1976 IN FILM

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








30.               ROCKY

29.
BIRDS, ORPHANS, & FOOLS

28.  

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED

               
      

27.      BUFFALO BILL 

& THE INDIANS, OR SITTING 

  BULL'S HISTORY LESSON

26.    ALICE, SWEET ALICE

-tie-26.       THE OMEN

25.               NETWORK

24.       BOUND FOR GLORY

23.            THE TENANT

                

22.       KADDU BEYKAT

[LETTER FROM MY VILLAGE]

21.             THE FRONT

20.       GOD TOLD ME TO

19.              DUELLE

18.    KINGS OF THE ROAD

                 
  

17.          THE KILLING

     OF A CHINESE BOOKIE

             [Director's Cut]

16.         EDVARD MUNCH

15.

THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES

14.       MIKEY AND NICKY

13.           DEEP RED

            

12.           MOTHER

KUSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN

11.          NICKELODEON

         

10. 

CHESS OF THE WIND شطرنج باد

9.           SMALL CHANGE

.
8.    

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

.
7.                 SOLARIS

.
6.      HARLAN COUNTY, USA

.
5.   THE BAD NEWS BEARS

.
4.                  CARRIE

.
3.

ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13

.
2.  

THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE

.
1.             TAXI DRIVER

***** 

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

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

THE MAN 

WHO FELL TO EARTH

IN THE
REALM OF THE SENSES

.

SHIVERS

.
 

OBSESSION

.
 

MEAT

.
 

ALL 

THE PRESIDENT'S MEN

.

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO
LIVES DOWN THE LANE

..
 

CAR WASH

.
 

MINDSCAPE

[LE PAYSAGISTE]

.
 

MAITRESSE

.
 

THE STREET

.
 

THE SIGNALMAN

.

THE 

CARS THAT ATE PARIS

.
 

LÓ A HÁZBAN

[HORSE IN THE HOUSE]

MARATHON MAN

.

LED ZEPPELIN:
THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

.
 

THE MARQUISE OF O

.

 

SEVEN BEAUTIES

.
 

LISA & THE DEVIL 

[the Italian cut]

.

KEOMA

.
 

CHILDREN

.

LOGAN'S RUN

.
 

INSIANG

.

WHO 

CAN KILL A CHILD?

.
 

KATIE TIPPEL

.
 

THE SHOOTIST

.
 

BLACK 

AND WHITE IN COLOR

.
 

ROBIN AND MARIAN

.
 

FROM NOON TILL THREE

.

THE PINK

PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN

.

UP!

.

WELCOME TO L.A.

.

BABFILM

[SCENES WITH BEANS]

FACE TO FACE

.

TWO MEN IN TOWN

.

IL MESSIA

.

DRUM

.

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. VTÁČKOVIA, SIROTY, A BLÁZNI (Jakubisko)
24. THE TENANT (Polanski)
25. BOUND FOR GLORY (Ashby)
26. NETWORK (Lumet)
27. ALICE SWEET ALICE (Sole)                                        -tie- THE OMEN (Donner)
28. BUFFALO BILL & THE INDIANS (Altman)
29. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED (Sturges)
30. ROCKY (Avildsen)

RUNNER UP

MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Roeg). 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)