Best biopics 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best biopics 1971 – 1980
1. Papillon (1973)
USA / France, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman
2. The Elephant Man (1980)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt
3. Raging Bull (1980)
USA, Drama / Sports
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty
4. Dersu Uzala (1975)
Soviet Union / Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin
5. Serpico (1973)
USA / Italy, Biography / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Randolph
6. Hitler: The Whole Story (1977)
West Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring
7. Midnight Express (1978)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
8. All the President's Men (1976)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
9. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
11. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
USA, Drama / Western
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson
12. Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Italy / UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker
13. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
West Germany, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo
14. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
USA, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams
15. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
West Germany, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Walter Ladengast
16. Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
France / Italy, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard
18. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Michael Apted
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
19. Divine Ema (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jiří Krejčík
Cast: Božidara Turzonovová, Juraj Kukura
21. Piaf: The Early Years (1974)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Guy Casaril
Cast: Brigitte Ariel, Pierre Vernier
22. The Mattei Affair (1972)
Italy, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Francesco Rosi
23. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman
24. Bound for Glory (1976)
USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Cast: David Carradine, Ronny Cox
25. Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Italy / USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Federico Fellini
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont
26. The Story of Adele H (1975)
France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: François Truffaut
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson
27. Directed by John Ford (1971)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Orson Welles, John Ford
28. Sólo pro Jaroslava Marvana (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Vladimír Sís
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan
30. Mary Queen of Scots (1971)
UK, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson
31. Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Hungary, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Gábor Bódy
Cast: Patricia Adriani, Udo Kier
33. ...and Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Jaromil Jireš
Cast: Magda Vášáryová, Viera Strnisková
34. Mussolini: Ultimo atto (1974)
Italy, Biography / Drama
Directed by: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero
36. The Secret of a Great Narrator (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Biography
Directed by: Karel Kachyňa
Cast: Martin Štěpánek, Petr Štěpánek
37. Tajna Nikole Tesle (1980)
Yugoslavia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Krsto Papić
Cast: Petar Bozovic, Orson Welles
38. Nijinsky (1980)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Cast: Alan Bates, George de la Peña
39. Goya, ili tyazhkiy put poznaniya (1971)
East Germany / Soviet Union, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Konrad Wolf
Cast: Донатас Банионис, Fred Düren
40. Leadbelly (1976)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Gordon Parks
Cast: Roger E. Mosley, James Brodhead
41. Birth of the Beatles (1979)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Richard Marquand
Cast: Stephen MacKenna, Rod Culbertson
42. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
USA, Drama / Music
Directed by: Steve Rash
Cast: Gary Busey, Don Stroud
44. Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth (1976)
Hong Kong, Biography
Directed by: See-yuen Ng
Cast: Bruce Li, Little Unicorn
45. Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Peter Brook
Cast: Terence Stamp, Athol Fugard
46. The Ballad Of Joe Hill (1971)
Sweden / USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Bo Widerberg
Cast: Thommy Berggren, Michael Logan
47. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
UK, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Richard Attenborough, John Hurt
48. Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
West Germany / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Cast: Harry Baer, Hellmut Lange
50. My Brilliant Career (1979)
Australia, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill
51. Concert at the End of Summer (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: František Vláčil
Cast: Josef Vinklář, Jana Hlaváčková
52. Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
USA, Comedy / Biography
Directed by: Art Linson
Cast: Peter Boyle, Bill Murray
53. Valentino (1977)
UK / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Ken Russell
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron
54. Ciao Manhattan (1972)
USA, Drama / Romance
Directed by: John Palmer, David Weisman
Cast: Edie Sedgwick, Isabel Jewell
55. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Japan / France, Drama / Adult
Directed by: Nagisa Ōshima
Cast: Eiko Matsuda, 藤竜也
56. Death Is My Trade (1977)
West Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Theodor Kotulla
Cast: Götz George, Werner Schwuchow
57. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Australia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Tommy Lewis, Ray Barrett
58. Karl May (1974)
West Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Cast: Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum
59. MacArthur (1977)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Gregory Peck, Nicolas Coster
61. Paleta lásky (1976)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Josef Mach
Cast: Petr Kostka, Stanislav Fišer
62. The Long Riders (1980)
USA, Western / Crime
Directed by: Walter Hill
Cast: David Carradine, Keith Carradine
63. Vlad the Impaler: The True Life of Dracula (1979)
Romania, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Doru Nastase
Cast: Stefan Sileanu, Ernest Maftei
64. The Hunter (1980)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach
65. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
UK / Italy, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Joseph Losey
Cast: Richard Burton, Alain Delon
66. Život na úteku (1975)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Jozef Režucha
Cast: Milan Kňažko, Ivan Mistrík
67. Lepke (1975)
Israel / USA, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Menahem Golan
Cast: Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer
69. The Message (1976)
Libya / UK, Drama / War
Directed by: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas
70. Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben (1976)
East Germany, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Horst Seemann
Cast: Донатас Банионис, Leon Niemczyk
71. Choď a nelúč sa (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / War
Directed by: Jozef Režucha
Cast: Milan Kňažko, Bronislav Križan