Year 1976 movies and TV shows – page 2
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List of year 1976 movies
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, uplifting, serious ...
Plot:
childhood, child abuse, coming of age, boy, traumatic childhood, children, first love, bare breasts, child's point of view, teacher, school, professor ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
france
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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:
period piece, road movie, compassionate, talky, sentimental ...
Plot:
music, biopic, great depression, character study, friendship, depression, artists and showbiz, musician's life, couple relations, love and romance, musician, labor union ...
Time:
1930s, year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place:
texas, california, oklahoma, usa, los angeles ...
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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:
aesthetic, art house, psychological thriller, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
cuckold, extramarital affair, disability, family relations, illicit affair, game, infidelity, female nudity, affair, mute woman, dinner, manners ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place:
germany, munich germany, central europe
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out ...
Style:
serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist, terrorism, hostage, child hostage, sniper, french foreign legion, border, terror, islam, terrorist attack, danger, kids in trouble ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
somalia, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a dramatization of her life, Linda Eastman, takes a job snapping pictures for Rolling Stone Magazine, despite the objections of her straight-laced father, Lee Eastman. As Linda rubs elbows with music royalty, she bumps into rock star Paul ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
the beatles, tragic event, lifestyle, music band, supportive spouse, couple relations, unfulfillment, rising to stardom, terminal illness, couples, husband wife relationship, singer ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1998, year 1997 ...
Place:
japan, new york, london, manhattan new york city, scotland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
Style:
dramatic, absurd, romantic, earnest
Plot:
reggae, based on real people, rastafarian, cannabis, cancer, musician, political unrest, singing, pioneer, assassination attempt, biopic, weed ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
jamaica, london
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends is an animated television series that aired from August 2004 to May 2009 for a total of 79 episodes in six seasons. The premise is based on a simple question: In a world... where imaginary friends are living, ...
Style:
humorous, slapstick comedy, entertaining, semi serious, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens
Plot:
imaginary friend, friendship, imaginary character, naivete, troublemaker, surrealism, friend, family relations, young heroes, imaginary, youth, rescue ...
Time:
2000s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1996, year 1968 ...
Place:
tuscany, transylvania, paris france, new york, las vegas
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Over this long hot summer, Claude and Isabelle get their marriage back on track, while Bibou and Simon, spend a memorable summer discovering the world of grown-ups.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
couples, village life, culture clash, social relations, society, children, countryside, coming of age, couple relations, summer vacation, teenage love, village ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
france, brittany
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Genre: Crime, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But ...
Style:
detective, black comedy, action comedy, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, black, african american, disco, urban, ghetto, train, friendship, cons and scams, city life, friends, urban ghetto ...
Time:
year 1976, year 1975, 70s
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the research for his non-fiction book "Der Baader-Meinhoff-Komplex", "Spiegel" journalist Stefan Aust wrote the screen play to Reinhard Hauff’s controversial feature film that re-narrates the startling trial against ...
Style:
controversial, contemplative, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
terrorism, prison, raf, courtroom, spy, law, politics, german politics, jail cell, prisoner, justice, prison escape ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
germany, west germany, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, rough, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
musician, music, lgbt, gay, aids, rock band, singer, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, music industry, rock concert ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1982, year 1975 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, england, britain, edinburgh scotland, munich germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Man of Marble is a Polish film about a student making a film about a bricklayer who was once idolized. She interviews people who knew him and finds old footage that lead to an unfolding mystery that causes her producer to cancel the project.
Style:
emotional, meditative, compassionate, talky, disturbing ...
Plot:
politics, terrorist, visceral, communism, friendship, working class, honest, eviction, renaissance, heroes, journalism, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, year 1976, year 1977, 20th century ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, canada, japan ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1976, a shared family yard becomes the setting, as the adults bicker over selling the garden and the kids are free to explore the mysterious neighboring lot. Then they hear about a girl that has disappeared...
Plot:
family life, husband wife relationship, wasp, garden, treehouse, birthday party, serial killer, holiday, single mother, little boy, female nudity, child in peril ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
bavaria
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Romania, Hungary, Canada, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hungary’s power or else witness the execution of his son, Regent Horthy gives up control of his ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, emotional, costume drama, political thriller ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, world war two, defiant, anti semitism, ss, family relations, danger, life is a bitch, confined, world war, spy ...
Time:
1940s, year 1948, year 1957, year 1939, year 1962 ...
Place:
europe, hungary, berlin germany, switzerland, budapest ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: ...
Style:
serious, captivating, disturbing, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
disco, gay husband, gay relationship, nightclub, lifestyle, addiction, nightlife, actor's life, society, artists and showbiz, social decay, social relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1971, year 1982 ...
Place:
montreal, canada, toronto ontario canada, quebec, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, France, West Germany
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
During a hunting party on New Year's Eve 1976, five representatives of the bourgeoisie encounter with their companion the body of a partisan from the Civil War of the late forties. What they are most confused about is the fact that the corpse ...
Style:
slow cinema, aesthetic, period drama
Plot:
greek civil war, world war two, actress, partisan, post war, anarchist, group, night, greek history, social commentary, dead body, ex-cop ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
greece, europe
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765
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
corruption, class conflict, character study, social realism, working class, redemption, betrayal, alienation, solidarity, loneliness, realism, rehabilitation ...
Time:
year 1970, year 1980, year 1976, year 1978, year 1977 ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In 1976, a Mi'gMaq teenager plots revenge against the sadistic Indian agent who imprisoned her in a residential school where rape and abuse are common.
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, tense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
native american, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, revenge, indigenous people, society, rivalry, youth, vengeance, life is a bitch, drug dealing, racism ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, canada
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, surprise ending, splatter, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, masked man, revenge, murder, brutality, dead teenager, halloween, maniac, reverse cowgirl, small town life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 1976, year 2013, year 1946
Place:
arkansas, texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: China
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Based on the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976 that took the lives of 240,000 people.
Style:
sincere, serious, emotional, psychological, factual ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, family reunited, parents and children, haunted by the past, adoption, moral dilemma, redemption, family in crisis, family tragedy, presumed dead, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
china, canada, east asia, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this purely fictional story, Paul McCartney drops by The Dakota to visit John Lennon in 1976. Paul is still on top of the music world, reaching #1 with his new band, Wings. John, however, has retired from public life, choosing to raise his son, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, music, the beatles, father son relationship, lifestyle, love and romance, musician's life, assassination, rising to stardom, celebrity culture, rock, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1976, 90s, 70s
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems. A glitch in the time machine changes their destination to 1976. Still believing themselves to be in 1776, the time travellers attempt to ...
Style:
psychotronic, spoof, surreal, independent film, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, disco, summer, time loop, time warp, time machine, fish out of water, profanity, silly humor, hopes, misfit, misfit partners ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s, future, 22nd century ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, horror for children, teen drama
Plot:
werewolf, beast, stephen king, transformation, escapades, supernatural, shapeshifter, monster, danger, social relations, murder, paraplegic ...
Time:
80s, year 1976, 70s
Place:
maine
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, exciting, clever, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racing, race car, car race, racecar driver, formula 1, success, rise to the top, motor sport, car racing, race, world champion, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1970, year 1976 ...
Place:
europe, britain, vienna, japan, mount fuji ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Madrid, the orphan sisters Irene, Ana and Maite are raised by their austere aunt Paulina together with their mute and crippled grandmother after the death of their mother and their military father Anselmo. Ana is a melancholic girl, fascinated by ...
Style:
political, surreal, psychedelic, mind bending, depressing ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, coming of age, flashback, insomnia, poison, adultery, adulterous husband, children, female nudity, orphan, youth, childhood ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
iberian peninsula, spain, europe, madrid
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by ...
Style:
thinking, funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
outlaw, forbidden love, gang, insane asylum, robbery, prison, redhead, legend, bank robbery, tragic love, mansion, servant ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
Place:
paris france, venice, italy
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, serious, grindhouse, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, androids and robots, robot, robot as menace, reporter, cloning, investigation, man versus machine, society, chaos, technology gone awry, leadership ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1976, near future, 70s ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sexual, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, tragic love, love, filmmaking, world war two, superstar, biopic, opposites attract, journalism, ambition, private detective ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1976, 50s
Place:
las vegas, palm springs california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student (Derrel Maury) engineers acts of revenge.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, threesome, teenage murderer, murder of a nude woman, female pubic hair, nudity, rape, bullying, revenge, female nudity, murder, gym ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s
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