Best Biography movies of 1970s

Actors : Fabrizio Forte, Omero Antonutti, Marcella Michelangeli, Saverio Marconi,

The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent ...

Actors : Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Michael Jayston, Ania Marson,
Directors : Franklin J. Schaffner,

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Actors : Michelle Phillips, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Warren Oates,
Directors : John Milius,

John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.

Actors : Paul Nicholas, Sara Kestelman, Ringo Starr, Roger Daltrey,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Composer and pianist Franz Liszt attempts to overcome his hedonistic lifestyle while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick McGoohan, Glenda Jackson, Timothy Dalton,
Directors : Charles Jarrott,

During the sixteenth century, the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots engages in over two decades of religious and political conflict with her cousin, the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I of England, amidst political intrigue in her native land.

Actors : Robert Shaw, Ronald Hines, Simon Ward, Peter Cellier,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

This historical drama is an account of the early life of the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Simon Ward), including his childhood, his time as a war correspondent in South ...

Actors : François Périer, Charles Boyer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anny Duperey,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during ...

Actors : Abdallah Gheith, Mouna Wasef, Hamdy Gheith, Ali Achmed Taram,
Directors : Moustapha Akkad,

The story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."

Actors : Lee Montague, Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Miriam Karlin,
Directors : Ken Russell,

Composer Gustav Mahler's life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife discuss their failing marriage during a train journey.

Actors : Darren McGavin, Gary Collins, Robert Vaughn, James Hampton,
Directors : James L. Conway,

Shortly after the launch of a satellite from a space shuttle the satellite collides with an UFO in front of the crew's eyes. Because of an election campaign some politicians try to hide the...

Actors : Isabel Jewell, Jeff Briggs, Wesley Hayes, Edie Sedgwick,

CIAO! MANHATTAN parallels Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick's glory days in the late 1960s through her inevitable downfall and the tragic addiction that would take her life only weeks after filming wrapped in 1971.

Actors : John Phillip Law, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave, Don Stroud,
Directors : Roger Corman,

The story of Manfred von Richthofen, the German air ace during World War I and his struggle with the enemy aces and some jealous German officers.

Actors : Riccardo Cucciolla, Rosanna Fratello, Cyril Cusack, Gian Maria Volontè,
Directors : Giuliano Montaldo,

The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.

Actors : Alec Guinness, Diane Cilento, Simon Ward, Adolfo Celi,
Directors : Ennio De Concini,

A dramatization based on eye witness accounts of Hitler's final days in an underground bunker, his military henchmen, and his stormy relationship with Eva Braun.

Actors : Susan Blakely, Sylvester Stallone, Harry Guardino, Ben Gazzara,
Directors : Steve Carver,

The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years. Unusually, briefly covering the years ...

Actors : Ray Sharkey, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land, Tovah Feldshuh,
Directors : Taylor Hackford,

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

Actors : Gene Kelly, Evel Knievel, Red Buttons, Lauren Hutton,
Directors : Gordon Douglas,

Motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico. What Evel doesn't know is that they're planning to kill him and use his body to ship cocaine into the U.S. His ...

Actors : Brian Deacon, Rivka Neuman, Niko Nitai, Alexander Scourby,

Jesus of Nazareth,the son of God raised by a Jewish carpenter. Based on the gospel of Luke in the New Testament,here is the life of Jesus from the miraculous virgin birth to the calling of ...

Actors : Ellen Burstyn, Rip Torn, James T. Callahan, David Baur,
Directors : Joseph Strick,

The film depicts the adventures of expatriate American writer Henry Miller and his friends, as they pursue art, money, food, and sex in Paris.

Actors : Rod Cameron, George Hamilton, Bert Freed, Sue Lyon,
Directors : Marvin J. Chomsky,

Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big ...