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. 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.

32. Silver Streak

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Arthur Hiller
Actors: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ray Walston
Plot: On a train trip from L.A. to Chicago a man discovers romance, but he also thinks he sees a man pushed from the train. No one around him believes his story... well, no one but the killer, who makes him the next target.

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. Communion ( Alice Sweet Alice )

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alfred Sole
Actors: Paula E. Sheppard, Linda Miller, Brooke Shields, Patrick Gorman, Mildred Clinton, Niles McMaster
Plot: Suspicion falls on 12-year-old Alice for killing her sister and others with a butcher knife.

40. 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.

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