1976 independent films

Rocky is a 1976 American independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky franchise and also stars Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, and Burgess Meredith. In the film, Rocky Balboa (Stallone), a poor small-time club fighter and loanshark debt collector from Philadelphia, gets an unlikely once in a lifetime shot at the world heavyweight championship held by Apollo Creed (Weathers).

1976 film directed by John Carpenter

1976 film directed by Frank Pierson

1976 British science fiction film by Nicolas Roeg

1976 film by John Cassavetes

1976 pornographic musical film directed by Bud Townsend

1976 film by Alfred Sole

1976 film by William Girdler

1976 film by Charles B. Pierce

1976 film by Jürgen Goslar

1976 film by Philippe Mora

1976 film by Peter Werner

1976 film by Pete Walker

1976 film by Jim Klein

1976 film by Rene Daalder

1976 film by Joseph Ruben

1976 film by Lynne Littman

1980 film directed by Ivan Hall