23rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1997)

Best Picture:

	L.A. Confidential
	Runner-up: The Sweet Hereafter

Best Director:

	Curtis Hanson - L.A. Confidential
	Runner-up: Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter

Best Actor:

	Robert Duvall - The Apostle
	Runner-up: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets

Best Actress:

	Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove
	Runner-up: Jodie Foster - Contact

Best Supporting Actor:

	Burt Reynolds - Boogie Nights
	Runner-up: Kevin Spacey - L.A. Confidential

Best Supporting Actress:

	Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
	Runner-up: Gloria Stuart - Titanic

Best Screenplay:

	Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland - L.A. Confidential
	Runner-up: Kevin Smith - Chasing Amy

Best Cinematography:

	Dante Spinotti - L.A. Confidential
	Runner-up: Paul Sarossy - The Sweet Hereafter

Best Production Design:

	Peter Lamont - Titanic
	Runner-up: Jeannine Oppewall - L.A. Confidential

Best Music Score:

	Philip Glass - Kundun
	Runner-up: James Horner - Titanic

Best Foreign-Language Film:

	La Promesse • Belgium/France/Luxembourg
	Runner-up: Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan

Best Non-Fiction Film:

	Riding the Rails
	Runner-up: Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Best Animation (tie):

	Hercules
	The Spirit of Christmas

The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:

Finished

New Generation Award:

Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights and Hard Eight

Special Citation:

Peter Bogdanovich