1999 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 25th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1999, were announced on December 11, 1999 and awarded on January 19, 2000.^[1][2]

25th LAFCA Awards
Date	December 1999
Highlights
Best Picture	The Insider
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Winners

• Best Picture:
  • The Insider
  • Runner-up: American Beauty
• Best Director:
  • Sam Mendes – American Beauty
  • Runner-up: Michael Mann – The Insider
• Best Actor:
  • Russell Crowe – The Insider
  • Runner-up: Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story
• Best Actress:
  • Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry
  • Runner-up: Reese Witherspoon – Election
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Christopher Plummer – The Insider
  • Runner-up: John Malkovich – Being John Malkovich
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry
  • Runner-up: Samantha Morton – Sweet and Lowdown
• Best Screenplay:
  • Charlie Kaufman – Being John Malkovich
  • Runner-up: Alan Ball – American Beauty
• Best Cinematography:
  • Dante Spinotti – The Insider
  • Runner-up: Conrad L. Hall – American Beauty
• Best Production Design:
  • Rick Heinrichs – Sleepy Hollow
  • Runner-up: Dante Ferretti – Titus
• Best Music Score:
  • Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman – South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
  • Runner-up: Gabriel Yared – The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) • Spain
  • Runner-up: The Dreamlife of Angels (La vie rêvée des anges) • France
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • Runner-up: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
• Best Animation:
  • The Iron Giant
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Owen Land
• New Generation Award:
  • Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Citizen Ruth and Election
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Dede Allen
• Special Citation:
  • Rick Schmidlin, Roger Mayer, and Turner Classic Movies for their meticulous reconstruction and promotion of Erich von Stroheim's Greed