Best 19 Crime Movies Must-Watch Released in 1976

A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. Info on Taxi Driver / IMDB / YouTube

After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds. Check out Marathon Man / IMDB / YouTube

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang. Details on Assault on Precinct 13 / IMDB / YouTube

Inspector Dirty Harry Callahan reluctantly teams up with rookie Inspector Kate Moore to foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. Check out The Enforcer / IMDB / YouTube

Five famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery. Find out about Murder by Death / IMDB / YouTube

After escaping from an insane asylum, the bonkers Charles Dreyfus sends 26 assassins on the trail of the forever bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Explore The Pink Panther Strikes Again / IMDB / YouTube

Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as The Filthiest Person Alive. Details on Pink Flamingos / IMDB / YouTube

A phony psychic and her cab driver boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir. See more about Family Plot / IMDB / YouTube

On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train. Find out about Silver Streak / IMDB / YouTube

The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast. Explore Bugsy Malone / IMDB / YouTube

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative. Check out The Killing of a Chinese Bookie / IMDB / YouTube

In 1961, divorced Catholic couple Dom and Catherine Spages' life is upended when their teenage daughter Alice is suspected of her younger sister Karen's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of stabbings follow. Details on Alice, Sweet Alice / IMDB / YouTube

A spoiled schoolgirl runs away from home, gets pregnant while hitch-hiking, and ends up as a fashion model for a pair of beauticians who like to photograph women committing crimes. Read about Female Trouble / IMDB / YouTube

In German-occupied Paris, an immoral art dealer, Robert Klein, leads a life of luxury, until a copy of a Jewish newspaper brings him to the attention of the police, linking him with a mysterious doppelgänger. Will Mr. Klein clear his name? Details on Mr. Klein / IMDB / YouTube

The story of a berserk, hooded killer who terrorized the border town of Texarkana, Arkansas in 1946--leaving no fewer than five murder victims in his wake. He was never caught. Based on one of America's most baffling murder cases. Check out The Town That Dreaded Sundown / IMDB / YouTube

Nicky is on the run from the mob, and he turns to old pal Mikey for help. Check out Mikey and Nicky / IMDB / YouTube

Wishing to become a successful reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers. Details on The Harder They Come / IMDB / YouTube

A suggestible working-class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends. Check out Fox and His Friends / IMDB / YouTube

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that God told them to. Info on God Told Me To / IMDB / YouTube