1979
Cannes: Tie - Apocalypse Now, by Francis Ford Coppola (US)
- The Tin Drum, by Volker Schlondorff (West Germany)
Berlin: David, by Peter Lilienthal (West Germany)
Venice: no awards between 1979 and 1969
Oscar: Kramer vs. Kramer, by Robert Benton
1978
Cannes: The Tree of Wooden Clogs, by Ermanno Olmi (Italy)
Berlin: Tie - The Trouts, by Jose Luis Garcia Sanchez (Spain)
- The Words of Max, by Emilio Martinez Lazaro (Spain)
Oscar: The Deer Hunter, by Michael Cimino
1977
Cannes: Padre Padrone, by Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani (Italy)
Berlin: The Ascent, by Larisa Shepitko (Soviet Union)
Oscar: Annie Hall, by Woody Allen
1976
Cannes: Taxi Driver, by Martin Scorsese (US)
Berlin: Buffalo Bill and the Indians, by Robert Altman (US)
Oscar: Rocky, by John G. Avildsen
1975
Cannes: Chronicle of the Burning Years, by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (Algeria)
Berlin: Tie - Overlord, by Stuart Cooper (UK)
- Adoption, by Marta Meszaros (Hungary)
Oscar: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Milos Forman
1974
Cannes: The Conversation, by Francis Ford Coppola (US)
Berlin: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Ted Kotcheff (Canada)
Oscar: The Godfather Part II, by Francis Ford Coppola
1973
Cannes: Tie - The Hireling, by Alan Bridges (UK)
- Scarecrow, by Jerry Schatzberg (US)
Berlin: Distant Thunder, by Satyajit Ray (India)
Oscar: The Sting, by George Roy Hill
1972
Cannes: The Working Class Goes To Paradise, by Elio Petri (Italy)
Berlin: The Canterbury Tales, by Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy)
Oscar: The Godfather, by Francis Ford Coppola
1971
Cannes: The Go-Between, by Joseph Losey (UK)
Berlin: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, by Vittorio De Sica (Italy)
Oscar: The French Connection, by William Friedkin
1970
Cannes: M*A*S*H, by Robert Altman (US)
Berlin: no awards
Oscar: Patton, by Franklin J. Shaffner