Top Movies of 1976


The top movies of 1976 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. Bound for Glory

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Randy Quaid, Gail Strickland, John Lehne

32. Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, The ( Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner, Die )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Walter Steiner

33. The Enforcer

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Fargo
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter
Plot: Harry and his new distaff partner, Inspector Kate Moore, must track down a group of tree-hugging terrorists who've kidnapped the city's mayor and are demanding a $2 million ransom. Harry and Kate discover that the mayor is being held on Alcatraz Island and it's only a matter of time before the showdown begins.

34. Bugsy Malone

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi, Martin Lev, Paul Murphy
Plot: A spoof of classic gangster movies with a cast of children.

35. The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter
Plot: Driven mad by Inspector Clouseau's incompetence, former Chief Inspector Dreyfus commandeers a doomsday device and threatens global destruction. His only demand? Clouseau's death. But Clouseau's dumb luck serves him so well that the 26 assassins hired to kill him can't manage to get the job done.

36. The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Taylor
Actors: Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed, Robert Culp, Elizabeth Ashley, Strother Martin, Kay Lenz
Plot: Lee Marvin, an ex-trail Scout and Oliver Reed, his half-breed Indian partner decide to settle accounts with a former partner who cheated them out of stolen money.

37. The Front

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Murphy, Andrea Marcovicci, Herschel Bernardi, Danny Aiello
Plot: Woody Allen poses or "fronts" as a screenwriter for blacklisted talent.

38. Shaolin Wooden Men ( Shao Lin mu ren xiang )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Chi-Hwa Chen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Kam Chiang, Kong Kim, Yuen Lung, Tien Miao, Wei Ho Tu
Plot: Little Mute (Jackie Chan) becomes a Shaolin student and learns martial arts in the hopes of avenging his father, and has many adventures along the way.

39. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Cassavetes
Actors: Timothy Carey, Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Robert Phillips, Morgan Woodward, Val Avery
Plot: A lovably sleazy nightclub owner must perform a dangerous favor to local mobsters in order to erase his debt.

40. Marquise of O ( Marquise von O..., Die )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Rohmer
Actors: Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel, Peter Lühr, Otto Sander, Eduard Linkers

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