Best Drama movies of 1976

Actors : Daniel Massey, Glenda Jackson, Yvonne Mitchell, Douglas Wilmer,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

The life of the great actress, Sarah Bernhardt.

Actors : Jacques Dufilho, Jean Carmet, Catherine Rouvel, Jacques Spiesser,
Directors : Jean-Jacques Annaud,

French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their proper duty and fight the Germans, they ...

Actors : Roberto Sosa, Enrique Lucero, Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz,
Directors : Felipe Cazals,

A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against ...

Actors : Nora Miao, Jackie Chan, Sing Chen, Chung-Kuei Chang,
Directors : Wei Lo,

A young man sets out to avenge his grandfather's death and prove his martial arts mastery.

Actors : Rüdiger Kirschstein, Marc Eyraud, Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich,
Directors : Volker Schlöndorff,

A countess' unrequited love for an army officer leads to disaster.

Actors : Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques Denis, Myriam Boyer, Miou-Miou,
Directors : Alain Tanner,

The European equivalent of "The Return of the Secaucus 7," this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the "revolutionary" ...

Actors : Bulle Ogier, Hermine Karagheuz, Jean Babilée, Juliet Berto,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

The Queen of the Night battles the Queen of the Sun over a magical diamond that will allow the winner to remain on Earth, specifically in modern day Paris.

Actors : Paul Muller, Roger Darton, Monica Swinn, Lina Romay,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.

Actors : Stacy Keach, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : Burt Kennedy,

Everyone figures Lou Ford, a small-town, Montana, deputy sheriff, to be a normal, good-old-boy kind of regular Joe. But no one knows about "the sickness" that drives him to kill.

Actors : Ivan Rassimov, Giampiero Albertini, Arthur Kennedy, Maurizio Merli,
Directors : Umberto Lenzi,

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.

Actors : Bernard Blier, Charles Gérard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier,
Directors : Henri Verneuil,

Francois always despised the textile barons who ruled his local town. But he fell in love with the family heiress Gilberte. Ten years ago, he would have married her. Now only hatred holds them together. Francois is accused of murder. A hooker and a football star lie slaughtered. He thinks he has been framed by the mob. Going underground, he finds that the trail leads all the way to the top - to ...

Actors : Patrick Dewaere, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu, Patrick Bouchitey,
Directors : Claude Miller,

In a vacation camp somewhere in the French country, 1960. Marc et Philippe are two of the counsellors. Marc is very virile, while Philippe is more reserved. A night, Marc surprises Philippe...

Actors : Ava Gardner, Jane Fonda, Cicely Tyson, Elizabeth Taylor,
Directors : George Cukor,

A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by...

Actors : Renzo Palmer, Fabio Testi, Orso Maria Guerrini, Vincent Gardenia,
Directors : Enzo G. Castellari,

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.

Actors : Marta Hradílková, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová,
Directors : Jirí Menzel,

The Lavicka's, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. However, old Mr Komarek seems reluctant to sell the house as they agreed.

Actors : David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson,
Directors : Philippe Mora,

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

Actors : Michel Piccoli, Ornella Muti, Renato Salvatori, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Marco Ferreri,

Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.

Actors : Tao-Liang Tan, James Tien, Ching Chu, Jackie Chan,
Directors : John Woo,

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.

Actors : Vanessa Brown, Millie Perkins, Lonny Chapman, Peggy Feury,
Directors : Matt Cimber,

A disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree.

Actors : Bobby Alto, Joe Cortese, Lou Criscuolo, Joe Pesci,
Directors : Ralph De Vito,

Neighborhood kid goes to work for the Mafia as a debt collector.