The 44th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2018.^[1]

• Best Picture:
  • Roma
    • Runner-up: Burning
• Best Director:
  • Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
    • Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
• Best Actor:
  • Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
    • Runner-up: Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
• Best Actress:
  • Olivia Colman – The Favourite
    • Runner-up: Toni Collette – Hereditary
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Steven Yeun – Burning
    • Runner-up: Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
    • Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
• Best Screenplay:
  • Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
    • Runner-up: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
• Best Cinematography:
  • Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
    • Runner-up: James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
• Best Editing:
  • Joshua Altman and Bing Liu – Minding the Gap
    • Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough – Roma
• Best Production Design:
  • Hannah Beachler – Black Panther
    • Runner-up: Fiona Crombie – The Favourite
• Best Music Score:
  • Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
    • Runner-up: Justin Hurwitz – First Man
• Best Foreign Language Film (TIE):
  • Burning • South Korea
  • Shoplifters • Japan
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • Shirkers
    • Runner-up: Minding the Gap
• Best Animation:
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    • Runner-up: Incredibles 2
• New Generation Award:
  • Chloé Zhao
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Hayao Miyazaki
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin – The Green Fog
• Special Citation:
  • The Other Side of the Wind