Year 1976 movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant year 1976 movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, art house, psychological, contemplative and touching films and TV shows about / with cigarette smoking, female nudity, murder, couples, love and romance, society, bare breasts, family relations, friendship and singing plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, West Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as year 1976: Summertime (2015), Dazed and Confused (1993), Swingtown (2008), Chile '76 (2022), Hunky Dory (2011), 7 Days in Entebbe (2018), Stay Hungry (1976), God Told Me To (1976), The Bad News Bears (1976), England Is Mine (2017).

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Summertime (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 1971, Carole and Delphine meet and fall in love in Paris. When Carole follows Delphine back to her family farm in Limousin, the two find lesbianism and feminism are not as easy in the countryside.
Style: sincere, sexy, sweet, aesthetic, eros ...
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, mother daughter relationship, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, lesbian love, feminism, female nudity, farmer, nudity, sisterhood ...
Time: year 1971, year 1976, year 2015, 70s
Place: indiana, paris france, france, europe
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, weed, party, bullying, drug, summer ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: texas, seattle, midwest, austin texas, usa
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 7.6
 3K
Swingtown (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 547 min.
TV show
Story: This period and relationship drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution following swingers throughout open marriages, "key parties" and other swingers extravaganzas.
Style: sexy, realistic, serious, stylized, contemplative ...
Plot: swinger, mate swapping, sexually liberated, swinger couple, wife swapping, couples, open marriage, swingers, neighbor, suburbs, marriage, extramarital affair ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, chicago, illinois
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 6.7
 2K
Chile '76 (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina, Qatar
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot: family relations, problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, family problems, child custody, priest, dictatorship, little girl, bus, domestic servant, home renovation ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: chile, pacific ocean
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Hunky Dory (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Musical film about the trials and tribulations of an idealistic drama teacher as she tries to put on the end of year show.
Style: captivating, sincere, sentimental, touching, period piece ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, dedicated educator, self confidence, idealism, teenage life, society, youth, teachers and students, rock, teacher, rehearsal, music ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, england, united kingdom, wales
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7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Malta
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane with 248 passengers on board and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough, inspirational ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: rescue mission, terrorist, terrorism, counter terrorism, airplane hijack, politics, airplane, hijacking, hijacker, death threat, hostage, israeli ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: israel, uganda, jerusalem, frankfurt germany, athens greece
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 5.6
 5K
Stay Hungry (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Stay Hungry is a 1976 dramatic comedy film by director Bob Rafelson from a screenplay by Charles Gaines. The story centers on a young Birmingham, Alabama, scion, played by Jeff Bridges, who gets involved in a shady real-estate deal. In order to ...
Style: realistic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot: bodybuilding, gym, friendship, contests and competitions, ambition, love and romance, rivalry, society, social differences, fitness, competition, fight ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: birmingham alabama, usa, alabama
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God Told Me To (1976)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, grindhouse, slasher ...
Plot: occult, police investigation, alien, murder, macabre, life & death, introspection, mysterious character, supernatural, psychopath, law enforcement, serial killer ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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The Bad News Bears (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
Style: inspirational, intense, talky, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: baseball, underdog, youth, baseball coach, coach, childhood, competition, unlikely friendships, sport team, motorcycle, human spirit, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: california, usa, san francisco, los angeles
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England Is Mine (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.
Style: inspirational, factual, realistic, captivating, retro
Plot: rock band, singer, musician, rock music, biopic, depression, concert, gay, musician's life, music, experiment, rock ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, year 1982
Place: england, manchester
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 6.6
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Weirdos (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Two Nova Scotian teens who hit the road in July 1976 accompanied by the laconic ghost of (the still-living) Andy Warhol.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, contemplative, sexy ...
Plot: father son relationship, boy, mental illness, runaway, road trip, gay, couples, couple relations, love, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, parents and children ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: nova scotia, nova scotia, canada, canada
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Kings of the Road (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler)--a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt--travel along the Western ...
Style: road movie, contemplative, black and white, spiritual, art house ...
Plot: on the road, travel, male pubic hair, spirituality, drifter, past, filmmaking, truck, summer, existentialism, trucker, realism ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, west germany, german democratic republic, europe
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The Judge and the Assassin (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and ...
Style: anthology, tense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, courtroom drama, mental institution, war veteran, confession of crime, serial child killer, rural setting, male rape victim, murder confession, anti semitism, lawyer ...
Time: 19th century, year 1976, 1890s
Place: france, europe, paris france
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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, sex, sex scene, erotica, sexual perversion, bdsm, jealousy, sexual relations, passion, lust, explicit sex, unsimulated sex ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two, year 1976, 20th century, year 1936
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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Face to Face (1976)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A sensitive exploration of the tragic irony of the psychiatrist suffering with mental illness.
Style: art house, action adventure, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending ...
Plot: mental illness, nordic, art, european, existentialism, dialogue, psychopath, misfit, destruction, cowboy, psychotherapy, suicide attempt ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: eastern europe
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 7.6
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Small Change (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a ...
Style: existential, aesthetic, art house, realistic, serious ...
Plot: childhood, coming of age, child abuse, boy, traumatic childhood, children, teacher, school, creepy child, medical, professor, professional ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: france
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Bound for Glory (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
Style: realistic, road movie, compassionate, talky, period piece ...
Plot: music, biopic, great depression, character study, depression, friendship, artists and showbiz, musician's life, couple relations, love and romance, musician, labor union ...
Time: 1930s, year 1976, 20th century
Place: texas, california, oklahoma, usa, new mexico ...
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Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story: 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?
Style: surreal, erotic, art house, visual, cerebral ...
Plot: womanizer, casanova, sex, voyeurism, biopic, looking for sex, italian neorealism, passion, clergy, decadence, renaissance, sleaze ...
Time: 18th century, year 1976
Place: italy, europe, venice, france, england ...
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Chinese Roulette (1976)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family's country house with their lovers.
Style: art house, aesthetic, psychological thriller, realistic, serious ...
Plot: extramarital affair, family relations, disability, infidelity, game, mother daughter estrangement, open marriage, affair, female nudity, castle, mute, dinner ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place: germany, munich germany, central europe
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 6.8
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Family Plot (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Style: talky, stylized, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience: kids
Plot: investigation, kidnapping, murder, amateur detective, dark humor, spiritualist, cons and scams, disguise, deception, psychic, car, perfect crime ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: san francisco, usa
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Heart of Glass (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the ...
Style: surreal, art house, disturbing, experimental, allegory ...
Plot: surrealism, great ending, magic realism, death, folk horror, village, dream, warning, murder, village life, factory, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: year 1976
Place: germany
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I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The story of the young man Peter, who grew up during the economic miracle, bereft of parental care and love. Learning early on that interpersonal relationships are based on the principles of exchange or purchase, he abides by these rules and gives ...
Style: art house, serious, realistic, psychological, gloomy ...
Plot: couples, family relations, alienation, dysfunctional family, estrangement, family problems, injustice, unfulfillment, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, unlikely criminals, human nature ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: europe, germany, munich germany
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Where Am I Going? (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: 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.
Style: romantic, erotic, neorealism, spiritual, contemplative ...
Plot: female nudity, eroticism, love triangle, italian neorealism, affair, sensuality, american civil war, spirit, suicide, aristocrat, pregnancy, nudity ...
Time: 19th century, year 1976, turn of the century, 1890s
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: 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.
Style: neo noir, noir, art house, independent film, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly
Plot: nightclub, gambling, murder, mafia, gambling debt, great ending, female nudity, hitman, strip club, crime gone awry, gangster, mobster ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft. A British science-fiction film from director Nicolas ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, stylized, independent film, erotic ...
Plot: space and aliens, surrealism, alien invasion, alien, sex scene, dystopia, desert, alien life-form, nudity, satire, female nudity, humanity ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, distant future, 70s
Place: usa, new mexico, new york
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The Marquise of O (1976)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A German Marquise has to deal with a pregnancy she cannot explain and an infatuated Russian Count.
Style: spiritual, romantic, realistic, serious, period piece ...
Plot: marriage, american revolution, spirit, spirituality, napoleon bonaparte, german history, summer, pregnancy, couples, introspection, life is a bitch, rescue ...
Time: year 1976, 19th century, 18th century, 1790s
Place: italy, europe
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Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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.
Style: neo noir, crime drama, independent film, talky, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, hitman, on the run, gangster, mafia, organized crime, urban, inspiration, stoner, memory, cat and mouse, big city ...
Time: year 1976, 70s
Place: philadelphia, new york, pennsylvania
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Mr. Klein (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story: 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 discrimination because of laws edicted by the French government are ...
Style: art house, slasher, insightful, realistic, serious ...
Plot: world war two, mistaken identity, art dealer, anti semitism, prostitute, adultery, nazi, female nudity, doppelganger, nazi occupation, art collector, french resistance ...
Time: 1940s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1942
Place: vichy, paris france, germany, france, algeria ...
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Robin and Marian (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Robin Hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian has entered a nunnery, King Richard is a raving lunatic, his Brother John a moron, and the age of great adventure has seemed to have ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, stylized, period piece ...
Plot: robin hood, knight, medieval, folk hero, tragic love, aging, swashbuckler, nun, rivalry, danger, old love, unfulfillment ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1976, 12th century
Place: england, france
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 7.6
 27K
The Shootist (1976)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Brooks, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and ...
Style: suspense, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: gunfight, cancer, wild west, widow, self defense, small town, haunted by the past, cowboy, retirement, danger, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, year 1976, 1880s, 1870s ...
Place: tucson arizona, el paso texas, nevada
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