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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association ("LAFCA") was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January. Because of the promptness of the award presentation, right after the end of the year, the LAFCA awards and the Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
s are seen as significant in presaging the winners of the Academy Awards
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
, which are the United States film industry's biggest and most prestigious awards and are presented each year in February.








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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association ("LAFCA") was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January. Because of the promptness of the award presentation, right after the end of the year, the LAFCA awards and the Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
s are seen as significant in presaging the winners of the Academy Awards
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
, which are the United States film industry's biggest and most prestigious awards and are presented each year in February.

Awards


Categories

  • Best Actor
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....
  • Best Actress
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....
  • Best Animated Feature
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....
  • Best Director
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

    This is the complete list of the winners of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....
  • Best Documentary Feature
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Feature

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....
  • Best Film
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film:Winners1970s1980s1990s2000s...
  • Best Foreign Language Film
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film is a film award given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....
  • Best Supporting Actor
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....
  • Best Supporting Actress
    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress

    The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association....


Award breakdown

(2 and more)
  • 5 awards:
    • Sideways
      Sideways

      Sideways is an United States comedy-drama film written by Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne and directed by Payne. Adapted from Rex Pickett's Sideways , Sideways follows two forty-something men, portrayed by Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church, who take a week-long road trip to the wine country of Santa Barbara....
       (2004
      2004 in film

      The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
      ): Best Picture, Supporting Actor and Actress, Director and Screenplay
  • 4 awards:
    • There Will Be Blood
      There Will Be Blood

      There Will Be Blood is a 2007 in film USA drama film directed, written and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is loosely based on the Upton Sinclair novel Oil! ....
       (2007
      2007 in film

      The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...
      ): Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Production Design
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
      Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

      Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a Chinese-language film in the wuxia style, released in 2000. A China-Hong Kong-Taiwan-United States coproduction , the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of Zhonghua minzu actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen....
       (2000
      2000 in film

      The year 2000 in film involved some significant events....
      ): Best Picture, Cinematography, Music Score, and Production Design
    • The Insider
      The Insider

      An insider is a member of a group of people of limited number and with restricted access.The Insider may refer to:*The Insider , a 1999 film drama about a 60 Minutes expos? of the tobacco industry, by director Michael Mann...
       (1999
      1999 in film

      The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, The Sixth Sense, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan , The Mummy , and the hig...
      ): Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, and Cinematography
    • L.A. Confidential
      L.A. Confidential

      L.A. Confidential is a 1997 in film feature film based on the 1990 in literature crime fiction L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy, the third in his L.A....
       (1997
      1997 in film

      The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....
      ): Best Picture, Director, Cinematography and Screenplay
  • 3 awards:
    • Capote
      Capote (film)

      Capote is a 2005 in film biographical film about Truman Capote on a writing assignment for The New Yorker. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role....
       (2005
      2005 in film

      The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
      ): Best Actor, Supporting Actress and Screenplay (tie)
    • About Schmidt
      About Schmidt

      About Schmidt is a 2002 in film United States film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt and Hope Davis as his daughter Jeannie....
       (2002
      2002 in film

      The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...
      ): Best Picture, Actor (tie) and Screenplay
    • Far from Heaven
      Far from Heaven

      Far from Heaven is a 2002 film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Ward, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson....
       (2002
      2002 in film

      The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...
      ): Best Actress, Cinematography and Music Score
    • Brazil
      Brazil (film)

      Brazil is a 1985 dystopian feature film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce....
       (1985
      1985 in film

      Events* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton....
      ): Best Picture, Director and Screenplay
  • 2 awards:
    • Happy-Go-Lucky
      Happy-Go-Lucky

      Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 in film British comedy film, directed by Mike Leigh. The film was made in 2007 and released on 18 April 2008. The film is Leigh's first film shot in widescreen....
       (2008
      2008 in film

      The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...
      ): Best Actress and Screenplay
    • Slumdog Millionaire
      Slumdog Millionaire

      Slumdog Millionaire is a film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize-winning and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-nominated novel Q & A by Indian English literature and diplomat Vikas Swarup....
       (2008
      2008 in film

      The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...
      ): Best Director and Music Score
    • Still Life (Sanxia haoren) (2008
      2008 in film

      The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...
      ): Best Foreign Language Film and Cinematography
    • Brokeback Mountain
      Brokeback Mountain

      Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 in film Cinema of the United States romance film-drama film that depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the Western United States from 1963 to 1983....
       (2005
      2005 in film

      The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,      The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
      ): Best Picture and Director
    • The Incredibles
      The Incredibles

      The Incredibles is a computer-animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, centering on a family of superheroes....
       (2004
      2004 in film

      The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....
      ): Best Animation and Music Score
    • American Splendor
      American Splendor (film)

      American Splendor is a 2003 biopic about Harvey Pekar, the author of the American Splendor. The film is also in part an adaptation of the comics, which dramatize Pekar's life....
       (2003
      2003 in film

      The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
      ): Best Picture and Screenplay
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003
      2003 in film

      The year '2003 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs Jason, X2: X-Men Uni...
      ): Best Director and Production Design
    • Gangs of New York
      Gangs of New York

      Gangs of New York is a 2002 in film USA historical film crime film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points, Manhattan district of New York City....
       (2002
      2002 in film

      The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...
      ): Best Actor (tie) and Production Design
    • In the Bedroom
      In the Bedroom

      In the Bedroom is a 2001 American film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus whose short story Killings is the source material from which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based....
       (2001
      2001 in film

      The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
      ): Best Picture and Actress
    • Iris (2001
      2001 in film

      The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
      ): Best Supporting Actor and Actress


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