List of Spanish films of 1996

A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 1996. The domestic theatrical release date is favoured.

Release		Title (Domestic title)	Cast & Crew	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	19	Hi, Are You Alone? (Hola, ¿estás sola?)	Director: Iciar Bollain Cast: Silke, Candela Peña, Álex Angulo, Elena Irureta, Arcadi Levin	^[1]
J A N U A R Y	24	Familia	Director: Fernando León de Aranoa Cast: Juan Luis Galiardo, Amparo Muñoz, Ágata Lys, Chete Lera, Elena Anaya, Raquel Rodrigo, Juan Querol, Aníbal Carbonero [es], André Falcon, Béatrice Camurat [es]	^[2]
F E B R U A R Y	2	Alma gitana [ca]	Director: Chus Gutiérrez Cast: Amara Carmona [ca], Pedro Alonso	^[3]
	2	Amores que matan	Director: Juan Manuel Chumilla-Carbajosa [es] Cast: Carmen Maura, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Lucina Gil [es], Jean-Pierre Cassel, Rafael Álvarez "el Brujo" [es]	^[4]
	9	La sal de la vida	Director: Eugenio Martín Cast: Patxi Andión, Yvonne Reyes, Juan Diego Botto	^[5]
	16	Éxtasis	Director: Mariano Barroso Cast: Javier Bardem, Federico Luppi, Silvia Munt, Daniel Guzmán, Leire Berrocal [eu], Juan Diego Botto	^[6]
	23	Gran slalom	Director: Jaime Chávarri Cast: Juanjo Puigcorbé, Laura del Sol, Santiago Ramos, Joaquín Kremel [es], Pilar Bardem, Pepa López [es], Enrique San Francisco, Fernando Guillén Cuervo	^[7]
M A R C H	8	Cachito	Director: Enrique Urbizu Cast: Sancho Gracia, Jorge Perugorría, Amara Carmona [ca]	^[8]
A P R I L	12	Thesis (Tesis)	Director: Alejandro Amenábar Cast: Ana Torrent, Eduardo Noriega, Fele Martínez	^[9]
		Malena Is a Name from a Tango (Malena es un nombre de tango)	Director: Gerardo Herrero Cast: Ariadna Gil, Marta Belaustegui [es], Carlos López, Luis Fernando Alvés [es], Isabel Otero [fr]	^[10]
		Gimlet [es]	Director: José Luis Acosta [es] Cast: Ángela Molina, Viggo Mortensen, Abel Folk [es], Pep Cruz [es], Blanca Pàmpols, Jordi Boixaderas [es]	^[11]
	19	Libertarias	Director: Vicente Aranda Cast: Ana Belén, Ariadna Gil, Loles León, Jorge Sanz, María Pujalte, Blanca Apilánez [es], María Galiana, Ángeles Martín [es], Patricia Vico	^[12]
	26	Brujas	Director: Álvaro Fernández Armero Cast: Beatriz Carvajal, Ana Álvarez, Penélope Cruz	^[13]
	26	La leyenda de Balthasar el castrado	Director: Juan Miñón [ca] Cast: Imanol Arias, Coque Malla, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón	^[14]
M A Y	3	Things I Never Told You (Cosas que nunca te dije)	Director: Isabel Coixet Cast: Lili Taylor, Andrew McCarthy	^[15]
	17	África	Director: Alfonso Ungría Cast: Zoe Berriatúa [ca], Elena Anaya, Imanol Arias, Julie Carmen	^[16]^[17]
	24	Earth (Tierra)	Director:Julio Medem Cast: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Karra Elejalde, Silke	^[18]
	24	Killer Barbys [es]	Director: Jess Franco Cast: Santiago Segura, Charlie S. Chaplin, Aldo Sambrell, Silvia Superstar, Mariangela Giordano, Angie Barea, Carlos Subterfuge, Billy King	^[19]
J U L Y	12	Corsarios del chip	Director: Rafael Alcázar Cast: Karra Elejalde, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Paulina Gálvez, Lola Baldrich [es], Fernando Guillén, Ángel de Andrés López	^[20]
J U L Y	19	Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera [es]	Director: Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia [es] Cast: Chiquito de la Calzada, Bigote Arrocet [es], Sol Abad, Naïm Thomas	^[21]
A U G U S T	3	Un asunto privado	Director: Imanol Arias Cast: Jorge Perugorría, Antonio Valero, Pastora Vega	^[22]
	9	Suburbs (Adosados)	Director: Mario Camus Cast: Antonio Valero, Ana Duato, Jaume Valls, Lluís Homar, Boris Nevzorov	^[23]
	23	Pon un hombre en tu vida [es]	Director: Eva Lesmes [es] Cast: Toni Cantó, Cristina Marcos, Pere Ponce, Anabel Alonso, Javier Cámara	^[18]^[24]^[25]
	23	Demasiado caliente para ti	Director: Javier Elorrieta [es] Cast: Andoni Ferreño [es], Dayrein Aba, José Luis López Vázquez, Agustín González, Nancho Novo, Ángeles Martín [es], Kimbo	^[26]
S E P T E M B E R	13	I Have a House (Tengo una casa)	Director: Mónica Laguna [es] Cast: Nancho Novo, Silke, Pedro Alonso, Ernesto Alterio	^[18]^[27]
	20	Carla's Song (La canción de Carla)	Director: Ken Loach	^[18]
	27	Your Name Poisons My Dreams (Tu nombre envenena mis sueños)	Director: Pilar Miró Cast: Carmelo Gómez, Emma Suárez, Ángel de Andrés, Anabel Alonso, Toni Cantó	^[28]^[29]
	27	Bwana	Director: Imanol Uribe Cast: Andrés Pajares, María Barranco, Emilio Buale	^[18]^[30]
O C T O B E R	11	Taxi	Director: Carlos Saura Cast: Ingrid Rubio, Carlos Fuentes [es], Ángel de Andrés López	^[31]
	11	Best-seller, el premio	Director: Carlos Pérez Ferré [ca] Cast: Karra Elejalde, Ana Álvarez, Féodor Atkine, Gemma Cuervo	^[32]
	18	Robert Rylands' Last Journey (El último viaje de Robert Rylands)	Director: Gracia Querejeta Cast: Ben Cross, Cathy Underwood, Kenneth Colley, Gary Piquer, Perdita Weeks, Lalita Ahmed, Maurice Denham, William Franklyn	^[33]
	25	Bambola	Director: Bigas Luna Cast: Manuel Bandera, Valeria Marini, Stefano Dionisi, Jorge Perugorría	^[34]
N O V E M B E R	8	La Celestina	Director: Gerardo Vera Cast: Penélope Cruz, Juan Diego Botto, Maribel Verdú, Terele Pávez, Jordi Mollá, Nancho Novo, Nathalie Seseña, Carlos Fuentes [es], Candela Peña, Anna Lizaran, Sergio Villanueva, Ángel de Andrés López, Lluís Homar	^[18]^[35]^[36]
	8	Calor... y celos	Director: Javier Rebollo [eu] Cast: Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Elvira Mínguez, Leire Berrocal [eu], Antonio Resines, Ana Obregón	^[37]
	15	Killer Tongue (La lengua asesina)	Director: Alberto Sciamma Cast: Melinda Clarke, Jason Durr, Mapi Galán [es], Mabel Karr [es], Robert Englund	^[38]
	15	Not Love, Just Frenzy (Más que amor, frenesí)	Director: Alfonso Albacete [es], David Menkes [es], Miguel Bardem Cast: Nancho Novo, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Ingrid Rubio, Beatriz Santiago, Gustavo Salmerón, Javier Manrique, Javier Albalá [es], Liberto Rabal [es], Bibi Andersen, Juan Diego Botto	^[39]
	22	Passages (Pasajes)	Director: Daniel Calparsoro Cast: Najwa Nimri, Alfredo Villa, Ion Gabella, Charo López	^[40]
	22	Fotos	Director: Elio Quiroga Cast: Gustavo Salmerón, Mercedes Ortega, Miky Molina [es], Diana Peñalver, Myriam de Maeztu, Miguel Alonso, Carmelo Alcántara, Amparo Muñoz, Simón Andreu, María Asquerino	^[41]
	27	The Dog in the Manger (El perro del hortelano)	Director: Pilar Miró Cast: Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez	^[42]
D E C E M B E R	13	The Good Life (La buena vida)	Director: David Trueba Cast: Fernando Ramallo, Lucía Jiménez	^[43]
	20	Beyond the Garden (Más allá del jardín)	Director: Pedro Olea Cast: Concha Velasco, Fernando Guillén, Manuel Bandera, Ingrid Rubio, Miguel Hermoso [es], Andrea Occhipinti, Mary Carrillo, Claudia Gravy, Rosa Novell [es], Maribel Quiñones "Martirio", Giancarlo Giannini	^[44]
	20	Katuwira [ca] (Donde nacen y mueren los sueños)	Director: Íñigo Vallejo-Nájera Cast: Gabriela Roel, Damián Alcázar, Bruno Bichir	^[45]
	27	Un cos al bosc [ca]	Director: Joaquim Jordà [ca] Cast: Rossy de Palma, Ricard Borràs, Núria Prims	^[46]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Admissions	Domestic gross (€)
1	Two Much	Sogepaq	754,303	2,217,968
2	The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) ‡	Sogepaq	732,481	2,108,556
3	Libertarias	Sogepaq	576,874	1,851,512
4	Aquí llega Condemor, el pecador de la pradera [es]	Buena Vista International	556,177	1,628,095
5	Malena Is a Name from a Tango (Malena es un nombre de tango)	Alta Films	338,580	1,127,570
6	La Celestina	Sogepaq	320,972	1,079,597
7	Hi, Are You Alone? (Hola, ¿estás sola?)	Alta Films	294,850	982,612
8	Extasis (Éxtasis)	Alta Films	288,004	927,016
9	The Dog in the Manger (El perro del hortelano)	Columbia TriStar	287,094	993,291
10	The Butterfly Effect (El efecto mariposa) ‡	United International Pictures	263,755	753,179
‡: 1995 theatrical opening

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