St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2021

Best Film

• Licorice Pizza
  • Belfast
  • The Power of the Dog
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • West Side Story

Best Actor

• Nicolas Cage – Pig
  • Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
  • Andrew Garfield – tick, tick... BOOM!
  • Will Smith – King Richard
  • Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Supporting Actor

• Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
  • Ben Affleck – The Last Duel
  • Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
  • Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
  • Jared Leto – House of Gucci

Best Original Screenplay

• Mass – Fran Kranz
  • Being the Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
  • Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
  • Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Pig – Michael Sarnoski (screenplay); Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski (story)

Best Animated Film

• The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  • Encanto
  • Flee
  • Luca
  • Vivo

Best International Film

• Drive My Car • Japan
  • Flee • Denmark
  • The Hand of God • Italy
  • A Hero • Iran
  • Titane • France

Best Cinematography

• The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
  • Belfast – Haris Zambarloukos
  • Dune – Greig Fraser
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel
  • West Side Story – Janusz Kamiński

Best Costume Design

• Cruella – Jenny Beavan
  • Dune – Robert Morgan and Jacqueline West
  • House of Gucci – Janty Yates
  • Last Night in Soho – Odile Dicks-Mireaux
  • Spencer – Jacqueline Durran

Best Score

• Dune – Hans Zimmer
  • Don't Look Up – Nicholas Britell
  • The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
  • Spencer – Jonny Greenwood
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth – Carter Burwell

Best Visual Effects

• Dune – Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer
  • Black Widow – Geoffrey Baumann, Paul Corbould, Craig Hammack, and Dave Hodgins
  • Finch – Burt Dalton and Scott Stokdyk
  • Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, and Dan Sudick
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth – Michael Huber and Alex Lemke

Best Comedy Film

• Licorice Pizza
  • Don't Look Up
  • Free Guy
  • The French Dispatch
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Scene

• Licorice Pizza – Driving in reverse
  • Belfast – Buddy freezes as the rioters approach
  • Last Night in Soho – Eloise and Sandi share a dance with Jack
  • tick, tick... BOOM! – Sunday brunch at the diner
  • West Side Story – "America"

Best Director

• Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
  • Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
  • Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
  • Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
  • Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
  • Denis Villeneuve – Dune

Best Actress

• Kristen Stewart – Spencer
  • Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
  • Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
  • Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
  • Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos

Best Supporting Actress

• Ann Dowd – Mass
  • Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
  • Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
  • Rita Moreno – West Side Story
  • Ruth Negga – Passing

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion; based on the novel by Thomas Savage
  • CODA – Sian Heder; based on the film La Famille Bélier (scenario by Victoria Bedos and Stanislas Carré de Malberg, screenplay by Éric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain)
  • short story by Haruki Murakami
  • Dune – Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve; based on the novel by Frank Herbert
  • West Side Story – Tony Kushner; based on the stage play book by Arthur Laurents