| Year | Ceremony | Laureates and nominees |
|---|
| 1971 | 24th | β’ β Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid β - William Goldman |
| β’ β Bob and Carol, Ted and Alice β - Paul Mazursky , Larry Tucker |
| β’ β They are shooting horses, aren't they?β "- Robert Thompson, James Poe |
| β’ Kes - Ken Loach , Barry Hines, Tony Garnett |
| 1972 | 25th | β’ " Mediator " - Harold Pinter |
| β’ β Sunday, Bloody Sunday β - Penelope Gilliat |
| β’ " Galoshes " - Neville Smith |
| β’ β Separation β - Milos Forman , Jean-Claude Carrier , John Guar, John Cline |
| 1973 | 26th | β’ β Hospital β - Paddy Chaefsky |
| β’ β The Last Movie Show β - Larry McMurty , Peter Bogdanovich |
| β’ A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick |
| β’ Cabaret - Jay Presson Allen |
| 1974 | 27th | β’ βThe modest charm of the bourgeoisie β - Louis Bunuel , Jean-Claude Carrier |
| β’ β Jackal Day β - Kenneth Ross |
| β’ β Game through β - Anthony Shaffer |
| β’ β With chic β - Melvin Frank, Jack Rose |
| 1975 | 28th | β’ Chinatown - Robert Town |
| β’ β The Last Outfit β - Robert Town |
| β’ Lacombe Lucien - Louis Mal , Patrick Modiano |
| β’ " Conversation " - Francis Ford Coppola |
| β’ " Sparkling Saddles " - Mel Brooks , Richard Prior , Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Alan Anger |
| 1976 | 29th | β’ β Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More β - Robert Getchell |
| β’ Nashville - Joan Tewkesbury |
| β’ β Dog Midday β - Frank Pearson |
| β’ Jaws - Peter Benchley , Carl Gottlieb |
| 1977 | 30th | β’ β Bugsy Malone β - Alan Parker |
| β’ β The entire presidential army β - William Goldman |
| β’ β Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest β - Laurence Hoben, Bo Goldman |
| β’ β Solar Boys β - Neil Simon |
| 1978 | 31st | β’ β Annie Hall β - Woody Allen , Marshall Brickman |
| β’ " Rocky " - Sylvester Stallone |
| β’ β Network β - Paddy Chaefsky |
| β’ Equus - Peter Schaeffer |
| 1979 | 32nd | β’ β Julia β - Alvin Sargent |
| β’ β Close contacts of the third degree β - Steven Spielberg |
| β’ β Goodbye darling β - Neil Simon |
| β’ β Wedding β - Robert Altman , John Considine, Allan F. Nicholls, Patricia Resnik |
| 1980 | 33rd | β’ " Manhattan " - Woody Allen , Marshall Brickman |
| β’ β Chinese Syndrome β - Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, James Bridges |
| β’ β Deer Hunter β - Derick Washburn |
| β’ Yankees - Colin Welland, Walter Bernstein |