1996 MTV Movie Awards

The 1996 MTV Movie Awards was hosted by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.^[2]

1996 MTV Movie Awards
Date	Saturday, June 8, 1996
Location	Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California[1]
Country	United States
Hosted by	Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV
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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.^[3] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.^[4][5][6] There was also an award unique to that year called "Best Sandwich in a Movie".^[7]

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[8][9] 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