La padrona è servita (1976)

AKA:
Die Herrenreiterin >> German
The Mistress is served >> English
The Boss is served >> English
Madam is served >> English

Synopsis:
As the movie begins, a bankrupt Italian count has just committed suicide. One of his creditors has taken over the family villa, but he allows the widow, the mother, and the three adult sisters to stay on. The creditor is a wealthy businessman, but also basically an uncouth peasant (who fancies himself an opera singer). Still, the dimwitted, sex-crazed sisters try to seduce both him and his shy, virginal son who accompanies him. But both men end up falling in love with the voluptuous widow (Senta Berger) creating a kind of incestuous love triangle.

Starring:
Senta Berger
Maurizio Arena
Bruno Zanin

Director: Mario Lanfranchi

Coronación (1976)

AKA:
Coronation

Synopsis:
The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy grandmother, his sexually troubled past and his sick crush on the young and beautiful maid of the house.

Starring:
Ernesto Alonso
Carmen Montejo
Sergio Jiménez

Director: Sergio Olhovich

Ai no korîda (1976)

AKA:

感覚の領域で
The Realm of the Senses
The Empire of the Senses

Synopsis:
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.

Starring:
Tatsuya Fuji
Eiko Matsuda
Aoi Nakajima

Director: Nagisa Ôshima

Carrie (1976)

AKA:
Carrie - Des Satans jüngste Tochter >> German

Synopsis:
Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behaviour is not as forgiving and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. What she doesn't realise is that Carrie is ... gifted, and you really don't want to get her angry.

Starring:
Sissy Spacek
Piper Laurie
Amy Irving

Director: Brian De Palma

Classe Mista (1976)

Starring:
Dagmar Lassander
Gianfranco D'Angelo
Femi Benussi

Director: Mariano Laurenti

Adios Amigo (1976)

Synopsis:
A cowboy's crimes are blamed on another man.

Starring:
Fred Williamson
Richard Pryor
James Brown

Asterix und Obelix erobern Rom (1976)

AKA:
Les douze travaux d'Asterix (1976)

Gypsies are found near heaven (1976)

AKA:
Queen of the Gypsies
Табор уходит в небо
Tabor ukhodit v nebo
The gypsy camp goes to heaven

Synopsis:
This colourful, music-filled and sensual melodrama based on early stories by Maxim Gorky tells the fatal love story between the beautiful and rebellious girl Rada and the handsome horse thief Zobar. The story is set in early 20th century Bessarabia, now part of Moldova, then belonging to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Starring:
Grigore Grigoriu
Svetlana Toma
Barasbi Mulayev

Director: Emil Loteanu

Killer Clans (1976)

AKA:
流星蝴蝶劍

Starring:
Chung Wa
Yueh Hua
Ku Feng
Ching Li
 Wong Chung
Lo Lieh
Ling Yun

Director: Chor Yuen

Carrie (1976)

Synopsis:
Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. After her class mates taunt her about her horrified reaction to her totally unexpected first period one of them takes pity on her and gets Tommy Ross, her boyfriend and class hunk to invite Carrie to the senior prom.

Starring:
Sissy Spacek
Piper Laurie
Amy Irving

Itim (1976)

Synopsis:
The movie is actually de Leon's first directorial foray. The film itself was different from other films of the time in that it didn't have an angry, radical social message. The story focused on paranormal themes, such as ghosts and spiritual possession.

Starring:
Charo Santos (Debut)

Director: Mike de Leon

Seven Women for Satan (1976)

Sabse Bada Rupaiya (1976)

Synopsis:
Ameet is a multi-millionaire Managing Director of several business firms. Nekiram is his Childhood friend, who is also the General Manager of those firms. Ameet has implicit faith in Nekiram because of childhood friendship.But temperamentally the two are poles apart; Ameet is extremely benevelant always giving charities, Neki resents those charities. He has a very practical and mercenary outlook towards life. They have an argument over it - Ameet says his wide respect is due to his honest and benevolent nature - Neki says it is merely due to the immense wealth which he posseses. Ameet also ownes fruit orchards at a hill station and a big bunglow where his mother and sister reside permanently. Mother fixes up Ameet's marriage with Sunita, daughter of the owner of a canning factory named Dhanraj. While Ameet is away at the hill station, Neki using the power of Attorney which Ameet has given him, usurps all of Ameet's business and wealth. At the hill-station, Ameet gets a bolt from the blue, wherein he suddenly finds himself a pauper - Dhanraj's attitude changes - he does not want a pauper for a son-in-law. Ameet and Sunita's engagement is broken by her father. Calamities pile up. Ameet has to sell his bunglow and orchards also to meet some outstanding dues which were slyly incurred by Nekiram. Ameet does not know that it is Nekiram who has indirectly bought those orchards and bunglow. Over time Ameet is driven to a plight where he finally has to work as a labourer in those orchards. He adjusts himself to that plight because he believes in the dignity of labour. The last straw on camel's back comes when Nekiram turns up at the hill-station and corners Dhanraj's business in such a way that Dhanraj has to agree to his daughter Sunita's marriage to Nekiram. All the well- to- do people who were hovering around Ameet in his hay days, are now made to become Nekiram's satellites. Sunita is miserable because she still loves Ameet and is being forced to marry Neki by her father. Ameet has become very popular with the poor folks who work with him in orchards and fields. When Ameet learns that Sunita is being forcibly married to Nekiram, his childhood friend who betrayed him - Ameet can't take it any more.The climax comes on the wedding day.


Starring:
Vinod Mehra
Moushami Chatterjee
Mahmood
Farida Jalal
Sulochana
Nivedita
Anwar Ali
Asit Sen
Keshto Mukherji
Bhushan Tiwari
Sunder
Jeevan

Director: S. Ramanathan

Sahte Kabadayi (1976)

AKA:
Sahte Kabadayı

Hababam Sinifi Uyaniyor (1976)

Charas (1976)

Starring:
Dharmendra
Hema Malini
Ajit
Amzad Khan

Director: Ramanand Sagar

Bahaddur Gandu (1976)

Synopsis:

Bahaddur Gandu which means Brave Man was inspired by Dilip Kumar starrer Aan. Rajkumar plays an upright Panju who stays in Bankapura with his mother. Due to evil policies of crown prince Vajramuni and princess Jayanti Panju and villagers are at the risk of losing their lands.When much pleading does not work Panju leads farmers agitation to the palace where he is captured put to jail and tortured. Panju escapes from the prison kidnaps Jayanti to his village to teach her civic norms and show her the harsh realities normal people face each day. He is able to turn the princess to appreciate the normal way-of-life but faces the wrath of Palace and administration. The movie had popular songs penned by Chi Udayashankar like Muttinantha maatondu gottenamma maanavanaaguveya he ninagaagiye Gandu endare gandu.This film also stars Arathi as a village girl who is in love with Panju but before anything could occur she is killed by Vajramuni as she opposed his advances.

Starring:

Rajkumar
Arthi

Director: A.V. Sheshgiri Rao

Manthan (1976)

Starring:
Girish Karnad
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Smita Patil
Amrish Puri
Naseeruddin Shah

Director: Shyam Benegal

Arzoo (1976)

Starring:

Muhammad Ali
Zeba
Husna
Babara Sharieff
Aslam Pervaiz
Fakhra Sharieff
Talish
Lehri
Saqi
Qavi
Mustafa Qureshi

Director: Raza Mir

Mirza Ghalib Ki Dilli (1976)

Directors: K. K. Garg and Omprakash Sharma