St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2021

 18th StLFCA Awards December 19, 2021

Best Film: Licorice Pizza

The nominees for the 18th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2021. The winners were announced on December 19, 2021.

Best Film

 * Licorice Pizza
 * Belfast
 * The Power of the Dog
 * The Tragedy of Macbeth
 * West Side Story

Best Actor

 * Nicolas Cage – Pig
 * Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
 * Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM!
 * Will Smith – King Richard
 * Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Supporting Actor

 * Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
 * Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
 * Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
 * Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
 * Jared Leto – House of Gucci

Best Original Screenplay

 * Mass – Fran Kranz
 * Being the Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
 * Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
 * Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
 * Pig – Michael Sarnoski (screenplay); Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski (story)

Best Animated Film

 * The Mitchells vs. the Machines
 * Encanto
 * Flee
 * Luca
 * Vivo

Best International Film

 * Drive My Car • Japan
 * Flee • Denmark
 * The Hand of God • Italy
 * A Hero • Iran
 * Titane • France

Best Cinematography

 * The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
 * Belfast – Haris Zambarloukos
 * Dune – Greig Fraser
 * The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
 * West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński

Best Costume Design

 * Cruella – Jenny Beavan
 * Dune – Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West
 * House of Gucci – Janty Yates
 * Last Night in Soho – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
 * Spencer – Jacqueline Durran

Best Score

 * Dune – Hans Zimmer
 * Don't Look Up – Nicholas Britell
 * The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
 * Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
 * The Tragedy of Macbeth – Carter Burwell

Best Visual Effects

 * Dune – Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer
 * Black Widow – Geoffrey Baumann, Paul Corbould, Craig Hammack, and Dave Hodgins
 * Finch – Burt Dalton and Scott Stokdyk
 * Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick
 * The Tragedy of Macbeth – Michael Huber and Alex Lemke

Best Comedy Film

 * Licorice Pizza
 * Don't Look Up
 * Free Guy
 * The French Dispatch
 * The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Scene

 * Licorice Pizza – Driving in reverse
 * Belfast – Buddy freezes as the rioters approach
 * Last Night in Soho – Eloise and Sandi share a dance with Jack
 * tick, tick... BOOM! – Sunday brunch at the diner
 * West Side Story – "America"

Best Director

 * Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
 * Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
 * Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
 * Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
 * Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
 * Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Actress

 * Kristen Stewart – Spencer
 * Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
 * Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
 * Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
 * Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Best Supporting Actress

 * Ann Dowd – Mass
 * Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
 * Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
 * Rita Moreno – West Side Story
 * Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Adapted Screenplay

 * The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage
 * CODA – Sian Heder; based on the film La Famille Bélier (scenario by Victoria Bedos and Stanislas Carré de Malberg, screenplay by Éric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain)
 * Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe; based on the short story by Haruki Murakami
 * Dune – Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
 * West Side Story – Tony Kushner; based on the stage play book by Arthur Laurents

Best Documentary Film

 * Flee
 * The Rescue
 * Summer of Soul
 * Tina
 * The Velvet Underground

Best Ensemble

 * Mass
 * Being the Ricardos
 * Belfast
 * The French Dispatch
 * Licorice Pizza

Best Editing

 * Last Night in Soho – Paul Machliss
 * Belfast – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
 * Dune – Joe Walker
 * Licorice Pizza – Andy Jurgensen
 * West Side Story – Sarah Broshar and Michael Kahn

Best Production Design

 * The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen
 * Dune – Patrice Vermette
 * Last Night in Soho – Marcus Rowland
 * Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell
 * West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen

Best Soundtrack

 * Cruella
 * Last Night in Soho
 * Licorice Pizza
 * The Tender Bar
 * West Side Story

Best Action Film

 * Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
 * Black Widow
 * Free Guy
 * Nobody
 * No Time to Die

Best Horror Film

 * A Quiet Place Part II
 * Candyman
 * Lamb
 * Last Night in Soho
 * Titane