List of 1970s films based on actual events

This is a list of films and miniseries that are based on actual events. Films on this list are generally from American production unless indicated otherwise.

1970 A Baltic Tragedy (Swedish: Baltutlämningen) (1970) – Swedish drama film based on the Swedish extradition of Baltic soldiers that took place between 1945 and 1946 A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970) – action biographical crime film about Pretty Boy Floyd's escape from prison Airport (1970) – action drama film loosely based on the Continental Airlines Flight 11 suicide bombing The Andersonville Trial (1970) – drama television film based on the actual 1865 trial of Henry Wirz, commander of the infamous Confederate Andersonville prison, where thousands of Union prisoners died of exposure, malnutrition, and disease The Bloody Judge (1970) – biographical horror film loosely based on the story of Judge Jeffries, the Lord Chief Justice of seventeenth-century England, who, in this film, condemned women as witches to further his political and sexual needs Bloody Mama (1970) – crime drama film loosely based on the real story of Ma Barker, who is depicted as a corrupt, mentally-disturbed mother who encourages and organizes the criminality of her four adult sons in Depression-era southern United States The Ceremony of Innocence (1970) – historical biographical drama television film depicting a highly fictionalized account of the events leading up to Sweyn Forkbeard's invasion of England in AD 1013 Chisum (1970) – Western biographical drama film based on the Lincoln County War of 1878 The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970) – biographical drama film about trans woman Christine Jorgensen The Confession (French: L'aveu) (1970) – French-Italian thriller film based on the true story of the Czechoslovak communist committed leftist Artur London, a defendant in the Slánský trial Corbari (1970) – Italian war drama film based on real life events of Italian partisan Silvio Corbari Cromwell (1970) – British historical drama film based on the life of Oliver Cromwell, who rose to lead the Parliamentary forces during the later parts of the English Civil War and, as Lord Protector, ruled Great Britain and Ireland in the 1650s The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) – biographical crime drama film about David Wilkerson, a Christian evangelist and Nicky Cruz, a teen gang member whose life was transformed by Wilkerson's ministryCross and the Switchblade, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 39, Iss. 456, (1 Jan 1972): 248. The Diane Linkletter Story (1970) – biographical drama short film based on the 1969 suicide of TV personality Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane Dirtymouth (1970) – biographical drama film about the life and career of the controversial comedian, Lenny Bruce Emiliano Zapata (1970) – Mexican biographical drama film about Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italian: Il giardino dei Finzi Contini) (1970) – Italian historical war drama film based on Giorgio Bassani's 1962 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, about the lives of an upper-class Jewish family in Ferrara during the Fascist era George M! (1970) – musical biographical comedy television film based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway""Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series, 'George M!' Bell System Family Theatre" emmys.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016 The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970) – British biographical drama television film about the life of Charles DickensBFI Screenonline: Sherrin, Ned (1931–2007) Biography Retrieved 2 January 2010 The Honeymoon Killers (1970) – crime drama film inspired by the true story of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, the notorious "lonely hearts killers" of the 1940s Julius Caesar (1970) – historical war drama film about Julius Caesar, based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare Liberation: Breakthrough (Russian: Освобождение: Прорыв; German: Befreiung II. Teil. Der Durchbruch; Polish: Wyzwolenie II: Przełom) (1970) – Soviet-Polish-Yugoslav-East German historical war drama film depicting the Lower Dnieper Offensive of September 1943 Liberation: The Fire Bulge (Russian: Освобождение: Огненная дуга; German: Befreiung I. Teil Der Feuerbogen; Polish: Wyzwolenie I: Ognisty łuk) (1970) – Soviet-Polish-Yugoslav-East German historical war drama film depicting the grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943 The Loves of Liszt (Hungarian: Szerelmi álmok – Liszt) (1970) – Soviet era Hungarian epic drama film based on the biography of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt The McKenzie Break (1970) – British war drama film loosely reflecting real-life events at POW camp in Ontario, Canada; in particular, the interception of German attempts to communicate in code with the captured U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer, and the "trial" of Captain Hans-Joachim Rahmlow and his second-in-command, Bernhard Berndt from , which was surrendered in September 1941, and recommissioned as Ned Kelly (1970) – British-Australian biographical bushranger film about 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly Patton (1970) – epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II Promise at Dawn (1970) – biographical drama film following author Romain Gary as he recalls his growing up with his Lithuanian-born mother Shangani Patrol (1970) – Rhodesian war drama film portraying the true story of a battalion of volunteer soldiers facing the might of King Lobengula's army in Rhodesia in 1893 The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) – British historical drama miniseries about the Wives of Henry VIII Soldier Blue (1970) – war drama revisionist Western film inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory Song of Norway (1970) – biographical drama film depicting the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music Tchaikovsky (Russian: Чайковский) (1970) – Soviet biographical drama film about the famous Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Tora! Tora! Tora! (Japanese: トラ・トラ・トラ！) (1970) – American-Japanese epic war film dramatizing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941"Movie Reviews for 'Tora! Tora! Tora!'." Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved: 29 January 2012. Tropic of Cancer (1970) – biographical drama film depicting the adventures of expatriate American writer Henry Miller and his friends, as they pursue art, money, food, and sex in Paris Wang-geon, the Great (Korean: 태조 왕건) (1970) – South Korean historical film depicting the life of Wang-geon who ruled the Goryeo Dynasty Waterloo (Russian: Ватерлоо) (1970) – Soviet-Italian epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo Weddings of Mr. Vok (Czech: Svatby pana Voka) (1971) – Czechoslovak comedy film describing love adventures of the Bohemian nobleman Peter Vok of Rosenberg The Wild Child (French: L'Enfant sauvage) (1970) – French biographical drama film based on the true events regarding the child Victor of Aveyronhttp://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8922

1971 10 Rillington Place (1971) – British crime drama film dramatizing the case of British serial killer John Christie, who committed many of his crimes in the titular London terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving his neighbour Timothy EvansVariety film review; 10 February 1971. A Season in Hell (French: Une saison en enfer, Italian: Una stagione all'inferno) (1971) – French-Italian drama film depicting the life and death of the poet Arthur Rimbaud and his troubled relationship with the poet Paul Verlaine until the African adventure in Ethiopia The American West of John Ford (1971) – Western biographical television film about movie director John Ford's career Arutperunjothi (Tamil: அருட்பெருஞ்ஜோதி) (1971) – Indian Tamil-language biographical film about Ramalinga Swamigal Bolesław Śmiały (1971) – Polish historical film about Bolesław II the Generous Brian's Song (1971) – biographical sport drama film that recounts the life of Brian Piccolo (James Caan), a Chicago Bears football player stricken with terminal cancer, focusing on his friendship with teammate Gale Sayers Dauria (Russian: Даурия) (1971) – Soviet historical drama film about traditional life of Cossacks in the Siberian province of Dauria at the time of the communist revolutionРоман «Даурия» на сайте «Милитера» The Devils (1971) – American-British historical drama horror film depicting a dramatized historical account of the fall of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft after the possessions in Loudun, France, the plot also focuses on Sister Jeanne des Anges, a sexually repressed nun who incites the accusations Dirty Harry (1971) – neo-noir action thriller film based on the real-life case of the Zodiac Killer Doc (1971) – Western drama film which tells the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists, Doc Holliday Elizabeth R (1971) – biographical drama miniseries about the life and reign of Elizabeth I Evel Knievel (1971) – biographical drama film about motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel The French Connection (1971) – neo-noir action thriller film telling the story of fictional NYPD detectives Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo, whose real-life counterparts were narcotics detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso, in pursuit of wealthy French heroin smuggler Alain Charnier Goya, a Story of Solitude (Spanish: Goya, historia de una soledad) (1971) – Spanish historical drama film portraying the life of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya Joe Hill (1971) – American-Swedish biographical drama film about the Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (Italian: La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci) (1971) – Italian biographical miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance genius Leonardo da VinciBrooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 596. Macbeth (1971) – historical drama film loosely based on the historical king Macbeth of Scotland, adapted from the play by William Shakespeare Man in the Wilderness (1971) – revisionist Western drama film loosely based on the life of Hugh Glass Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) – American-British historical drama film based on the life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Mathias Kneissl (1971) – West German drama film inspired by the real life events of Mathias Kneißl, a marginal man, son of poor farmers from Bavaria who stole from the rich and gave to the poor Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul) (1971) – Romanian historical epic film depicting a representation of the life of Wallachia's ruler Michael the Brave, and his will to unite the three Romanian principalities (Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania) into one country The Music Lovers (1971) – British biographical drama film focusing on the life and career of 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyLennon, Peter. Russell's time The Guardian 1 November 1969 p. 7. Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) – British epic historical drama film telling the story of the last ruling Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra, from 1904 until their deaths in 1918 One Day Before the Rainy Season (Hindi: आषाढ़ का एक दिन) (1971) – Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film centering on a love triangle between Sanskrit poet Kalidas, Mallika and Priyangumanjari The Other Side of Madness (1971) – crime drama film based on the crimes of the Manson Family, made while the trial was still ongoing Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971) – war drama film depicting the life and death of Mexican priest Miguel Pro during the Cristero War