Greatest 19 Biography Movies Fan Favorite Released in 1996

A simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice. Get info on The Postman / IMDB / YouTube

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. Read about Michael Collins / IMDB / YouTube

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame. Get info on Nixon / IMDB / YouTube

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity. Learn about Basquiat / IMDB / YouTube

The exiled royal doctor to King Charles II devotes himself to helping Londoners suffering from the plague, and in the process falls in love with an equally poor woman. Details on Restoration / IMDB / YouTube

John Gotti rises to head the powerful Gambino crime family before being convicted in 1992 of racketeering and murder. Look into Gotti / IMDB / YouTube

The passionate Merchant Ivory drama tells the story of Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), the only lover of Pablo Picasso (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty, and move on with her life. Get info on Surviving Picasso / IMDB / YouTube

The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her Scum manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but after he repeatedly ignored her, she shot him. See more about I Shot Andy Warhol / IMDB / YouTube

In 1933 Texas, a schoolteacher and aspiring writer meets a pulp fiction writer, and a relationship soon develops between the two, but it is doomed by his slavishly devotion to his ailing mother and insistence on his freedom. See more about The Whole Wide World / IMDB / YouTube

HBO biopic about the infamous mad monk Rasputin from the court of Czar Nicholas II in Russia. Look into Rasputin / IMDB / YouTube

A shy high school student's seemingly perfect relationship with a popular jock quickly turns abusive and dangerous. Look into No One Would Tell / IMDB / YouTube

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him. See more about Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault / IMDB / YouTube

This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her superstar pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love. Check out Norma Jean & Marilyn / IMDB / YouTube

A prison guard at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict. The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted. More about Killer: A Journal of Murder / IMDB / YouTube

Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. More about Infinity / IMDB / YouTube

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great. Learn about Catherine the Great / IMDB / YouTube

Muhammad Ali is the best fighter! Explore Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story / IMDB / YouTube

A portrait of the director's father, searching for the extraordinary in the subject's seemingly normal existence. See more about Nobody's Business / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary crew from the BBC arrives in L.A. intent on interviewing Heidi Fleiss, a year after her arrest for running a brothel but before her trial. Several months elapse before the interview, so the crew searches for anyone who'll talk about the young woman. Two people have a lot to say to the camera: a retired madam named Alex for whom Fleiss once worked and Fle. Read about Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam / IMDB / YouTube