1985 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Winners

• Best Picture:
• *Brazil
• *Runner-up: Out of Africa
• Best Director:
• *Terry Gilliam – Brazil
• *Runner-up: Akira Kurosawa – Ran
• Best Actor:
• *William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman
• *Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Actress:
• *Meryl Streep – Out of Africa
• *Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple
• Best Supporting Actor:
• *John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party
• *Runner-up: William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Supporting Actress :
• *Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor
• *Runner-up: Oprah Winfrey – The Color Purple
• Best Screenplay:
• *Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown and Tom Stoppard - Brazil
• *Runner-up: Richard Condon and Janet Roach – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Cinematography:
• *David Watkin – Out of Africa
• Best Music Score:
• *Toru Takemitsu – Ran
• *Runner-up: Mark Isham - Trouble in Mind
• Best Foreign Film :
• *The Official Story • Argentina
• *Ran • Japan/France
• Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
• *Rosa von Praunheim – Horror Vacui
• New Generation Award:
• *Laura Dern
• *Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg
• Career Achievement Award:
• *Akira Kurosawa
• Special Citation:
• *Claude Lanzmann - Shoah