1996 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 22nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1996, were given in December 1996.

Winners

 * Best Picture:
 * Secrets & Lies
 * Runner-up: Fargo
 * Best Director:
 * Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
 * Runner-up: Joel Coen – Fargo
 * Best Actor:
 * Geoffrey Rush – Shine
 * Runner-up: Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
 * Best Actress:
 * Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
 * Runner-up: Frances McDormand – Fargo
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Edward Norton – Everyone Says I Love You, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Primal Fear
 * Runner-up: Armin Mueller-Stahl – Shine
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Barbara Hershey – The Portrait of a Lady
 * Runner-up: Courtney Love – The People vs. Larry Flynt
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Joel and Ethan Coen – Fargo
 * Runner-up: Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci – Big Night
 * Best Cinematography (tie):
 * Chris Menges – Michael Collins
 * John Seale – The English Patient
 * Best Production Design (tie):
 * Brian Morris - Evita
 * Janet Patterson - The Portrait of a Lady
 * Best Music Score:
 * Hal Willner and The Hey Hey Club Musicians – Kansas City
 * Runner-up: Elliot Goldenthal – Michael Collins
 * Best Foreign-Language Film:
 * La Cérémonie • France/Germany
 * Runner-up: Lamerica • Italy/France/Switzerland
 * Best Non-Fiction Film:
 * When We Were Kings
 * Runner-up: Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
 * Best Animation:
 * Nick Park (for his body of work, which includes: Creature Comforts, A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, and A Close Shave)
 * The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
 * Craig Baldwin – Sonic Outlaws
 * New Generation Award:
 * Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Roger Corman