1997 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 23rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1997, were voted on in December 1997.

Winners

 * Best Picture:
 * L.A. Confidential
 * Runner-up: The Sweet Hereafter
 * Best Director:
 * Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
 * Runner-up: Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
 * Best Actor:
 * Robert Duvall – The Apostle
 * Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
 * Best Actress:
 * Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
 * Runner-up: Jodie Foster – Contact
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
 * Runner-up: Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
 * Runner-up: Gloria Stuart – Titanic
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland – L.A. Confidential
 * Runner-up: Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy
 * Best Cinematography:
 * Dante Spinotti – L.A. Confidential
 * Runner-up: Paul Sarossy – The Sweet Hereafter
 * Best Production Design:
 * Peter Lamont – Titanic
 * Runner-up: Jeannine Oppewall – L.A. Confidential
 * Best Music Score:
 * Philip Glass – Kundun
 * Runner-up: James Horner – Titanic
 * Best Foreign-Language Film:
 * La Promesse • Belgium/France/Luxembourg
 * Runner-up: Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan
 * Best Non-Fiction Film:
 * Riding the Rails
 * Runner-up: Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
 * Best Animation (tie):
 * Hercules
 * The Spirit of Christmas
 * The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
 * Finished
 * New Generation Award:
 * Paul Thomas Anderson – Boogie Nights and Hard Eight
 * Special Citation:
 * Peter Bogdanovich