1980 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
# 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
