| Year | Film | Director | Year | Film | Director |
| 1993 | Padma Nadir Majhi(Bengali) | Gautam Ghose | 1974 | Kaadu(Kannada) | Girish Karnad |
| 1992 | Firingoti(Assamese) | Jahnu Barua | 1973 | Calcutta 71(Bengali) | Mrinal Sen |
| 1991 | Ek Doctor Ki Maut(Hindi) | Tapan Sinha | 1972 | Anubhav(Hindi) | Basu Bhattacharya |
| 1990 | Parshuramer Kuthar(Bengali) | Nabayendu Chatterji | 1971 | Pratidwandi(Bengali) | Satyajit Ray |
| 1989 | no award | - | 1970 | Dibratrir Kabya(Bengali) | Bimal Bhowmick, Narayan Chakraborty |
| 1988 | no award | - | 1969 | Thulabharam(Malayalam) | A. Vincent |
| 1987 | no award | - | 1968 | Upkar(Hindi) | Manoj Kumar |
| 1986 | no award | - | 1967 | no award | - |
| 1985 | no award | - | 1966 | Athithi(Bengali) | Tapan Sinha |
| 1984 | Maya Miriga(Oriya) | Nirad N. Mohapatra | 1965 | Haqeeqat(Hindi) | Chetan Anand |
| 1983 | Kharij(Bengali) | Mrinal Sen | 1964 | Nartanasala(Telugu) | Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao |
| 1982 | Pokkuveyil(Malayalam) | G. Aravindan | 1963 | Abhijan(Bengali) | Satyajit Ray |
| 1981 | Oppol(Malayalam) | K.S. Sethumadhavan | 1962 | Pava Mannippu(Tamil) | A. Bhim Singh |
| 1980 | no award | - | 1961 | Kshudita Pashan(Bengali) | Tapan Sinha |
| 1979 | no award | - | 1960 | Heera Moti(Hindi) | Krishna Chopra |
| 1978 | no award | - | 1959 | Jalsaghar(Bengali) | Satyajit Ray |
| 1977 | no award | - | 1958 | Andhare-Alo(Bengali) | Haridas Bhattacharya |
| 1976 | Mausam(Hindi) | Gulzar | 1957 | Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje(Hindi) | V. Shantaram |
| 1975 | Ankur(Hindi) | Shyam Benegal | 1953 | Neelakkuyil(Malayalam) | Ramu Kariat, P. Bhaskaran |