1976 in Film - Notable Films Released in 1976

Notable Films Released in 1976

U.S.A. unless stated #

• 7 Man Army (Ba dao lou zi), directed by Chang Cheh - (Hong Kong)
• 1900, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland - (Italy/France)

A

• A Queda (The Fall) - (Brazil)
• All the President's Men, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook
• The Anchorite (El anacoreta) - (Spain)
• Any Day Now (Vandaag of morgen) - (Netherlands)
• The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) - (U.S.S.R.) - Golden Bear winner
• Assault on Precinct 13, directed by John Carpenter, starring Austin Stoker
• At the Earth's Core, starring Peter Cushing and Doug McClure - (U.K.)

B

• Baby Blue Marine, starring Jan-Michael Vincent
• The Bad News Bears, directed by Michael Ritchie, starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley
• Beach Guard in Winter (Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu) - (Yugoslavia)
• The Big Bus, starring Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck
• The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, starring Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
• Black and White in Color (La Victoire en chantant), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud - (France) - Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film
• The Blank Generation, with Patti Smith Group, Television, Ramones and Talking Heads
• Blue Puppy (Goluboy shchenok) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw, starring Marjoe Gortner and Lynda Carter
• Bound for Glory, a biopic of Woody Guthrie directed by Hal Ashby, starring David Carradine
• Breaking Point, starring Bo Svenson, Robert Culp, John Colicos
• The Bricklayers (Los albañiles) - (Mexico)
• Brother and Sister (Ani Imouto) - (Japan)
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, directed by Robert Altman, starring Paul Newman, Geraldine Chaplin, Burt Lancaster - Golden Bear winner
• Bugsy Malone, directed by Alan Parker, starring Scott Baio and Jodie Foster - (U.K.)
• Burnt Offerings, starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis

C

• Caddie, starring Helen Morse - (Australia)
• Canoa (Canoe) - (Mexico)
• Car Wash, starring Franklin Ajaye and Richard Pryor
• The Career of a Chambermaid (Telefoni bianchi), directed by Dino Risi - (Italy)
• Caro Michele, directed by Mario Monicelli - (Italy)
• Carrie, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
• The Cassandra Crossing, starring Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Lee Strasberg, Martin Sheen - (U.K.)
• A Child in the Crowd (Un enfant dans la foule) - (France)
• Chinese Roulette (Chinesisches Roulette), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (West Germany)
• Chitchor (Heart Stealer) - (India)
• Cop (Strømer) - (Denmark)
• Coup de Grâce (Der Fangschuß), directed by Volker Schlöndorff - (West Germany/France)
• A Cricket in the Ear (Shturets v uhoto), directed by Georgi K. Stoyanov, starring Pavel Popandov, Tatyana Lolova, Itzhak Fintzi - (Bulgaria)

D

• Deadly Hero, starring Don Murray and James Earl Jones
• The Desert of the Tartars (Il deserto dei Tartari), starring Vittorio Gassman - (Italy/France/West Germany)
• The Devil's Playground, directed by Fred Schepisi - (Australia)
• Diary of the Dead, starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Hector Elizondo
• The Divine Nymph (Divina creatura), starring Marcello Mastroianni and Terence Stamp - (Italy)
• Don's Party, directed by Bruce Beresford, starring Ray Barrett, John Hargreaves and Pat Bishop - (Australia)
• Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos), starring Sônia Braga - (Brazil)
• Les douze travaux d'Asterix (The Twelve Trials of Asterix) - (France)

E-F

• The Eagle Has Landed, starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Embryo, directed by Ralph Nelson, starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Carrera
• The Enforcer, starring Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Tyne Daly
• Escape from the Dark, starring Alastair Sim - (U.K.)
• F comme Fairbanks (F Like Fairbanks), starring Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou - (France)
• Face to Face (Ansikte mot ansikte), directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson - (Sweden)
• Family Plot, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (his final film), starring Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, William Devane
• Farsighted for Two Diopters (Dva Dioptara Dalekogledstvo), directed by Petar B. Vasilev, starring Georgi Partsalev - (Bulgaria)
• Fellini's Casanova, directed by Federico Fellini, starring Donald Sutherland - (Italy)
• The Fifth Seal (Az ötödik pecsét), directed by Zoltán Fábri - (Hungary)
• The First Nudie Musical, directed by Bruce Kimmel, starring Cindy Williams, Stephen Nathan, Diana Canova
• The Food of the Gods, starring Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Ida Lupino
• Freaky Friday, directed by Gary Nelson, starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster
• From Noon till Three, starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland
• The Front, directed by Martin Ritt, starring Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy
• Fumō Chitai (Wasted Land) - (Japan)
• Futureworld, starring Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner

G-H

• Gable and Lombard, starring James Brolin and Jill Clayburgh
• Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona (Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer) - (Israel)
• God Told Me To, starring Tony Lo Bianco, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis
• Griffin and Phoenix, starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh
• Grizzly, starring Christopher George
• The Gumball Rally, starring Michael Sarrazin
• Gus, starring Don Knotts and Ed Asner
• Harlan County USA - a documentary film
• Harry and Walter Go to New York, starring James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Michael Caine
• Heart of Glass (Herz aus Glas), directed by Werner Herzog - (West Germany)
• The House with Laughing Windows (La casa dalle finestre che ridono) - (Italy)

I-K

• Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri eccellenti), directed by Francesco Rosi, starring Lino Ventura - (Italy)
• The Inheritance (L'eredità Ferramonti), starring Anthony Quinn and Dominique Sanda - (Italy)
• In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Korīda), directed by Nagisa Oshima - (Japan)
• L'innocente, directed by Luchino Visconti - (Italy)
• The Inugamis (Inugami-ke no ichizoku), directed by Kon Ichikawa - (Japan)
• I Will, I Will... for Now, directed by Norman Panama, starring Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Victoria Principal
• J.D.'s Revenge, starring Glynn Turman and Louis Gossett, Jr.
• Je t'aime moi non plus (I Love You...Me Neither), directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Jane Birkin and Joe Dallesandro - (France)
• Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000) - (Switzerland/France)
• The Judge and the Assassin (Le Juge et l'assassin), directed by Bertrand Tavernier, starring Philippe Noiret and Isabelle Huppert - (France)
• Kabhie Kabhie (Sometimes), starring Shashi Kapoor - (India)
• Kalicharan - (India)
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, directed by John Cassavetes, starring Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey and Seymour Cassel
• King Kong, directed by John Guillermin, starring Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges and Charles Grodin
• King Kung Fu, directed by and starring Lance D. Hayes
• Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit), directed by Wim Wenders - (West Germany)

L

• The Last Hard Men, a western starring Charlton Heston and James Coburn
• The Last Supper (La Última Cena) - (Cuba)
• The Last Tycoon, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson
• Leadbelly, a biopic directed by Gordon Parks
• Lipstick, starring Margaux Hemingway, Mariel Hemingway, Chris Sarandon
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen
• Logan's Run, directed by Michael Anderson, starring Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter

M

• Mako: The Jaws of Death, directed by William Grefe, starring Richard Jaeckel
• The Man on the Roof (Mannen på taket), directed by Bo Widerberg - (Sweden)
• The Man Who Fell to Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark - (U.K.)
• Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (Marečku, podejte mi pero!) - (Czechoslovakia)
• Marathon Man, directed by John Schlesinger, starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, William Devane
• The Marquise of O, directed by Éric Rohmer - (West Germany/France)
• Master of the Flying Guillotine (a.k.a. One-Armed Boxer 2), starring Jimmy Wang - (Taiwan/Hong Kong)
• A Matter of Time, directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Ingrid Bergman, Liza Minnelli, Charles Boyer, Isabella Rossellini - (U.S.A./Italy)
• Max Havelaar, directed by Fons Rademakers - (Netherlands)
• The Memory of Justice, a documentary film by Marcel Ophüls - (France/West Germany/U.K./U.S.A.)
• Midway, starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Toshirō Mifune, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook
• Mikey and Nicky, directed by Elaine May, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk
• The Missouri Breaks, directed by Arthur Penn, starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson
• Mohammad: Messenger of God, directed by Moustapha Akkad, starring Anthony Quinn - (Morocco/Libya)
• Mother, Jugs & Speed, directed by Peter Yates, starring Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel
• Mr. Klein, directed by Joseph Losey, starring Alain Delon and Jeanne Moreau - (France)
• Murder by Death, starring Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote
• The Mysterious Monsters, starring Peter Graves and Peter Hurkos

N

• Network, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall
• Next Stop, Greenwich Village, starring Shelley Winters, Lenny Baker, Ellen Greene
• Nickelodeon, directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, John Ritter, Stella Stevens
• No Deposit, No Return, starring David Niven, Darren McGavin, Don Knotts, Barbara Feldon, Kim Richards

O-P-Q

• Obsession, directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow
• Ode to Billy Joe, directed by Max Baer, Jr., starring Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, James Best
• The Omen, directed by Richard Donner, starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Leo McKern - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• One Summer Love, aka Dragonfly, directed by Gilbert Cates, starring Susan Sarandon and Beau Bridges
• The Outlaw Josey Wales, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood with Chief Dan George, Sam Bottoms, Sondra Locke, John Vernon
• Oz or 20th Century Oz, a Rock 'N' Roll Road Movie, starring Bruce Spence, Joy Dunstan - (Australia)
• The Pink Panther Strikes Again, starring Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down - (U.K.)

R

• Raise Ravens (Cria Cuervos), directed by Carlos Saura, starring Geraldine Chaplin - (Spain)
• The Rat Savior (Izbavitelj) - (Yugoslavia)
• Rich Man, Poor Man, television mini-series, starring Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss
• The Ritz, directed by Richard Lester, starring Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Jack Weston
• Robin and Marian, directed by Richard Lester, starring Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Rocky, directed by John G. Avildsen, starring Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young
• Rogue Male, starring Peter O'Toole - (U.K.)

S

• The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, starring Kris Kristofferson and Sarah Miles
• Salon Kitty, directed by Tinto Brass, starring Helmut Berger and Ingrid Thulin - (Italy/West Germany/France)
• The Scar (film, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
• Sebastiane, directed by Derek Jarman - (U.K.)
• Seclusion Near a Forest (Na samotě u lesa), directed by Jiří Menzel - (Czechoslovakia)
• Seven Beauties (Pasqualino Settebellezze), starring Fernando Rey - (Italy)
• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, directed by Herbert Ross, starring Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Laurence Olivier - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Shadow of Angels (Schatten der Engel), starring Ingrid Caven and Rainer Werner Fassbinder - (Switzerland)
• The Shaggy D.A., starring Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette
• The Shootist, directed by Don Siegel, starring John Wayne (his final film), Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
• Shout at the Devil, starring Lee Marvin, Roger Moore - (U.K.)
• Silent Movie, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, with Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters
• Silver Streak, directed by Arthur Hiller, starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Ned Beatty, Patrick McGoohan
• Sister Street Fighter - Fifth Level Fist (Onna hissatsu godan ken) - (Japan)
• Sky Riders, starring James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp
• The Slipper and the Rose, directed by Bryan Forbes, starring Gemma Craven and Richard Chamberlain - (U.K.)
• Small Change (L'Argent de poche), directed by François Truffaut - (France)
• The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (La Flûte à six schtroumpfs) - (Belgium)
• Snuff - (Argentina/U.S.A.)
• The Song Remains the Same, featuring Led Zeppelin - (U.K./U.S.A.)
• Soy un delincuente (I Am a Criminal) - (Venezuela)
• Sparkle, starring Irene Cara
• A Star Is Born, starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson
• Stay Hungry, directed by Bob Rafelson, starring Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger
• St. Ives, directed by J. Lee Thompson, starring Charles Bronson
• Storm Boy, starring David Gulpilil - (Australia)
• Swashbuckler, starring Robert Shaw
• The Swiss Conspiracy, starring David Janssen and Elke Sommer
• Sybil, starring Joanne Woodward and Sally Field

T

• Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Jodie Foster
• The Tenant (Le Locataire), directed by and starring Roman Polanski, with Isabelle Adjani and Melvyn Douglas - (France)
• That's Entertainment, Part 2, documentary featuring Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly
• Tatlong taong walang Diyos (Three Godless Years) - (Philippines)
• To Fly!, a documentary film
• To the Devil a Daughter, starring Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Nastassja Kinski - (U.K.)
• Todo modo, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Marcello Mastroianni - (Italy)
• Tosun Pasa - (Turkey)
• The Town That Dreaded Sundown, starring Ben Johnson and Dawn Wells
• Trackdown, starring James Mitchum
• Tracks, directed by Henry Jaglom, starring Dennis Hopper
• Treasure of Matecumbe, starring Joan Hackett, Robert Foxworth, Peter Ustinov
• The Twist, directed by Claude Chabrol, starring Bruce Dern, Stephane Audran, Charles Aznavour, Ann-Margret - (France)
• Two-Minute Warning, starring Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, Beau Bridges

U-V

• Ugly, Dirty and Bad (Brutti, sporchi e cattivi), directed by Ettore Scola, starring Nino Manfredi - (Italy)
• Up!, directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Raven de la Croix
• Vigilante Force, starring Kris Kristofferson and Victoria Principal
• Voyage of the Damned, starring Faye Dunaway, Lee Grant, James Mason, Katharine Ross, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Oskar Werner - (U.K.)

W-Z

• W.C. Fields and Me, starring Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, Jack Cassidy
• Wan Pipel (One People) - (Suriname/Netherlands)
• Welcome to L.A., directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Keith Carradine, Geraldine Chaplin, Sally Kellerman, Harvey Keitel
• The White Ship (Belyy parokhod) - (U.S.S.R.)
• Who Can Kill a Child? (¿Quién puede matar a un niño?) - (Spain)
• Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, starring Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, Bruce Dern, Art Carney