St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2006

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

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

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/USA

• 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)