The Academy Awards or Oscars are the most influential of the various film awards. they are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences in the USA. The winning of an Oscar can have a large impact the commercial success of a film. However as will all such awards there is always disagreement over the nominations and the winner. This page lists best picture winners and nominations for 1970 to 1979.
| Year | Winner of Best Picture | Nominations for Best Picture |
| 1979 | Kramer vs Kramer | All That Jazz |
| Apocalypse Now | ||
| Breaking Away | ||
| Norma Rae | ||
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | Coming Home |
| Heaven Can Wait | ||
| Midnight Express | ||
| An Unmarried Woman | ||
| 1977 | Annie Hall | The Goodbye Girl |
| Julia | ||
| Star Wars | ||
| The Turning Point | ||
| 1976 | Rocky | All The Presidents Men |
| Bound For Glory | ||
| Network | ||
| Taxi Driver | ||
| 1975 | One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest | Barry Lyndon |
| Dog Day Afternoon | ||
| Jaws | ||
| Nashville | ||
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | Chinatown |
| The Conversation | ||
| Lenny | ||
| Towering Inferno | ||
| 1973 | The Sting | American Graffiti |
| Cries And Whispers | ||
| The Exorcist | ||
| Touch Of Class | ||
| 1972 | The Godfather | Cabaret |
| Deliverance | ||
| Emigrants | ||
| Sounder | ||
| 1971 | French Connection | Clockwork Orange |
| Fiddler On The Roof | ||
| Last Picture Show | ||
| Nicholas And Alexandra | ||
| 1970 | Patton | Airport |
| Five Easy Pieces | ||
| Love Story | ||
| MASH |