2024 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

21st StLFCA Awards

December 15, 2024

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Best Film:
TBA

The nominees for the 21st St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2024.

Denis Villeneuve's epic science fiction film Dune: Part Two led the nominations with twelve, followed by The Brutalist with nine, and Conclave and Wicked with eight apiece. The categories for Best Vocal Performance and Best First Feature were introduced.

The winners will be announced on December 15, 2024.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nickel Boys
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• September 5
• Sing Sing
• Wicked

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth
• Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan
• Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee
• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield
• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence
• Hugh Grant – Heretic as Mr. Reed

Best Supporting Actor

• Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan
• Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as himself
• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.
• Stanley Tucci – Conclave as Aldo Cardinal Bellini
• Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus

Best Original Screenplay

• Anora – Sean Baker
• The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
• Hard Truths – Mike Leigh
• A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
• Saturday Night – Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof

Best Animated Film

• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• The Wild Robot

Best International Festure Film

• All We Imagine as Light • India
• Dahomey • Senegal
• Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World • Romania
• Emilia Pérez • France
• The Seed of the Sacred Fig • Germany

Best Cinematography

• The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
• Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser
• Maria – Edward Lachman
• Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
• Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke

Best Costume Design

• Dune: Part Two – Jacqueline West
• Hundreds of Beavers – Casey Harris and Brandon Kirkham
• Maria – Massimo Cantini Parrini
• Nosferatu – Linda Muir
• Wicked – Paul Tazewell

Best Score

• The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg
• Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Conclave – Volker Bertelmann
• Dune: Part Two – Hans Zimmer
• The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers

Best Visual Effects

• Alien: Romulus
• Dune: Part Two
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Nosferatu

Best Comedy Film

• Deadpool & Wolverine
• The Fall Guy
• Hundreds of Beavers
• A Real Pain
• Saturday Night

Best Scene

• Civil War – "What kind of an American are you?"
• Dune: Part Two – Riding the Sandworm
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – War Rig battle
• His Three Daughters – Dad's Chair
• The Substance – New Year's Eve performance

Best First Feature

• Annie Baker – Janet Planet
• Anna Kendrick – Woman of the Hour
• Josh Margolin – Thelma
• Dev Patel – Monkey Man
• RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
• Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson

Special Merits

• TBA

Best Director

• Edward Berger – Conclave
• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
• Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed of the Sacred Fig
• RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Actress

• Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl as Shelly
• Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon
• Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva
• Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
• Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun as Rona

Best Supporting Actress

• Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown as Joan Baez
• Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece
• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie
• Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland
• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Conclave – Peter Straughan; based on the novel by Robert Harris
• Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
• Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes; based on the novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
• Sing Sing – Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley; based on the books "The Sing Sing Follies" by John H. Richardson and "Breakin' the Mummy's Code" by Brent Buell
• Wicked – Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox; based on the musical by Stephen Schwartz and other related media

Best Documentary Feature

• Daughters
• Music by John Williams
• No Other Land
• Sugarcane
• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
• Will & Harper

Best Ensemble

• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Saturday Night
• Sing Sing
• Wicked

Best Editing

• The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó
• Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker
• Nickel Boys – Nicholas Monsour
• Saturday Night – Nathan Orloff and Shane Reid
• September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich

Best Production Design

• The Brutalist – Judy Becker
• Conclave – Suzie Davies and Cynthia Sleiter
• Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau
• Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerova
• Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales

Best Soundtrack

• A Complete Unknown
• Deadpool & Wolverine
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Maria
• Wicked

Best Action Film

• Deadpool & Wolverine
• Dune: Part Two
• The Fall Guy
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Monkey Man

Best Horror Film

• Heretic
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Late Night with the Devil
• Longlegs
• Nosferatu
• The Substance

Best Stunts

• Deadpool & Wolverine
• The Fall Guy
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Gladiator II
• Monkey Man

Best Vocal Performance

• Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety
• Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot as Roz
• Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot as Fink
• Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy
• Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail as Grace Pudel

External links

• Official website