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Top Ten of 1976: World Premieres  
Reviews from 1976 ★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog Review (New Window)   ©   Network Dir. Sidney Lumet. With William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall A More Grades from 1976 Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade         Johan Dir. Philippe Valois. With Philippe Valois, George Barber, Ivan Roberto, Marie-Christine Weill B       Rocky Dir. John G. Avildsen. With Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith B       Zebra Force Dir. Joe Tornatore. With Mike Lane, Richard X. Slattery, Anthony Caruso D   Also from 1976 The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain   Fair       The Eccentricities of a Nightingale Dir. Glenn Jordan. With Blythe Danner, Frank Langella       Face to Face Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Aino Taube Still to Come from 1976   Gourmet Prospects:       Cría cuervos Dir. Carlos Saura. With Geraldine Chaplin, Mónica Randall, Florinda Chico, Ana Torrent       Heart of Glass Dir. Werner Herzog. With Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Güttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba       In the Realm of the Senses Dir. Nagisa Ôshima. With Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima       The Killing of a Chinese Bookie Dir. John Cassavetes. With Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel       Kings of the Road Dir. Wim Wenders. With Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler       The Marquise of O Dir. Eric Rohmer. With Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel, Peter Lühr, Otto Sander       Obsession Dir. Brian De Palma. With Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, Wanda Blackman       The Outlaw Josey Wales Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke       A Slave of Love Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov. With Yelena Solovey, Rodion Nahapetov, Aleksandr Kalyagin       Small Change Dir. François Truffaut. With Nicole Félix, Chantal Mercier, Jean-François Stévenin Further Research:       1900 Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. With Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda       9 Lives of a Wet Pussy Dir. Abel Ferrara. With Pauline LaMonde, Dominique Santos, Joy Silver       Afonya Dir. Georgi Daneliya. With Leonid Kuravlyov, Yevgeniya Simonova, Evgeni Leonov, Nina Maslova       Assault on Precinct 13 Dir. John Carpenter. With Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West       The Bad News Bears Dir. Michael Ritchie. With Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow       Barocco Dir. André Téchiné. With Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Marie-France Pisier       Bittersweet Love Dir. David Miller. With Robert Lansing, Meredith Baxter, Lana Turner, Celeste Holm       Black and White and Color Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud. With Jean Carmet, Jacques Dufilho, Catherine Rouvel       Black Shampoo Dir. Greydon Clark. With John Daniels, Tanya Bond, Joseph Carlo, Skip E. Lowe, Gary Allen       The Blue Bird Dir. George Cukor. With Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, Ava Gardner, Cicely Tyson       Bound for Glory Dir. Hal Ashby. With Keith Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland       Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson Dir. Robert Altman. With Paul Newman       Bugsy Malone Dir. Alan Parker. With Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi, Martin Lev       Car Wash Dir. Michael Schultz. With Darrow Igus, Otis Day, James Spinks, Antonio Fargas, Richard Pryor       Chinese Roulette Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira       Coup de grâce Dir. Volker Schlöndorff. With Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rüdiger Kirschstein       Don's Party Dir. Bruce Beresford. With John Hargreaves, Jeanie Drynan, Ray Barrett, Clare Binney       Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Dir. Bruno Barreto. With Sonia Braga, José Wilker, Mauro Mendonça       Dragonfly Dir. Gilbert Cates. With Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble, Ann Wedgeworth       The Enforcer Dir. James Fargo. With Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman       Exquisite Corpses Dir. Francesco Rosi. With Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli       Family Plot Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane       Fellini's Casanova Dir. Federico Fellini. With Donald Sutherland, Tina Aumont, Cicely Brown, Carmen Scarpitta       Freaky Friday Dir. Gary Nelson. With Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Patsy Kelly, Vicki Schreck       The Front Dir. Martin Ritt. With Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy       Gable and Lombard Dir. Sidney J. Furie. With James Brolin, Jill Clayburgh, Allen Garfield, Red Buttons       The Innocent Dir. Luchino Visconti. With Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli       Insiang Dir. Lino Brocka. With Hilda Koronel, Mona Lisa, Ruel Vernal, Rez Cortez, Marlon Ramirez       Je t'aime, moi non plus Dir. Serge Gainsbourg. With Jane Birkin, Joe Dallesandro, Hugues Quester       Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 Dir. Alain Tanner. With Jean-Luc Bideau, Myriam Boyer       The Judge and the Assassin Dir. Bertrand Tavernier. With Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Isabelle Huppert       King Kong Dir. John Guillermin. With Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Rene Auberjonois       Kristina Talking Pictures Dir. Yvonne Rainer. With Kate Parker, Yvonne Rainer, Ivan Rainer, Frances Barth       The Last Supper Dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. With Nelson Villagra, Silvano Rey, Luis Albert García       The Last Tycoon Dir. Elia Kazan. With Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau       The Last Woman Dir. Marco Ferreri. With Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli, Renato Salvatori       Leadbelly Dir. Gordon Parks. With Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, Alan Manson       The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Dir. Nicolas Gessner. With Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen       Logan's Run Dir. Michael Anderson. With Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Farrah Fawcett       The Man Who Fell to Earth Dir. Nicolas Roeg. With David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry       Marathon Man Dir. John Schlesinger. With Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller       Martin Dir. George A. Romero. With John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elyane Nadeau       Max Havelaar Dir. Fons Rademakers. With Peter Faber, Sacha Bulthuis, Adendu Soesilaningrat       The Middleman Dir. Satyajit Ray. With Satya Bannerjee, Arati Bhattacharya, Gautam Chakraborty       Mikey and Nicky Dir. Elaine May. With Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick       The Missouri Breaks Dir. Arthur Penn. With Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd       Mr. Klein Dir. Joseph Losey. With Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto       Next Stop, Greenwich Village Dir. Paul Mazursky. With Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene       Nickelodeon Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith       Northwest Wind Dir. Jacques Rivette. With Bernadette Lafont, Geraldine Chaplin, Kika Markham       Nuts in May Dir. Mike Leigh. With Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Anthony O'Donnell, Sheila Kelley       The Omen Dir. Richard Donner. With Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner       The Ritz Dir. Richard Lester. With Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham       The River Niger Dir. Krishna Shah. With Cicely Tyson, James Earl Jones, Lou Gossett Jr., Glynn Turman       Robin and Marian Dir. Richard Lester. With Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris       The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Dir. Lewis John Carlino. With Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson       Salon Kitty Dir. Tinto Brass. With Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Teresa Ann Savoy, John Steiner       Satan's Brew Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita, Ingrid Caven       The Scar Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski. With Franciszek Pieczka, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Stuhr       Seclusion Near a Forest Dir. Jirí Menzel. With Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová       Second Chance Dir. Claude Lelouch. With Catherine Deneuve, Anouk Aimée, Charles Denner, Francis Huster       The Seven Per-Cent Solution Dir. Herbert Ross. With Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Nicol Williamson       The Shootist Dir. Don Siegel. With John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Hugh O'Brian       Silent Movie Dir. Mel Brooks. With Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Sid Caesar, Dom DeLuise, Harold Gould       Silver Streak Dir. Arthur Hiller. With Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan       Sparkle Dir. Sam O'Steen. With Philip Michael Thomas, Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, Dwan Smith, Mary Alice       A Star Is Born Dir. Frank Pierson. With Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey, Oliver Clark       Stay Hungry Dir. Bob Rafelson. With Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, R.G. Armstrong       Sweet Revenge Dir. Jerry Schatzberg. With Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Franklyn Ajaye       Sybil Dir. Daniel Petrie. TV Movie. With Sally Field, Joanne Woodward, Brad Davis, Martine Bartlett       The Tenant Dir. Roman Polanski. With Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Jo Van Fleet       Voyage of the Damned Dir. Stuart Rosenberg. With Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant       Une vraie jeune fille Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Charlotte Alexandra, Hiram Keller, Rita Maiden       Welcome to L.A. Dir. Alan Rudolph. With Keith Carradine, Sally Kellerman, Geraldine Chaplin, Harvey Keitel       Who Can Kill a Child? Dir. Narciso Ibáñez Serrador. With Lewis Fiander, Prunella Ransome       The Wishing Tree Dir. Tenghiz Abuladze. With Lika Kavjaradze, Soso Jachvliani, Zaza Kolelishvili
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