1983 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 9th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1983, were announced on 17 December 1983.Winners
- Best Picture:
- *Terms of Endearment
- *Runner-up: Tender Mercies
- Best Director:
- *James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
- *Runner-up: Bruce Beresford – Tender Mercies
- Best Actor:
- *Robert Duvall – Tender Mercies
- *Runner-up: Tom Conti – Reuben, Reuben
- Best Actress:
- *Shirley MacLaine – Terms of Endearment
- *Runner-up: Jane Alexander – Testament
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Jack Nicholson – Terms of Endearment
- *Runner-up: John Lithgow – Terms of Endearment and '
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Linda Hunt – The Year of Living Dangerously
- *Runner-up: Cher – Silkwood
- Best Screenplay:
- *James L. Brooks – Terms of Endearment
- *Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek – The Big Chill
- Best Cinematography:
- *Sven Nykvist – Fanny and Alexander
- *Runner-up: Hiro Narita – Never Cry Wolf
- Best Music Score:
- *Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi
- *Runner-up: Billy Goldenberg – Reuben, Reuben
- Best Foreign Film:
- *Fanny and Alexander • Sweden/France/West Germany
- Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
- *Michael Snow – So Is This
- New Generation Award:
- *Sean Penn
- Career Achievement Award:
- *Myrna Loy
- Special Citation:'
- *Restored versions of A Star Is Born and The Leopard''
