Best Drama movies of 1976

Actors : Franklyn Ajaye, Richard Pryor, Otis Day, Darrow Igus,
Directors : Michael Schultz,

Car Wash is about a close-knit group of employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt, including Richard Pryor as a preaching 'wonder-man' who is ...

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Robert Duvall, Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : John Sturges,

A German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

Actors : Yasuko Matsui, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima, Eiko Matsuda,
Directors : Nagisa Ôshima,

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to a sexual obsession which then came to a violent end.

Actors : David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland,
Directors : Hal Ashby,

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

Actors : Richard Harris, O.J. Simpson, Sophia Loren, Martin Sheen,
Directors : George P. Cosmatos,

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train. So what happens next?

Actors : Cicely Browne, Tina Aumont, Carmen Scarpitta, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Federico Fellini,

Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person ? Is he really alive ?

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 : 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 : Sevil Ustekin, Kemal Sunal, Bilge Zobu, Sevda Ferdag,
Directors : Zeki Ökten,

A janitor/doorman and his family who came to "big city" Istanbul, with the hope to live a better life. With the different characters living in the building, the story evolves around the ...

Actors : Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jeff Bridges, R.G. Armstrong,
Directors : Bob Rafelson,

A syndicate wants to buy a whole district to rebuild it. They've bought every house except the small gym "Olympic", where Mr. Austria Joe Santo prepares for the Mr. Universum championships ...

Actors : Laura Antonelli, Giancarlo Giannini, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli,
Directors : Luchino Visconti,

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

Actors : Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield,
Directors : Peter Yates,

Competition between privately owned LA ambulance companies is played for humor.

Actors : Sylvia Kuumba Williams, John Lithgow, Geneviève Bujold, Cliff Robertson,
Directors : Brian De Palma,

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his wife.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Florinda Chico, Mónica Randall, Ana Torrent,
Directors : Carlos Saura,

Three orphaned sisters under the custody of their stern aunt and their handicapped grandmother will have to acclimatise to the new conditions of their shared life, overcome life's constant impediments, and in the process, grow up.

Actors : Martin Balsam, John Cassavetes, Charlton Heston, Beau Bridges,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and SWAT ...

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 : Maria Luisa Santella, Francesco Anniballi, Maria Bosco, Nino Manfredi,
Directors : Ettore Scola,

Four generations of a family live crowded together in a cardboard shantytown shack in the squalor of inner-city Rome. They plan to murder each other with poisoned dinners, arson, etc. The ...

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schündler, Hanns Zischler,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.

Actors : Ingrid Thulin, John Steiner, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helmut Berger,
Directors : Tinto Brass,

Kitty runs a brothel in Nazi Germany where the soldiers come to "relax". Recording devices have been installed in each room by a power hungry army official, who plans to use the information to blackmail Hitler and gain power himself.

Actors : Lenny Baker, Ellen Greene, Shelley Winters, Lois Smith,
Directors : Paul Mazursky,

The portrayal of pretentiously bohemian youth.