1996 documentary films

The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 8.4

It happened more or less by accident; the people who made it happen were amateurs; and for the most part they still are. From his own Silicon Valley garage, author Bob Cringley puts PC bigshots and ne...

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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 8.2

A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

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When We Were Kings

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 8

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himsel...

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Gallivant

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Director Andrew Kotting, his 90 year old grandmother, and his 9 year old daughter take a campervan trip around the coast of Great Britain. The result is a funny and touching road movie.

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Mandela

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 6.9

A documentary that chronicles the life of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela is probably best known for his 27 years of imprisonment, and for bringing an end to apartheid. But this film also...

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Project Grizzly

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 6.4

Documentary about the lifelong project of Troy Hurtubise, a man who has been obsessed with researching the Canadian grizzly bear up close, ever since surviving an early encounter with such a bear. The...

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Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1998 IMDB Rating: 6.4

Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersberg, Russia. She escaped to America in 1926 amidst the rise of Soviet Communism. She remained in the United States for the rest of her life, where she became a...

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