St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA): ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 7 including Best Picture, Director, Actor

Oppenheimer has won seven awards from the St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA), including Best Picture, Director for Christopher Nolan and Best Actor for Cillian Murphy.

Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Ryan Gosling (Barbie) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) won Best Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, respectively.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Film: Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Barbie)

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Greta Gerwig, Barbie)

Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers)
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Runner-up: Margot Robbie, Barbie)
Best Supporting Actor: Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Runner-up: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer & Charles Melton, May December)
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Runner-up: Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.)

Best Original Screenplay: Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie (Runner-up: David Hemingson, The Holdovers)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction)


Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Runner-up: The Boy and the Heron)
Best Documentary (tie): American Symphony & Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best International Feature: Anatomy of a Fall (Runner-up: The Zone of Interest)

Best Ensemble: The Holdovers (RUs: Barbie & Oppenheimer)

Best Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer (Runners-up: Robert D. Yeoman, Asteroid City & Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon)
Best Editing: Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer (Runner-up: Kirk Baxter, The Killer)
Best Production Design: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, Barbie (RU: Shona Heath and James Price, Poor Things)
Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran, Barbie (Runner-up: Holly Waddington, Poor Things)
Best Music Score: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (Runners-up: Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon & Marcelo Zavros, May December)
Best Music Soundtrack: Barbie (Runner-up: The Killer)
Best Visual Effects: The Creator (Runner-up: Oppenheimer)
Best Stunts: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Runner-up: John Wick: Chapter 4)

Best Action Movie (tie): John Wick: Chapter 4 & Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Best Comedy: The Holdovers (Runner-up: Barbie)
Best Horror: Talk to Me (Runner-up: Skinamarink)


Best Scene: Barbie – Gloria (America Ferrara)’s monologue on the impossible standards for women (Runner-up: John Wick: Chapter 4 – Staircase Fight)

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