2016 St. Louis Film Critics Association Annual Award Winners

[Winners Announced December 18, 2016.]

  • Best Film: La La Land

  • Best Director: Damien Chazelle - La La Land

  • Best Actor: Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea

  • Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert - Elle

  • Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

  • Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis - Fences

  • Best Original Screenplay: Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan

  • Best Adapted Screenplay: Love and Friendship - Whit Stillman (Screenplay); Jane Austen (Novel)

  • Best Editing: Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda

  • Best Cinematography: La La Land - Linus Sandgren

  • Best Production Design: The Handmaiden - Seong-hie Ryu

  • Best Visual Effects: The Jungle Book

  • Best Music Score: La La Land - Justin Herwitz

  • Best Soundtrack: Sing Street

  • Best Song: "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land

  • Best Action Film: Captain America: Civil War

  • Best Animated Feature: Zootopia

  • Best Comedy: Hail, Caesar!

  • Best Documentary Feature: I Am Not Your Nego

  • Best Foreign Language Film: Elle

  • Best Horror / Science-Fiction Film: The Witch

  • Best Scene: La La Land - Opening dance number, "Another Day of Sun."

Complete List of Nominations

  • BEST FILM

    • Arrival

    • Hell or High Water

    • La La Land

    • Manchester by the Sea

    • Moonlight

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    • Damien Chazelle - La La Land

    • Barry Jenkins - Moonlight

    • Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea

    • David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water

    • Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

  • BEST ACTOR

    • Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea

    • Joel Edgerton - Loving

    • Ryan Gosling - La La Land

    • Tom Hanks - Sully

    • Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic

  • BEST ACTRESS

    • Amy Adams - Arrival

    • Issabelle Huppert - Elle

    • Ruth Negga - Loving

    • Natalie Portman - Jackie

    • Emma Stone - La La Land

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    • Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

    • Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water

    • Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea

    • Dev Patel - Lion

    • Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    • Viola Davis - Fences

    • Lily Gladstone - Certain Women

    • Great Gerwig - 20th Century Women

    • Naomie Harris - Moonlight

    • Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    • Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan

    • La La Land - Damien Chazelle

    • Loving - Jeff Nichols

    • Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan

    • Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    • Arrival - Eric Heisserer (Screenplay); Ted Chiang (Short Story)

    • Fences - August Wilson (Screenplay and Play)

    • Lion  - Luke Davies (Screenplay); Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose (Book)

    • Love and Friendship - Whit Stillman (Screenplay); Jane Austen (Novel)

    • Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford (Screenplay); August Wright (Novel)

  • BEST EDITING

    • Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert

    • Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda

    • La La Land - Tom Cross

    • Moonlight - Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders

    • Nocturnal Animals - Joan Sobel

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Arrival - Bradford Young

    • Café Society - Vittorio Storaro

    • Hail, Caesar! - Roger Deakins

    • La La Land - Linus Sandgren

    • Moonlight - James Laxton

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig and James Hambidge

    • Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor

    • The Handmaiden - Seong-hie Ryu

    • Jackie - Jean Rabasse

    • La La Land - David Wasco

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    • Arrival

    • Doctor Strange

    • The Jungle Book

    • La La Land

    • A Monster Calls

  • BEST MUSIC SCORE

    • Arrival - Johann Johannson

    • Jackie - Mica Levi

    • La La Land - Justin Herwitz

    • Moonlight - Nicholas Brittle

    • The Neon Demon - Cliff Martinez

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK

    • Everybody Wants Some!!

    • La La Land

    • Moana

    • Sing Street

    • Trolls

  • BEST SONG

    • "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land

    • "City of Stars" - La La Land

    • "How Far I'll Go" - Moana

    • "You're Welcome" - Moana

    • "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Sing Street

  • BEST ACTION FILM

    • Captain America: Civil War

    • Deadpool

    • Doctor Strange

    • Hacksaw Ridge

    • Jason Bourne

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    • April and the Extraordinary World

    • Finding Dory

    • Kubo and the Two Strings

    • Moana

    • Zootopia

  • BEST COMEDY

    • Deadpool

    • Don't Think Twice

    • Florence Foster Jenkins

    • Hail, Caesar!

    • Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    • De Palma

    • The Eagle Huntress

    • Gleason

    • I Am Not Your Negro

    • Weiner

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    • Elle

    • The Handmaiden

    • A Man Called Ove

    • Our Little Sister

    • Toni Erdmann

  • BEST HORROR / SCIENCE-FICTION FILM

    • 10 Cloverfield Lane

    • Arrival

    • Doctor Strange

    • Don't Breathe

    • The Witch

  • BEST SCENE

    • Captain America: Civil War - Battle at the Leipzig/Halle Airport.

    • Deadpool - Opening credits.

    • Hail, Caesar! - "Would that it were so simple."

    • La La Land - Opening dance number, "Another Day of Sun."

    • Manchester by the Sea - Lee (Casey Affleck) and Randi (Michelle Williams) meet on the street.