St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2016

Best Film[]

• La La Land
  • Runner-up (tie): Hell or High Water
  • Runner-up (tie): Manchester by the Sea
• Arrival
• Moonlight

Best Actor[]

• Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
  • Runner-up: Joel Edgerton - Loving
• Ryan Gosling - La La Land
• Tom Hanks - Sully
• Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic

Best Supporting Actor[]

• Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
  • Runner-up: Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea
• Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
• Dev Patel - Lion
• Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Original Screenplay[]

• Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
  • Runner-up: Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
• La La Land - Damien Chazelle
• Loving - Jeff Nichols
• Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Best Cinematography[]

• La La Land - Linus Sandgren
  • Runner-up: Moonlight - James Laxton
• Arrival - Bradford Young
• Café Society - Vittorio Storaro
• Hail, Caesar! - Roger Deakins

Best Editing[]

• Jackie - Sebastián Sepúlveda
  • Runner-up (tie): Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert
  • Runner-up (tie): La La Land - Tom Cross
• Moonlight - Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders
• Nocturnal Animals - Joan Sobel

Best Production Design[]

• The Handmaiden - Seong-hee Ryu
  • Runner-up (tie): Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig and James Hambidge
  • Runner-up (tie): Jackie - Jean Rabasse
  • Runner-up (tie): La La Land - David Wasco
• Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor

Best Horror / Science-Fiction Film[]

• The Witch
  • Runner-up: Arrival
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Doctor Strange
• Don't Breathe

Best Foreign Language Film[]

• Elle
  • Runner-up: The Handmaiden
• A Man Called Ove
• Our Little Sister
• Toni Erdmann

Best Animated Feature[]

• Zootopia
  • Runner-up: Kubo and the Two Strings
• April and the Extraordinary World
• Finding Dory
• Moana

Best Scene[]

• La La Land - Opening dance number, "Another Day of Sun."
  • Runner-up: Hail, Caesar! - "Would that it were so simple."
• Captain America: Civil War - Battle at the Leipzig/Halle Airport.
• Deadpool - Opening credits.
• Manchester by the Sea - Lee (Casey Affleck) and Randi (Michelle Williams) meet on the street.

Best Director[]

• Damien Chazelle - La La Land
  • Runner-up (tie): Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
  • Runner-up (tie): Denis Villeneuve - Arrival
• Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
• David Mackenzie - Hell or High Water

Best Actress[]

• Isabelle Huppert - Elle
  • Runner-up: Natalie Portman - Jackie
• Amy Adams - Arrival
• Ruth Negga - Loving
• Emma Stone - La La Land

Best Supporting Actress[]

• Viola Davis - Fences
  • Runner-up: Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea
• Lily Gladstone - Certain Women
• Greta Gerwig - 20th Century Women
• Naomie Harris - Moonlight

Best Adapted Screenplay[]

• Love & Friendship - Whit Stillman (Screenplay); Jane Austen (Novel)
  • Runner-up: Arrival - Eric Heisserer (Screenplay); Ted Chiang (Short Story)
• Fences - August Wilson (Screenplay and Play)
• Lion - Luke Davies (Screenplay); Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose (Book)
• Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford (Screenplay); Austin Wright (Novel)

Best Visual Effects[]

• The Jungle Book
  • Runner-up: Doctor Strange
• Arrival
• La La Land
• A Monster Calls

Best Music Score[]

• La La Land - Justin Hurwitz
  • Runner-up: Jackie - Mica Levi
• Arrival - Jóhann Jóhannsson
• Moonlight - Nicholas Britell
• The Neon Demon - Cliff Martinez

Best Soundtrack[]

• Sing Street
  • Runner-up: La La Land
• Everybody Wants Some!!
• Moana
• Trolls

Best Song[]

• "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" - La La Land
  • Runner-up: "City of Stars" - La La Land
• "How Far I'll Go" - Moana
• "You're Welcome" - Moana
• "Drive It Like You Stole It" - Sing Street

Best Documentary Feature[]

• I Am Not Your Negro
  • Runner-up: Weiner
• De Palma
• The Eagle Huntress
• Gleason

Best Comedy[]

• Hail, Caesar!
  • Runner-up: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
• Deadpool
• Don't Think Twice
• Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Action Film[]

• Captain America: Civil War
  • Runner-up: Doctor Strange
• Deadpool
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Jason Bourne

These films had multiple nominations:

• 14 nominations: La La Land
• 8 nominations: Arrival, Moonlight
• 7 nominations: Manchester by the Sea
• 4 nominations: Hell or High Water, Jackie
• 3 nominations: Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Loving
• 2 nominations: Lion