8th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards (2011)
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants (Runner-up)
Drive
My Week with Marilyn
The Tree of Life
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life (Runner-up)
David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
Best Actor
George Clooney - The Descendants as Matt King
Ryan Gosling - Drive as The Driver (Runner-up)
Jean Dujardin - The Artist as George Valentin
Michael Fassbender - Shame as Brandon Sullivan
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
Brad Pitt - Moneyball as Billy Beane
Best Actress
Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher (Runners-up)
Viola Davis - The Help as Aibileen Clarke
Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
Saoirse Ronan - Hanna as Hanna
Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe (Runners-up)
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks - Drive as Bernie Rose
Alan Rickman - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 as Severus Snape (Runner-up)
John Goodman - The Artist as Al Zimmer
John Hawkes - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
Jonah Hill - Moneyball as Peter Brand
Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo - The Artist as Peppy Miller
Octavia Spencer - The Help as Minny Jackson (Runners-up)
Cate Blanchett - Hanna as Marissa
Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants as Alexandra King (Runners-up)
Best Original Screenplay
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
50/50 - Will Reiser (Runner-up)
Hanna - Seth Lochhead and David Farr
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick
Win Win - Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants - Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Alexander Payne
Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Runner-up)
Drive - Hossein Amini
The Help - Tate Taylor
The Muppets - Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller
Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth (Runners-up)
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
Drive - Newton Thomas Sigel
War Horse - Janusz Kamiński (Runners-up)
Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Runner-up)
Captain America: The First Avenger
Super 8
The Tree of Life
Best Music
The Artist
Drive (Runner-up)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Muppets
The Tree of Life
Best Foreign Language Film
13 Assassins (Jūsannin no Shikaku) • Japan
Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands (Runner-up)
I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
Best Documentary Film
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Tabloid (Runner-up)
Buck
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
The Interrupters
Best Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Rango (Runner-up)
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rio
Best Comedy
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris (Runner-up)
Crazy, Stupid, Love
The Muppets
Paul
Rango
Best Art-House or Festival Film
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Win Win (Runner-up)
Beginners
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: opening credits
The Artist: dance scene finale (Runner-up)
Drive: the elevator beating scene
Drive: opening get-away scene
Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
Melancholia: the last scene