Best movies of 1976

Actors : Don Knotts, Edward Asner, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway,
Directors : Vincent McEveety,

The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move...

Actors : Bulle Ogier, André Rouyer, Nathalie Keryan, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Barbet Schroeder,

A common thief (Depardieu) breaks into the house of a professional dominatrix (Ogier), and begins to help her "train" her clients. Though this world is alien to his experience, he finds ...

Actors : Stefania Sandrelli, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Yves Montand,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.

Actors : Martin Potter, Michael Gough, Candace Glendenning, Barbara Kellerman,
Directors : Norman J. Warren,

A young girl is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.

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 : 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 : 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 : Sevket Altug, Güngör Bayrak, Metin Akpinar, Zeki Alasya,
Directors : Atif Yilmaz,

The mayor election story of two rivals.

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 : Lyudmila Gurchenko, Oleg Popov, Saveliy Kramarov, Mikhail Boyarskiy,
Directors : Elisabeta Bostan,

The Big Bad Wolf and his friends are plotting to kidnap and ransom Mrs. Rada the Goat's children for a bag full of gold.

Actors : David Chiang, Sheng Fu, Lung Ti, Kuan-Chun Chi,
Directors : Cheh Chang,

The Shaolin Temple is the last place to resist defeat by the Manchu Dynasty, mostly because of their unique fighting style. Men from far and wide come to wait outside the temple, hoping ...

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 : Wojciech Pokora, Wieslaw Golas, Krzysztof Kowalewski, Janina Traczykówna,
Directors : Stanislaw Bareja,

Modest editor, has shipped his wife and kids for the weekend, and is trying to relax in his house at the outskirts of Warsaw. His quiet evening is only disturbed by the accidental forecast ...

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 : 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 : Giovanna Mainardi, Mircha Carven, Paola Corazzi, Giorgio Cerioni,
Directors : Sergio Garrone,

Near the end of WW2, prisoners of war are used in experiments to perfect the Arian race.

Actors : Bente Børsum, Ingrid Larsen, Hanne Krogh, Knut Risan,
Directors : Ola Solum,

A small princess in a small kingdom in Adventureland disappears on Christmas eve. She has gone out to find the Christmas Star. The Queen follows and the King curses the Christmas Star, so it disappears for years, until young Sonja arrives.

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 : Percy Hogan, Anna Nogara, Zeudi Araya Cristaldi, Paolo Villaggio,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

Paolo Villaggio takes his Fantozzi-based humour and creates a more mature version of him, simply called Robbie, also referred to as "Robin", "Robi", "Robbi", or "Rob". Robbie is a rich and ...

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...