, spiky Echidnas, snarling Tasmainian Devils and more. Natural Australia in a nutshell.
Wildest Australia (1996 )
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This time around its a Spook-0-Rama Spectacular from the Golden Age of the Drive-In and Movie Theaters dedicated to King of Come-ons, DONN DAVISON! Thrill to chilling coming attractions and promotions for: House of Exorcism (with a scary lead in by the master himself!) Spook Show attractions with Frankenstein, The Beatles, Monsters, Ghosts’ promo for IT, I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, INVASION OF THE SAUCERMEN, THE SPIDER, WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, Squeal to Mad Daddy’s Shock Theater; Kara-Kum of Hollywood and Lady Godiva! Count down the minutes to showtime! See an amazing assortment of celebrity endorsements featuring Elizabeth Montgomery for US Savings bonds, Julie Andrews for the Motion Picture Association, John Wayne for Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, Eddie Fisher for the National Education Association, Tyrone Power for the American Red Cross; the Roy Rogers Riders Club, Cary Grant and Gary Cooper for Christmas Seals,
Hey Folks! It's Intermission Time! Vol. 3 (1996 )
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Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
Killer: A Journal of Murder (1996 )
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A fondness for old movies brings together two fortysomethings, each happily married to other people.
The Care and Handling of Roses (1996 )
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Jack is a real scum-bag who is going to marry Kristy. He has a bad habit of sleeping with other women and stealing all of their money. Two weeks before their marriage, Kristy sees Jack having sex with their maid, Rosa. It turns out that he was threatening Rosa into having sex as well as his secretary, Diane. When he goes away on business, Kristy, Rosa, and Diane devise a way to get him back for all of the things he has put them through. They also decide to turn his house into a special massage parlor for a few nights so Kristy can try to make some of the money back that Jack stole from her.
Masseuse (1996 )
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Kate and Sharon kill a man in self defense and are framed by the justice system. They are put in prison and forced into prostitution. With the help of their defense attorney, they devise a plan to bust out of prison and hopefully expose the group of corrupt politicians, judges, lawyers, etc. who put them there in the first place.
Caged Hearts (1996 )
