1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
# 1978 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 4th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1978, were announced on 16 December 1978.

## Winners

* Best Picture:
   * Coming Home
* Best Director:
   * Michael Cimino – The Deer Hunter
   * Runners-up: Woody Allen – Interiors and Alan Parker – Midnight Express
* Best Actor:
   * Jon Voight – Coming Home
   * Runner-up: Gary Busey – The Buddy Holly Story
* Best Actress:
   * Jane Fonda – Coming Home, Comes a Horseman and California Suite
   * Runner-up: Ingrid Bergman – Autumn Sonata (Höstsonaten)
* Best Supporting Actor:
   * Robert Morley – Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
* Best Supporting Actress (tie):
   * Maureen Stapleton – Interiors
   * Mona Washbourne – Stevie
* Best Screenplay:
   * Paul Mazursky – An Unmarried Woman
   * Runners-up: Woody Allen – Interiors and Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller – Movie Movie
* Best Cinematography:
   * Néstor Almendros – Days of Heaven
   * Runners-up: Sven Nykvist – Pretty Baby
* Best Music Score:
   * Giorgio Moroder – Midnight Express
* Best Foreign Film:
   * Madame Rosa (La vie devant soi) • France
* New Generation Award:
   * Gary Busey
* Career Achievement Award:
   * Orson Welles
