The 10th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards were announced on 5 December 1984 and given on 24 January 1985. Winners Best Picture: Amadeus Runner-up: Once Upon a Time in America Best Director: Miloš Forman - Amadeus Runner-up: Sergio Leone – Once Upon a Time in America Best Actor (tie): F. Murray Abraham – Amadeus Albert Finney – Under the Volcano Best Actress: Kathleen Turner - Crimes of Passion and Romancing the Stone Runner-up: Vanessa Redgrave – The Bostonians Best Supporting Actor: Adolph Caesar - A Soldier's Story Runner-up: John Malkovich – Places in the Heart and The Killing Fields Best Supporting Actress: Peggy Ashcroft – A Passage to India Runner-up: Christine Lahti – Swing Shift Best Screenplay: Peter Shaffer - Amadeus Runner-up: Alan Rudolph – Choose Me Best Cinematography: Chris Menges – The Killing Fields Runner-up: Robby Müller – Repo Man and Paris, Texas Best Music Score: Ennio Morricone – Once Upon a Time in America Runner-up: Amadeus Best Foreign Film: The Fourth Man (De vierde man) • Netherlands Runner-up: The Gods Must Be Crazy • Botswana/South Africa Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: George Kuchar (for the body of his work) New Generation Award: Alan Rudolph Career Achievement Award: Rouben Mamoulian Special Citation: Andrew Sarris François Truffaut References External links 10th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1984 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards