2021 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 47th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2021.^[1]

• Best Film:
  • Drive My Car
    • Runner-up: The Power of the Dog
• Best Director:
  • Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
    • Runner-up: Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
• Best Actor:
  • Simon Rex – Red Rocket
    • Runner-up: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
• Best Actress:
  • Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
    • Runner-up: Renate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the World
• Best Supporting Actor (TIE):
  • Vincent Lindon – Titane
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
    • Runner-up: Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
• Best Screenplay:
  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe – Drive My Car
    • Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
• Best Cinematography:
  • Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog
    • Runner-up: Greig Fraser – Dune
• Best Editing:
  • Joshua L. Pearson – Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    • Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen – Licorice Pizza
• Best Music Score:
  • Alberto Iglesias – Parallel Mothers
    • Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood – The Power of the Dog and Spencer
• Best Production Design:
  • Steve Saklad – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
    • Runner-up: Tamara Deverell – Nightmare Alley
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Petite Maman
    • Runner-up: Quo Vadis, Aida?
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    • Runner-up: Procession
• Best Animation:
  • Flee
    • Runner-up: Belle
• New Generation Award (TIE):
  • Shatara Michelle Ford – Test Pattern
  • Tatiana Huezo – Prayers for the Stolen
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Mel Brooks
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
• Special Citation:
  • L.A. Rebellion