The 20th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1994, were given on 10 December 1994.
Winners
Best Picture: Pulp Fiction Runner-up: The Shawshank Redemption Best Director: Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction Runner-up: Robert Redford - Quiz Show Best Actor: John Travolta – Pulp Fiction Runner-up: Morgan Freeman - The Shawshank Redemption Best Actress: Jessica Lange – Blue Sky Runner-up: Jodie Foster - Nell Best Supporting Actor: Martin Landau – Ed Wood Runner-up: Samuel L Jackson - Pulp Fiction Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest – Bullets over Broadway Runner-up: Uma Thurman - Pulp Fiction Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary – Pulp Fiction Runner-up: Frank Darabont - The Shawshank Redemption Best Cinematography: Stefan Czapsky – Ed Wood Runner-up: John Toll - Legends of the Fall Best Production Design: Dennis Gassner - The Hudsucker Proxy Best Music Score: Howard Shore – Ed Wood Best Foreign-Language Film: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) • Poland/France/Switzerland Runner-up: Burnt by the Sun • Russia Best Non-Fiction Film: Hoop Dreams Best Animation: The Lion King The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: John Maybury – Remembrance of Things Fast: True Stories Visual Lies New Generation Award: John Dahl – Red Rock West and The Last Seduction Career Achievement Award: Billy Wilder Special Citation: Pauline Kael