Precursor: 16th St. Louis Critics Nominations (2021)

One would expect a film like West Side Story to top the nomination, but Licorice Pizza doing so is a bit of a surprise, though not a huge one. Not a lot of interest in this list overall.

Nominations Tallies

(9) Licorice Pizza, West Side Story
(8) Belfast, Dune, The Power of the Dog
(6) Last Night in Soho
(5) The Tragedy of Macbeth
(4) The French Dispatch
(3) Being the Ricardos, Flee, Free Guy, House of Gucci, Mass, Spencer

The Nominations

Best Film

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

Best Animated Film

Encanto
Flee
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Vivo

Best Director

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

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 Actress

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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Best Supporting Actress

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

Best Original Screenplay

Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Licorice Pizza
Mass
Pig

Best Adapted Screenplay

CODA
Drive My Car
Dune
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story

Best Score

Don’t Look Up
Dune
The Power of the Dog
Spencer
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Editing

Belfast
Dune
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
West Side Story

Best Cinematography

Belfast
Dune
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Best Production Design

Dune
The French Dispatch
Last Night in Soho
Nightmare Alley
West Side Story

Best Costume Design

Cruella
Dune
House of Gucci
Last Night in Soho
Spencer

Best Visual Effects

Black Widow
Dune
Finch
Free Guy
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best International Film

Drive My Car
Flee
The Hand of God
A Hero
Titane

Best Documentary

Flee
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
The Velvet Underground
Tina

Best Ensemble

Belfast
Being the Ricardos
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
Mass

Comedy Film

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

Action Film

Black Widow
Free Guy
Nobody
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Horror Film

Candyman
Lamb
Last Night in Soho
A Quiet Place Part II
Titane

Best Soundtrack

Cruella
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza
The Tender Bar
West Side Story

Best Scene

Boddy Freezes as the Rioters Approach – Belfast
Eloise and Sandi Share a Dance with Jack – Last Night in Soho
Driving in Reverse – Licorice Pizza
Sunday Brunch at the Diner – tick, tick…BOOM!
America – West Side Story