1980 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 6th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1980, were announced on 20 December 1980 and given on 9 January 1981.Winners
- Best Picture:
- *Raging Bull
- Best Director:
- *Roman Polanski – Tess
- *Runner-up: Richard Rush – The Stunt Man
- Best Actor:
- *Robert De Niro – Raging Bull
- *Runner-up: John Hurt – The Elephant Man
- Best Actress:
- *Sissy Spacek – Coal Miner's Daughter
- *Runner-up: Mary Tyler Moore – Ordinary People
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Timothy Hutton – Ordinary People
- *Runner-up: Joe Pesci – Raging Bull
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Mary Steenburgen – Melvin and Howard
- Best Screenplay:
- *John Sayles – Return of the Secaucus 7
- Best Cinematography:
- *Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth – Tess
- Best Music Score:
- *Ry Cooder – The Long Riders
- Best Foreign Film:
- *The Tin Drum • West Germany/France/Poland/Yugoslavia
- Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award :
- *Yvonne Rainer – '
- *Joel DeMott – '
- New Generation Award:
- *Carroll Ballard
- Career Achievement Award:
- *Robert Mitchum
