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Theme: Films of 1976

Carrie (1976) posterTaxi Driver (1976) posterThe Omen (1976) posterLogan's Run (1976) poster

A.P.E. (1976)

6 September 19996 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Giant Ape

Director: Paul Leder
Actors: Rod Arrants, Alex Nicol, Joanna De Verona, Francis Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Allegro Non Troppo (1976)

6 April 200424 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Fantasia Spoof/Animation

Director: Bruno Bozzetto
Actors: Maurizio Nichetti
Category: Fantasy

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

5 March 200514 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Urban Siege

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Austin Stoker, Charles Cyphers, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, …
Category: Horror

At the Earth’s Core (1976)

7 November 200115 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Lost World at the Centre of the Earth/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro
Category: Science Fiction

The Big Bus (1976)

2 June 199918 May 2022

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie Parody

Director: James Frawley
Actors: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Ned Beatty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Blood Sucking Freaks (1976)

22 February 200510 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Sadism and Torture

Director: Joel M. Reed
Category: Horror

The Blue Bird (1976)

28 October 201419 February 2020

Rating: 0­

Fairy-Tale

Director: George Cukor
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Patsy Kensit, Jane Fonda, George Cole, …
Category: Fantasy

Bugsy Malone (1976)

4 May 201710 March 2020

Rating: ★½

Gangster Film Cast With Children

Director: Alan Parker
Actors: Scott Baio, Jodie Foster
Category: Fantasy

Burnt Offerings (1976)

4 June 200011 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Parasitic House

Director: Dan Curtis
Actors: Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis, Lee Harcourt Montgomery, …
Category: Horror

Carrie (1976)

6 June 20008 June 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Telekinetic Teen’s Revenge/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, …
Category: Horror

The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

8 April 200126 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Plague-Infected Train/Disaster Movie

Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Actors: Richard Harris, Burt Lancaster, Sophia Loren, Martin Sheen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Communion (1976)

15 October 20018 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Catholic Psycho-Thriller

Director: Alfred Sole
Actors: Paula Sheppard, Brooke Shields, Linda Miller, Gary Allen
Category: Horror

Creature from Black Lake (1976)

8 July 200511 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Bigfoot Film

Director: Joy Houck Jr
Actors: Jack Elam, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson, Bill Thurman, …
Category: Horror

Death Weekend (1976)

12 August 20003 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Brutality and Torture

Director: William Fruet
Actors: Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata
Category: Horror

Deep Red (1976)

8 April 20006 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia
Category: Horror

Dr Black and Mr Hyde (1976)

18 July 199921 November 2023

Rating: ★★★

Blaxploitation Jekyll and Hyde

Director: William Crain
Actors: Bernie Casey, Rosalind Cash, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Category: Horror

Dracula, Father and Son (1976)

29 June 201631 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Dracula Parody

Director: Eduard Molinaro
Actors: Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Helene Breillat, Catherine Breillat
Category: Horror

Embryo (1976)

7 April 20016 October 2020

Rating: ★

Evil Artificially-Birthed Woman

Director: Ralph Nelson
Actors: Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Anne Schedeen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fellini’s Casanova (1976)

23 May 200317 November 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Fantasticised Historical Biography

Director: Federico Fellini
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Margareth Clementi, Daniel Emilfork, …
Category: Fantasy

Freaky Friday (1976)

25 August 200212 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mother-Daughter Bodyswap Comedy

Director: Gene Nelson
Actors: Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Marc McClure
Category: Fantasy

Futureworld (1976)

13 April 200022 June 2025

Rating: ★

Android Amusement Park/Westworld Sequel

Director: Richard T. Heffron
Actors: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Stuart Margolin, Arthur Hill, …
Category: Science Fiction

God Told Me To (1976)

19 May 20114 September 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Alien Messiah/Cult Killings/Alien Abduction & Impregnation

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Tony Lo Bianco, Richard Lynch, Deborah Raffin, Sandy Dennis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Grizzly (1976)

6 December 200224 May 2021

Rating: ½

Killer Bear

Director: William Girdler
Actors: Christopher George, Richard Jaeckel, Andrew Prine, Joe Dorsey, …
Category: Horror

House of Mortal Sin (1976)

26 September 201421 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Catholic Priest

Director: Pete Walker
Actors: Anthony Sharp, Susan Penhaligon, Stephanie Beacham, Norman Eshley, …
Category: Horror

Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976)

28 February 201813 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Sadistic Woman Torturer

Director: Don Edmonds
Actors: Dyanne Thorne, Michael Thayer, Wolfgang Roehm, Marilyn Joi, …
Category: Horror

Infra Man (1976)

19 January 201514 December 2023

Rating: ★★★

Hong Kong Superheroics

Director: Hua-Shan
Actors: Li Hsiu-Hsien
Category: Science Fiction

Jack the Ripper (1976)

13 August 20151 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: Jess Franco
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Herbert Fux, Lina Romay
Category: Horror

J.D.’s Revenge (1976)

19 July 201017 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Blaxploitation/Possession

Director: Arthur Marks
Actors: Glynn Turman, Louis Gossett Jr
Category: Horror

The Killer Inside Me (1976)

6 May 200118 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Sheriff

Director: Burt Kennedy
Actors: Stacy Keach, Susan Tyrrell, Don Stroud, Keenan Wynn, …
Category: Horror

King Kong (1976)

6 November 200110 April 2021

Rating: ★

Giant Ape

Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Rene Auberjonois, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Logan’s Run (1976)

2 February 20039 October 2020

Rating: ★

Dystopian Future

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Johnson, Peter Ustinov, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

3 June 20017 July 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Alienated Alien Visitor

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: David Bowie, Candy Clark, Rip Torn, Buck Henry
Category: Science Fiction

Mansion of the Doomed (1976)

19 December 201823 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Mad Surgeon

Director: Michael Pataki
Actors: Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Trish Stewart, Lance Henriksen, …
Category: Horror

Martin (1976)

11 March 200113 May 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Deconstructed Vampire

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, …
Category: Horror

Massacre at Central High (1976)

6 December 20029 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

High School Brutality and Revenge

Director: Renee Daalder
Actors: Derrel Maury, Andrew Stevens, Robert Carradine, Kimberley Beck, …
Category: Horror

Mysteries of the Gods (1976)

9 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Ancient Astronauts/Erich von Daniken Documentary

Director: Harald Reinl, Charles Romine
Actors: William Shatner
Category: Science Fiction

Obsession (1976)

6 February 200223 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Reincarnation Thriller

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Cliff Robertson, Genevieve Bujold, John Lithgow
Category: Fantasy

Oily Maniac (1976)

30 December 20142 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Avenging Superhero

Director: Ho Meng-Hua
Actors: Li Hsiu-Hsien, Feng Ku
Category: Fantasy

The Omen (1976)

8 January 20015 June 2024

Rating: ★★★

The Biblical End of the World/The Anti-Christ

Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Stephens, …
Category: Horror

The People Who Own the Dark (1976)

9 February 20223 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Nuclear War Outbreak

Director: Leon Klimovsky
Actors: Alberto de Mendoza, Paul Naschy, Maria Perschy, Ricardo Palacios, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

14 August 20015 February 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Bumbling Police Inspector Comedy

Director: Blake Edwards
Actors: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down, Burt Kwouk, …
Category: Science Fiction

Queen Kong (1976)

20 March 201520 February 2025

Rating: 0­

Sex-Reversed King Kong Parody

Director: Frank Agrama
Actors: Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon
Category: Science Fiction

Rattlers (1976)

19 August 20217 May 2023

Rating: ★

Killer Snakes

Director: John McCauley
Category: Horror

Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot (1976)

9 January 20249 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Bigfoot Mockumentary

Director: Ed Raguzzino
Category: Horror

Schizo (1976)

15 December 200521 November 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho-Thriller

Director: Pete Walker
Actors: Lynne Frederick, Stephanie Beacham, Jack Watson, John Fraser
Category: Horror

Shadow of the Hawk (1976)

12 May 201527 December 2023

Rating: ★½

War Between American Indian Sorcerers

Director: George McCowan
Actors: Jan-Michael Vincent, Chief Dan George
Category: Horror

The Slipper and the Rose (1976)

24 December 20025 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Cinderella Adaptation

Director: Bryan Forbes
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Michael Hordern, Kenneth More, …
Category: Fantasy

Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)

25 February 201028 August 2020

Rating: ★

Animation/Cute Blue-Skinned Creatures

Director: John Rust
Actors: Cam Clarke, Bill Capizzi, Ron Gans, Richard Miller, …
Category: Fantasy

Snuff (1976)

22 March 20227 April 2025

Rating: ½

Snuff Movie/Cult Killings

Director: Michael Findlay, Roberta Findlay
Category: Horror

Spermula (1976)

15 June 20163 January 2022

Rating: ★★

Erotica/Women Alien Visitors

Director: Charles Matton
Actors: Dayle Haddon, Udo Kier, Georges Geret
Category: Science Fiction

Taxi Driver (1976)

14 June 200210 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Urban Psychosis

Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, …
Category: Horror

The Tenant (1976)

2 July 200531 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Apartment Block Paranoia/Identity Exchange

Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Shelley Winters, …
Category: Horror

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1976)

16 December 200030 January 2024

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akihiko Hirata, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Travelers (1976)

18 February 20103 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Time Travel

Director: Alexander Singer
Actors: Richard Basehart, Tom Hallick, Sam Groom, Francine York, …
Category: Science Fiction

To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

21 May 20039 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Satanism

Director: Peter Sykes
Actors: Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark, Nastassja Kinski, Denholm Elliott, …
Category: Horror

The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)

10 February 20166 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

True Life Serial Killer

Director: Charles B. Pierce
Actors: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Charles B. Pierce, Jimmy Clem, …
Category: Horror

Track of the Moon Beast (1976)

3 February 202010 July 2020

Rating: ½

Man Becomes Were-Lizard

Director: Dick Ashe
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)

13 January 20139 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Director: René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo', Pierre Watrin
Category: Fantasy

Werewolf Woman (1976)

30 April 201818 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Disturbed Woman Believes She is a Werewolf

Director: Rino Di Silvestro
Actors: Annik Borel, Dagmar Lassander, Tino Carraro
Category: Horror

Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)

26 June 201212 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Children Kill All Adults

Director: Narciso Ibañez Serrador
Actors: Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome
Category: Horror

The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976)

28 December 200411 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Disturbed Woman Cuts Up Men

Director: Matt Cimber
Actors: Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Vanessa Brown, Stafford Morgan, …
Category: Horror

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