Best Biography movies of 1977

Actors : Ed Flanders, Gregory Peck, Dan O'Herlihy, Ivan Bonar,
Directors : Joseph Sargent,

Biopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War.

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 : 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 : Peter Kern, Heinz Schubert, Hellmut Lange, Rainer von Artenfels,
Directors : Hans-Jürgen Syberberg,

Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian ...

Actors : Cleavon Little, Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race.

Actors : Ernest Borgnine, Lloyd Haynes, John Marley, Muhammad Ali,
Directors : Tom Gries,

Muhammad Ali stars as himself in this dramatised version of his life story up to the late 1970s. It includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of ...

Actors : Leslie Caron, Carol Kane, Michelle Phillips, Rudolf Nureyev,
Directors : Ken Russell,

In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide - that actor was Rudolph Valentino. ...

Actors : José Ferrer, James Wainwright, Broderick Crawford, Michael Parks,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.

Actors : Jun Fujimaki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Eiji Gô, Masashi Ishibashi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

Actors : Robert Powell, Virna Lisi, Dominique Sanda, Erland Josephson,
Directors : Liliana Cavani,

The life and ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A love triangle unfolds as Nietzsche and his best friend decides to live with a Jewish woman. According to Nietzsche's ...

Actors : Hans Korte, Elisabeth Schwarz, Götz George, Kurt Hübner,
Directors : Theodor Kotulla,

The disturbing biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss.

Actors : Neda Arneric, Darko Damevski, Slobodan Dimitrijevic, Dime Ilijev,
Directors : Aleksandar Djurcinov,

A Macedonian girl is trying to swim the British Channel. During the ordeal, she remembers her troubled past.

Actors : Kôjirô Hongô, Shin'ichi Chiba, Masaru Shiga, Hideo Murota,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

Actors : Manoj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Hema Malini, Sudhir Dalvi,
Directors : Ashok V. Bhushan,

Pooja lives with her doctor husband and a young son. Her son becomes seriously ill and does not respond to any medication, her husband wants him to be moved to a hospital for further ...

Actors : Dwight Anderson, Elizabeth Edwards, Harold Kilpatrick, Beneth Jones,
Directors : Katherine Stenholm,

The life and works of 19th-century circuit rider Robert S. Sheffey.

Actors : David Cole, Neil Cunningham, Anthony Steel, Fiona Richmond,
Directors : James Kenelm Clarke,

Heavily fictionalised 'autobiography' of 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond.

Actors : Jirô Yabuki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kenji Imai, Masashi Ishibashi,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.

Actors : Victor Rebengiuc, Toma Caragiu, Stefan Sileanu, Vasile Nitulescu,
Directors : Constantin Vaeni,

At the end of the 16th century, Wallachia's ruler Michael the Brave dreams of uniting the kingdoms of Wallachia,Transylvania and Moldavia into a single country known as The United Principalities.

Actors : Regis Cordic, Sándor Naszódy, Marvin Miller, Rod Colbin,
Directors : Michael Economou,

A faithful recounting of the ministry, trial and martyrdom of the fifteenth century Bohemian priest John Hus, who built on the reforms of John Wycliffe, taught the Bible in the vernacular and who influenced Martin Luther a century later.

Actors : John Mason, James Arrington, Maurice Grandmaison, Richard Moll,
Directors : Tom McGowan,

The life of Brigham Young, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the better part of the 1800s, founder of Salt Lake City and the first governor of the Utah Territory.