2015 St. Louis Film Critics Association Annual Award Winners

[Awards Announced December 21, 2015.]

  • Best Film: Spotlight

  • Best Director: Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

  • Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

  • Best Actress: Brie Larson - Room

  • Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Creed

  • Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina

  • Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight - Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy

  • Best Adapted Screenplay: The Martian - Drew Goddard (Screenplay); Andy Weir (Novel)

  • Best Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel

  • Best Cinematography: The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki

  • Best Art Direction: Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson (Production Designer)

  • Best Visual Effects: Mad Max: Fury Road

  • Best Score: The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone

  • Best Soundtrack: Love & Mercy

  • Best Song: "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre

  • Best Animated Film: Inside Out

  • Best Comedy Film: Trainwreck

  • Best Documentary Film: Amy

  • Best Foreign Language Film: Goodnight Mommy

  • Best Scene: The Revenant - Hugh is mauled by a grizzly.

  • Special Recognition: Mad Max: Fury Road for its stunt work.

Complete List of Nominations

  • Best Film

    • Inside Out

    • Mad Max: Fury Road

    • The Martian

    • The Revenant

    • Room

    • Spotlight

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    • Todd Haynes - Carol

    • Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant

    • Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

    • George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

    • Ridley Scott - The Martian

  • BEST ACTOR

    • Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation

    • Matt Damon - The Martian

    • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

    • Ian McKellen - Mr. Holmes

    • Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

  • BEST ACTRESS

    • Cate Blanchett - Carol

    • Brie Larson - Room

    • Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

    • Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

    • Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    • Paul Dano - Love & Mercy

    • Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation

    • Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight

    • Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies

    • Sylvester Stallone - Creed

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    • Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

    • Rooney Mara - Carol

    • Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria

    • Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina

    • Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    • Clouds of Sils Maria - Olivier Assayas

    • Ex Machina - Alex Garland

    • The Hateful Eight - Quentin Tarantino

    • Inside Out - Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen

    • Spotlight - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    • Brooklyn -  Nick Hornby (Screenplay); Colm Tóibín (Novel)

    • Creed - Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington (Screenplay); Sylvester Stallone (Characters)

    • The Martian - Drew Goddard (Screenplay); Andy Weir (Novel)

    • Room - Emma Donoghue (Screenplay and Novel)

    • Steve Jobs - Aaron Sorkin (Screenplay); Walter Isaacson (Book)

  • BEST EDITING

    • The Big Short - Hank Corwin

    • Max Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel

    • The Martian - Pietro Scalia

    • The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione

    • Spotlight - Tom McArdle

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Beasts of No Nation - Cary Joji Fukunaga

    • Carol - Edward Lachman

    • The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson

    • Max Max: Fury Road - John Seale

    • The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki

  • BEST ART DIRECTION

    • Brooklyn - François Séguin (Production Designer)

    • Carol - Judy Becker (Production Designer)

    • Cinderella - Dante Ferretti (Production Designer)

    • The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart (Production Designer)

    • Max Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson (Production Designer)

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    • Ex Machina

    • Mad Max: Fury Road

    • The Martian

    • The Revenant

    • The Walk

  • BEST MUSIC SCORE

    • Carol - Carter Burwell

    • The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone

    • Inside Out - Michael Giacchino

    • It Follows - Rich Vreeland (as Disasterpeace)

    • Mad Max: Fury Road - Tom Holkenborg (as Junkie XL)

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK

    • Amy

    • Dope

    • Love & Mercy

    • The Martian

    • Straight Outta Compton

  • BEST SONG

    • "See You Again" - Furious 7

    • "Til It Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground

    • "Feels Like Summer" - Shaun the Sheep Movie

    • "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre

    • "Simple Song #3" - Youth

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    • Anomalisa

    • The Good Dinosaur

    • Inside Out

    • The Peanuts Movie

    • Shaun the Sheep Movie

  • BEST COMEDY

    • Inside Out

    • Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

    • Spy

    • Trainwreck

    • What We Do in the Shadows

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    • Amy

    • Best of Enemies

    • Cartel Land

    • The Hunting Ground

    • The Look of Silence

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    • The Assassin

    • Goodnight Mommy

    • Phoenix

    • Son of Saul

    • Wild Tales

  • BEST SCENE

    • Creed - Adonis' first fight.

    • Furious 7 - Farewell to Paul Walker.

    • The Revenant - Hugh is mauled by a grizzly.

    • Room - Jack escapes Room.

    • The Walk - The walk between the Towers.