List of American films of 1996
This is a list of American films released in 1996.
Box office
The highest-grossing American films released in 1996, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1 | Independence Day | 20th Century Fox | $306,169,268 |
| 2 | Twister | Warner Bros. | $241,721,524 |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible | Paramount Pictures | $180,981,856 |
| 4 | Jerry Maguire | Sony Pictures | $153,952,592 |
| 5 | Ransom | Disney | $136,492,681 |
| 6 | 101 Dalmatians | Disney | $136,189,294 |
| 7 | The Rock | Disney | $134,069,511 |
| 8 | The Nutty Professor | Universal Pictures | $128,814,019 |
| 9 | The Birdcage | MGM | $124,060,553 |
| 10 | A Time to Kill | Warner Bros. | $108,766,007 |