Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: Moonlight named 'Best Picture of the Year'; La La Land comes up big

Moonlight, a powerful coming-of-age story, is already generating Oscar buzz and so does Ryan Gosling-starring musical La La Land.

Moonlight has been named 'Best Picture of the Year' by Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) on Sunday, December 4. Revolving around the life of a gay black man coming-of-age, the movie picked up the awards Best Director for writer-director Barry Jenkins, Best Supporting Actor for co-star Mahershala Ali, and Best Cinematography for James Laxton's work behind the camera.

Check out the complete list of winners for the 2016 Los Angeles Film Critics Circle Awards.

Best Picture: Moonlight

Best Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert, Elle and Things to Come

Best Actor: Adam Driver, Paterson

Best Supporting actress: Lily Gladstone, Certain Women

Best Supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Best Music score: Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, La La Land

Best Cinematography: James Laxton, Moonlight

The LAFCA voted La La Land as best picture runner-up while New York Film Critics Circle gave it a nod for the best picture.

Damien Chazelle's modern musical, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling presumably is a front-runner for the Academy Award's best picture category. La La Land was also garnered acclaim for its music score by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

Winning just one LAFCA Award for the musical score, it emerged as the runner-up five times, coming in at second place for Best Picture, Best Director, Editing, Production Design, and Cinematography.

Here is the complete list of winners for the 2016 New York Film Critics Circle Awards.

Best film: La La Land

Best director: Berry Jenkins, Moonlight

Best actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Best actress: Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Best supporting actor: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Best supporting actress: Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea and Certain Women

Best screenplay: Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan

Best cinematography: Moonlight, James Laxton