The 36th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2010.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • The Social Network
  • Runner-up: Carlos
• Best Director (TIE):
  • Olivier Assayas – Carlos
  • David Fincher – The Social Network
• Best Actor:
  • Colin Firth – The King's Speech
  • Runner-up: Édgar Ramírez – Carlos
• Best Actress:
  • Kim Hye-ja – Mother (Madeo)
  • Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Niels Arestrup – A Prophet (Un prophète)
  • Runner-up: Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
  • Runner-up: Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer
• Best Screenplay:
  • Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network
  • Runner-up: David Seidler – The King's Speech
• Best Cinematography:
  • Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
  • Runner-up: Roger Deakins – True Grit
• Best Production Design:
  • Guy Hendrix Dyas – Inception
  • Runner-up: Eve Stewart – The King's Speech
• Best Music Score (TIE):
  • Alexandre Desplat – The Ghost Writer
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Social Network
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Carlos • France/Germany
  • Runner-up: Mother (Madeo) • South Korea
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • Last Train Home
  • Runner-up: Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Best Animation:
  • Toy Story 3
  • Runner-up: The Illusionist (L'illusionniste)
• New Generation Award:
  • Lena Dunham – Tiny Furniture
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Paul Mazursky
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Jean-Luc Godard – Film Socialisme
• Legacy of Cinema Awards:
  • Serge Bromberg for Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot)
  • The F. W. Murnau Foundation and Fernando Pena for the restoration of Metropolis