Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it turns out the killer may hold a hatred for all policemen.

The Desert of the Tartars

1976

Italian

7.5

♡ 6

82%

Action

based on novel or book

Valerio Zurlini Director

Fernando Rey as Colonel Nathanson

Francisco Rabal as Marshal Tronk

Angelo Boscariol as Soldier

Giovanni Attanasio as Swartz

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

Hot Stuff

1976

Italian

5.8

♡ 4

Action

Crime

Drama

Giuseppe Rosati Director

Cyril Cusack as Giacomo Masoni

Silvia Dionisio as Laura Masoni

Raymond Pellegrin as Lettieri

James Mason as Prosecutor

The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the criminal's nieces along the way. He uses his own methods; which mostly involve breaking all the rules, and thus comes under a lot of scrutiny from his superiors who don't take too kindly to the cop's way of working.

San Babila: 8 P.M.

1976

Italian

6.8

♡ 3

Crime

Drama

Carlo Lizzani Director

Achille Grioni as

Brigitte Skay as Lalla

Alfonso Giganti as Passerby

Vittorio Pinelli as Policeman

A quartet of young neo-Fascists terrorise the Milanise locals while the Police mostly look the other way.

Lipstick

1976

English

5.7

♡ 12

18%

34%

Action

big sister kid sister

Lamont Johnson Director

Bill Zuckert as Apartment Manager

Robin Gammell as Nathan Cartright

Peggy Rea as Reporter

Perry King as Steve Edison

An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.

God's Gun

1976

Italian

5.0

♡ 4

34%

Drama

spaghetti western

Western

Gianfranco Parolini Director

Lee Van Cleef as Father John / Lewis

Sybil Danning as Jenny

Robert Lipton as Jess Clayton

Jack Palance as Sam Clayton

Priest turned vigilante Father John hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton, who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He now seeks revenge for the death of the holy man.

L'ombre des châteaux

1976

French

7.4

♡ 2

Action

Drama

Daniel Duval Director

Zoé Chauveau as Fatoun

Jean Puyberneau as L'avocat

Jean-François Chauvel as Le président du Tribunal

Albert Dray as Rico

In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.

The Man Who Fell to Earth

1976

English

6.6

♡ 39

79%

69%

Action

alien life-form

based on novel or book

cult film

Drama

dystopia

extraterrestrial technology

Sci-Fi

Nicolas Roeg Director

Candy Clark as Mary-Lou

Rip Torn as Nathan Bryce

Buck Henry as Oliver Farnsworth

Claudia Jennings as Peters' Wife

Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

1976

English

5.8

♡ 11

47%

parent child relationship

Randal Kleiser Director

Robert Reed as Johnny Lubitch

Diana Hyland as Mickey Lubitch

John Travolta as Tod Lubitch

Victor Brandt as TV Installer

Tod Lubitch is born with a deficient immune system. As such, he must spend the rest of his life in a completely sterile environment. His room is completely hermetically sealed against bacteria and virus, his food is specially prepared, and his only human contact comes in the form of gloved hands. The movie follows his life into a teenager.

The Pyramid

4.5

Gary Kent Director

June Christopher as Iris

Lucky Mosley as Self

Desmond Dhooge as Self - Child

Kay Heberle as Self - Child

A young TV news reporter grows tired of commercial programming and decides to cover more positive stories. He is fired for his troubles, and goes on a personal search for truth and beauty in the media. A voyage in consciousness for the millennium.

Schizo

1976

English

5.7

♡ 6

20%

psychological thriller

psychopath

slasher

Thriller

Pete Walker Director

Colin Jeavons as Commissioner

Lindsay Campbell as Falconer

Diana King as Mrs. Falconer

Lynne Frederick as Samantha

A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

English

4.8

♡ 1

Michael Winner Director

Billy Barty as Assistant Director

Regis Toomey as Burlesque Stagehand

Robert Alda as Richard Entwhistle

Dennis Morgan as Tour Guide

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Return of the 18 Bronzemen

1976

Chinese

6.1

♡ 6

Joseph Kuo Director

Chien Tsao as

Peng Tien as

Lingfeng Shangguan as (as Polly Shangkuan)

Carter Wong as Yong Zhen

Despite the national resistance, the Manchurians have taken over China, but the Ching Emperor fears that the Shaolin Temple disciples would overthrow the dynasty. So he disguises himself as a disciple, in order to become a kung fu master and control the Shaolin monks. But according to custom, he must pass the test of the legendary 18 Bronzemen before he can leave the Temple.

Burnt Offerings

1976

English

6.4

♡ 26

50%

43%

Action

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

Mystery

Thriller

window

Dan Curtis Director

Bette Davis as Aunt Elizabeth

Lee Montgomery as David Rolf

Eileen Heckart as Roz Allardyce

Anthony James as The Chauffeur

A couple and their twelve-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer where things aren’t quite what they seem. Every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself…

Killer Clans

1976

Chinese

6.8

♡ 6

Yuen Chor Director

Han Chiang as

Biao Yuen as

Corey Yuen as

Li Ching as

Based on a popular swordplay novel, this colorful and complex saga (whose Chinese title literally translates into the poetic Meteor, Butterfly, Sword) has enough conspiracies, stratagems, and sword fights to fascinate even novice kung-fu cinema viewers. The cast of Shaw Brothers' leading swordsmen and swordswomen are masterfully staged by Yuen Cheung-yan, the brother of Matrix and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping. The result is both a great action movie and an exceptional dramatic film.

Voyage of the Damned

1976

English

6.4

♡ 11

82%

Stuart Rosenberg Director

Carl Duering as German Ambassador

Jonathan Pryce as Joseph Manasse

Lee Grant as Lili Rosen

Philip Stone as Secretary

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

The Big Racket

1976

Italian

7.1

♡ 2

77%

thompson sub machine gun

Thriller

Enzo G. Castellari Director

Leonardo Scavino as Extorted

Benito Pacifico as Hood

Angelo Boscariol as Onlooker

Franco Borelli as Oreste Saclà

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dares to act, except for a restaurant owner who is forced by Palmieri to tell the truth.

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

1976

English

4.4

♡ 5

27%

Stanley A. Long Director

Brian Wilde as Harold

Barry Evans as Joe

Liz Fraser as Maisie

Charles Pemberton as Sergeant Jeeves

Joe North is a London taxi driver who manages to get himself into any number of sexual situations with various women.

It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

1976

English

7.2

♡ 8

Phil Roman Director

Stuart Brotman as Peppermint Patty

Gail Davis as Sally Brown

Greg Felton as Schroeder

Bill Melendez as Snoopy / Woodstock

To celebrate Arbor Day, the gang decide to do a great gardening project for Charlie Brown. Unfortunately, Charlie Brown learns that they did it in his baseball diamond, turning it in to a lush garden. With no alternative, he is forced to play against Peppermint Patty's team in that field. However, the bizarre setting seems to be working to his advantage.

Mr. Klein

1976

French

7.5

♡ 14

100%

Joseph Losey Director

Massimo Girotti as Charles

Alain Delon as Mr. Robert Klein

Tina Aumont as Nightclub customer

Michael Lonsdale as Pierre

Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

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The Desert of the Tartars

Hot Stuff

San Babila: 8 P.M.

Lipstick

God's Gun

L'ombre des châteaux

The Man Who Fell to Earth

The Boy in the Plastic Bubble

The Pyramid

Schizo

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Return of the 18 Bronzemen

Burnt Offerings

Killer Clans

Voyage of the Damned

The Big Racket

Adventures of a Taxi Driver

It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown

Mr. Klein