The 42nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2016.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Moonlight
    • Runner-up: La La Land
• Best Director:
  • Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
    • Runner-up: Damien Chazelle – La La Land
• Best Actor:
  • Adam Driver – Paterson
    • Runner-up: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
• Best Actress:
  • Isabelle Huppert – Elle and Things to Come
    • Runner-up: Rebecca Hall – Christine
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
    • Runner-up: Issey Ogata – Silence
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Lily Gladstone – Certain Women
    • Runner-up: Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
• Best Screenplay:
  • Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou – The Lobster
    • Runner-up: Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
• Best Cinematography:
  • James Laxton – Moonlight
    • Runner-up: Linus Sandgren – La La Land
• Best Editing:
  • Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, and Ben Sozanski – O.J.: Made in America
    • Runner-up: Tom Cross – La La Land
• Best Production Design:
  • Ryu Seong-hee – The Handmaiden
    • Runner-up: David Wasco – La La Land
• Best Music Score:
  • Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul – La La Land
    • Runner-up: Mica Levi – Jackie
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The Handmaiden • South Korea
    • Runner-up: Toni Erdmann • Germany
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • I Am Not Your Negro
    • Runner-up: O.J.: Made in America
• Best Animation:
  • Your Name
    • Runner-up: The Red Turtle
• New Generation Award:
  • Trey Edward Shults and Krisha Fairchild – Krisha
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Shirley MacLaine
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Deborah Stratman – The Illinois Parables
• Special Citation:
  • Turner Classic Movies