2024 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Winners: ‘Dune: Part Two’ is Best Film

The 2024 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) winners have been announced and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was named Best Film and Best Director among its three wins.

Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Mikey Madison (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys) won the lead and supporting acting awards while Conclave and Saturday Night won the adapted and original screenplay honors, respectively.

Here is the complete list of winners and runners-up.

Best Film: Dune: Part Two (runner-up: Anora)

Best Director: Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two (runner-up: Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig)

Best Actor: Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (runner-up: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist)
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: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys (runner-up: Ariana Grande, Wicked)

Best Original Screenplay: Gil Kenan and Jason Reitman, Saturday Night (runner-up: Mike Leigh, Hard Truths)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Straughan, Conclave (runner-up: Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part Two)

Best Animated Feature: The Wild Robot (runner-up: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl)
Best Documentary Feature: No Other Land (runner-up: Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story)
Best International Film: The Seed of the Sacred Fig (runner-up: Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World)

Best Ensemble: Saturday Night (runner-up: Conclave)

Best Vocal Performance: Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot (runner-up: Maya Hawke, Inside Out 2)

Best Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu (runner-up: Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two)
Best Editing: Nicholas Monsour, Nickel Boys (runner-up: Hansjörg Weißbrich, September 5)
Best Production Design: Craig Lathrop, Beatrice Brentnerova, & Paul Ghirardani, Nosferatu (runner-up: Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales, Wicked)
Best Costume Design: Paul Tazewell, Wicked (runner-up: Linda Muir, Nosferatu)
Best Music Score: Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist (runner-up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers)
Best Soundtrack: A Complete Unknown (runner-up: Wicked)
Best Visual Effects: Dune: Part Two (runner-up: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes)
Best Stunts: The Fall Guy (runner-up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga)

Best Action Film: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (runner-up: Dune: Part Two)
Best Comedy Film: Hundreds of Beavers (runner-up: Deadpool & Wolverine)
Best Horror Film: Nosferatu (runner-up The Substance)

Best First Feature: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (runner-up: Malcolm Washington, The Piano Lesson)

Best Scene: Civil War – “What kind of an American are you?” (runner-up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: – War Rig battle)