Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2025

19th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 20, 2026 (2026-01-20)
Location	Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston, Texas
Presented by	Houston Film Critics Society
Website	houstonfilmcritics.com
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The 19th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 20, 2026, at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) in Texas. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The nominations were announced on January 11, 2025, with Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners leading the nominations with fourteen, followed by the action thriller film One Battle After Another with thirteen. ^{[3] [4] [5]} This year, Best Casting was introduced as a new category. Sinners ultimately led the awards with a record eight wins, including Best Picture, Best Director (Coogler), and Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan). ^[1] "Sinners' landmark success should not be seen as an aberration in cinema, but instead remind us that taking creative risks allow for bold filmmaking and new visions," said Travis Leamons, president of the organization. ^[1]

The nominees for the Texas Independent Film Award were announced on December 18, 2025. ^[6]

Winners and nominees

Ryan Coogler, Best Director and Best Screenplay winner

Michael B. Jordan, Best Actor winner

Jessie Buckley, Best Actress winner

Jacob Elordi, Best Supporting Actor winner

Amy Madigan, Best Supporting Actress winner

Ludwig Göransson, Best Original Score winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Sinners Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Train Dreams Weapons	Ryan Coogler – Sinners Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Best Actor	Best Actress
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme as Marty Mauser Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões	Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue as Claire Sardina Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value as Nora Borg Emma Stone – Bugonia as Michelle Fuller
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos Delroy Lindo – Sinners as Delta Slim Paul Mescal – Hamnet as William Shakespeare Sean Penn – One Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg	Amy Madigan – Weapons as Gladys Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good as Galinda "Glinda" Upland Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills
Best Screenplay	Best Animated Feature
Sinners – Ryan Coogler Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier Wake Up Dead Man – Rian Johnson	KPop Demon Hunters Arco The Bad Guys 2 Ne Zha 2 Zootopia 2
Best Documentary Feature	Best Foreign Language Feature
The Perfect Neighbor The Alabama Solution Cover-Up My Mom Jayne Orwell: 2+2=5	Sentimental Value It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice The Secret Agent Sirāt
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Sinners – Ludwig Göransson F1 – Hans Zimmer Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood	"Golden" – KPop Demon Hunters "I Lied to You" – Sinners "Last Time (I Seen the Sun)" – Sinners "Our Love" – The Ballad of Wallis Island "Train Dreams" – Train Dreams
Best Cinematography	Best Visual Effects
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw F1 – Claudio Miranda Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman Train Dreams – Adolpho Veloso	Avatar: Fire and Ash F1 Frankenstein Sinners Superman
Best Casting	Best Ensemble
Sinners – Francine Maisler Frankenstein – Robin D. Cook Hamnet – Nina Gold Marty Supreme – Jennifer Venditti One Battle After Another – Cassandra Kulukundis	Sinners Marty Supreme One Battle After Another Sentimental Value Wake Up Dead Man
Best Stunt Coordination Team	Texas Independent Film Award
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Ballerina F1 One Battle After Another Sinners	The Librarians – Kim A. Snyder Ick – Joseph Kahn Luv Ya Bum! – Sam Wainwright Douglas, David Hartstein, and Andrew Alden Miller Selena y Los Dinos – Isabel Castro The Senior – Rod Lurie

References

1. "'Sinners' Tops Houston Film Critics Awards". Houston Film Critics Society. January 20, 2026. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
2. Darling, Cary (January 20, 2026). "'Sinners' with Michael B. Jordan dominates Houston Film Critics Society's annual awards" . Houston Chronicle . Retrieved January 20, 2026.
3. "'Sinners' Leads Houston Film Critics Nominations". Houston Film Critics Society. January 11, 2026. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
4. Neglia, Matt (January 11, 2026). "The 2025 Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
5. Vonder Haar, Pete (January 12, 2026). "'Sinners' and 'One Battle After Another' Lead Houston Film Critics Nominations". Houston Press . Retrieved January 12, 2026.
6. "Five Texas-Made Films Vie for Houston Critics Honors". Houston Film Critics Society. December 18, 2025. Retrieved January 15, 2026.

External links

• Official website