# Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2019

The 13th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were held on January 2, 2020, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) in Texas. The nominations were announced on December 16, 2019.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Parasite 1917 The Farewell The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Knives Out Marriage Story Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Uncut Gems | Bong Joon-ho – Parasite Sam Mendes – 1917 Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Lulu Wang – The Farewell |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Adam Driver – Marriage Story Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name Joaquin Phoenix – Joker Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems | Renée Zellweger – Judy Awkwafina – The Farewell Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story Lupita Nyong'o – Us Saoirse Ronan – Little Women Charlize Theron – Bombshell |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse Anthony Hopkins – The Two Popes Al Pacino – The Irishman Joe Pesci – The Irishman | Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell Laura Dern – Marriage Story Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit Florence Pugh – Little Women Margot Robbie – Bombshell |
| Best Screenplay | Best Animated Feature |
| Knives Out – Rian Johnson The Farewell – Lulu Wang Marriage Story – Noah Baumbach Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Toy Story 4 Frozen II How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World I Lost My Body Missing Link A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon |
| Best Documentary Feature | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Apollo 11 American Factory The Biggest Little Farm For Sama Hail Satan? They Shall Not Grow Old | Parasite (South Korea) Atlantics (Senegal) Corpus Christi (Poland) Les Misérables (France) Monos (Colombia) Pain and Glory (Spain) |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| 1917 – Thomas Newman Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir Little Women – Alexandre Desplat Marriage Story – Randy Newman Us – Michael Abels | "Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" – Wild Rose "Home to You" – The Aeronauts "I Punched Keanu Reeves" – Always Be My Maybe "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" – Rocketman "Into the Unknown" – Frozen II "Stand Up" – Harriet |
| Best Cinematography | Best Visual Effects |
| 1917 – Roger Deakins The Irishman – Rodrigo Prieto Joker – Lawrence Sher Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson Parasite – Hong Kyung-pyo | 1917 Ad Astra Avengers: Endgame Jumanji: The Next Level The Lion King Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
| Best Movie Poster Art | Best Stunt Coordination Team |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Birds of Passage John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum The Last Black Man in San Francisco Parasite Portrait of a Lady on Fire | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Crawl Ford v Ferrari Furie Shadow |
| Texas Independent Film Award | Texas Independent Film Visionary |
| Bull Building the American Dream Nothing Stays the Same Seadrift Sleeping in Plastic The Story of the Saxon Bar | Tim Tsai – Seadrift |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Outstanding Achievement Award |
| Roger Corman | Trey Edward Shults |

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Films |
| 7 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| 6 | Marriage Story |
| 6 | Parasite |
| 5 | 1917 |
| 5 | The Farewell |
| 5 | The Irishman |
| 4 | Joker |
| 3 | Little Women |
| 2 | Bombshell |
| 2 | Jojo Rabbit |
| 2 | Knives Out |
| 2 | Uncut Gems |
| 2 | Us |
| Awards | Films |
| 3 | 1917 |
| 3 | Parasite |
| 2 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |