• Each year, the St. Louis Film Critics Association bestows awards on those films that exhibit excellence in particular categories. The 2020 nominees and winners are listed below. Winners were announced January 18, 2021.

  • Eligible films are those that opened in the greater St. Louis area or had an online premiere during the 2020 calendar year – including those film that were given awards-qualifying runs in 2019, but were not available to all StLFCA members until 2020. Films slated for release in early in 2021 are also eligible if a press screening, DVD screener, or screening link was provided to all StLFCA members.

  • Lists of winners from previous years are linked at the bottom of the page.

2020 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

[Winners Announced January 18, 2021.]

  • BEST FILM: Nomadland

  • BEST DIRECTOR: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

  • BEST ACTOR: Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  • BEST ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Youn Yuh-jung - Minari

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay); Iain Reid (Novel)

  • BEST EDITING: Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mank - Donald Graham Burt

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Tenet

  • BEST SCORE: Soul - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK: Promising Young Woman

  • BEST ACTION FILM: Tenet

  • BEST COMEDY FILM: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

  • BEST HORROR FILM: The Invisible Man

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Soul

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Collective

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE: Another Round

  • BEST SCENE: The Invisible Man - A restaurant meet-up between sisters is interrupted.

    Complete List of Nominees

  • BEST FILM

    • First Cow

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things

    • Nomadland

    • Promising Young Woman

    • The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    • Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

    • Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

    • Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

    • Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7

    • Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

  • BEST ACTOR

    • Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

    • Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    • Anthony Hopkins – The Father

    • Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods

    • Gary Oldman – Mank

  • BEST ACTRESS

    • Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things

    • Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    • Vaness Kirby – Pieces of a Woman

    • Frances McDormand – Nomadland

    • Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    • Bo Burnham - Promising Young Woman

    • Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7

    • Bill Murray - On the Rocks

    • Leslie Odom Jr. - One Night in Miami

    • Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    • Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    • Ellen Burstyn - Pieces of a Woman

    • Olivia Coleman - The Father

    • Amanda Seyfried - Mank

    • Youn Yuh-jung - Minari

  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    • Mank - Jack Fincher

    • Minari - Lee Isaac Chung

    • Palm Springs - Andy Siara

    • Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell

    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Aaron Sorkin

  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    • First Cow - Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt (Screenplay); Johnathan Raymond (Novel)

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Charlie Kaufman (Screenplay); Iain Reid (Novel)

    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Screenplay); August Wilson (Play)

    • Nomadland - Chloé Zhao (Screenplay); Jessica Bruder (Book)

    • One Night in Miami - Kemp Powers (Screenplay and Play)

  • BEST EDITING

    • Hamilton - Jonah Moran

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Robert Frazen

    • Mank - Kirk Baxter

    • Nomadland - Chloé Zhao

    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Alan Baumgarten

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Da 5 Bloods - Newton Thomas Sigel

    • Mank - Erik Messerschmidt

    • News of the World - Dariusz Wolski

    • Nomadland - Joshua James Richards

    • Promising Young Woman - Benjamin Kracun

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    • Emma. - Kave Quinn

    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom - Mark Ricker

    • Mank - Donald Graham Burt

    • The Personal History of David Copperfield - Christina Casali

    • Promising Young Woman - Michael Perry

  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    • Birds of Prey

    • The Invisible Man

    • Mank

    • The Midnight Sky

    • Tenet

  • BEST SCORE

    • Mank - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

    • News of the World - James Newton Howard

    • Nomadland - Ludovico Einaudi

    • Soul - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

    • Tenet - Ludwig Göransson

  • BEST SOUNDTRACK

    • Birds of Prey

    • Da 5 Bloods

    • Hamilton

    • Small Axe: Lovers Rock

    • Promising Young Woman

  • BEST ACTION FILM

    • Birds of Prey

    • The Gentlemen

    • Greyhound

    • The Old Guard

    • Tenet

  • BEST COMEDY FILM

    • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

    • Emma.

    • The King of Staten Island

    • On the Rocks

    • Palm Springs

  • BEST HORROR FILM

    • Alone

    • The Invisible Man

    • La Llorona

    • Possessor: Uncut

    • The Vast of Night

  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    • Onward

    • Over the Moon

    • Soul

    • The Wolf House

    • Wolfwalkers

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    • City Hall

    • Collective

    • Dick Johnson Is Dead

    • My Octopus Teacher

    • The Social Dilemma

  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

    • Another Round

    • Bacurau

    • Beanpole

    • Collective

    • Vitalina Varela

  • BEST SCENE

    • The Assistant - Making a complaint to Human Resources.

    • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - An interview with Rudy Giuliani.

    • I’m Thinking of Ending Things - Dinner with the parents.

    • The Invisible Man - A restaurant meet-up between sisters is interrupted.

    • Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Administering the clinic questionnaire.

2019 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

2018 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

2017 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

2016 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

2015 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

2014 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

2013 StLFCA Annual Award Winners

2012 StLFCA Annual Award Winners