This is the first part of a six-part series about American movies from 1976. 

Part 2 will focus on James Fargo’s “The Enforcer”. Part 3 will focus on Michael Ritchie’s “The Bad News Bears”. Part 4 will focus on John Cassavetes’s “The Killing of a Chinese Bookie”. Part 5 will focus on Brian De Palma’s “Obsession”. Part 6 will focus on John Guillermin’s “King Kong”.

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Referenced media:

• "Rocky IV” (Sylvester Stallone, 1985)
• “Transformers: The Movie” (Nelson Shin, 1986)
• “Rocky Balboa” (Sylvester Stallone, 2006)
• “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot” (Roger Spottiswoode, 1992)
• “Oscar” (John Landis, 1991)
• “Samaritan” (Julius Avery, 2022)
• “Rocky II” (Sylvester Stallone, 1979)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Rocky III” (Sylvester Stallone, 1982)
• “Rocky V” (John G. Avildsen, 1990)
• “First Blood” (Ted Kotcheff, 1982)
• “F.I.S.T.” (Norman Jewison, 1978)
• “All the President’s Men” (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
• “Bound for Glory” (Hal Ashby, 1976)
• “Taxi Driver” (Martin Scorsese, 1976)
• “Network” (Sidney Lumet, 1976)
• “Raging Bull” (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
• “Creed” (Ryan Coogler, 2015)
• “Creed II” (Steven Caple, Jr., 2018)
• “Jaws” (Steven Spielberg, 1975)
• “Three Men and a Baby” (Leonard Nimoy, 1987)
• “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (James Cameron, 1991)
• “Marathon Man” (John Schlesinger, 1976)
• “Harlan County, U.S.A.” (Barbara Kopple, 1976)
• “The Song Remains the Same” (Peter Clifton and Joe Massot, 1976)
• “Carrie” (Brian DePalma, 1976)
• “Assault on Precinct 13” (John Carpenter, 1976)
• “The Last Tycoon” (Elia Kazan, 1976)
• “A Star is Born” (Frank Pierson, 1976)
• “Tracks” (Henry Jaglom, 1976)
• “Freaky Friday” (Gary Nelson, 1976)
• “King Kong” (John Guillermin, 1976)
• “Nickelodeon” (Peter Bogdanovich, 1976)
• “The Enforcer” (James Fargo, 1976)
• The Eagle Has Landed” (John Sturges, 1976)
• “Pumping Iron” (George Butler, 1977)
• “Fun with Dick and Jane” (Ted Kotcheff, 1977)
• “Wizards” (Ralph Bakshi, 1977)
• “Slap Shot” (George Roy Hill, 1977)
• “Black Sunday” (John Frankenheimer, 1977)
• “Eraserhead” (David Lynch, 1977)