The 26th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were given in December 2000.
Winners
Best Picture: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Runner-up: Wonder Boys Best Director: Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich and Traffic Runner-up: Ang Lee – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Best Actor: Michael Douglas – Wonder Boys Runner-up: Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls Best Actress: Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich Runner-up: Laura Linney – You Can Count on Me Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe – Shadow of the Vampire Runner-up: Benicio del Toro – Traffic Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand – Almost Famous and Wonder Boys Runner-up: Zhang Ziyi – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Best Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan – You Can Count on Me Runner-up: Steve Kloves – Wonder Boys Best Cinematography: Peter Pau – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Runner-up: Steven Soderbergh – Traffic Best Production Design: Tim Yip – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Runner-up: Don Taylor – The House of Mirth Best Music Score: Tan Dun – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Runner-up: Björk – Dancer in the Dark Best Foreign-Language Film: Yi Yi • Taiwan/Japan Runner-up: Girl on the Bridge (La fille sur le pont) • France Best Non-Fiction Film: Dark Days Runner-up: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg Best Animation: Chicken Run New Generation Award: Mark Ruffalo – You Can Count on Me Career Achievement Award: Conrad L. Hall Special Citation: Charles Champlin