Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film is an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Winners

1970s

Year	Film	Director
1975	Dog Day Afternoon ≈	Sidney Lumet
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ±	Miloš Forman
1976	Network ≈	Sidney Lumet
	Rocky ±	John G. Avildsen
1977	Star Wars ≈	George Lucas
1978	Coming Home ≈	Hal Ashby
1979	Kramer vs. Kramer ±	Robert Benton

1980s

Year	Film	Director
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

Year	Film	Director
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

Year	Film	Director
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

Year	Film	Director
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 Linklater
2015	Spotlight ±	Tom McCarthy[1]
2016	Moonlight ±	Barry Jenkins[2]
2017	Call Me by Your Name ≈	Luca Guadagnino[3]
2018	Roma ≈	Alfonso Cuarón[4]
2019	Parasite ±	Bong Joon-ho[5]

2020s

Year	Film	Director
2020	Small Axe	Steve McQueen[6]

Notes

• ± Academy Award for Best Picture winner
• ≈ Academy Award for Best Picture nominee
• ≠ Oscar winner/nominee for categories other than Best Picture

References

1. Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Winners|Time
2. Los Angeles Film Critics Winners: Moonlight Wins Best Picture < < Rotten Tomatoes - Movie and TV News
3. 2017 L.A. Film Critics Association Awards Winners — List — Deadline
4. ‘Roma’ Named Best Film of 2018 by L.A. Film Critics Association — Variety
5. LA Film Critics Crown ‘Parasite,’ Bong Joon Ho, Mary Kay Place, and Antonio Banderas|IndieWire
6. 'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - Variety