Best 16 History Movies Must-See Released in 1996

A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers. Details on The Ghost and the Darkness / IMDB / YouTube

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials. Look into The Crucible / 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. Find out 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. Details 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. Check out Basquiat / IMDB / YouTube

David is an unemployed communist that comes to Spain in 1937 during the civil war to enroll the republicans and defend the democracy against the fascists. He makes friends between the soldiers. More about Land and Freedom / 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. Info on Restoration / IMDB / YouTube

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles. Learn about Ridicule / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film. More about The Celluloid Closet / IMDB / YouTube

A disparate group of African-American men travel by bus to Washington, DC for the Million Man March. Get info on Get on the Bus / IMDB / YouTube

An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war. Learn about Mother Night / IMDB / YouTube

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

Documentary covering the growth and subsequent overexposure of the Seattle grunge music scene in the early 90s Details on Hype! / IMDB / YouTube

The 1981 hunger strike in an Irish prison, in which I.R.A. prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against their treatment as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. It focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle. Details on Some Mother's Son / 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. Find out about Norma Jean & Marilyn / IMDB / YouTube

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the nun Maria is forced to flee her convent. She takes refuge in a brothel, until it is liberated by a woman's anarchist group. Maria joins the group and eventually goes to the front. The women's group faces the problems of fighting not only the nationalists, but also factions on the left seeking to impose a more traditional m. Find out about Freedomfighters / IMDB / YouTube