2023 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

The nominees for the 20th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 10, 2023.

20th StLFCA Awards

December 17, 2023

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Best Film:
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer led the nominations with fourteen, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon with twelve and Barbie with eleven; the category "Best Stunts" was added. Additionally, the StLFCA recognized two groups for special merits involving the industry's labor strikes in 2023.^[1][2][3]

The winners were announced on December 17, 2023.^[4][5][6]

Winners and nominees

Best Film Oppenheimer Runner-up: Barbie American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro May December Past Lives The Zone of Interest Best Actor Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer Runner-up: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon as Ernest Burkhart Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Best Supporting Actor Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Runner-up: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss (TIE) Runner-up: Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo (TIE) Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully Best Original Screenplay Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Runner-up: The Holdovers – David Hemingson Air – Alex Convery Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari Past Lives – Celine Song Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Runner-up: The Boy and the Heron Elemental Robot Dreams Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Best International Feature Anatomy of a Fall • France Runner-up: The Zone of Interest • United Kingdom Fallen Leaves • Finland Perfect Days • Japan The Teachers' Lounge • Germany Best Cinematography Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema Runner-up: Asteroid City – Robert Yeoman (TIE) Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto (TIE) Maestro – Matthew Libatique The Zone of Interest – Łukasz Żal Best Costume Design Barbie – Jacqueline Durran Runner-up: Poor Things – Holly Waddington Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West and Julie O'Keefe Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick Priscilla – Stacey Battat Best Score Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson Runner-up: Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson (TIE) Runner-up: May December – Marcelo Zarvos (TIE) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi Best Visual Effects The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Neil Corbould, and Andrew Roberts Runner-up: Oppenheimer – Dave Drzewiecki, Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, and Giacomo Mineo Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Theo Bialek, Stéphane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, and Guy Williams Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Simone Coco, Neil Corbould, Jeff Sutherland, and Alex Wuttke Best Comedy Film The Holdovers Runner-up: Barbie American Fiction Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Bottoms Best Scene Barbie – Gloria's monologue on the impossible standards set for women Runner-up: John Wick: Chapter 4 – Fight on the 222 steps leading up to the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris Killers of the Flower Moon – Radio show finale Maestro – Leonard Bernstein conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 2 at Ely Cathedral Oppenheimer – Trinity test

Best Director Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Runner-up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie Todd Haynes – May December Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Celine Song – Past Lives Best Actress Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Runner-up: Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie Greta Lee – Past Lives as Nora Moon Natalie Portman – May December as Elizabeth Berry Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter Best Supporting Actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Runner-up: Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Barbara Simon Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer Viola Davis – Air as Deloris Jordan Julianne Moore – May December as Gracie Atherton-Yoo Best Adapted Screenplay Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan; based on the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Runner-up: American Fiction – Cord Jefferson; based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. – Kelly Fremon Craig; based on the novel by Judy Blume Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese; based on the book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer; based on the novel by Martin Amis Best Documentary Feature American Symphony (TIE) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (TIE) Beyond Utopia It Ain't Over Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros Best Ensemble The Holdovers Runner-up: Barbie (TIE) Runner-up: Oppenheimer (TIE) Asteroid City Killers of the Flower Moon Best Editing Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame Runner-up: The Killer – Kirk Baxter The Holdovers – Kevin Tent Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker Maestro – Michelle Tesoro Best Production Design Barbie – Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer Runner-up: Poor Things – James Price, Shona Heath, and Zsuzsa Mihalek Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong Best Soundtrack Barbie Runner-up: The Killer Air The Holdovers Maestro Best Action Film John Wick: Chapter 4 (TIE) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (TIE) Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny The Killer Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Best Horror Film Talk to Me Runner-up: Skinamarink Evil Dead Rise Knock at the Cabin M3GAN Best Stunts Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Wade Eastwood Runner-up: John Wick: Chapter 4 – Scott Rogers and Stephen Dunlevy Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – Mike Massa and Abdelaaziz Attougui The Iron Claw – Chavo Guerrero Jr. The Killer – Dave Macomber Special Merits A24 – For showing solidarity with the actors and writers by securing approval from SAG-AFTRA and WGA to continue filmmaking and publicity. The Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America – For fighting for artists' equity and protecting the future of filmmaking by striking against practices that minimize or eliminate protection and living wages for artists.