Gw mau tau Pemenang dari Penghargaan Asosiasi Kritikus Film Los Angeles 1981

Runner-up: Lawrence Kasdan – Body Heat

Burt Lancaster – Atlantic City

Runner-up: Henry Fonda – On Golden Pond

Meryl Streep – The French Lieutenant's Woman

Runner-up: Diane Keaton – Reds

Runner-up: Jack Nicholson – Reds

Runner-up: Melinda Dillon – Absence of Malice

John Guare – Atlantic City

Runner-up: Warren Beatty dan Trevor Griffiths – Reds

Runner-up: Freddie Francis – The French Lieutenant's Woman

Runner-up: Vangelis – Chariots of Fire

Pixote (Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco) • Brasil

Runner-up: Chariots of Fire • Inggris