Ten 1976 films now regarded as classics

Collider has published a list naming ten films from 1976 that are now considered classics, saying the year exemplified the New Hollywood experiment as filmmakers took risks while national unease from Vietnam and Watergate bled onto the screen.

The selection spans genres — paranoid thrillers, grim character studies, populist sports dramas, horror and revisionist westerns — and includes Taxi Driver (ranked No. 1), Network, All the President's Men, Rocky, Carrie, The Omen, Marathon Man, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Assault on Precinct 13 and Logan's Run (No. 10).

The article notes these films remain actively referenced, studied, quoted and rewatched nearly fifty years later, and it supplies credits and details for Taxi Driver, including its release date (February 9, 1976), 114-minute runtime, director Martin Scorsese, writer Paul Schrader and producers Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips.

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Culture, Taxi Driver, Network, Rocky, Carrie, The Omen