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

Part 1 focused on John G. Avildsen’s “Rocky”. 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:

• “Dirty Harry” (Don Siegel, 1971)
• “Rocky” (John G. Avildsen, 1976)
• “Magnum Force” (Ted Post, 1973)
• “Sudden Impact” (Clint Eastwood, 1983)
• “Jackass” (Jeff Tremaine, 2002)
• “The Dead Pool” (Buddy Van Horn, 1988)
• “All in the Family” (Norman Lear, 1971-1979)
• “Gran Torino” (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
• “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (David Zucker, 1988)
• “Sledgehammer” (Alan Spencer, 1986-1988)
• “Pulp Fiction” (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)
• “In the Head of the Night” (Norman Jewison, 1967)
• “Noir Alley” (Eddie Muller, 2017-now)
• “Village of the Damned” (Wolf Rilla, 1960)
• “The Lineup” (Don Siegel, 1958)
• “Over the Top” (Menahem Golan, 1987)
• “Charly” (Ralph Nelson, 1968)
• “RoboCop” (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)
• “Serpico” (Sidney Lumet, 1973)
• “Death Wish” (Michael Winner, 1974)
• “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (Clint Eastwood, 1976)
• “Police Woman” (Robert L. Collins, 1974-1978)
• “Coming Home” (Hal Ashby, 1978)
• “Platoon” (Oliver Stone, 1986)
• “Full Metal Jacket” (Stanley Kubrick, 1987)
• “Blow Job” (Andy Warhol, 1964)
• “Rabid” (David Cronenberg, 1977)
• “Annie Hall” (Woody Allen, 1977)
• “Cross of Iron” (Sem Peckinpah, 1977)
• “Star Wars” (George Lucas, 1977)
• “Smokey and the Bandit” (Hal Needham, 1977)
• “Swamp Thing” (Wes Craven, 1982)
• “Cagney & Lacey” (Barbara Avedon and Barbara Corday, 1982-1988)