Annual StLFCA Awards
Each year in December, the St. Louis Film Critics Association bestows awards on those films that exhibit excellence in particular categories. The 2015 winners are listed below. Lists of winners from previous years are linked at the bottom of the page.
2015 StLFCA Annual Award Winners
[Awards Announced December 21, 2015.]
- Best Film: Spotlight
- Best Director: Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
- Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
- Best Actress: Brie Larson - Room
- Best Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone - Creed
- Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
- Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight - Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
- Best Adapted Screenplay: The Martian - Drew Goddard (Screenplay); Andy Weir (Novel)
- Best Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
- Best Cinematography: The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
- Best Art Direction: Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson (Production Designer)
- Best Visual Effects: Mad Max: Fury Road
- Best Score: The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
- Best Soundtrack: Love & Mercy
- Best Song: "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre
- Best Animated Film: Inside Out
- Best Comedy Film: Trainwreck
- Best Documentary Film: Amy
- Best Foreign Language Film: Goodnight Mommy
- Best Scene: The Revenant - Hugh is mauled by a grizzly.
- Special Recognition: Mad Max: Fury Road for its stunt work.
Complete List of Nominations
- Best Film
- Inside Out
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Room
- Spotlight
- BEST DIRECTOR
- Todd Haynes - Carol
- Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant
- Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
- George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
- Ridley Scott - The Martian
- BEST ACTOR
- Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
- Matt Damon - The Martian
- Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
- Ian McKellen - Mr. Holmes
- Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
- BEST ACTRESS
- Cate Blanchett - Carol
- Brie Larson - Room
- Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
- Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
- Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
- Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
- Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
- Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
- Sylvester Stallone - Creed
- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
- Rooney Mara - Carol
- Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria
- Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
- Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
- BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Clouds of Sils Maria - Olivier Assayas
- Ex Machina - Alex Garland
- The Hateful Eight - Quentin Tarantino
- Inside Out - Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen
- Spotlight - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
- BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Brooklyn - Nick Hornby (Screenplay); Colm Tóibín (Novel)
- Creed - Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington (Screenplay); Sylvester Stallone (Characters)
- The Martian - Drew Goddard (Screenplay); Andy Weir (Novel)
- Room - Emma Donoghue (Screenplay and Novel)
- Steve Jobs - Aaron Sorkin (Screenplay); Walter Isaacson (Book)
- BEST EDITING
- The Big Short - Hank Corwin
- Max Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
- The Martian - Pietro Scalia
- The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione
- Spotlight - Tom McArdle
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Beasts of No Nation - Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Carol - Edward Lachman
- The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
- Max Max: Fury Road - John Seale
- The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
- BEST ART DIRECTION
- Brooklyn - François Séguin (Production Designer)
- Carol - Judy Becker (Production Designer)
- Cinderella - Dante Ferretti (Production Designer)
- The Danish Girl - Eve Stewart (Production Designer)
- Max Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson (Production Designer)
- BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Ex Machina
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- The Walk
- BEST MUSIC SCORE
- Carol - Carter Burwell
- The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
- Inside Out - Michael Giacchino
- It Follows - Rich Vreeland (as Disasterpeace)
- Mad Max: Fury Road - Tom Holkenborg (as Junkie XL)
- BEST SOUNDTRACK
- Amy
- Dope
- Love & Mercy
- The Martian
- Straight Outta Compton
- BEST SONG
- "See You Again" - Furious 7
- "Til It Happens to You" - The Hunting Ground
- "Feels Like Summer" - Shaun the Sheep Movie
- "Writing's on the Wall" - Spectre
- "Simple Song #3" - Youth
- BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Anomalisa
- The Good Dinosaur
- Inside Out
- The Peanuts Movie
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- BEST COMEDY
- Inside Out
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Spy
- Trainwreck
- What We Do in the Shadows
- BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Amy
- Best of Enemies
- Cartel Land
- The Hunting Ground
- The Look of Silence
- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- The Assassin
- Goodnight Mommy
- Phoenix
- Son of Saul
- Wild Tales
- BEST SCENE
- Creed - Adonis' first fight.
- Furious 7 - Farewell to Paul Walker.
- The Revenant - Hugh is mauled by a grizzly.
- Room - Jack escapes Room.
- The Walk - The walk between the Towers.
