1989 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 15th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 16 December 1989 and given on 16 January 1990.

Winners

 * Best Picture:
 * Do the Right Thing
 * Runner-up: Drugstore Cowboy
 * Best Director:
 * Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
 * Runner-up: Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July
 * Best Actor:
 * Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot
 * Runner-up: Morgan Freeman – Lean on Me, Johnny Handsome, Glory and Driving Miss Daisy
 * Best Actress (tie):
 * Andie MacDowell – Sex, Lies, and Videotape
 * Michelle Pfeiffer – The Fabulous Baker Boys
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Danny Aiello – Do the Right Thing
 * Runner-up: Martin Landau – Crimes and Misdemeanors
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Brenda Fricker – My Left Foot
 * Runner-up: Anjelica Huston – Enemies, a Love Story
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost – Drugstore Cowboy
 * Runner-up: Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
 * Best Cinematography:
 * Michael Ballhaus – The Fabulous Baker Boys
 * Runner-up: Robert Richardson – Born on the Fourth of July
 * Best Music Score:
 * Bill Lee – Do the Right Thing
 * Runner-up: Elliot Goldenthal – Drugstore Cowboy
 * Best Foreign Film (tie):
 * Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK
 * Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) • France
 * Best Non-Fiction Film:
 * Roger & Me
 * Runner-up: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Yuki Yukite shingun)
 * Best Animation:
 * The Little Mermaid
 * Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
 * Gregg Araki – The Long Weekend (O' Despair)
 * New Generation Award:
 * Laura San Giacomo – Sex, Lies, and Videotape
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Stanley Donen
 * Special Citation:
 * The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences