The St. Louis Film Critics Association awarded Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza the honor of Best Film of 2021 along with Best Comedy Film. The Power of the Dog snagged the most honors, winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion; Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee; and Best Cinematography.

2021 St. Louis Film Critics Association Award Winners

BEST FILM: Licorice Pizza

BEST DIRECTOR: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

BEST ACTOR: Nicolas Cage – Pig

BEST ACTRESS: Kristen Stewart – Spencer

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ann Dowd – Mass

BEST ENSEMBLE: Mass

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Mass – Fran Kranz

BEST EDITING: Last Night in Soho – Paul Machliss

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Cruella – Jenny Beavan

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Dune

BEST SCORE: Dune – Hans Zimmer

BEST SOUNDTRACK: Cruella

BEST ACTION FILM: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

BEST COMEDY FILM: Licorice Pizza

BEST HORROR FILM: A Quiet Place Part II

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Mitchells vs the Machines

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Flee

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Drive My Car

BEST SCENE: Licorice Pizza – Driving in reverse.

St. Louis Film Critics Association 2021 Award Nominees

BEST FILM

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

BEST DIRECTOR

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

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

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST ENSEMBLE

Belfast
Being the Ricardos
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

CODA – Siân 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 – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe; based on the short story by Haruki Murakami
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage
West Side Story – Tony Kushner; based on the stage play book by Arthur Laurents

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Being the Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
Mass – Fran Kranz
Pig – Michael Sarnoski (Screenplay); Vanessa Block & Michael Sarnoski (Story)

BEST EDITING

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

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

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

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Dune – Patrice Vermette
The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen
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

Black Widow
Dune
Finch
Free Guy
The Tragedy of Macbeth

BEST SCORE

Don’t Look up – Nicholas Britell
Dune – Hans Zimmer
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 ACTION FILM

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

BEST COMEDY FILM

Don’t Look Up
Free Guy
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
The Mitchells vs the Machines

BEST HORROR FILM

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

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs the Machines
Vivo

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Flee
The Rescue
The Summer of Soul
The Velvet Underground
Tina

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
A Hero
Titane

BEST SCENE

Belfast – Buddy freezes as the rioters approach.
Last Night in Soho – Eloise and Sandi share a dance with Jack.
Licorice Pizza – Driving in reverse.
Tick, Tick… Boom! – Sunday brunch at the diner.
West Side Story – “America”