1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 4th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1978, were announced on 16 December 1978.

Winners

 * Best Picture:
 * Coming Home
 * Best Director:
 * Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
 * Runners-up: Woody Allen – Interiors and Alan Parker – Midnight Express
 * Best Actor:
 * Jon Voight – Coming Home
 * Runner-up: Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story
 * Best Actress:
 * Jane Fonda – Coming Home, Comes a Horseman and California Suite
 * Runner-up: Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Robert Morley – Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
 * Best Supporting Actress (tie):
 * Maureen Stapleton – Interiors
 * Mona Washbourne – Stevie
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Paul Mazursky – An Unmarried Woman
 * Runners-up: Woody Allen – Interiors and Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller – Movie Movie
 * Best Cinematography:
 * Néstor Almendros – Days of Heaven
 * Runners-up: Sven Nykvist – Pretty Baby
 * Best Music Score:
 * Giorgio Moroder – Midnight Express
 * Best Foreign Film:
 * Madame Rosa (La vie devant soi) • France
 * New Generation Award:
 * Gary Busey
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Orson Welles