The Los Angeles Film Critics Association have tried to one-up the New York Film Critics Circle in just how far outside the mainstream they can go. This time, they have given all but five awards to either non-English language films or documentaries or (in the case of Flee), both. Whether they are just saying it was a bad year for American films or they are just being contrary, it’s hard to know, but I don’t expect they’ll matter much in the long run.

Awards Tallies

(2) Drive My Car, Parallel Mothers, The Power of the Dog, Summer of Soul

The Awards

Best Picture

Drive My Car (Runner-Up: The Power of the Dog)

Best Animation

Flee (Runner-Up: Belle)

Best Director

Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car)

Best Actor

Simon Rex – Red Rocket (Runner-Up: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog)

Best Actress

Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers (Runner-Up: Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World)

Best Supporting Actor

Vincent Lindon – Titane (Runner-Up: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog)

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (Runner-Up: Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard)

Best Screenplay

Drive My Car (Runner-Up: Licorice Pizza)

Best Music Score

Parallel Mothers (Runner-Up: The Power of the Dog & Spencer (Jonny Greenwood))

Best Editing

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Runner-Up: Licorice Pizza)

Best Cinematography

The Power of the Dog (Runner-Up: Dune)

Best Production Design

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (Runner-Up: Nightmare Alley)

Best Foreign Film

Petite Maman (Runner-Up: Quo Vadis, Aida)

Best Documentary

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Runner-Up: Procession)

New Generation Award

Shatara Michelle Ford – Test Pattern (Runner-Up: Tatiana Huezo – Prayers for the Stolen)

Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award

The Work and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

Special Citation

L.A. Rebellion

Career Achievement Award

Mel Brooks

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 1975
First Awards: 1975 (46)