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1976 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1976, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

1976 Academy Awards

Rocky
Written by: Sylvester Stallone
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
Country: United States of America
Outline: A small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.
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All the President's Men
Written by: William Goldman
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden
Country: United States of America
Outline: Two journalists investigate a story about a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
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The Omen
Written by: David Seltzer
Directed by: Richard Donner
Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens
Country: United States of America
Outline: An American ambassador learns to his horror that his son is actually the Antichrist.
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The Bad News Bears
Written by: Bill Lancaster
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Starring: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Chris Barnes
Country: United States of America
Outline: An alcoholic ex-ballplayer coaches a misfit youth baseball team.
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Silver Streak
Written by: Colin Higgins
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor
Country: United States of America
Outline: On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed or at least pushed off the train.
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Midway
Written by: Donald S. Sanford
Directed by: Jack Smight
Starring: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn
Country: United States of America
Outline: A dramatization of the Battle of Midway, a turning point in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
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The Enforcer
Written by: Stirling Silliphant, Frank De Felitta
Directed by: James Fargo
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino
Country: United States of America
Outline: A San Francisco cop teams up with a female partner to track down a team of hijackers.
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A Star Is Born
Written by: John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion, Frank Pierson
Directed by: Frank Pierson
Starring: Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey
Country: United States of America
Outline: A rock star helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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King Kong
Written by: James Ashmore Creelman, John Guillermin
Directed by: John Guillermin
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Charles Grodin
Country: United States of America
Outline: A film crew discovers a giant ape on a tropical island and brings it back to New York, where it escapes and wreaks havoc.
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Chhoti Si Baat
Written by: Sharad Joshi, Basu Chatterjee
Directed by: Basu Chatterjee
Starring: Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha, Ashok Kumar, Asrani
Country: India
Outline: A shy young man seeks the help of a military officer to win the love of a woman who is being pursued by a brash suitor.
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Taxi Driver
Written by: Paul Schrader
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks
Country: United States of America
Outline: In post-Vietnam War New York City, Travis Bickle, a mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran, becomes a night-shift taxi driver. As he becomes increasingly disturbed by the city's crime and corruption, he plots to assassinate a presidential candidate and later attempts to rescue a young prostitute.
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Network
Written by: Paddy Chayefsky
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty
Country: United States of America
Outline: A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Written by: Clint Eastwood, Philip Kaufman, Sonia Chernus
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke
Country: United States of America
Outline: A Missouri farmer seeks revenge after his family is killed by Union soldiers during the Civil War. He becomes an outlaw and joins a group of Confederate deserters on a journey west.
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The Tenant
Written by: Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Starring: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet, Bernard Fresson, Lila Kedrova, Claude Dauphin, Shelley Winters
Country: France
Outline: A quiet man rents an apartment in Paris, where he becomes increasingly paranoid about his neighbors and the apartment's previous tenant.
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La casa
Written by: Angelino Fons, José Antonio Ramos
Directed by: Angelino Fons
Starring: Carlos Estrada, José María Prada, Magda Konopka, Helga Liné
Country: Spain
Outline: After an atomic bomb explosion, a millionaire constructs a space capsule to escape Earth's devastation, deceiving five individuals about the true nature of the mission.
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