The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film is an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Notes ≈ indicates an Academy Award for Best Picture winner ± indicates an Academy Award for Best Picture nominee
Winners
1970s YearFilmDirector 1975 Dog Day Afternoon± Sidney LumetOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest≈ Miloš Forman 1976 Network± Sidney LumetRocky≈ John G. Avildsen 1977 Star Wars± George Lucas 1978 Coming Home± Hal Ashby 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer≈ Robert Benton
1980s YearFilmDirector 1980 Raging Bull± Martin Scorsese 1981 Atlantic City± Louis Malle 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial± Steven Spielberg 1983 Terms of Endearment≈ James L. Brooks 1984 Amadeus≈ Miloš Forman 1985 Brazil Terry Gilliam 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters± Woody Allen 1987 Hope and Glory± John Boorman 1988 Little Dorrit Christine Edzard 1989 Do the Right Thing Spike Lee
1990s YearFilmDirector 1990 Goodfellas± Martin Scorsese 1991 Bugsy± Barry Levinson 1992 Unforgiven≈ Clint Eastwood 1993 Schindler's List≈ Steven Spielberg 1994 Pulp Fiction± Quentin Tarantino 1995 Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis 1996 Secrets & Lies± Mike Leigh 1997 L.A. Confidential± Curtis Hanson 1998 Saving Private Ryan± Steven Spielberg 1999 The Insider± Michael Mann
2000s YearFilmDirector 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)± Ang Lee 2001 In the Bedroom± Todd Field 2002 About Schmidt Alexander Payne 2003 American Splendor Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini 2004 Sideways± Alexander Payne 2005 Brokeback Mountain± Ang Lee 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima± Clint Eastwood 2007 There Will Be Blood± Paul Thomas Anderson 2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton 2009 The Hurt Locker≈ Kathryn Bigelow
2010s YearFilmDirector 2010 The Social Network± David Fincher 2011 The Descendants± Alexander Payne 2012 Amour± Michael Haneke 2013 Gravity± Alfonso Cuarón Her± Spike Jonze 2014 Boyhood± Richard LinklaterLos Angeles Film Critics Association Winners: ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Birdman,’ ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ and more | AwardsWatch 2015 Spotlight≈ Tom McCarthyLos Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Winners|Time 2016 Moonlight≈ Barry JenkinsLos Angeles Film Critics Winners: Moonlight Wins Best Picture < < Rotten Tomatoes - Movie and TV News 2017 Call Me by Your Name± Luca Guadagnino2017 L.A. Film Critics Association Awards Winners — List — Deadline 2018 Roma± Alfonso Cuarón‘Roma’ Named Best Film of 2018 by L.A. Film Critics Association — Variety 2019 Parasite≈ Bong Joon-hoLA Film Critics Crown ‘Parasite,’ Bong Joon Ho, Mary Kay Place, and Antonio Banderas|IndieWire
2020s YearFilmDirector 2020 Small Axe Steve McQueen'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - Variety2021 Drive My Car± Ryusuke HamaguchiLos Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - Variety2022 Everything Everywhere All At Once≈ Daniel Kwan and Daniel ScheinertLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2022 Winners - Variety TÁR± Todd Field2023 The Zone of Interest± Jonathan Glazer2023 LA Film Critics Awards Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter2024 Anora≈ Sean Baker2025 One Battle After Another≈ Paul Thomas Anderson
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