Dune: Part Two gets a thumbs-up from the St. Louis critics, an outré choice to be sure while picking mostly traditional choices the rest of the way down.

Awards Tallies

(3) Dune: Part Two
(2) The Brutalist, Conclave, Nickel Boys, Nosferatu, Wicked, The Wild Robot
(1) Anora, Civil War, A Complete Unknown, The Fall Guy, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Hundreds of Beavers, No Other Land, A Real Pain, Saturday Night, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, The Substance

The Awards

Best Film

Dune: Part Two (Runner-Up: Anora)

Best Animated Film

The Wild Robot (Runner-Up: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl)

Best Director

Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two (Runner-Up: Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed of the Sacred Fig)

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (Runner-Up: Colman Domingo – Sing Sing)

Best Actress

Mikey Madison – Anora (Runner-Up: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths)

Best Supporting Actor

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (Runner-Up: Denzel Washington – Gladiator II)

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked (Runner-Up: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys)

Best Original Screenplay

Saturday Night (Runner-Up: Hard Truths)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Conclave (Runner-Up: Dune: Part Two)

Best Original Score

The Brutalist (Runner-Up: Challengers)

Best Editing

Nickel Boys (Runner-Up: September 5)

Best Cinematography

Nosferatu (Runner-Up: Dune: Part Two)

Best Production Design

Nosferatu (Runner-Up: Wicked)

Best Costume Design

Wicked (Runner-Up: Nosferatu)

Best Visual Effects

Dune: Part Two (Runner-Up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes)

Best International Feature Film

The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Runner-Up: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World)

Best Documentary Feature

No Other Land (Runner-Up: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story)

Best First Feature Film

RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys (Runner-Up: Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson)

Best Vocal Performance

Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot (Runner-Up: Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2)

Best Ensemble

Conclave (Runner-Up: Saturday Night)

Best Soundtrack

A Complete Unknown (Runner-Up: Wicked)

Best Stunts

The Fall Guy (Runner-Up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)

Best Comedy Film

Hundreds of Beavers (Runner-Up: Deadpool & Wolverine)

Best Action Film

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Runner-Up: Dune: Part Two)

Best Horror Film

The Substance (Runner-Up: Nosferatu)

Best Scene

What kind of an American are you? – Civil War (Runner-Up: War Rig battle – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)

St. Louis Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 2004
First Awards: 2006 (19)