1970s
- 1970 Midnight Cowboy by John Schlesinger
- 1971 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here by Abraham Polonsky
- 1972 Taking Off by Milos Forman
- 1973 Cabaret by Bob Fosse
- 1974 Scarecrow by Jerry Schatzberg
- 1975 Chinatown by Roman Polanski
- 1976 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Milos Forman
- 1977 Nashville by Robert Altman
- 1978 Annie Hall by Woody Allen
- 1979 An Unmarried Woman by Paul Mazursky
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