The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 66

A partially idealized film of the controversial pornography publisher and how he became a defender of free speech for all people.



Shine(1996)

Combined Rating:
73
Combined Critics Rating: 66

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.



Michael Collins(1996)

Combined Rating:
63
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.



Basquiat(1996)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 50

The troubled, brief life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a world renowned artist struggling with drug addiction and his own identity.



Evita(1996)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 44

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.



I Shot Andy Warhol(1996)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 55

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to ...



Surviving Picasso(1996)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso, who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life.



The Whole Wide World(1996)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 12

In Texas in the 1930s, young schoolteacher Novalyne Price meets a handsome, eccentric, interesting young man named Robert Howard. He's a successful writer - of the pulp stories of 'Conan ...



In Love and War(1996)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Reporter Ernest Hemingway is an ambulance driver in Italy during World War I. While bravely risking his life in the line of duty, he is injured and ends up in the hospital, where he falls ...



Hamsun(1996)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 3

Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during WW2 and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.



The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca(1996)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's.



Infinity(1996)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.



Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story(1996)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 5

The phrase "entertaining angels" refers to the practice of treating all guests--be they kings or peasants--as if they were visiting angels. This is the challenge for all humble Christians ...



Nasser 56(1996)

Combined Rating:
3
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The life of Egyptian political leader Gamal abd El-Nasser.



Eva Perón(1996)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Drama based on the life of Eva Peron, an obscure actress, who rose to become wife of Argentine strong-man President Juan Peron and one of the most powerful figures in Argentina until her death in 1952 at age 33.



The Bruce(1996)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In the early 14th century, Scottish warrior and Earl Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots, leading Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.



Kavafis(1996)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Loosely based on the life of Greek poet Konstantinos Kavafis.



No One Could Protect Her(1996)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

While her husband is away, Jessica Rayner is attacked by a rapist/killer in her own home. The police seem clueless, and the assaults continue in the Rayner family's neighbourhood. Jessica ...



Saint-Ex(1996)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.



Quem Matou Pixote?(1996)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Based on the true story of Fernando Ramos da Silva, actor of Hector Babenco's Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1981).




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