Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2023
Best Picture
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
Best Director
Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig - Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things
Alexander Payne - The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Ensemble Cast
Killers of the Flower Moon
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer
Best Actor
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
Best Actress
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
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
Best Supporting Actress
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
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
Best Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema - Oppenheimer
Rodrigo Prieto - Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto - Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan - Poor Things
Linus Sandgren - Saltburn
Best Visual Effects
Poor Things
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Best Original Score
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
Best Original Song
"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 Foreign Language Feature
The Zone of Interest
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
Best Documentary Feature
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Eternal Memory
Best Animated Feature
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Best Stunt Coordination Team
John Wick: Chapter 4
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Iron Claw
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society
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