St. Louis Film Critics Winners

Best Film - The Artist
       Runner Up - The Descendants
Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius "The Artist
       Runner Up - Terrence Malick "The Tree of Life"
Best Actor - George Clooney "The Descendants"
       Runner Up - Ryan Gosling "Drive"
Best Actress - Rooney Mara "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
       Runner Up - Meryl Streep "The Iron Lady" and Michelle Williams "My Week With Marilyn"
Best Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks "Drive"
       Runner Up - Alan Rickman "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Best Supporting Actress - Berenice Bojo "The Arist"
       Runner Up - Octavia Spencer "The Help" and Shailene Woodley "The Descendants"
Best Adapted Screenplay - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash "The Descendants"
       Runner Up - Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin "Moneyball"
Best Cinematography - The Tree of Life
       Runner Up - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and War Horse
Best Visual Effects - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
       Runner Up - Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Music - The Artist
       Runner Up - Drive
Best Foreign Langauge - 13 Assassins
       Runner Up - Winter in Wartime
Best Documentary - Being Elmo
       Runner Up - Tabloid
Best Comedy - Bridesmaids
       Runner Up - Midnight In Paris
Best Animated Film  - The Adventures of Tintin
       Runner Up - Rango     
Best Artistic/Creative Film - We Need to Talk About Kevin
       Runner Up - Win Win
Special Merit for Best Scene - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Opening Credits)
       Runner Up - The Artist (Final Dance Scene)