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Movies released in 1996

Rating: 75 %
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
Length: 147 mins
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Sleepers (1996)

  • March 16th, 1984, "John Reilly's bloated body was found face up in a tenement building"

  • July 26th, 1985, "Thomas Marcano... was shot at close range five times"

Rating: 67 %
Length: 118 mins
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True Blue (1996)

  • March 29th, 1987, Oxford and Cambridge go head to head in the 133rd annual Boat Race

Rating: 72 %
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 20 nominations.
Length: 111 mins
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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

  • April 5th, 2063, First Contact

Rating: 68 %
Awards: 6 wins.
Length: 101 mins
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Hillsborough (1996)

  • April 15th, 1989, 96 people are killed due to overcrowding at a soccer match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest

Rating: 63 %
Awards: 3 wins & 19 nominations.
Length: 106 mins
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Mars Attacks! (1996)

  • May 9th,

Rating: 68 %
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 35 nominations.
Length: 145 mins
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Independence Day (1996)

  • July 2nd, 1996, mysterious alien spaceships arrive above the earth

  • July 4th, 1996, the alien invaders are defeated

Rating: 63 %
Awards: Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 11 nominations.
Length: 135 mins
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Rasputin (1996)

  • July 17th, 1918, Tsar Nicholas II and his family are killed by Bolsheviks

  • December 30th, 1916, Rasputin is assassinated

Rating: 62 %
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
Length: 118 mins
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Mandela (1996)

  • July 18th, Mandela Day

Rating: 23 %
Length: 82 mins
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Saint-Ex (1996)

  • July 31st, 1944, Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry disappears while on a reconnaissance mission

Rating: 59 %
Awards: 3 nominations.
Length: 97 mins
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Escape from L.A. (1996)

  • August 23rd, 2000, the earthquake that separates California from mainland US

Rating: 53 %
Awards: 4 nominations.
Length: 94 mins
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Soul of the Game (1996)

  • October 23rd, 1945, Jackie Robinson signs his contract with the Royals, in what has been called The Noble Experiment