Best Crime movies of 1976

Actors : Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Martin Scorsese,

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, while attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

Actors : Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Austin Stoker,
Directors : John Carpenter,

A police sergeant and an unlikely band of criminals defend a closing LA precinct office on New Years Eve against an army of gang members.

Actors : Roy Scheider, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, William Devane,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent.

Actors : Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Bradford Dillman, Harry Guardino,
Directors : James Fargo,

Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.

Actors : Burt Kwouk, Lesley-Anne Down, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Blake Edwards,

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

Actors : Florrie Dugger, Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, John Cassisi,
Directors : Alan Parker,

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.

Actors : Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Timothy Carey, Robert Phillips,
Directors : John Cassavetes,

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.

Actors : Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu,
Directors : Bernardo Bertolucci,

The epic tale of a class struggle in 20th Century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Actors : Jill Clayburgh, Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

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.

Actors : Ben Johnson, Dawn Wells, Jimmy Clem, Andrew Prine,
Directors : Charles B. Pierce,

A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Texas. Loosely based on a true story.

Actors : Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Alain Delon,
Directors : Joseph Losey,

Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing ...

Actors : Deborah Raffin, Sylvia Sidney, Sandy Dennis, Tony Lo Bianco,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."

Actors : Rose Arrick, Ned Beatty, Peter Falk, John Cassavetes,
Directors : Elaine May,

In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.

Actors : Bill McKinney, Gerrit Graham, David Carradine, Veronica Hamel,
Directors : Paul Bartel,

This is another story of the secret Coast to Coast auto race across America The only rule is, the first to finish is the winner. Naturally, anyone driving 55 isn't going to win. They'll ...

Actors : Chris Sarandon, Perry King, Anne Bancroft, Margaux Hemingway,
Directors : Lamont Johnson,

A top fashion model seeks justice after she is brutally raped by her teenaged sister's music teacher.

Actors : Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Arkin, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.

Actors : Sven Wollter, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Håkan Serner, Thomas Hellberg,
Directors : Bo Widerberg,

Police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve. They discover that Nyman was a very tough policeman who received ...

Actors : Jacqueline Bisset, Charles Bronson, Maximilian Schell, John Houseman,
Directors : J. Lee Thompson,

Abner Procane, top L.A. burglar, finds that somebody stole his plans for next ambitious heist. He hires Raymond St. Ives, crime books writer, to negotiate the return of those documents.

Actors : Jack Weston, Jerry Reed, Lauren Hutton, Burt Reynolds,
Directors : Burt Reynolds,

Agents force a former con man to help them nab a corrupt politician.

Actors : Capucine, Ugo Bologna, Anthony Quinn, Adriano Celentano,
Directors : Sergio Corbucci,

During the 1920s France, con-men Philip and Felice escape prison and join forces to swindle Philip's rich ex-wife Belle.