2011 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

• Jean Dujardin - The Artist as George Valentin
• Michael Fassbender - Shame as Brandon Sullivan
• Ryan Gosling - Drive as The Driver
• Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as George Smiley
• Brad Pitt - Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress

• Viola Davis - The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Saoirse Ronan - Hanna as Hanna
• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
• Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

Best Animated Film

• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango
• ''Rio''

Best Cinematography

• The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
• Drive - Newton Thomas Sigel
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth

• War Horse - Janusz Kamiński

Best Director

• David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
• Alexander Payne - The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn - ''Drive''

Best Documentary Film

• Buck
• Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
• The Interrupters
• ''Tabloid''

Best Film

• The Descendants
• Drive
• My Week with Marilyn
• ''The Tree of Life''

Best Comedy

• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• Midnight in Paris
• The Muppets
• Paul
• ''Rango''

Best Foreign Language Film

• I Saw the Devil (Akmareul boattda) • South Korea
• Point Blank (À bout portant) • France
• Trollhunter (Trolljegeren) • Norway
• Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter) • Netherlands

Best Music

• Drive
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• The Muppets
• ''The Tree of Life''

Best Original Screenplay

• 50/50 - Will Reiser
• Hanna - Seth Lochhead and David Farr
• Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick
• Win Win - Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Drive - Hossein Amini
• The Help - Tate Taylor
• Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
• The Muppets - Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller

Best Supporting Actor

• John Goodman - The Artist as Al Zimmer
• John Hawkes - Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
• Jonah Hill - Moneyball as Peter Brand
• Alan Rickman - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Severus Snape

Best Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett - Hanna as Marissa
• Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life as Mrs. O'Brien
• Octavia Spencer - The Help as Minny Jackson
• Shailene Woodley - The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Visual Effects

• Captain America: The First Avenger

• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Super 8
• ''The Tree of Life''

Best Art-House or Festival Film

• Beginners
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

• ''Win Win''

Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence)

• The Artist: dance scene finale
• Drive: the elevator beating scene
• Drive: opening get-away scene

• Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
• Melancholia: the last scene