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