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The year 1976 in film involved some significant events.
The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic rentals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky | United Artists | $55,900,000 [1] |
| 2 | A Star Is Born | Warner Bros. | $37,100,000 [1] |
| 3 | King Kong | Paramount | $36,900,000 [1] |
| 4 | Silver Streak | 20th Century Fox | $30,018,000 [2] |
| 5 | All the President's Men | Warner Bros. | $30,000,000 [1] |
| 6 | The Omen | 20th Century Fox | $28,500,000 [1] |
| 7 | The Bad News Bears | Paramount | $24,800,000 [1] |
| 8 | The Enforcer | Warner Bros. | $24,000,000 [1] |
| 9 | In Search of Noah's Ark | Sunn Classic | $23,800,000 [1] |
| 10 | Midway | Universal | $21,610,435 [2] |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Unknown - Coralie Fargeat, French film director and screenwriter
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
| January | 1 | Walter Janssen | 88 | Germany | Actor | |
| 12 | Agatha Christie | 85 | UK | Writer | ||
| 13 | Margaret Leighton | 53 | UK | Actress | ||
| 18 | Sonia Dresdel | 66 | UK | Actress | ||
| 23 | Paul Dupuis | 62 | France | Actor | ||
| 23 | Paul Robeson | 77 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 29 | Michael Gwynn | 59 | UK | Actor | ||
| February | 4 | Roger Livesey | 69 | UK | Actor | |
| 11 | Lee J. Cobb | 64 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | John Twist | 77 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 12 | Sal Mineo | 37 | US | Actor | ||
| 13 | Lily Pons | 77 | France | Singer, Actress | ||
| 13 | John Lounsbery | 64 | US | Animator | ||
| 15 | Maria Corda | 77 | Hungary | Actress | ||
| 16 | Campbell Singer | 66 | UK | Actor | ||
| 24 | Peter Madden | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| 26 | Frieda Inescort | 75 | UK | Actress | ||
| March | 3 | Doris Hill | 70 | US | Actress | |
| 5 | Charles Lederer | 69 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 14 | Busby Berkeley | 80 | US | Director, Choreographer | ||
| 17 | Luchino Visconti | 69 | Italy | Director, Writer | ||
| 20 | Michael Goodliffe | 61 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Richard Arlen | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| April | 2 | Ray Teal | 74 | US | Actor | |
| 4 | George Pastell | 53 | Cyprus | Actor | ||
| 5 | Howard Hughes | 70 | US | Director, Producer | ||
| 5 | Robert Lord | 75 | US | Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 11 | Liam Dunn | 59 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Paul Ford | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 21 | Léonide Moguy | 75 | Russia | Director, Writer | ||
| 25 | Carol Reed | 69 | UK | Director, Writer | ||
| 26 | Neil McCallum | 46 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 26 | Sid James | 62 | UK | Actor | ||
| 29 | Thelma Connell | 63 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| May | 3 | David Bruce | 62 | US | Actor | |
| 7 | Alan Baxter | 67 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Hilde Hildebrand | 78 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 27 | Ruth McDevitt | 80 | US | Actress | ||
| June | 5 | Violet Wilkey | 73 | US | Actress | |
| 6 | Victor Varconi | 85 | Hungary | Actor | ||
| 9 | Sybil Thorndike | 93 | UK | Actress | ||
| 10 | Adolph Zukor | 103 | US | Producer, Studio Executive | ||
| 25 | Johnny Mercer | 66 | US | Songwriter | ||
| 28 | Stanley Baker | 48 | UK | Actor | ||
| July | 2 | Frances Howard | 73 | US | Actress | |
| 7 | Norman Foster | 72 | US | Actor, Director | ||
| 12 | James Wong Howe | 76 | China | Cinematographer | ||
| 17 | Rina Morelli | 67 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 28 | Lucie Mannheim | 77 | Germany | Actress | ||
| August | 2 | Fritz Lang | 85 | Germany | Director, Writer | |
| 6 | William Mervyn | 64 | UK | Actor | ||
| 10 | Ray Corrigan | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | William Redfield | 49 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Murvyn Vye | 60 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Luigi Serventi | 91 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 28 | Alastair Sim | 75 | UK | Actor | ||
| September | 10 | Dalton Trumbo | 70 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 30 | Paul Dehn | 63 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| October | 5 | Barbara Nichols | 47 | US | Actress | |
| 14 | Edith Evans | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
| November | 3 | Ramsay Hill | 86 | US | Actor, Technical Advisor | |
| 15 | Jean Gabin | 72 | France | Actor | ||
| 22 | Rupert Davies | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
| 28 | Rosalind Russell | 69 | US | Actress | ||
| 29 | Godfrey Cambridge | 43 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 3 | Mary Nash | 92 | US | Actress | |
| 8 | Cathy Downs | 50 | US | Actress | ||
| 12 | Jack Cassidy | 49 | US | Actor | ||
| 20 | Walter Fitzgerald | 80 | UK | Actor | ||