Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2009


The 3rd Houston Film Critics Society Awards nominations were announced on the December 17, 2009. The 2009 awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts on December 19, 2009. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface
Best PictureBest Foreign Language Film

  • The Hurt Locker
  • * Days of Summer
  • * Avatar
  • * District 9
  • * Inglourious Basterds
  • * Invictus
  • * Precious
  • * Star Trek
  • * Up
  • * Up in the Air
  • Sin Nombre • Spain
  • * 35 Shots of Rum • Canada
  • * Broken Embraces • Spain
  • * Cape No. 7 • Taiwan
  • * Red Cliff • China
  • * The Stoning of Soraya M. • United States/Iran
  • * Summer Hours • France
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • George Clooney - Up in the Air
  • * Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
  • * Morgan Freeman - Invictus
  • * Viggo Mortensen - The Road
  • * Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
  • Carey Mulligan - An Education
  • * Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
  • * Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
  • * Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
  • * Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
  • * Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
  • * Zach Galifianakis - The Hangover
  • * Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
  • * Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
  • * Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
  • Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
  • * Penélope Cruz - Nine
  • * Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
  • * Mo'Nique - Precious
  • * Samantha Morton - The Messenger
    • Best Direction of a Motion PictureBest Cinematography
  • Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
  • * James Cameron - Avatar
  • * Lee Daniels - Precious
  • * Clint Eastwood - Invictus
  • * Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
  • * Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
  • The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
  • * Avatar - Mauro Fiore and Vince Pace
  • * The Lovely Bones - Andrew Lesnie
  • * Nine - Dion Beebe
  • * The Road - Javier Aguirresarobe
    • Best Animated Feature FilmBest Documentary Feature
  • Up
  • * 9
  • * Coraline
  • * Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • * The Princess and the Frog
  • The Cove
  • * Burma VJ
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  • * Every Little Step
  • * Food, Inc.
  • * Tyson
    • Best Original ScoreBest Original Song
  • Up - Michael Giacchino
  • * Avatar - James Horner
  • * Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat
  • * The Informant! - Marvin Hamlisch
  • * Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer
  • "Petey's Song" by Jarvis Cocker, Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • * "" by Randy Newman - The Princess and the Frog
  • * "Cinema Italiano" by Maury Yeston - Nine
  • * "Colorblind" by Daniel Po - Invictus
  • * "Depression Era" by Patterson Hood - That Evening Sun
  • * "The Weary Kind" by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett - Crazy Heart
    • Best Screenplay
  • Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner'
  • * The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
  • * Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
  • * In the Loop - Jesse Armstrong
  • * Precious'' - Geoffrey S. Fletcher