1976 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1976. Top 30 & many honorables.








30.               ROCKY

29.
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

28.  THE EAGLE HAS LANDED

               BUFFALO BILL 
      & THE INDIANS, OR SITTING 
27.   BULL'S HISTORY LESSON

26.      ALICE, SWEET ALICE

-tie-26.         THE OMEN

25.               NETWORK

24.       BOUND FOR GLORY

23.            THE TENANT

                KADDU BEYKAT

22.  [LETTER FROM MY VILLAGE]

21.             THE FRONT

20.         GOD TOLD ME TO

19.                DUELLE

18.       KINGS OF THE ROAD

                 THE KILLING
        OF A CHINESE BOOKIE

17.          [Director's Cut]

16.         EDVARD MUNCH

15.THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES

14.         MIKEY AND NICKY

13.              DEEP RED

            MOTHER KUSTERS

12.  GOES TO HEAVEN

11.          NICKELODEON

         

10. 

 CHESS OF THE WIND شطرنج باد

9.           SMALL CHANGE

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8.    PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

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7.                 SOLARIS

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6.      HARLAN COUNTY, USA

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5.      THE BAD NEWS BEARS

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4.                  CARRIE

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3.   ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13

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2.  THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

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1.             TAXI DRIVER

***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(other titles of '76 I loved that could've placed)

IN THE
REALM OF THE SENSES

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SHIVERS

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OBSESSION

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MEAT

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ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

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THE LITTLE GIRL
WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE

..
 

CAR WASH

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MINDSCAPE

[LE PAYSAGISTE]

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MAITRESSE

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THE STREET

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THE SIGNALMAN

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THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS

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LÓ A HÁZBAN

[HORSE IN THE HOUSE]

MARATHON MAN

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LED ZEPPELIN:
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

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THE MARQUISE OF O

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SEVEN BEAUTIES

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LISA AND THE DEVIL [Italian cut]

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KEOMA

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CHILDREN

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LOGAN'S RUN

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INSIANG

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WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?

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KATIE TIPPEL

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THE SHOOTIST

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BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR

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ROBIN AND MARIAN

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FROM NOON TILL THREE

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THE PINK

PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN

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UP!

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WELCOME TO L.A.

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BABFILM

[SCENES WITH BEANS]

FACE TO FACE

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TWO MEN IN TOWN

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IL MESSIA

.

DRUM

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SILENT MOVIE

HÉ, TE!  [HEY, YOU!]

****

1976
TOP 30

1. TAXI DRIVER (Scorsese)
2. SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE (Erice)
3. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (Carpenter)
4. CARRIE (De Palma)
5. BAD NEWS BEARS (Ritchie)
6. HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. (Kopple)
7. SOLARIS (Tarkovsky)
8. PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (Weir)
9. SMALL CHANGE (Truffaut)
10. CHESS OF THE WIND (Mohammad Reza Aslani)
11. NICKELODEON (Bogdanovich)
12. MOTHER KUSTERS (Fassbinder)
13. DEEP RED (Argento)
14. MIKEY & NICKY (Elaine May)
15. OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (Eastwood)
16. EDVARD MUNCH (Watkins)
17. KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (Cassavetes)
18. KINGS OF THE ROAD (Wenders)
19. DUELLE (Rivette)
20. GOD TOLD ME TO (Cohen)
21. THE FRONT (Ritt)
22. KADDU BETKAT (Faye)
23. THE TENANT (Polanski)
24. BOUND FOR GLORY (Ashby)
25. NETWORK (Lumet)
26. ALICE SWEET ALICE (Sole)                                        -tie- THE OMEN (Donner)
27. BUFFALO BILL & THE INDIANS (Altman)
28. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED (Sturges)
29. MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Roeg)
30. ROCKY (Avildsen)

RUNNER UP
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (Ôshima), THEY CAME FROM WITHIN (Cronenberg), OBSESSION (De Palma), MEAT (Wiseman), ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (Pakula), LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (Gessner), CAR WASH (Schultz), LE PAYSAGISTE (Drouin), MAITRESSE (Schroeder), THE STREET (Caroline Leaf), THE SIGNALMAN (LG Clark), CARS THAT ATE PARIS (Weir), LÓ A HÁZBAN (Csonka), MARATHON MAN (Schlesinger), SONG REMAINS THE SAME (Clifton/Massot), THE MARQUISE OF O (Rohmer), SEVEN BEAUTIES (Wertmüller), LISA & THE DEVIL (Bava), KEOMA (Castellari), CHILDREN (Davies), LOGAN'S RUN (Anderson), INSIANG (Brocka), ¿QUIEN PUEDE MATAR A UN NINO? (Serrador), KATIE TIPPEL (Verhoeven), THE SHOOTIST (Siegel), BLACK & WHITE IN COLOR (Annaud), ROBIN & MARIAN (Lester), FROM NOON TILL THREE (Gilroy), PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (Edwards), UP! (Meyer), WELCOME TO L.A.(Rudolph), BABFILM (Foky), FACE TO FACE (Bergman), TWO MEN IN TOWN (Giovanni), THE MESSIAH (Rosselini), DRUM (Carver/Kennedy), SILENT MOVIE (M.Brooks), HÉ TE! (Szoboszlay)