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 (Die Blechtrommel) • West Germany/France/Poland/Yugoslavia
 * Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award (tie):
 * Yvonne Rainer – Journeys from Berlin/1971
 * Joel DeMott – Demon Lover Diary
 * New Generation Award:
 * Carroll Ballard
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Robert Mitchum