List of LGBT-related films of 1976
This is a list of lesbian , gay , bisexual or transgender -related films released in 1976. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Films
Title
Director
Country
Genre
Cast
Notes
The Best Way to Walk
Claude Miller
France
Drama
Patrick Dewaere , Patrick Bouchitey , Christine Pascal , Claude Piéplu , Marc Chapiteau , Michel Blanc , Michel Such, Franck d'Ascanio and Nathan Miller
a.k.a. La meilleure façon de marcher
Car Wash
Michael Schultz
United States
Comedy
Franklyn Ajaye , Sully Boyar , Richard Brestoff, George Carlin , Irwin Corey , Ivan Dixon , Bill Duke , Antonio Fargas , Lauren Jones, Michael Fennell, Arthur French , Lorraine Gary , Darrow Igus, Leonard Jackson , DeWayne Jessie (a.k.a. Otis Day), Jack Kehoe , Henry Kingi , Melanie Mayron , Garrett Morris , Clarence Muse , Leon Pinkney, The Pointer Sisters , Richard Pryor , Tracy Reed , Pepe Serna , James Spinks, Ray Vitte , Renn Woods , Brooke Adams , Antonie Becker, Danny DeVito , Antar Mubarak, Otis Sistrunk and Tim Thomerson
Change of Sex
Vicente Aranda
Spain
Drama
Victoria Abril , Lou Castel , Fernando Sancho , Rafaela Aparicio and Bibi Andersen
a.k.a. Cambio de Sexo
A Child in the Crowd
Gérard Blain
France
Drama
Jean François Cimino, César Chauveau, Annie Kovaks, Cécile Cousseau, Claude Treille, Jean Bertal, Gabrielle Sassoum, Raymonde Badé-Mauffroy (as Raymonde Mauffroy), Jacques Benoît-Lévy, Claude Cernay, Jurgens Doeres and Bernard Soufflet
Coup de Grâce
Volker Schlöndorff
West Germany France
Drama, war
Matthias Habich , Margarethe von Trotta , Rüdiger Kirschstein, Marc Eyraud , Bruno Thost, Henry van Lyck , Hannes Kaetner, Franz Morak, Frederik von Zichy, Mathieu Carrière , Valeska Gert , Alexander von Eschwege, Maria Guttenbrunner and Stephan Paryla
Based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Yourcenar
Drum
Steve Carver
United States
Drama
Warren Oates , Isela Vega , Ken Norton
In the Realm of the Senses
Nagisa Oshima
Japan
Drama
Eiko Matsuda , Tatsuya Fuji , Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Taiji Tonoyama , Kyôji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi and Komikichi Hori
Insaciable
Armando Bó
Argentina
Drama
Isabel Sarli , Jorge Barreiro, Santiago Gómez Cou
a.k.a. The Insatiable Widow
Je t'aime moi non plus
Serge Gainsbourg
France
Drama
Jane Birkin , Joe Dallesandro , Hugues Quester , Reinhard Kolldehoff (credited as René Kolldehoff), Gérard Depardieu , Jimmy Davis (credited as Jimmy 'Lover Man' Davis), Maïté Nahyr , Liliane Rovère , Gillian Gill, Josiane Lévêque, Doris Thomas, Raoul Delfosse, Michel Blanc , Alain David and Claudia Butenuth
Johan
Philippe Vallois
France
Drama
Marie-Christine Weill, Patrice Pascal, Philippe Vallois , Laurent Laclos, Pierre Commoy, Manolo Rosales, Philippe Dupeux, Karl Forest, Alexandre Grecq (as Alexandre Grecque), Thierry Loret, Jacques Léon, Walter Manley, Jean Claude Vincent, Nicole Rondy and Éric Guadagnan
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Paul Mazursky
United States
Comedy, drama
Lenny Baker , Shelley Winters , Ellen Greene , Lois Smith , Christopher Walken (credited as Chris Walken), Antonio Fargas , Mike Kellin , Lou Jacobi , Dori Brenner , Jeff Goldblum , Rashel Novikoff, Michael Egan, Bill Murray (uncredited), Joe Spinell , Stuart Pankin (uncredited) and Vincent Schiavelli
Nightmare in Badham County
John Llewellyn Moxey
United States
Drama
Chuck Connors , Deborah Raffin , Fionnula Flanagan , Robert Reed
Norman... Is That You?
George Schlatter
United States
Comedy
Redd Foxx , Pearl Bailey , Dennis Dugan , Michael Warren , Tamara Dobson , Vernee Watson-Johnson , Jayne Meadows , George Furth , Sergio Aragonés , Sosimo Hernandez, Wayland Flowers and Allan Drake
Co-written by Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick , based on their play Norman, Is That You?
Ode to Billy Joe
Max Baer Jr.
United States
Drama
Robby Benson , Glynnis O'Connor
Based on the song "Ode to Billie Joe " by Bobbie Gentry
The Ritz
Richard Lester
United States
Comedy
Jack Weston , Rita Moreno , Jerry Stiller , Kaye Ballard , F. Murray Abraham , Paul B. Price, Treat Williams , John Everson, Christopher J. Brown, Dave King and Bessie Love
Screenplay by Terrence McNally , based on his play of the same name
Sebastiane
Paul Humfress, Derek Jarman
United Kingdom
Drama, thriller
Barney James , Neil Kennedy, Leonardo Treviglio, Richard Warwick , Donald Dunham, Daevid Finbar, Ken Hicks, Lindsay Kemp , Steffano Massari, Janusz Romanov, Gerald Incandela and Robert Medley
The War Widow
Paul Bogart
United States
Drama
Pamela Bellwood , Frances Lee McCain , Tim Matheson
TV movie about lesbian love affair