11. Grey Gardens
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Muffie Meyer
Actors: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers, Norman Vincent Peale, Jerry Torre
Plot: Maysles brothers Documentary about the poor side of the family of Jacque O (Edith Bouvier Beale, and her daughter Edie)
12. Seven Beauties ( Pasqualino Settebellezze )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Actors: Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler, Elena Fiore, Piero Di Iorio, Enzo Vitale
Plot: Pasqualino is just an Italian man trying to get by - but after deserting the army during WWII, he finds himself in a German prison camp, where he will do anything to get by. Looking back on his life, we see him living with his seven sisters, the accidental murder of one of their suitors - his trial, getting sent to an asylum, raping a patient, volunteering for the army to escape the asylum - all leading to his German camp.
13. The Bad News Bears
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Walter Matthau, Chris Barnes, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Jackie Earle Haley, Erin Blunt
Plot: A funny look at little league baseball in Southern California. Former minor player Morris Buttermaker is a lazy drunk who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of misfit kids who have virtually no talent. Coach Buttermaker brings a girl pitcher Amanda Whurlizer, the daughter of a former girlfriend and a punk kid who happens to be the best player around.
14. Assault on Precinct 13
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers
Plot: A police precinct in a less than desirable part of L.A. is shutting down, so there is only a skeleton crew on duty... they find themselves under siege by a gang, and must fight to survive the night.
15. Helter Skelter
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tom Gries
Actors: Steve Railsback, George DiCenzo, Nancy Wolfe, Marilyn Burns, Christina Hart, Cathey Paine
Plot: Story of the crimes, capture and trial of the notorious Charles Manson and his "family".
16. Fox and His Friends ( Faustrecht der Freiheit )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Peter Chatel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven, Christiane Maybach, Harry Baer
Plot: Explores the class struggle and homosexual undertones of when a former circus performer and working class man, Franz "Fox" Biberkopf wins the lottery and looks to improve his lot in life. But money comes at a cost, and his new upper middle-class friends take advantage of him.
17. Sybil
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Petrie
Actors: Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett, Charles Lane, Jane Hoffman
Plot: Based on a true story, Sybil, a young woman living on her own begins to recall memories of a devastating past. These memories trigger alternate personalites which help her to cope in situations Sybil cannot handle herself. We are first given a glimpse of how Sybil experiences the transformations and gradually see the personalities for ourselves, along with Dr. Wilbur, her psychologist. This movie takes you on a seemingly never-ending journey into the life of Sybil. Will she overcome these personalities and learn to live an independent and fulfilling life? Watch and find out.
18. Sebastiane
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman
Actors: Barney James, Neil Kennedy, Leonardo Treviglio, Richard Warwick, Donald Dunham, Daevid Finbar
Plot: In 300 A.D. the Roman Sebastianus is exiled and sent to a remote outpost - one populated by only men. A lustful centurion makes him the target of his desires even as much of the rest of the outpost has likewise fallen to homosexuality.
19. Family Plot
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Ed Lauter, Cathleen Nesbitt
Plot: Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
20. Twelve Tasks of Asterix, The ( douze travaux d'Astérix, Les )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Adventure/Animation
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo, Pierre Watrin
Actors: Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Pierre Tornade, Henri Labussière, Jean Martinelli, Pascal Mazzotti
Plot: The great Ceasare realizes he will never be able to take the Gaul's village, led by Asterix and his friends, through force - but he comes up with a novel plan - he sets 12 tasks for them to complete. Should they succeed, the Roman empire in all its glory will be theirs - should they fail, they will submit to him.
