• The Candidate, Written by Jeremy Larner
  • Bad Company, Written by David Newman and Robert Benton
  • Images, Written by Robert Altman
  • The Culpepper Cattle Co., Written by Eric Bercovici and Gregory Prentiss
  • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, Written by Philip Kaufman

• What's Up, Doc?, Written by Buck Henry, David Newman and Robert Benton
  • Get to Know Your Rabbit, Written by Jordan Crittenden
  • Hammersmith Is Out, Written by Stanford Whitmore
  • Minnie and Moskowitz, Written by John Cassavetes
  • The War Between Men and Women, Written by Melville Shavelson and Danny Arnold

• The Godfather, Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola; Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
  • Deliverance, Screenplay by James Dickey; Based on his novel
  • Pete 'n' Tillie, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; Based on the novel by Peter De Vries
  • Slaughterhouse-Five, Screenplay by Stephen Geller; Based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
  • Sounder, Screenplay by Lonne Elder III; Based on the novel by William H. Armstrong

• Cabaret, Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen; Based on the play by John Van Druten and the book by Joe Masteroff
  • Avanti!, Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Based on the play by Samuel A. Taylor
  • Butterflies Are Free, Screenplay by Leonard Gershe; Based on his play
  • The Heartbreak Kid, Screenplay by Neil Simon; Based on the story "A Change of Plan" by Bruce Jay Friedman
  • Travels with My Aunt, Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen and Hugh Wheeler; Based on the novel by Graham Greene

• "Chief Surgeon Who?" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Larry Gelbart
  • "Edith's Proble" – All in the Family (CBS) – Burt Styler and Steve Zacharias
  • "Flashback" – Maude (CBS) – Alan J. Levitt
  • "The Good-Time News" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) – Allan Burns and James L. Brooks
  • "The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pencil" – The Odd Couple (ABC) – Jack Winter

• "King of the Mountain" – Kung Fu (ABC) – Herman Miller
  • "Etude in Black" – Columbo (NBC) – Steven Bochco, William Link and Richard Levinson
  • "Please Don't Send Flowers" – Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) – Bess Boyle
  • "The New Mexican Connection" – McCloud (NBC) – Glen A. Larson
  • "The Barefoot Stewardess Caper" – McCloud (NBC) – Glen A. Larson and Michael Gleason
  • "Taps, Play It Louder" – Mod Squad (ABC) – Sandor Stern

• Love of Life (CBS) – Loring Mandel, Nancy Ford and Max McClellan
  • The Secret Storm (CBS) – Gabrielle Upton and Joel A. Fifield
  • Where the Heart Is (CBS) – Claire Labine, Paul Avila Mayer and Charles Dizenzo

William Rose

William Ludwig

David P. Harmon