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Top Biography Movies - Pre-1980

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Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941 · Howard Hawks

BiographyDramaHistory
Silver
Boys Town

Boys Town

1938 · Norman Taurog

BiographyDramaFamily
Silver
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

1967 · Arthur Penn

ActionBiographyCrime
Silver
Lenny

Lenny

1974 · Bob Fosse

BiographyDrama
Silver
Viva Zapata!

Viva Zapata!

1952 · Elia Kazan

BiographyDramaHistory
Silver
The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker

1962 · Arthur Penn

BiographyDrama
Silver
Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962 · John Frankenheimer

BiographyCrimeDrama
Silver
Spartacus

Spartacus

1960 · Stanley Kubrick

AdventureBiographyDrama
Silver
Lust for Life

Lust for Life

1956 · Vincente Minnelli

BiographyDrama
Silver
Gypsy

Gypsy

1962 · Mervyn LeRoy

BiographyComedyDrama
Silver
Mahler

Mahler

1974 · Ken Russell

BiographyDramaMusic
Bronze
Serpico

Serpico

1973 · Sidney Lumet

BiographyCrimeDrama
Bronze
Ludwig

Ludwig

1973 · Luchino Visconti

WorldBiographyDramaHistory
Bronze
Waterloo

Waterloo

1970 · Sergey Bondarchuk

ActionBiographyDrama
Bronze
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966 · Andrei Tarkovsky

IndieWorldBiographyDramaHistory
Bronze
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz

BiographyDramaHistory
Bronze
The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 · Sam Wood

BiographyDramaRomance
Bronze
Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971 · Franklin J. Schaffner

BiographyDramaHistory
Bronze
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