Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2019


The 13th Houston Film Critics Society Awards was held on January 2, 2020 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States. The nominations were announced on December 16, 2019.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
Best PictureBest Director

  • Parasite
  • *1917
  • *The Farewell
  • *The Irishman
  • *Jojo Rabbit
  • *Joker
  • *Knives Out
  • *Marriage Story
  • *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • *Uncut Gems
  • Bong Joon-hoParasite
  • * Sam Mendes1917
  • * Martin ScorseseThe Irishman
  • * Quentin TarantinoOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • * Lulu WangThe Farewell
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Adam Driver – Marriage Story
  • *Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • *Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name
  • *Joaquin Phoenix – Joker
  • *Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems
  • Renée ZellwegerJudy
  • *Awkwafina – The Farewell
  • *Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story
  • *Lupita Nyong'o – Us
  • *Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
  • *Charlize Theron – Bombshell
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • *Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse
  • *Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes
  • *Al Pacino – The Irishman
  • *Joe Pesci – The Irishman
  • Zhao ShuzhenThe Farewell
  • *Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell
  • *Laura Dern – Marriage Story
  • *Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit
  • *Florence Pugh – Little Women
  • *Margot Robbie – Bombshell
  • Best ScreenplayBest Animated Feature Film
  • Knives Out – Rian Johnson
  • *Marriage StoryNoah Baumbach
  • *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino
  • *Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won
  • *The Farewell – Lulu Wang
  • Toy Story 4
  • * Frozen II
  • * '
  • * I Lost My Body
  • * Missing Link
  • * '
  • Best Documentary FeatureBest Foreign Language Film
  • Apollo 11
  • * American Factory
  • *The Biggest Little Farm
  • *For Sama
  • *Hail Satan?
  • *They Shall Not Grow Old
  • Parasite
  • *Atlantics
  • *Corpus Christi
  • *Les Misérables
  • *Monos
  • *Pain and Glory
  • Best Original ScoreBest Original Song
  • 1917 – Thomas Newman
  • *JokerHildur Guðnadóttir
  • *Little WomenAlexandre Desplat
  • *Marriage StoryRandy Newman
  • *UsMichael Abels
  • "Glasgow " – Wild Rose
  • *"Home to You" – The Aeronauts
  • *"I Punched Keanu Reeves" – Always Be My Maybe
  • *" Love Me Again" – Rocketman
  • *"Into the Unknown" – Frozen II
  • *"Stand Up" – Harriet
  • Best CinematographyBest Visual Effects
  • 1917 – Roger Deakins
  • *The IrishmanRodrigo Prieto
  • *JokerLawrence Sher
  • *Once Upon a Time in HollywoodRobert Richardson
  • *ParasiteHong Kyung-pyo
  • 1917
  • *Ad Astra
  • *'
  • *'
  • *The Lion King
  • *'
  • Best Movie Poster ArtTexas Independent Film Award
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  • *Birds of Passage
  • *'
  • *Parasite
  • *Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • *The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  • Bull
  • *Building the American Dream
  • *Nothing Stays the Same
  • *Seadrift
  • *The Story of the Saxon Bar
  • *Sleeping in Plastic
  • Best Stunt Coordination TeamTexas Independent Film Visionary
  • *Crawl
  • *Ford v Ferrari
  • *Furie
  • *Shadow
  • 'Tim Tsai – ''Seadrift
  • Multiple nominations and wins

    The following films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilms
    7Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
    6Marriage Story
    6Parasite
    51917
    5The Farewell
    5The Irishman
    4Joker
    3Little Women
    2Bombshell
    2Knives Out
    2Jojo Rabbit
    2Uncut Gems
    2Us
    2-

    The following films received multiple awards:
    WinsFilms
    31917
    3Parasite
    2Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood