Best 1976 Movies

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Best 1976 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1976 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

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#20. The Pink Panther Strikes Again

- Stacker score: 74.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 34,000)
- Metascore: 60
- Director: Blake Edwards
- Actors: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Lesley-Anne Down
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $33,833,201

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#19. Murder by Death

- Stacker score: 74.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 44,000)
- Metascore: 59
- Director: Robert Moore
- Actors: Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

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#18. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

- Stacker score: 77.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: John Cassavetes
- Actors: Ben Gazzara, Timothy Carey, Seymour Cassel
- Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

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#17. The Omen

- Stacker score: 77.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 143,000)
- Metascore: 62
- Director: Richard Donner
- Actors: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $60,922,980

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#16. Robin and Marian

- Stacker score: 78.4
- IMDb user rating: 6.5 (votes: 15,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Richard Lester
- Actors: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

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#15. Marathon Man

- Stacker score: 78.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 74,000)
- Metascore: 64
- Director: John Schlesinger
- Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider
- Runtime: 2 hours 5 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $21,709,020

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#14. Bugsy Malone

- Stacker score: 79.0
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 20,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Alan Parker
- Actors: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florence Garland
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $2,783,840

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#13. Silent Movie

- Stacker score: 80.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Mel Brooks
- Actors: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise
- Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $36,145,695

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#12. The Tenant

- Stacker score: 83.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 50,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Roman Polanski
- Actors: Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,924,733

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#11. Family Plot

- Stacker score: 83.5
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 26,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- Actors: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: PG
- Box office: N/A

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#10. The Man Who Fell to Earth

- Stacker score: 83.5
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (votes: 30,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Nicolas Roeg
- Actors: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark
- Runtime: 2 hours 19 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $100,072

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#9. The Outlaw Josey Wales

- Stacker score: 83.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 84,000)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Actors: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George
- Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $31,800,000

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#8. Rocky

- Stacker score: 85.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 669,000)
- Metascore: 70
- Director: John G. Avildsen
- Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $117,235,147

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#7. The Shootist

- Stacker score: 86.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Don Siegel
- Actors: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $8,091,910

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#6. The Bad News Bears

- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 27,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Michael Ritchie
- Actors: Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $32,211,330

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#5. Carrie

- Stacker score: 90.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 221,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Brian De Palma
- Actors: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $33,800,000

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#4. Assault on Precinct 13

- Stacker score: 92.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 59,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: John Carpenter
- Actors: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer
- Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: N/A

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#3. All the President's Men

- Stacker score: 92.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 132,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Alan J. Pakula
- Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden
- Runtime: 2 hours 18 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $70,600,000

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#1. Taxi Driver

- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 993,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd
- Runtime: 1 hour 54 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $28,262,574

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