Action Movies 1996 List

With Helen Hunt • Michael Crichton • Cary Elwes • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Bill Paxton • Jami Gertz • Jan de Bont • Anne-Marie Martin

Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weatherfront to sweep through mid-America’s Tornado Alley in 50 years. By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain data to create an improved warning system. But to do so, they must intercept the twisters’ deadly path.

With Nicolas Cage • Michael Bay • Jerry Bruckheimer • Michael Biehn • Ed Harris • Douglas Cook • Sean Connery • David Weisberg • Don Simpson • Mark Rosner

A former SAS operative and an FBI agent team up to stop a group of rogue U.S. Marines who have taken over Alcatraz Island.

With Will Smith • Jeff Goldblum • Bill Pullman • Vivica A. Fox • Mary McDonnell • Roland Emmerich • Dean Devlin

One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determinded band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of all mankind.