The 35th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2009.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Runner-up: Up in the Air
• Best Director:
  • Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
  • Runner-up: Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band)
• Best Actor:
  • Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
  • Runner-up: Colin Firth – A Single Man
• Best Actress:
  • Yolande Moreau – Séraphine
  • Runner-up: Carey Mulligan – An Education
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
  • Runner-up: Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Mo'Nique – Precious
  • Runner-up: Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
• Best Screenplay:
  • Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air
  • Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche – In the Loop
• Best Cinematography:
  • Christian Berger – The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band)
  • Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
• Best Production Design:
  • Philip Ivey – District 9
  • Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg – Avatar
• Best Music Score:
  • T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton – Crazy Heart
  • Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • Summer Hours (L'heure d'été) • France
  • Runner-up: The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) • Germany
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film (TIE):
  • The Beaches of Agnès (Les plages d'Agnès)
  • The Cove
• Best Animation:
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Runner-up: Up
• New Generation Award:
  • Neill Blomkamp – District 9
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Anders Edström and C. W. Winter – The Anchorage
• Special Citation:
  • In honor of the 50th anniversary of the French New Wave