Top 20 History Movies Worth Watching Released in 1976

The Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Details on All the President's Men / IMDB / YouTube

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. More about Midway / 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? Find out about Mr. Klein / IMDB / YouTube

True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking. Info on Raid on Entebbe / IMDB / YouTube

Reassigned to a lowly outpost, a Roman guard's Christian beliefs clash with his gay commander's desire for closeness. Being tortured becomes pleasurable. Look into Sebastiane / IMDB / YouTube

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars. See more about The Desert of the Tartars / IMDB / YouTube

In 1942, Britain sends a group of British-trained Czech commandos to Prague to assassinate SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, head of the Nazi security services. Look into Operation Daybreak / IMDB / YouTube

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore first bides his time to determine which side is the winning one (and thus more likely to pay his fee). This is as first the French, but the treatment he receive. Look into Soldier of Fortune / IMDB / YouTube

A group of university employees arrive in a small village during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being university students who're attempting to spread communism and mobilizes the townspeople to lynch them. Details on Canoa: A Shameful Memory / IMDB / YouTube

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s. Look into Mad Dog Morgan / IMDB / YouTube

Filmmaker Patricio Guzmán tracks the deterioration of Salvador Allende's position following the attempted coup d'état of 29 June 1973, and analyzes the 10 weeks before Augusto Pinochet's CIA-backed seizure of power. Find out about The Battle of Chile: Part II / IMDB / YouTube

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered eleven Israeli athletes. More about 21 Hours at Munich / IMDB / YouTube

In 1976, terrorists hijack an Air France airplane, and divert it to Uganda, where they demand to exchange their hostages for fellow terrorists held in Israeli jails. Explore Victory at Entebbe / IMDB / YouTube

A mid-19th-century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society. Look into Drum / IMDB / YouTube

Prince Rudolf, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, deliberately provokes his father, Kaiser Franz Joseph, by his dissolute and feckless behaviour. His defiance of the Kaiser's rigid adherence to duty and the good of the empire leads to a tragic confrontation between power and hedonism at the Mayerling hunting lodge. Get info on Private Vices, Public Virtues / IMDB / YouTube

Galileo Galilei, his telescopic discoveries, support of Copernican theory, conflict with Catholic Church leading to imprisonment, and influence on future scientists like Newton and Kepler. Look into Galileo / IMDB / YouTube

A pious plantation owner attempts to teach Christianity to 12 of his slaves by inviting them to participate in a reenactment of the Last Supper. More about The Last Supper / IMDB / YouTube

On March 1, 1932, the infant Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the son and namesake of the famed pilot, is kidnapped. After he is later found dead, a German immigrant named Bruno Hauptmann is tried for kidnapping and murder. Read about The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case / IMDB / YouTube

A biography of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on his deathbed that he would contact her from the great beyond, if it were at all possible. Look into The Great Houdini / IMDB / YouTube

Grigore Pintea, a former officer in the Habsburg army, returns to his native village in Maramures. Explore Pintea / IMDB / YouTube