The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film is an award given annually by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 [1] |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy [2] |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Barry Jenkins [3] |
| 2017 | Call Me by Your Name | Luca Guadagnino [4] |
| 2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón [5] |
| 2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho [6] |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Small Axe | Steve McQueen [7] |
| 2021 | Drive My Car | Ryusuke Hamaguchi [8] |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All At Once | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert [9] |
| TÁR | Todd Field | |
| 2023 | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer [10] |
| 2024 | Anora | Sean Baker |
| 2025 | One Battle After Another | Paul Thomas Anderson |