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.
| Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Best Way to Walk | 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. | ||
| Car Wash | United States | Comedy | ||||
| Change of Sex | Spain | Drama | a.k.a. | |||
| A Child in the Crowd | 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 | 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 | United States | Drama | ||||
| In the Realm of the Senses | Japan | Drama | Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Taiji Tonoyama, Kyôji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi and Komikichi Hori | |||
| Insaciable | Argentina | Drama | a.k.a. The Insatiable Widow | |||
| France | Drama | |||||
| Johan | 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 | United States | Comedy, drama | ||||
| Nightmare in Badham County | United States | Drama | Chuck Connors, Deborah Raffin, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Reed | |||
| Norman... Is That You? | 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 | United States | Drama | Based on the song "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry | |||
| United States | Comedy | Screenplay by Terrence McNally, based on his play of the same name | ||||
| Sebastiane | 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 | United States | Drama | TV movie about lesbian love affair |