Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Artist” led the winners for both the Houston Film Critics Awards and the St. Louis Film Critics Awards, taking best picture from both groups.
The full list of nominations and winners are below. Check out a list of all the awards so far this year here.
Houston Film Critics:
Best Picture
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Drive”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Midnight in Paris”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
“Win Win”
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Nicolas Winding Refn, “Drive”
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”
Best Actor
George Clooney, “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Michael Fassbender, “Shame”
Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”
Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter”
Best Actress
Viola Davis, “The Help”
Elizabeth Olsen, “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
Tilda Swinton, “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Michelle Williams, “My Week with Marilyn”
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks, “Drive”
Armie Hammer, “J. Edgar”
Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Andy Serkis, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Alex Shaffer, “Win Win”
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”
Best Screenplay
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“50/50”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Win Win”
Best Cinematography
“The Artist”
“Drive”
“Hugo”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”
Best Score
“The Adventures of Tintin”
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”
“Shame”
“War Horse”
Best Song
“Lay Your Head Down” from “Albert Nobbs”
“Star Spangled Man” from “Captain America: The First Avenger”
“The Living Proof” from “The Help”
“Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets”
“Think You can Wait” from “Win Win”
Best Animated Film
“The Adventures of Tintin”
“Happy Feet Two”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”
“Winnie the Pooh”
Best Foreign Film
“The Artist”
“Elite Squad: The Enemy Within”
“I Saw the Devil”
“The Skin I Live In”
“13 Assassins”
Best Documentary
“Buck”
“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
“The Elephant in the Room”
“Project Nim”
“Undefeated”
Worst Film of the Year
“Jack and Jill”
“Red Riding Hood”
“The Sitter”
“The Smurfs”
“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1”
“Your Highness”
Humanitarian Honor: Joanne Herring
Lifetime Achievement: Jeff Bridges
St. Louis Film Critics:
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
My Week With Marilyn
Tree of Life
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Terrence Malick for Tree of Life
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
David Fincher for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
Best Actor
Ryan Gosling for Drive
George Clooney for The Descendants
Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Michael Fassbender for Shame
Brad Pitt for Moneyball
Best Actress
Viola Davis for The Help
Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Saoirse Ronan for Hanna
Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor
John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Albert Brooks for Drive
John Goodman for The Artist
Alan Rickman for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Jonah Hill for Moneyball
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett for Hanna
Octavia Spencer for The Help
Shailene Woodley for The Descendants
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist
Jessica Chastain for Tree Of Life
Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Terrence Malick for Tree Of Life
Woody Allen for Midnight In Paris
Seth Lochhead and David Farr for Hanna
Will Reiser for 50/50
Thomas McCarthy and Joe Tiboni for Win Win
Best Adapted Screenplay
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin and Michael Lewis (book) for Moneyball
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Kaui Hart Hemmings (novel) for The Descendants
Tate Taylor and Kathryn Stockett (novel) for The Help
Hossein Amini and James Sallis (book) for Drive
Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller and Jim Henson (characters) for The Muppets
Best Cinematography
Newton Thomas Sigel for Drive
Emmanuel Lubezki for Tree Of Life
Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist
Janusz Kaminski for War Horse
Jeff Cronenweth for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Visual Effects
Tree Of Life
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Super 8
Captain America
Best Music
The Artist
Drive
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Muppets
Tree of Life
Best Foreign-Language Film
13 Assassins
Point Blank
I Saw The Devil
Trollhunter
Winter in Wartime
Best Documentary
Being Elmo
The Interrupters
Tabloid
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Buck
Best Comedy
The Muppets
Midnight In Paris
Bridesmaids
Rango
Paul
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Best Animated Film
Rango
Kung Fu Panda 2
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Puss In Boots
Rio
Best Art-House or Festival Film
– for excellence in art-house cinema, limited to films that played at film festivals or film series here or those that had a limited-release here, playing one or two cinemas.
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Win Win
Beginners
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Best Scene
– favorite movie scene or sequence
Drive: the elevator beating scene
Drive: opening get-away scene
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: opening credits
The Artist: dance scene finale
Melancholia: the last scene
Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence
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