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Best Biography Movies of the 1970s
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
RBiography, Crime, Drama2h05Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
Papillon (1973)
PGBiography, Crime, Drama2h31A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
All the President's Men (1976)
PGBiography, Drama, History2h18"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Patton (1970)
PGBiography, Drama, War2h52The World War II phase of the career of controversial American general George S. Patton.
Serpico (1973)
RBiography, Crime, Drama2h10An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
PGAction, Biography, Crime1h52Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world.
Midnight Express (1978)
RBiography, Crime, Drama2h01Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.