Best 23 Biography Movies Picks from 1978

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison. Find out about Midnight Express / IMDB / YouTube

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band. Get info on The Last Waltz / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death. More about The Buddy Holly Story / IMDB / YouTube

A farcical biopic about Pablo Picasso, from his early years, to his middle years, to the years right before his death, and some of the years before and in-between that. Explore The Adventures of Picasso / IMDB / YouTube

After suffering racist abuse throughout his life - which intensifies following his marriage to a white woman - a half-Aboriginal farmhand finds himself driven to murder. Find out about The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / IMDB / YouTube

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper tier NASCAR race. More about Greased Lightning / IMDB / YouTube

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 score into a singular epic vision. Syberberg, who grew up under Nazi tyranny, ruminates on good and evil and the rest of humanity's complicity in the horrors of the holocaust. See more about Hitler: A Film from Germany / IMDB / YouTube

On Jan and Dean's rise to the top of the music industry, a horrible car accident leaves Jan Berry incapacitated and their dreams shattered. With the help of Dean and others, Jan slowly recovers, learning again to walk and talk. A comeback to the music industry seems impossible, but Jan's willingness to try and with Dean the duo aim for another chance. Learn about Deadman's Curve / IMDB / YouTube

Jill and mom return to Bishop, renting trucker John's place during a summer getaway years post-tragedy. Jill fights her instant attraction to John, but they ultimately connect, past hurts complicating their romance. Read about The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II / IMDB / YouTube

The early life and struggles of Judy Garland (portrayed by Andrea McArdle), and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the Movie Studio system that held her back while her mother was forever pushing her to excel. Look into Rainbow / IMDB / YouTube

At the beginning of the twentieth century in Spain, a brothel owner and his partner lure rich men to their property, kill them and steal their money. Read about The Frenchman's Garden / IMDB / YouTube

Climbing to the Bottom was based on the true story of a spy named Heba Selim who worked for the Mossad along with her fiance where both of them provided the Israelis with Egypt's military secrets in the post-1967 war era. Saleh Morsi's adaptation of the real events was superb as viewers were able to understand the motives for the ambitious Abla Kamel to commit treas. Find out about El-Soud ela al-hawia / IMDB / YouTube

After many years of trying, Orville and Wilbur Wright succeed in making their heavier-than-air aircraft fly, south of Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903. They later try to sell their invention to the US government. Read about The Winds of Kitty Hawk / IMDB / YouTube