| 15th LAFCA Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 16, 1989 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | Do the Right Thing |
The 15th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 16 December 1989 and given on 16 January 1990. [1]
- Best Picture:
- Do the Right Thing
- Runner-up: Drugstore Cowboy
- Best Director:
- Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
- Runner-up: Oliver Stone – Born on the Fourth of July
- Best Actor:
- Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot
- Runner-up: Morgan Freeman – Lean on Me, Johnny Handsome, Glory and Driving Miss Daisy
- Best Actress (tie):
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Danny Aiello – Do the Right Thing
- Runner-up: Martin Landau – Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Brenda Fricker – My Left Foot
- Runner-up: Anjelica Huston – Enemies, a Love Story
- Best Screenplay:
- Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost – Drugstore Cowboy
- Runner-up: Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
- Best Cinematography:
- Best Music Score:
- Bill Lee – Do the Right Thing
- Runner-up: Elliot Goldenthal – Drugstore Cowboy
- Best Foreign Film (tie):
- Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK
- Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) • France
- Best Non-Fiction Film:
- Roger & Me
- Runner-up: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Yuki Yukite shingun)
- Best Animation:
- Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
- New Generation Award:
- Career Achievement Award:
- Special Citation:
- The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Mathews, Jack (18 December 1989). "Spike Lee's 'Right Thing' Takes L.A. Film Critics' Top Award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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