| Blazing Saddles, Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger* California Split, Written by Joseph Walsh* Claudine, Written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine* Phantom of the Paradise, Written by Brian de Palma* The Sugarland Express, Written by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg |
| The Godfather: Part II, Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo; Based on the novel by Mario Puzo* Conrack, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the book "The Water Is Wilde" by Pat Conroy* Lenny, Screenplay by Julian Barry; Based on the play by Julian Barry* The Parallax View, Screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Sempler Jr.; Based on the novel by Loren Singer* The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Screenplay by Peter Stone; Based on the novel by John Godey | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Screenplay by Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd; Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler* The Front Page, Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Based on the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur* Young Frankenstein, Screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; Based on characters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley |
