18th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards (2021)
Best Film
Licorice Pizza
Belfast
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story
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 Ensemble
Mass
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
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 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 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 Supporting Actress
Ann Dowd - Mass
Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor - King Richard
Rita Moreno - West Side Story
Ruth Negga - Passing
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Soundtrack
Cruella
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Tender Bar
West Side Story
Best International Film
Drive My Car • Japan
Flee • Denmark
The Hand of God • Italy
A Hero • Iran
Titane • France
Best Documentary Film
Flee
The Rescue
Summer of Soul
Tina
The Velvet Underground
Best Animated Film
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Encanto
Flee
Luca
Vivo
Best Action Film
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Black Widow
Free Guy
Nobody
No Time to Die
Best Comedy Film
Licorice Pizza
Don't Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Best Horror Film
A Quiet Place Part II
Candyman
Lamb
Last Night in Soho
Titane
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"