The Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, 1980-1989


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1989

 
Best Picture Do the Right Thing, Spike Lee
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
Best Actress Andie MacDowell, sex, lies, and videotape
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Fabulous Baker Boys
Supporting Actor Danny Aiello, Do the Right Thing
Supporting Actress Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot
Director Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing
Screenplay Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost, Drugstore Cowboy
Cinematography Michael Ballhaus, The Fabulous Baker Boys
Music Score Bill Lee, Do the Right Thing
Foreign film Distant Voices/Still Lives, Terence Davies
The Story of Women, Claude Chabrol
Documentary Roger & Me, Michael Moore
Animation The Little Mermaid, John Musker and Ron Clements
Experimental/Independent Film Award The Long Weekend (o' Despair), Gregg Araki
Special Award The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
New Generation award Laura San Giacomo, sex, lies, and videotape

1988

 
Best Picture Little Dorrit, Christine Edzard
Best Actor Tom Hanks, Big and Punchline
Best Actress Christine Lahti, Running on Empty
Supporting Actor Alec Guinness, Little Dorrit
Supporting Actress Genevieve Bujold, Dead Ringers and The Moderns
Director David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers
Screenplay Ron Shelton, Bull Durham
Cinematography Henri Alekan, Wings of Desire
Music Score Mark Isham, The Moderns
Foreign film Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders
Documentary Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, Marcel Ophuls
Experimental/Independent Film Award The Last of England, Derek Jarman
Amerika, Al Razutis
Special Award Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Robert Zemeckis

1987

 
Best Picture Hope and Glory, John Boorman
Best Actor Steve Martin, Roxanne
Jack Nicholson, Ironweed and The Witches of Eastwick
Best Actress Holly Hunter, Broadcast News
Sally Kirkland, Anna
Supporting Actor Morgan Freeman, Street Smart
Supporting Actress Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck
Director John Boorman, Hope and Glory
Screenplay John Boorman, Hope and Glory
Cinematography Vittorio Storaro, The Last Emperor
Music Score David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su, The Last Emperor
Foreign film Au Revoir, Les Enfants (France), Louis Malle
Experimental/Independent Film Award Mala Noche, Gus Van Sant
Special Award Pierre Sauvage, Weapons of the Spirit

1986

 
Best Picture Hannah and Her Sisters, Woody Allen
Best Actor Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa
Best Actress Sandrine Bonnaire, Vagabond
Supporting Actor Dennis Hopper, Blue Velvet and Hoosiers
Supporting Actress Cathy Tyson, Mona Lisa
Director David Lynch, Blue Velvet
Screenplay Woody Allen, Hannah and Her Sisters
Cinematography Chris Menges, The Mission
Music Score Herbie Hancock and Dexter Gordon, Round Midnight
Foreign film Vagabond (France), Agnès Varda
Experimental/Independent Film Award Magdalena Criaga, Nina Menkes
He Stands in the Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life, Jonas Mekas

1985

 
Best Picture Brazil, Terry Gilliam
Best Actor William Hurt, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Best Actress Meryl Streep, Out of Africa
Supporting Actor John Gielgud, Plenty and The Shooting Party
Supporting Actress Anjelica Huston, Prizzi's Honor
Director Terry Gilliam, Brazil
Screenplay Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard, Brazil
Cinematography David Watkin, Out of Africa
Music Score Toru Takemitsu, Ran
Foreign film Ran, (Japan) Akira Kurosawa
The Official Story (Argentina), Luis Puenzo
Experimental/Independent Film Award Fear of Emptiness, Rosa Von Praunheim
Special Award Claude Lanzmann, Shoah

1984

 
Best Picture Amadeus, Miloš Forman
Best Actor F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
Albert Finney, Under the Volcano
Best Actress Kathleen Turner, Crimes of Passion and Romancing the Stone
Supporting Actor Adolph Caesar, A Soldier's Story
Supporting Actress Peggy Ashcroft, A Passage to India
Director Miloš Forman, Amadeus
Screenplay Peter Shaffer, Amadeus
Cinematography Chris Menges, The Killing Fields
Music Score Ennio Morricone, Once Upon a Time in America
Foreign film The Fourth Man (Netherlands), Paul Verhoeven
Experimental/Independent Film Award George Kuchar "for his body of work."
Special Award Andrew Sarris (critic) and François Truffaut (director).

1983

 
Best Picture Terms of Endearment, James L. Brooks
Best Actor Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies
Best Actress Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment
Supporting Actor Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment
Supporting Actress Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously
Director James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
Screenplay James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment
Cinematography Sven Nykvist, Fanny and Alexander
Music Score Philip Glass, Koyaanisqatsi
Foreign Film Fanny and Alexander (Sweden), Ingmar Bergman
Experimental/Independent Film Award Michael Snow, So Is This
Career Achievement Award Myrna Loy
New Generation Award Sean Penn (star of Bad Boys -- and, previously, Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

1982

 
Best Picture E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial, Steven Spielberg
Best Actor Ben Kingsley, Gandhi
Best Actress Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice
Supporting Actor John Lithgow, The World According to Garp
Supporting Actress Glenn Close, The World According to Garp
Director Steven Spielberg, E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial
Screenplay Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal, Tootsie
Cinematography Jordan Cronenweth, Blade Runner
Music Score James Horner & The Busboys, 48 HRS.
Foreign Film The Road Warrior/Mad Max 2 (Australia), George Miller
Experimental/Independent Film Award Chan is Missing, Wayne Wang
Special Award Carlo Rimbaldi, "for the body of his work"  (creator of E.T. puppet/costume)
Career Achievement Award Robert Preston
New Generation Award Melissa Mathison (screenwriter of E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial)

1981

 
Best Picture Atlantic City, Louis Malle
Best Actor Burt Lancaster, Atlantic City
Best Actress Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman
Supporting Actor John Gielgud, Arthur
Supporting Actress Maureen Stapleton, Reds
Director Warren Beatty, Reds
Screenplay John Guare, Atlantic City
Cinematography Vittorio Storaro, Reds
Music Score Randy Newman, Ragtime
Foreign Film Pixote (Brazil), Hector Babenco
Experimental/Independent Film Award The Art of Worldly Wisdom, Bruce Elder
Special Award Kevin Brownlow, Napoleon
Career Achievement Award Barbara Stanwyck
New Generation Award John Guare (screenwriter of Atlantic City)

1980

 
Best Picture Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese
Best Actor Robert De Niro, Raging Bull
Best Actess Sissy Spacek, Coal Miner's Daughter
Supporting Actor Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People
Supporting Actress Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard
Director Roman Polanski, Tess
Screenplay John Sayles, Return of the Secaucus 7
Cinematography Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth, Tess
Music Score Ry Cooder, The Long Riders
Foreign Film The Tin Drum (West Germany), Volker Schlöndorff
Experimental/Independent Film Awards Journeys From Berlin (1971), Yvonne Rainer
Demon Lover Diary, Joel Demot
Career Achievement Award Robert Mitchum
New Generation Award Carroll Ballard (director of The Black Stallion)

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