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Houston Film Critics Society Awards

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 2000s
    • 200920082008

    HFCS Award

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    Best Actor

    • Daniel Day-Lewis
      Winner
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
      • There Will Be Blood
    • Casey Affleck
      • Casey Affleck
      • Gone Baby Gone
    • Emile Hirsch
      • Emile Hirsch
      • Into the Wild
    • George Clooney
      • George Clooney
      • Michael Clayton
    • Viggo Mortensen
      • Viggo Mortensen
      • Eastern Promises

    Best Actress

    • Julie Christie at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
      Winner
      • Julie Christie
      • Away from Her
    • Amy Adams
      • Amy Adams
      • Enchanted
    • Angelina Jolie
      • Angelina Jolie
      • A Mighty Heart
    • Elliot Page
      • Elliot Page
      • Juno
    • Laura Linney
      • Laura Linney
      • The Savages
    • Marion Cotillard
      • Marion Cotillard
      • La Vie En Rose

    Best Animated Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ratatouille

      8.1 (901K)
    • [object Object]

      Bee Movie

      6.1 (191K)
    • [object Object]

      Beowulf

      6.3 (178K)
    • [object Object]

      Persepolis

      8.0 (104K)
    • [object Object]

      The Simpsons Movie

      7.3 (359K)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

      7.5 (200K)
      Roger Deakins
    • [object Object]

      Atonement

      7.8 (318K)
      Seamus McGarvey
    • [object Object]

      Into the Wild

      8.0 (684K)
      Eric Gautier
    • [object Object]

      No Country for Old Men

      8.2 (1.1M)
      Roger Deakins
    • [object Object]

      Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

      7.3 (400K)
      Dariusz Wolski

    Best Director

    • Tim Burton
      Winner
      • Tim Burton
      • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    • Ethan Coen
      Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
      • Ethan Coen
      • Joel Coen
      • No Country for Old Men
    • Sidney Lumet
      • Sidney Lumet
      • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
    • Sean Penn
      • Sean Penn
      • Into the Wild

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

      8.0 (38K)
    • [object Object]

      In the Shadow of the Moon

      8.0 (7.1K)
    • [object Object]

      Lake of Fire

      8.1 (2.8K)
    • [object Object]

      No End in Sight

      8.2 (8.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Sicko

      8.0 (78K)
    • [object Object]

      War Dance

      7.7 (1.2K)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

      8.0 (112K)
    • [object Object]

      La Vie En Rose

      7.5 (93K)
    • [object Object]

      Lust, Caution

      7.5 (47K)
    • [object Object]

      Persepolis

      8.0 (104K)
    • [object Object]

      The Kite Runner

      7.6 (84K)

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Atonement

      7.8 (318K)
      Dario Marianelli
    • [object Object]

      3:10 to Yuma

      7.6 (345K)
      Marco Beltrami
    • [object Object]

      Into the Wild

      8.0 (684K)
      Michael Brook
      Kaki King
      Eddie Vedder
    • [object Object]

      Lust, Caution

      7.5 (47K)
      Alexandre Desplat
    • [object Object]

      Once

      7.8 (124K)
      Glen Hansard
      Markéta Irglová
    • [object Object]

      There Will Be Blood

      8.2 (679K)
      Jonny Greenwood

    Best Original Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Once

      7.8 (124K)
      Glen Hansard
      Markéta Irglová
      Song: "Falling Slowly"
    • [object Object]

      Waitress

      7.0 (51K)
      Andrew Hollander
      Adrienne Shelly
      Song: "Baby Don't You Cry"
    • [object Object]

      Enchanted

      7.1 (225K)
      Alan Menken
      Stephen Schwartz
      Song: "Happy Working Song"
    • [object Object]

      Once

      7.8 (124K)
      Glen Hansard
      Markéta Irglová
      Song: "If You Want Me"
    • [object Object]

      Music and Lyrics

      6.5 (110K)
      Andrew Wyatt
      Alanna Vicente
      Song: "Pop! Goes My Heart"
    • [object Object]

      Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

      6.8 (80K)
      Judd Apatow
      Marshall Crenshaw
      Jake Kasdan
      John C. Reilly
      Song: "Walk Hard"

    Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hairspray

      6.7 (143K)
    • [object Object]

      3:10 to Yuma

      7.6 (345K)
    • [object Object]

      Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

      7.3 (118K)
    • [object Object]

      Into the Wild

      8.0 (684K)
    • [object Object]

      Michael Clayton

      7.2 (180K)
    • [object Object]

      No Country for Old Men

      8.2 (1.1M)

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No Country for Old Men

      8.2 (1.1M)
    • [object Object]

      Juno

      7.4 (565K)
      2nd place
    • [object Object]

      Atonement

      7.8 (318K)
      3rd place
    • [object Object]

      Michael Clayton

      7.2 (180K)
      4th place
    • [object Object]

      Into the Wild

      8.0 (684K)
      5th place
    • [object Object]

      Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

      7.3 (400K)
      6th place
    • [object Object]

      The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

      8.0 (112K)
      7th place
    • [object Object]

      Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

      7.3 (118K)
      8th place
    • [object Object]

      Charlie Wilson's War

      7.0 (129K)
      9th place
    • [object Object]

      I'm Not There

      6.8 (63K)
      10th place

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Juno

      7.4 (565K)
      Diablo Cody
    • [object Object]

      Atonement

      7.8 (318K)
      Christopher Hampton
    • [object Object]

      No Country for Old Men

      8.2 (1.1M)
      Ethan Coen
      Joel Coen
    • [object Object]

      The Savages

      7.1 (39K)
      Tamara Jenkins
    • [object Object]

      Michael Clayton

      7.2 (180K)
      Tony Gilroy

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Javier Bardem
      Winner
      • Javier Bardem
      • No Country for Old Men
    • Casey Affleck
      • Casey Affleck
      • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
    • Hal Holbrook
      • Hal Holbrook
      • Into the Wild
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman at an event for The Ides of March (2011)
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      • Charlie Wilson's War
    • Tom Wilkinson at an event for The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
      • Tom Wilkinson
      • Michael Clayton

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Amy Ryan at an event for Win Win (2011)
      Winner
      • Amy Ryan
      • Gone Baby Gone
    • Cate Blanchett
      • Cate Blanchett
      • I'm Not There
    • Catherine Keener
      • Catherine Keener
      • Into the Wild
    • Kelly Macdonald
      • Kelly Macdonald
      • No Country for Old Men
    • Tilda Swinton at an event for I Am Love (2009)
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Michael Clayton

    Honorary Texan Award

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    • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
      Ethan Coen
      Winners
      • Joel Coen
      • Ethan Coen

    Outstanding Achievement

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    • Philip Seymour Hoffman at an event for The Ides of March (2011)
      Winner
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
    • Winner
        The Greenway Three Theatre for over thirty years of service to Houston's Art-House film community

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