Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2023

17th Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Date

January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22)

Location

Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston, Texas

Presented by

Houston Film Critics Society

Website

houstonfilmcritics.com

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The 17th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 22, 2024, at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) in Texas.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The nominations were announced on January 9, 2024, with Barbie leading the nominations with ten, followed by Oppenheimer with nine.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The nominees for the Texas Independent Film Award were announced on December 6, 2023.^[8]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Poor Things 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	Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Greta Gerwig – Barbie Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Alexander Payne – The Holdovers Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers* as Paul Hunham** Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon as Ernest Burkhart Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers as Adam Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison	*Emma Stone – Poor Things* as Bella Baxter** Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple as Celie Harris-Johnson Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Greta Lee – Past Lives as Nora Moon Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Ryan Gosling – Barbie* as Ken** Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully	*Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers* as Mary Lamb** Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Barbara Simon Rosamund Pike – Saltburn as Lady Elspeth Catton
Best Screenplay	Best Animated Feature
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie David Hemingson – The Holdovers Tony McNamara – Poor Things Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, and Martin J. Sherwin – Oppenheimer Celine Song – Past Lives	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Boy and the Heron Nimona Robot Dreams Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Documentary Feature	Best Foreign Language Feature
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie 20 Days in Mariupol American Symphony Beyond Utopia The Eternal Memory	The Zone of Interest Anatomy of a Fall Godzilla Minus One Perfect Days Society of the Snow
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon (posthumous) Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer Joe Hisaishi – The Boy and the Heron Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	"I'm Just Ken" – Barbie "Dance the Night" – Barbie "Keep It Movin'" – The Color Purple "Meet in the Middle" – Flora and Son "What Was I Made For?" – Barbie
Best Cinematography	Best Visual Effects
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon Robbie Ryan – Poor Things Linus Sandgren – Saltburn	Poor Things The Creator Godzilla Minus One Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Best Ensemble Cast	Best Stunt Coordination Team
Killers of the Flower Moon Barbie The Holdovers The Iron Claw Oppenheimer	John Wick: Chapter 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 The Iron Claw Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Polite Society
Texas Independent Film Award
Chocolate Lizards: Mark Lambert Bristol imagines a failed actor's next steps in Buffalo Gap Bolivar: Nell Teare explores a young woman's journey to recover from her mother's death Breaking the Code: Michael Flanagan revisits the work and life of artist Vernon Fisher of Fort Worth I'll Be There: Andrew Shea considers how people search for connection in the midst of chaos A Town Called Victoria: Li Liu examines how people confront how they learn to hate

References

^ "'Poor Things' Tops Houston Film Critics Awards". Houston Film Critics Society. January 22, 2024. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
^ Darling, Cary (January 22, 2024). "Houston Film Critics Society names 'Poor Things' the Best Film of 2023". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
^ Anderson, Erik (January 22, 2024). "Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Awards: 'Poor Things' Wins Best Picture". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
^ Neglia, Matt (January 22, 2024). "The 2023 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
^ Darling, Cary (January 9, 2024). "'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer' lead Houston Film Critics Society's Nominations". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
^ Anderson, Erik (January 9, 2024). "Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
^ Neglia, Matt (January 9, 2024). "The 2023 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
^ "Texas-Made Films Vie for Houston Critics Honors". Houston Film Critics Society. December 6, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.