Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2012


The 6th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts on January 5, 2013. The nominations were announced on December 15, 2012.

Winners and nominees

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

  • Argo
  • * Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • * Cloud Atlas
  • * Django Unchained
  • * Lincoln
  • * The Master
  • * Les Misérables
  • * Moonrise Kingdom
  • * Silver Linings Playbook
  • * Zero Dark Thirty
  • Holy Motors • France/Germany
  • * Amour • French
  • * The Intouchables • French
  • * A Royal Affair • Denmark
  • * Rust and Bone • France/Belgium
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
  • * John Hawkes – The Sessions
  • * Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
  • * Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
  • * Denzel Washington – Flight
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
  • * Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
  • * Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
  • * Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • * Naomi Watts – The Impossible
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
  • * Alan Arkin – Argo
  • * Javier Bardem – Skyfall
  • * Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
  • * Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike
  • Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
  • * Amy Adams – The Master
  • * Judi Dench – Skyfall
  • * Sally Field – Lincoln
  • * Helen Hunt – The Sessions
    • Best Direction of a Motion PictureBest Cinematography
  • Ben Affleck – Argo
  • * Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
  • * Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
  • * Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
  • * Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Skyfall – Roger Deakins
  • * Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
  • * Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński
  • * The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
  • * Les Misérables – Danny Cohen
    • Best Animated Feature FilmBest Documentary Feature
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • * Brave
  • * Frankenweenie
  • * ParaNorman
  • * Rise of the Guardians
  • Searching for Sugar Man
  • * Bully
  • * The Central Park Five
  • * The House I Live In
  • * The Imposter
  • * The Queen of Versailles
    • Best Original ScoreBest Original Song
  • Cloud Atlas – Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, and Tom Tykwer
  • * Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
  • * Hitchcock – Danny Elfman
  • * The Master – Johnny Greenwood
  • * Skyfall – Thomas Newman
  • * Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
  • * Lincoln – John Williams
  • "Skyfall" by Adele – Skyfall
  • * "Learn Me Right" by Mumford & Sons – Brave
  • * "Song of the Lonely Mountain" by Neil Finn – '
  • * "Suddenly" by Claude-Michel Schönberg – Les Misérables
  • * "Touch the Sky" by Alex Mandel and Mark Andrews – Brave
    • Best ScreenplayWorst Film
  • Lincoln – Tony Kushner
  • * Argo – Chris Terrio
  • * Looper – Rian Johnson
  • * Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
  • * Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
  • That's My Boy'
  • * Anna Karenina
  • * Battleship
  • * Prometheus
  • * The Three Stooges''

    • Individual awards

    Lifetime Achievement Award