<<< 9th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1983) >>>

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 Twilight Zone: The Movie

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 (Fanny och 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 (Fanny och 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