The Godfather
- Year:
- 1972
- Director:
- Francis Ford Coppola
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
The Godfather Part II
- Year:
- 1974
- Director:
- Francis Ford Coppola
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Year:
- 1975
- Director:
- Miloš Forman
All the President's Men
- Year:
- 1976
- Director:
- Alan J. Pakula
Missing
- Year:
- 1982
- Director:
- Costa-Gavras
Midnight Cowboy
- Year:
- 1969
- Director:
- John Schlesinger
The French Connection
- Year:
- 1971
- Director:
- William Friedkin
Kramer vs. Kramer
- Year:
- 1979
- Director:
- Robert Benton
Julia
- Year:
- 1977
- Director:
- Fred Zinnemann
I Never Sang for My Father
- Year:
- 1970
- Director:
- Gilbert Cates
Midnight Express
- Year:
- 1978
- Director:
- Alan Parker
Ordinary People
- Year:
- 1980
- Director:
- Robert Redford
Serpico
- Year:
- 1973
- Director:
- Sidney Lumet
On Golden Pond
- Year:
- 1981
- Director:
- Mark Rydell