Year | Film | Writer(s) |
1970 (23rd)[24] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
M*A*S*H † | Ring Lardner Jr. |
Lovers and Other Strangers | Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman |
The Owl and the Pussycat | Buck Henry |
The Twelve Chairs | Mel Brooks |
Where's Poppa | Robert Klane |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
The Out-of-Towners | Neil Simon |
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond |
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronk | Gabriel Walsh |
Start the Revolution Without Me | Fred Freeman, and Lawrence J. Cohen |
The Cheyenne Social Club | James Lee Barrett |
1971 (24th)[25] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
Kotch | John Paxton |
A New Leaf | Elaine May |
Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein |
Little Murders | Jules Feiffer |
The Boy Friend | Ken Russell |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
The Hospital | Paddy Chayefsky |
Bananas | Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose |
Carnal Knowledge | Jules Feiffer |
Made for Each Other | Renée Taylor, and Joseph Bologna |
Taking Off | Miloṡ Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière, John Guare, and Jon Klein |
1972 (25th)[26] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
Cabaret ‡ | Jay Presson Allen |
Avanti! | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond |
Butterflies Are Free | Leonard Gershe |
The Heartbreak Kid | Neil Simon |
Travels with My Aunt | Jay Presson Allen, and Hugh Wheeler |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
What's Up, Doc? | Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman, and Robert Benton |
Get to Know Your Rabbit | Jordan Crittenden |
Hammersmith Is Out | Stanford Whitmore |
Minnie and Moskowitz | John Cassavetes |
The War Between Men and Women | Melville Shavelson, and Danny Arnold |
1973 (26th)[27] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
Paper Moon ‡ | Alvin Sargent |
40 Carats | Leonard Gershe |
Godspell | David Greenne, and John-Michael Tebelak |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
A Touch of Class‡ | Melvin Frank and Jack Rose |
American Graffiti ‡ | George Lucas, Gloria Katz, and Willard Huyck |
Blume in Love | Paul Mazursky |
Sleeper | Woody Allen, and Marshall Brickman |
Slither | W.D. Richter |
1974 (27th)[28] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz ‡ | Mordecai Richler, and Lionel Chetwynd |
The Front Page | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond |
Young Frankenstein ‡ | Gene Wilder, and Mel Brooks |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
Blazing Saddles | Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger |
California Split | Joseph Walsh |
Claudine | Tina Pine, and Lester Pine |
Phantom of the Paradise | Brian de Palma |
The Sugarland Express | Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Steven Spielberg |
1975 (28th)[29] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
The Sunshine Boys ‡ | Neil Simon |
Hester Street | Joan Micklin Silver |
The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Neil Simon |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
Shampoo ‡ | Robert Towne and Warren Beatty |
Heats of the West | Rob Thompson |
Smile | Jerry Belson |
The Return of the Pink Panther | Frank Waldman, and Blake Edwards |
1976 (29th)[30] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Frank Waldman, and Blake Edwards |
Family Plot | Ernest Lehman |
Stay Hungry | Charles Gaines, and Bob Rafelson |
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Hal Barwood, and Matthew Robbins |
The Ritz | Terrence McNally |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
The Bad News Bears | Bill Lancaster |
Murder by Death | Neil Simon |
Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Paul Mazursky |
Silent Movie | Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, and Barry Levinson |
Silver Streak | Colin Higgins |
1977 (30th)[31] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
Oh, God! ‡ | Larry Gelbart |
The Spy Who Loved Me | Christopher Wood, and Richard Maibaum |
Semi-Tough | Walter Bernstein |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
Annie Hall | Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman |
Star Wars | George Lucas |
Slap Shot | Nancy Dowd |
The Goodbye Girl | Neil Simon |
1978 (31st)[32] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
Heaven Can Wait ‡ | Elaine May, and Warren Beatty |
California Suite ‡ | Neil Simon |
Same Time, Next Year ‡ | Bernard Slade |
Superman | Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Robert Benton |
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Peter Stone |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
Movie Movie | Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller |
A Wedding | John Considine, Patricia Resnick, Allan F. Nicholls, and Robert Altman |
Animal House | Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller |
House Calls | Max Shulman, Julius J. Epstein, Alan Mandel, and Charles Shyer |
Once in Paris... | Frank D. Gilroy |
1979 (32nd)[33] | Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium |
Being There | Jerzy Kosinski |
Starting Over | James L. Brooks |
A Little Romance ‡ | Allan Burns |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen |
Breaking Away † | Steve Tesich |
10 | Blake Edwards |
Manhattan ‡ | Woody Allen, and Marshall Brickman |