2010 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 36th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2010.^[1]

• Best Picture:
  • The Social Network
  • Runner-up: Carlos
• Best Director (TIE):
  • Olivier Assayas – Carlos
  • David Fincher – The Social Network
• Best Actor:
  • Colin Firth – The King's Speech
  • Runner-up: Édgar Ramírez – Carlos
• Best Actress:
  • Kim Hye-ja – Mother (Madeo)
  • Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Niels Arestrup – A Prophet (Un prophète)
  • Runner-up: Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
  • Runner-up: Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer
• Best Screenplay:
  • Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network
  • Runner-up: David Seidler – The King's Speech
• Best Cinematography:
  • Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
  • Runner-up: Roger Deakins – True Grit
• Best Production Design:
  • Guy Hendrix Dyas – Inception
  • Runner-up: Eve Stewart – The King's Speech
• Best Music Score (TIE):
  • Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Social Network
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Carlos • France/Germany
  • Runner-up: Mother (Madeo) • South Korea
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • Last Train Home
  • Runner-up: Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Best Animation:
  • Toy Story 3
  • Runner-up: The Illusionist (L'illusionniste)
• New Generation Award:
  • Lena Dunham – Tiny Furniture
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Paul Mazursky
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Jean-Luc Godard – Film Socialisme
• Legacy of Cinema Awards:
  • Serge Bromberg for Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot)
  • The F. W. Murnau Foundation and Fernando Pena for the restoration of Metropolis

• 36th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards