The 23rd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1997, were voted on in December 1997.^[1][2]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Director:
  • Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Actor:
  • Robert Duvall – The Apostle
  • Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets
• Best Actress:
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove
  • Runner-up: Jodie Foster – Contact
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights
  • Runner-up: Kevin Spacey – L.A. Confidential
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights
  • Runner-up: Gloria Stuart – Titanic
• Best Screenplay:
  • Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland – L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: Kevin Smith – Chasing Amy
• Best Cinematography:
  • Dante Spinotti – L.A. Confidential
  • Runner-up: Paul Sarossy – The Sweet Hereafter
• Best Production Design:
  • Peter Lamont – Titanic
  • Runner-up: Jeannine Oppewall – L.A. Confidential
• Best Music Score:
  • Philip Glass – Kundun
  • Runner-up: James Horner – Titanic
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • La Promesse • Belgium/France/Luxembourg
  • Runner-up: Shall We Dance? (Shall we dansu?) • Japan
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Riding the Rails
  • Runner-up: Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
• Best Animation (tie):
  • Hercules
  • The Spirit of Christmas
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Finished
• New Generation Award:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson – Boogie Nights and Hard Eight
• Special Citation:
  • Peter Bogdanovich