19TH ANNUAL HOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETY AWARDS
Tuesday, January 20, 2026



Best Picture
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Bugonia • Focus Features
F1: The Movie • Warner Bros Pictures / Apple Original Films
Frankenstein • Netflix
Hamnet • Focus Features
Marty Supreme • A24
One Battle After Another • Warner Bros Pictures
The Secret Agent • NEON
Sentimental Value • NEON
Train Dreams • Netflix
Weapons • Warner Bros Pictures / New Line Cinema



Best Director of a Motion Picture
RYAN COOGLER
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet



Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
MICHAEL B. JORDAN
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent



Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
JESSIE BUCKLEY
HAMNET • Focus Features
Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg | Producers
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Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia



Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
JACOB ELORDI
FRANKENSTEIN • Netflix
Guillermo del Toro | Director
Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, Scott Stuber | Producers
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Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value



Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
AMY MADIGAN
WEAPONS • Warner Bros / New Line Cinema
Zach Cregger | Director
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J. D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules | Producers
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Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another



BEST SCREENPLAY
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Written by Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson



BEST ANIMATED FILM
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer
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Arco
The Bad Guys 2
Ne Zha 2
Zootopia 2



Best Cinematography
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Cinematography by Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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F1: The Movie – Claudio Miranda
Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso



Best Documentary Feature
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix
Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers
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The Alabama Solution
Cover-Up
My Mom Jayne
Orwell: 2+2=5



Best Foreign Language Film
SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON
Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers
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It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirāt



Best ORIGINAL SCORE
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Composed by Ludwig Göransson
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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F1: The Movie – Hans Zimmer
Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood



Best ORIGINAL SONG
“GOLDEN” from
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix
Music & Lyrics by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24 and Teddy
Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producers
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“Our Love” from The Ballad of Wallis Island
“I Lied to You” from Sinners
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from Sinners
“Train Dreams” from Train Dreams



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH •
20th Century Studios
James Cameron | Director
James Cameron, Jon Landau | Producers
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F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Sinners
Superman



Best Stunt Team Coordination
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING • Paramount Pictures
Christopher McQuarrie | Director
Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise | Producers
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Ballerina
F1: The Movie
One Battle After Another
Sinners



Best Casting
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Casting by Francine Maisler
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Frankenstein – Robin D. Cook
Hamnet – Nina Gold
Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti
One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis



BEST Ensemble
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures
Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers
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Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery



Texas Independent Film Award
The Librarians • Independent Lens
Kim A. Snyder | Director
Kim A. Snyder, Janique L. Robillard, Maria Cuomo Cole, Jana Edelbaum | Producers
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Ick
Luv Ya Bum
Selena y Los Dinos
The Senior

Houston Film Critics Society
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Texas Independent Film Award:
“Sinners”
Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners”
Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet”
Jacob Elordi – “Frankenstein”
Amy Madigan – “Weapons”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“Sinners” – Autumn Durald Arkapaw
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
“Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters”
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
“Sinners” – Francine Maisler
“Sinners”
“The Librarians”

ABOUT THE Houston Film Critics Society
The Houston Film Critics Society is a not-for-profit, unincorporated voluntary organization of print, broadcast, and internet film critics based in or serving publication in the Houston metropolitan area, the Gulf Coast region, and beyond who meet our membership criteria. We count San Antonio as an affiliate city and include its eligible critics among our collective.
Founded in 2007, the Houston Film Critics Society helps to organize and coordinate the local area film critics community, and bring the wonders of cinema to the public at large.




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