# 1996 MTV Movie Awards

The 1996 MTV Movie Awards was hosted by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.

## Performers

* Whitney Houston — "Why Does It Hurt So Bad"
* Garbage — "Only Happy When It Rains"
* Roberta Flack and Fugees — "Killing Me Softly"
* Adam Sandler — "Mel Gibson"

## Presenters

* Claire Danes and Shaquille O'Neal — presented Most Desirable Female
* Samantha Mathis and Anthony Kiedis — presented Best Fight
* Janeane Garofalo — introduced Whitney Houston
* Vanessa Williams and Laurence Fishburne — presented Best On-Screen Duo
* Natalie Portman and Gabriel Byrne — presented Best Villain
* Kiss — presented Best Kiss
* Janeane Garofalo — introduced Garbage
* Lela Rochon — presented Best Song
* Patrick Stewart — presented the Lifetime Achievement Award
* David Duchovny and Penelope Ann Miller — presented Breakthrough Performance
* Ben Stiller — introduced Fugees
* Jamie Lee Curtis — presented Best Action Sequence
* Patricia Arquette — presented Best New Filmmaker
* Garry Shandling — presented Best Sandwich in a Movie
* Jenny McCarthy and Jon Lovitz — presented Best Female Performance
* Ben Stiller — introduced Adam Sandler
* Ellen DeGeneres — presented Best Male Performance
* Whoopi Goldberg — presented Best Movie

## Awards

Below are the list of nominations. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. There was also an award unique to that year called "Best Sandwich in a Movie".
| Best Movie | Best Male Performance |
| Seven Apollo 13 Braveheart Clueless Dangerous Minds | Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Mel Gibson – Braveheart Tom Hanks – Apollo 13 Denzel Washington – Crimson Tide Brad Pitt – Twelve Monkeys |
| Best Female Performance | Most Desirable Male |
| Alicia Silverstone – Clueless Sandra Bullock – While You Were Sleeping Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Minds Susan Sarandon – Dead Man Walking Sharon Stone – Casino | Brad Pitt – Seven Antonio Banderas – Desperado Mel Gibson – Braveheart Val Kilmer – Batman Forever Keanu Reeves – A Walk in the Clouds |
| Most Desirable Female | Breakthrough Performance |
| Alicia Silverstone – Clueless Sandra Bullock – While You Were Sleeping Nicole Kidman – Batman Forever Demi Moore – The Scarlet Letter Michelle Pfeiffer – Dangerous Minds | George Clooney – From Dusk Till Dawn Sean Patrick Flanery – Powder Natasha Henstridge – Species Lela Rochon – Waiting to Exhale Chris Tucker – Friday |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Best Villain |
| Chris Farley and David Spade – Tommy Boy Martin Lawrence and Will Smith – Bad Boys Ice Cube and Chris Tucker – Friday Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman – Seven Tom Hanks and Tim Allen – Toy Story | Kevin Spacey – Seven Jim Carrey – Batman Forever Joe Pesci – Casino Tommy Lee Jones – Batman Forever John Travolta – Broken Arrow |
| Best Comedic Performance | Best Song from a Movie |
| Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Chris Farley – Tommy Boy Adam Sandler – Happy Gilmore Alicia Silverstone – Clueless Chris Tucker – Friday | Brandy — "Sittin' Up In My Room" (from Waiting to Exhale) Coolio — "Gangsta's Paradise" (from Dangerous Minds) Whitney Houston — "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" (from Waiting to Exhale) U2 — "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (from Batman Forever) Seal — "Kiss From a Rose" (from Batman Forever) |
| Best Kiss | Best Action Sequence |
| Natasha Henstridge and Anthony Guidera – Species Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek – Desperado Sophie Okonedo and Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney – How to Make an American Quilt Aitana Sánchez-Gijón and Keanu Reeves – A Walk in the Clouds | Battle Scene – Braveheart Airplane Hangar Shootout – Bad Boys Underground Shootout/Explosion – Broken Arrow Drive Through NYC/Subway Explosion and Derailment – Die Hard with a Vengeance |
| Best Fight | Best Sandwich in a Movie |
| Adam Sandler vs. Bob Barker – Happy Gilmore John Travolta vs. Christian Slater – Broken Arrow Pierce Brosnan vs. Famke Janssen – GoldenEye Jackie Chan vs. Bad Guys – Rumble in the Bronx | Ham and Cheese Sandwich – Smoke Turkey Club Sandwich - Four Rooms Submarine Sandwich With Tomatoes and Provolone - GoldenEye |
| Best New Filmmaker ||
| Wes Anderson – Bottle Rocket ||
| Lifetime Achievement Award ||
| Godzilla ||