2006 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

The 3rd St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards, retroactively known as the St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards, were given on January 7, 2007.

3rd SLGFCA Awards

January 7, 2007

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Best Film:
The Departed

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Best Directors:
Martin Scorsese
The Departed

Top Films of 2006

(in alphabetical order)

• Blood Diamond
• The Departed
• Dreamgirls
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The Good Shepherd
• The Last King of Scotland
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Queen
• United 93

Winners & Nominees

Source:^[1]

Best Actor

Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin

• Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
• Matt Damon - The Good Shepherd
• Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
• Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
• Edward Norton - The Painted Veil
• Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Actress

Helen Mirren - The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II

• Annette Bening - Running with Scissors
• Juliette Binoche - Breaking and Entering
• Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
• Kate Winslet - Little Children

Best Animated or Children's Film

Cars

• Charlotte's Web
• Happy Feet
• Monster House
• Over the Hedge

Best Cinematography

The Painted Veil

• Babel
• Blood Diamond
• The Departed
• Flags of Our Fathers
• Hollywoodland
• Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Director

Martin Scorsese - The Departed

• Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
• Robert De Niro - The Good Shepherd
• Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers
• Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
• Stephen Frears - The Queen
• Paul Greengrass - United 93
• Edward Zwick - Blood Diamond

Best Documentary

An Inconvenient Truth

• Deliver Us from Evil
• The Heart of the Game
• Iraq for Sale
• Why We Fight

Best Foreign Language Film

El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) • Mexico/Spain/United States

• Apocalypto
• Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
• Sorstalanság (Fateless)
• Volver (To Return)
• Zui hao de shi guang (Three Times)

Best Overlooked Film

Running with Scissors

• Brick
• Brothers of the Head
• Kekexili: Mountain Patrol
• Keeping Up with the Steins
• Deliver Us from Evil
• Lonesome Jim

Best Picture

The Departed

• Blood Diamond
• Dreamgirls
• Flags of Our Fathers
• The Good Shepherd
• The Last King of Scotland
• Notes on a Scandal
• The Queen
• United 93

Best Screenplay

The Queen - Peter Morgan

• Bobby - Emilio Estevez
• The Departed - William Monahan
• Little Children - Todd Field
• Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
• Notes on a Scandal - Patrick Marber
• Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman

Best Supporting Actor

Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy

• Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
• Adam Beach - Flags of Our Fathers
• Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine
• Chalo Gonzales - Quinceañera
• Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
• Jack Nicholson - The Departed

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls as Effie White

• Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
• Jill Clayburgh - Running with Scissors
• Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
• Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
• Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
• Lili Taylor - Factotum

Best Visual/Special Effects

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

• The Fountain
• El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)
• V for Vendetta
• Superman Returns
• District B-13

Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film

United 93

• The Science of Sleep
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Brick
• Little Children
• Zen Noir
• El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)