The Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, 1975-1979
| 1979 | |
| Best Picture | Kramer vs. Kramer, Robert Benton |
| Best Actor | Dustin Hoffman, Kramer vs. Kramer |
| Best Actress | Sally Field, Norma Rae |
| Supporting Actor | Melvyn Douglas, Being There and The Seduction of Joe Tynan |
| Supporting Actress | Meryl Streep, Kramer vs. Kramer, Manhattan, and The Seduction of Joe Tynan |
| Director | Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer |
| Screenplay | Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer |
| Cinematography | Caleb Deschanel, The Black Stallion |
| Music Score | Carmine Coppola, The Black Stallion |
| Foreign Film | Soldier of Orange (Holland), Paul Verhoeven |
| Career Achievement Award | John Huston |
| New Generation Award | John Carpenter (writer/director of Halloween) |
| 1978 | |
| Best Picture | Coming Home, Hal Ashby |
| Best Actor | Jon Voight, Coming Home |
| Best Actress | Jane Fonda, Coming Home, Comes A Horseman, and California Suite |
| Supporting Actor | Robert Morley, Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? |
| Supporting Actress | Maureen Stapleton, Interiors Mona Washbourne, Stevie |
| Director | Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter |
| Screenplay | Paul Mazursky, An Unmarried Woman |
| Cinematography | Nestor Almendros, Days of Heaven |
| Music Score | Giorgio Moroder, Midnight Express |
| Foreign Film | Madame Rosa (France), Moshe Mizrahi |
| Career Achievement Award | Orson Welles |
| New Generation Award | Gary Busey (star of The Buddy Holly Story) |
| 1977 | |
| Best Picture | Star Wars, George Lucas |
| Best Actor | Richard Dreyfuss, The Goodbye Girl |
| Best Actress | Shelley Duvall, 3 Women |
| Supporting Actor | Jason Robards, Julia |
| Supporting Actress | Vanessa Redgrave, Julia |
| Director | Herbert Ross, The Turning Point |
| Screenplay | Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, Annie Hall |
| Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe, Julia |
| Music Score | John Williams, Star Wars |
| Foreign Film | That Obscure Object of Desire (Spain), Luis Buñuel |
| Special Awards | Charles Gary
Allison, "for his initiative in organizing the production of Fraternity Row
and thus opening a gateway into professional film production for advanced cinema
students." Barbara Kopple, Harlan County, U.S.A. |
| Career Achievement Award | King Vidor |
| New Generation Award | Joan Micklin Silver (writer/director of Between the Lines) |
| 1976 | |
| Best Picture | Network,
Sidney Lumet Rocky , John G. Avildsen |
| Best Actor | Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver |
| Best Actress | Liv Ullmann, Face to Face |
| Director | Sidney Lumet, Network |
| Screenplay | Paddy Chayefsky, Network |
| Cinematography | Haskell Wexler, Bound for Glory |
| Music Score | Bernard Herrmann, Taxi Driver |
| Foreign Film | Face to Face (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman |
| Special Award | Marcel Ophuls, The
Memory of Justice Max Laemmle, "for his innovative programing of specialized films in the Los Angeles community." |
| Career Award | Allan Dwan |
| New Generation Awards | Martin Scorsese and Jodie Foster (director and star of Taxi Driver) |
1975 |
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| Best Picture | Dog Day Afternoon,
Sidney Lumet One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Miloš Forman |
| Best Actor | Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon |
| Best Actress | Florinda Bolkan, A Brief Vacation |
| Director | Sidney Lumet, Dog Day Afternoon |
| Screenplay | Joan Tewkesbury, Nashville |
| Cinematography | John Alcott, Barry Lyndon |
| Foreign Film | And Now My Love (France), Claude Lelouch |
| Special Award | Love Among the Ruins, George Cukor (aired on ABC-TV March 6, 1976) |
