Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

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

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Winners

1970s

YearFilmDirector
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

YearFilmDirector
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

YearFilmDirector
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

YearFilmDirector
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

YearFilmDirector
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]

2020s

YearFilmDirector
2020 Small Axe Steve McQueen [7]
2021 Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi [8]
2022 Everything Everywhere All At Once Daniels [9]
TÁR Todd Field
2023 The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer [10]

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