Gregor's Top 20 of 1976 +10
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1. Network (1976)
R | 121 min | Drama
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall
Votes: 170,566
2. Rocky (1976)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Sport
A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.
Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Votes: 628,221 | Gross: $117.24M
3. Taxi Driver (1976)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks
Votes: 920,248 | Gross: $28.26M
4. The Omen (1976)
R | 111 min | Horror, Mystery
Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner
Votes: 132,388 | Gross: $4.27M
5. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West
Votes: 55,588
6. Eaten Alive (1976)
R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller
A psychotic redneck, who owns a dilapidated hotel in rural East Texas, kills various people who upset him or his business, and he feeds their bodies to a large crocodile that he keeps as a pet in the swamp beside his hotel.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns
Votes: 8,700
7. The Tenant (1976)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
A bureaucrat rents a Paris apartment where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet
Votes: 47,606 | Gross: $1.92M
8. The Shootist (1976)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Votes: 26,815
9. All the President's Men (1976)
PG | 138 min | Drama, History, Thriller
"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam
Votes: 126,005 | Gross: $70.60M
10. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
PG | 135 min | Western
Missouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, Bill McKinney
Votes: 79,818 | Gross: $31.80M
11. Secret Rivals (1976)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Drama
A classic kung fu movie! Wang Tao plays Shen Yi Wei, the son of a General, who travels to the Gold Valley in Korea to investigate a gold heist that took place 3 years ago.
Directors: Seok-hoon Nam, See-Yuen Ng | Stars: John Liu, Don Wong, Jeong-lee Hwang, Seok-hoon Nam
Votes: 340
Secret Rivals
12. Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
R | 81 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
After his students are killed by the One Armed Boxer, a vengeful and blind Kung Fu expert travels to a village where a martial arts contest is being held and vows to behead every one armed man he comes across.
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, Tien Wu Chu, Kang Chin, Chun-Erh Lung
Votes: 4,825
13. Killer Clans (1976)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Drama
Two clans compete for dominance over the martial arts world in this classic of violent swordplay and political intrigue. A complex tale of deception and double crosses. Killer Clans leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Fei Ai, Shen Chan, Ping Chen, Kang-Yeh Cheng
Votes: 710
Killer Clans
14. The Magic Blade (1976)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Drama
Don't miss this one it is excellent. Chinese sword masters pair up to fight off yet another villain for the deadly PeacockDart. The ending is eye popping don't miss this one. Shaw Brothers come thru yet again
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Lung Ti, Lieh Lo, Li Ching, Ni Tien
Votes: 892
The Magic Blade
15. In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
NC-17 | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
Director: Nagisa Ôshima | Stars: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui
Votes: 22,794
In the Realm of the Senses
16. The Killing Machine (1975)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama
Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the... See full summary »
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Makoto Satô, Naoya Makoto
Votes: 511
The Killing Machine
17. Shaolin Temple (1976)
Not Rated | 126 min | Action
The Shaolin Temple is the last place to resist defeat by the Manchu Dynasty, mostly because of their unique fighting style. Men from far and wide come to wait outside the temple, hoping ... See full summary »
Directors: Cheh Chang, Wu Ma | Stars: Sheng Fu, Kuan-Chun Chi, Lung Ti, David Chiang
Votes: 1,378
Shaolin Temple
18. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk
Votes: 31,993 | Gross: $33.83M
19. Carrie (1976)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, John Travolta
Votes: 206,596 | Gross: $33.80M
20. Keoma (1976)
R | 105 min | Drama, Western
A half-breed ex-Union gunfighter attempts to protect his plague-ridden hometown from being overridden by his racist half-brothers and a Confederate tyrant.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Franco Nero, William Berger, Olga Karlatos, Orso Maria Guerrini
Votes: 6,186
21. Challenge of the Masters (1976)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama
Teenager Wong Fei-hung is sent to train in the art of hung gar kung fu from his father's teacher, Luk Ah-choy. With training complete, Wong must fight an assassin and regain the honor of his school.
Director: Chia-Liang Liu | Stars: Chia-Hui Liu, Kuan Tai Chen, Yue Wong, Lily Li
Votes: 831
Challenge Of The Masters
22. At the Earth's Core (1976)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A Victorian era scientist and his assistant take a test run in their Iron Mole drilling machine and end up in a strange underground labyrinth ruled by a species of giant telepathic bird and full of prehistoric monsters and cavemen.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Doug McClure, Peter Cushing, Caroline Munro, Cy Grant
Votes: 5,466
23. The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
82 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Asterix and Obelix are tasked by Julius Caesar with accomplishing twelve impossible labors to determine the fate of their indomitable Gaulish village.
Directors: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo, Pierre Watrin, Matt McCarthy | Stars: Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Pierre Tornade, Henri Labussière
Votes: 19,071
24. Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In 1961, a divorced Catholic couple's life is turned upside-down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of subsequent stabbings.
Director: Alfred Sole | Stars: Linda Miller, Mildred Clinton, Paula E. Sheppard, Niles McMaster
Votes: 12,943
Alice, Sweet Alice
25. Lipstick (1976)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A top fashion model seeks justice after she is brutally raped by her teenage sister's music teacher.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Perry King, Anne Bancroft
Votes: 2,732 | Gross: $8.33M
26. The Tough Ones (1976)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough, rule-bending cop pursues a maniacal, trigger-happy hunchback, a one-handed bank robber and their cronies in an effort to bring Rome's most powerful crime lord to justice.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Maurizio Merli, Arthur Kennedy, Giampiero Albertini, Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 1,704
The Though Ones aka. Rome Armed to the Teeth
27. The Web of Death (1976)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Thanks to such filmmakers as choreographers Tang Chia and Yuen Cheung-yan (brother of Matrix master Yuen Woo-ping), this battle between Scorpion, Snake, and Centipede sects to create the "... See full summary »
Director: Yuen Chor | Stars: Hua Yueh, Lieh Lo, Li Ching, Feng Ku
Votes: 390
Web of Death
28. The 18 Bronzemen (1975)
PG | 95 min | Action, Drama, War
During the Qing dynasty, the young son of a Ming dynasty general is sent to the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, so that he may seek revenge for his dead father. But he must endure the test of the temple's legendary 18 Bronzemen.
Director: Joseph Kuo | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Peng Tien, Carter Wong, Yi Chang
Votes: 480
The 18 Bronzemen
29. Return of the 18 Bronzemen (1976)
93 min | Action, Adventure, War
The reigning Qing Emperor dies and his fourth son changes his father's will to his favor and becomes the new emperor. He disguises himself as a commoner, and becomes a disciple in the Shaolin Temple in order to become a kung fu master.
Director: Joseph Kuo | Stars: Carter Wong, Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Peng Tien, Mei-Yi Chang
Votes: 249
The 18 Bronzemen 2
30. The Dragon Missile (1976)
PG-13 | 82 min | Action
An evil gang of martial artists fight for a healing elixir against a specialist that fights with boomerang blades - the Dragon Missiles!
Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Lieh Lo, Tony Liu, Nancy Yen, Feng Ku
Votes: 273
The Dragon Missile
31. The Hand of Death (1976)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
A survivor of an attack on a rebel group opposing the Manchu invasion of China creates the Goose Fist fighting technique and tries for revenge on a traitor.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Tao-Liang Tan, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Ching Chu
Votes: 1,941
Hand of Death
32. The Enforcer (1976)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans.
Director: James Fargo | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 49,145 | Gross: $46.20M
33. The Last Tycoon (1976)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Romance
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau
Votes: 9,583 | Gross: $1.82M
34. Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976)
R | 87 min | Drama
On assignment in Bangkok to interview the King of Thailand, photojournalist Emanuelle becomes entangled in political intrigue and sexual encounters with old and new lovers.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Ely Galleani, Ivan Rassimov
Votes: 1,274
35. Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei (1976)
80 min | Drama, Horror
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. 1. During a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with young Christian girl. When she and her family are ... See full summary »
Director: Yûji Makiguchi | Stars: Yûsuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura, Akira Shioji, Masataka Iwao
Votes: 765
Shogun's Sadism
36. The Missouri Breaks (1976)
PG | 126 min | Drama, Western
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd
Votes: 12,166 | Gross: $14.00M
37. Silent Movie (1976)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar
Votes: 18,482 | Gross: $36.15M
38. The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
Director: Pupi Avati | Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Francesca Marciano, Gianni Cavina, Giulio Pizzirani
Votes: 5,969
The House with Laughing Windows
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