| class="wikitable" |
| width="100"|Year
!width="300"|English title
!width="300"|Original title
!width="300"|Screenwriter(s) |
|---|
| style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2020
(65th)[{{cite magazine|last=Santoni|first=Simona|date=19 February 2020|title=David di Donatello 2020, tutte le candidature: domina Il traditore|url=https://www.panorama.it/david-di-donatello-2020-tutte-le-candidature-domina-il-traditore|magazine=Panorama|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}][{{cite magazine|last=Vivarelli|first=Nick|date=8 May 2020|title=Marco Bellocchio's 'The Traitor' Dominates Italy's David di Donatello Awards|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/marco-bellocchios-the-traitor-dominates-italys-david-awards-1234602211/|magazine=Variety|access-date=24 April 2024}}]
| colspan="2" | Martin Eden
| Maurizio Braucci and Pietro Marcello |
| The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily
| La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia
| Jean-Luc Fromental, Thomas Bidegain and Lorenzo Mattotti |
| The Mayor of Rione Sanità
| Il sindaco del rione Sanità
| Mario Martone and Ippolita di Majo |
| colspan="2" | Pinocchio
| Matteo Garrone and Massimo Ceccherini |
| Piranhas
| La paranza dei bambini
| Claudio Giovannesi, Roberto Saviano and Maurizio Braucci |
| style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2021
(66th)[{{cite magazine|date=11 May 2021|title=David di Donatello 2021: 'Volevo nascondermi' con Elio Germano sbanca|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cinema-tv/news-cinema-tv/david-di-donatello-2021-volevo-nascondermi-con-elio-germano-sbanca/561283/|magazine=Rolling Stone Italia|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}]
| Citizens of the World
| Lontano lontano
| Marco Pettenello and Gianni Di Gregorio |
| colspan="2" | Assandira
| Salvatore Mereu |
| The Ties
| Lacci
| Francesco Piccolo, Domenico Starnone and Daniele Luchetti |
| We Still Talk
| Lei mi parla ancora
| Pupi Avati and Tommaso Avati |
| You Came Back
| Lasciami andare
| Francesco Mordini, Francesca Marciano and Luca Infascelli |
| style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="6" align="center" | 2022
(67th)[{{cite magazine|last=Armelli|first=Paolo|date=4 May 2022|title=Chi ha vinto i David di Donatello 2022|url=https://www.wired.it/article/david-di-donatello-2022-vincitori/|magazine=Wired Italia|language=it|access-date=24 April 2024}}]
| A Girl Returned
| L'arminuta
| Monica Zapelli and Donatella Di Pietrantonio |
| The Catholic School
| La scuola cattolica
| Massimo Gaudioso, Luca Infascelli and Stefano Mordini |
| colspan="2" | Diabolik
| Manetti Bros. and Michelangelo La Neve |
| Una Femmina: The Code of Silence
| Una femmina
| Lirio Abbate, Serena Brugnolo, Adriano Chiarelli and Francesco Costabile |
| The Land of the Sons
| La terra dei figli
| Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano and Claudio Cupellini |
| Three Floors
| Tre piani
| Nanni Moretti, Federica Pontremoli and Valia Santella |
| style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2023
(68th)[{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/david-di-donatello-awards-2023-full-nominees-and-winners-list-1235363091/|title='The Eight Mountains', 'Exterior Night' Take Top Honors At Italy's David di Donatello Awards – Full Nominees and Winners List|last=Goodfellow|first=Melanie|date=11 May 2023|website=Deadline|access-date=24 April 2024}}]
| The Eight Mountains
| Le otto montagne
| Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch |
| colspan="2" | Bentu
| Salvatore Mereu |
| colspan="2" | Brado
| Massimo Gaudioso and Kim Rossi Stuart |
| The Hummingbird
| Il colibrì
| Francesca Archibugi, Laura Paolucci and Francesco Piccolo |
| colspan="2" | Nostalgia
| Mario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo |
| style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2024
(69th)[{{cite magazine|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|date=3 May 2024|title=Matteo Garrone's 'Io Capitano' Wins Italian Film Awards|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-italian-film-award-winners-1235889566/|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=3 May 2024}}]
| Kidnapped
| Rapito
| Marco Bellocchio and Susanna Nicchiarelli |
| colspan="2" | Lubo
| Giorgio Diritti and Fredo Valla |
| colspan="2" | Misericordia
| Emma Dante, Elena Stancanelli and Giorgio Vasta |
| colspan="2" | Mixed by Erry
| Sydney Sibilia and Armando Festa |
| Scarlet
| Le vele scarlatte
| Pietro Marcello, Maurizio Braucci and Maud Ameline |
| style="background:#DDBF5F;"
! rowspan="5" align="center" | 2025
(70th)
| The Art of Joy
| L'arte della gioia
| Valeria Golino, Luca Infascelli, Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella and Stefano Sardo |
| Battlefield
| Campo di battaglia
| Gianni Amelio and Alberto Taraglio |
| The Boy with Pink Pants
| Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa
| Roberto Proia |
| colspan="2" | Familia
| Adriano Chiarelli, Francesco Costabile and Vittorio Moroni |
| Naples to New York
| Napoli - New York
| Gabriele Salvatores |