37th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (2011)

Best Picture:

	The Descendants
	Runner-up: The Tree of Life

Best Director:

	Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
	Runner-up: Martin Scorsese - Hugo

Best Actor:

	Michael Fassbender - A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, and X-Men: First Class
	Runner-up: Michael Shannon - Take Shelter

Best Actress:

	Yoon Jeong-hee - Poetry (Shi)
	Runner-up: Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia

Best Supporting Actor:

	Christopher Plummer - Beginners
	Runner-up: Patton Oswalt - Young Adult

Best Supporting Actress:

	Jessica Chastain - Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, and The Tree of Life
	Runner-up: Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

Best Screenplay:

	Asghar Farhadi - A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
	Runner-up: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, and Alexander Payne - The Descendants

Best Cinematography:

	Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life
	Runner-up: Cao Yu - City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!)

Best Production Design:

	Dante Ferretti - Hugo
	Runner-up: Maria Djurkovic - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Music Score:

	The Chemical Brothers - Hanna
	Runner-up: Cliff Martinez - Drive

Best Foreign Language Film:

	City of Life and Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!) • China
	Runner-up: A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:

	Cave of Forgotten Dreams
	Runner-up: The Arbor

Best Animation:

	Rango
	Runner-up: The Adventures of Tintin

New Generation Award:

Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mond, and Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene

Career Achievement Award:

Doris Day

The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:

Bill Morrison - Spark of Being