Movies · 1976
Gritty Masterpieces and Brawny Blockbusters
In 1976, cinema swung between cynical post-Watergate paranoia and heartwarming underdog triumphs that redefined American filmmaking. Audiences flocked to theaters for haunting psychological thrillers, fiery media satires, and visceral sports dramas.
- 1976 | Drama | Dir. John G. Avildsen
Rocky
Sylvester Stallone plays a small-time Philadelphia boxer who gets an impossible shot at the heavyweight championship in this Oscar-winning classic.
- 1976 | Neo-Noir | Dir. Martin Scorsese
Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro gives a chilling performance as Travis Bickle, a lonely Vietnam veteran driving a night taxi through a decaying New York City.
- 1976 | Satire | Dir. Sidney Lumet
Network
Peter Finch and Faye Dunaway star in this prophetically bitter satire about a struggling television network exploiting a mentally unhinged news anchor for ratings.
- 1976 | Political Thriller | USA
All the President's Men
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman portray journalists Woodward and Bernstein uncovering the Watergate scandal that brought down a presidency.
- 1976 | Horror | Dir. Brian De Palma
Carrie
Sissy Spacek stars as a tormented telekinetic teenager who unleashes bloody vengeance on her cruel high school classmates at prom.
- 1976 | Horror | Lead: Gregory Peck
The Omen
Gregory Peck stars as an American diplomat who slowly realizes that his adopted son may literally be the Antichrist.
- 1976 | Thriller | Dir. John Schlesinger
Marathon Man
Dustin Hoffman plays a graduate student ensnared in a deadly plot involving a fugitive Nazi war criminal played by Laurence Olivier.
- 1976 | Western | Dir. Clint Eastwood
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood directs and stars as a Missouri farmer driven to vengeance across the post-Civil War West after his family is murdered.
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