The 3rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1977, were announced on 19 December 1977 and given on 10 January 1978.^[1][2]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Star Wars
• Best Director:
  • Herbert Ross – The Turning Point
• Best Actor:
  • Richard Dreyfuss – The Goodbye Girl
• Best Actress:
  • Shelley Duvall – 3 Women
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jason Robards – Julia
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Vanessa Redgrave – Julia
• Best Screenplay:
  • Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman – Annie Hall
• Best Cinematography:
  • Douglas Slocombe – Julia
• Best Music Score:
  • John Williams – Star Wars
• Best Foreign Film:
  • That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) • France/Spain
• New Generation Award:
  • Joan Micklin Silver
• Career Achievement Award:
  • King Vidor
• Special Citation:
  • Charles Gary Allison, for his initiative in organizing the production of Fraternity Row and thus opening a gateway into professional film production for advanced cinema students.
  • Barbara Kopple – Harlan County, U.S.A.