# Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2015

The 9th Houston Film Critics Society Awards nominations were announced on December 13, 2015. The 2015 awards were given out at a ceremony held at Sundance Cinemas Houston on January 9, 2016. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
| Best Picture | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Spotlight The Big Short Ex Machina Inside Out Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Sicario Steve Jobs | Son of Saul • Hungary The Assassin • Taiwan Goodnight Mommy • Austria The Tribe • Ukraine White God • Hungary |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Tom Hardy – Legend | Brie Larson – Room Cate Blanchett – Carol Emily Blunt – Sicario Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Tom Hardy – The Revenant Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone – Creed | Rooney Mara – Carol Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs |
| Best Director | Best Cinematography |
| Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant Lenny Abrahamson – Room Tom McCarthy – Spotlight George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian | The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Martian – Dariusz Wolski |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Best Documentary Feature |
| Inside Out Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie | Amy Best of Enemies Cartel Land The Look of Silence Where to Invade Next |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone Inside Out – Michael Giacchino Mad Max: Fury Road – Junkie XL Steve Jobs – Daniel Pemberton The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto, and Bryce Dessner | "One Kind of Love" by Scott Bennett and Brian Wilson – Love & Mercy "Love Me like You Do" by Savan Kotecha, Tove Lo, Max Martin, Ali Payami and Ilya Salmanzadeh – Fifty Shades of Grey "See You Again" by Andrew Cedar, DJ Frank E, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth – Furious 7 "Simple Song Number 3" by David Lang – Youth "Writing's on the Wall" by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith – Spectre |
| Best Screenplay | Best Poster |
| Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Room – Emma Donoghue The Martian – Drew Goddard Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin The Hateful Eight – Quentin Tarantino | Mad Max: Fury Road ('What a Lovely Day' alternate) Carol Ex Machina It Follows (rear window alternate) Sicario The Walk (IMAX alternate) |
| Texas Independent Film Award | Technical Achievement |
| The Last Man on the Moon 6 Years 7 Chinese Brothers Results Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| Worst Film |
| Pixels Aloha The Boy Next Door Fantastic Four Mortdecai |

## Movies with multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 6 | The Martian |
| 6 | The Revenant |
| 5 | Steve Jobs |
| 4 | The Hateful Eight |
| 4 | Room |
| 4 | Sicario |
| 4 | Spotlight |
| 3 | Carol |
| 3 | Ex Machina |
| 3 | Inside Out |
| Wins | Film |
| 3 | The Revenant |
| 2 | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2 | Spotlight |