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 (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