Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2021
Best Picture
The Power of the Dog
Belfast
CODA
Don't Look Up
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Parallel Mothers
tick, tick... BOOM!
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Director
Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog
Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
Guillermo del Toro - Nightmare Alley
Denis Villeneuve - Dune
Best Ensemble Cast
Mass
Belfast
CODA
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog as Phil Burbank
Peter Dinklage - Cyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac
Andrew Garfield - tick, tick... BOOM! as Jonathan Larson
Will Smith - King Richard as Richard Williams
Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth as Lord Macbeth
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker
Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
Penélope Cruz - Parallel Mothers as Janis Martinez
Alana Haim - Licorice Pizza as Alana Kane
Emilia Jones - CODA as Ruby Rossi
Kristen Stewart - Spencer as Diana, Princess of Wales
Best Supporting Actor
Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog as Peter Gordon
Andrew Garfield - The Eyes of Tammy Faye as Jim Bakker
Ciarán Hinds - Belfast as Pop
Troy Kotsur - CODA as Frank Rossi
J. K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos as William Frawley
Best Supporting Actress
Ann Dowd - Mass as Linda
Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter as Young Leda Caruso
Ariana DeBose - West Side Story as Anita
Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog as Rose Gordon
Aunjanue Ellis - King Richard as Oracene "Brandy" Price
Best Screenplay
The Power of the Dog - Jane Campion
Belfast - Kenneth Branagh
CODA - Sian Heder
Don't Look Up - Adam McKay
Licorice Pizza - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Cinematography
Dune - Greig Fraser
Nightmare Alley - Dan Laustsen
The Power of the Dog - Ari Wegner
The Tragedy of Macbeth - Bruno Delbonnel
West Side Story - Janusz Kamiński
Best Visual Effects
Dune - Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, and Gerd Nefzer
The Matrix Resurrections
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Best Original Score
Dune - Hans Zimmer (TIE)
The Power of the Dog - Jonny Greenwood (TIE)
The French Dispatch - Alexandre Desplat
The Harder They Fall - Jeymes Samuel
Spencer - Jonny Greenwood
Best Original Song
"Wherever I Fall - Part I" - Cyrano (music by Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner; lyrics by Matt Berninger and Carin Besser)
"Dos Oruguitas" - Encanto
"Guns Go Bang" - The Harder They Fall
"Just Look Up" - Don't Look Up
"No Time to Die" - No Time to Die
Best Foreign Language Feature
Drive My Car (Japan)
Flee (Denmark)
Parallel Mothers (Spain)
Riders of Justice (Denmark)
The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Best Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Flee
The Rescue
The Sparks Brothers
Val
Best Animated Feature
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Encanto
Flee
Luca
Raya and the Last Dragon
Best Stunt Coordination Team
No Time to Die
Black Widow
The Matrix Resurrections
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Cinematic Achievement Award
Well Go USA
Texas Independent Film Award
Red Rocket: Sean Baker visits a down-on-his-luck porn star who revisits his Texas City home
Amaraica: Tim Sparks introduces an undocumented immigrant who wants to be a U.S. citizen
Playing God: Scott Brignac follows brother-and-sister con artists as they plan a big job
Test Pattern: Shatara Michelle Ford considers race, parenthood, and the freedom to choose
12 Mighty Orphans: Ty Roberts returns to football in Fort Worth during the Great Depression