The 11th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 14 December 1985 and given on 23 January 1986.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Brazil
  • Runner-up: Out of Africa
• Best Director:
  • Terry Gilliam – Brazil
  • Runner-up: Akira Kurosawa – Ran
• Best Actor:
  • William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Actress:
  • Meryl Streep – Out of Africa
  • Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg – The Color Purple
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • John Gielgud – Plenty and The Shooting Party
  • Runner-up: William Hickey – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Supporting Actress (tie):
  • Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor
  • Runner-up: Oprah Winfrey – The Color Purple
• Best Screenplay:
  • Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown and Tom Stoppard - Brazil
  • Runner-up: Richard Condon and Janet Roach – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Cinematography:
  • David Watkin – Out of Africa
• Best Music Score:
  • Toru Takemitsu – Ran
  • Runner-up: Mark Isham - Trouble in Mind
• Best Foreign Film (tie):
  • The Official Story (La historia oficial) • Argentina
  • Ran • Japan/France
• Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Rosa von Praunheim – Horror Vacui
• New Generation Award:
  • Laura Dern
  • Runner-up: Whoopi Goldberg
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Akira Kurosawa
• Special Citation:
  • Claude Lanzmann - Shoah