2023 Houston Film Critics Noms

Best Picture

American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Barbie
The Color Purple
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things


Best Director

Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon


Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction


Best Actress

Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things


Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers


Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers


Best Screenplay

Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin, Oppenheimer
Celine Song, Past Lives
Tony McNamara, Poor Things


Best Animated Feature

The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem


Best Documentary Feature

20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Eternal Memory
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie


Best Foreign Language Feature

Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest


Best Ensemble Cast

Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer


Best Cinematography

Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Linus Sandgren, Saltburn


Best Original Score

Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse


Best Original Song

“Dance the Night” from Barbie
“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie
“Keep It Movin’” from The Color Purple
“Meet in the Middle” from Flora and Son
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie


Best Visual Effects

The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Poor Things


Best Stunts

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society


Texas Independent Film Award

Bolivar
Breaking the Code
Chocolate Lizards
I’ll Be There
A Town Called Victoria