# Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2018

The 12th Houston Film Critics Society Awards nominations were announced on December 17, 2018. The ceremony was held on January 3, 2019.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
| Best Picture | Best Foreign Language Film |
| The Favourite A Star is Born Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Eighth Grade If Beale Street Could Talk First Reformed Green Book Hereditary Roma Vice | Roma • Mexico Burning • South Korea Border • Sweden Cold War • Poland Shoplifters • Japan |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Christian Bale - Vice Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born Ethan Hawke - First Reformed Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody Viggo Mortensen - Green Book | Toni Collette - Hereditary Glenn Close - The Wife Olivia Colman - The Favourite Lady Gaga - A Star is Born Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Mahershala Ali - Green Book Timothee Chalamet - Beautiful Boy Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me? Michael B. Jordan - Black Panther | Rachel Weisz - The Favourite Amy Adams - Vice Claire Foy - First Man Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk Emma Stone - The Favourite |
| Best Director | Best Cinematography |
| Alfonso Cuarón - Roma Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite Adam McKay - Vice | Alfonso Cuarón - Roma Rachel Morrison - Black Panther Linus Sandgren - First Man Robbie Ryan - The Favourite James Laxton - If Beale Street Could Talk |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Best Documentary Feature |
| Isle of Dogs Incredibles 2 Mirai Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Free Solo Minding the Gap RBG Three Identical Strangers |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| Nicholas Britell - If Beale Street Could Talk Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther Justin Hurwitz - First Man Alexandre Desplat - Isle of Dogs Thom Yorke - Suspiria | Shallow - A Star is Born All the Stars - Black Panther Ashes - Deadpool 2 Hearts Beat Loud - Hearts Beat Loud Revelation - Boy Erased |
| Best Screenplay | Best Visual Effects |
| The Favourite - Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara Eighth Grade - Bo Burnham First Reformed - Paul Schrader If Beale Street Could Talk - Barry Jenkins Vice - Adam McKay | First Man Black Panther Mission: Impossible – Fallout |
| Best Poster | Texas Independent Film Award |
| BlacKkKlansman Mandy Suspiria | The Standoff at Sparrow Creek 1985 An American in Texas Support the Girls Tejano |
| Best Worst Film | Cinematic Achievement |
| The Happytime Murders The 15:17 to Paris Life Itself Peppermint Venom | Local filmmaker Damir Catic was bestowed a special award for outstanding cinematic contribution to the Houston scene. |

## Movies with multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | The Favourite |
| 6 | Black Panther |
| 6 | If Beale Street Could Talk |
| 5 | A Star is Born |
| 5 | Vice |
| 4 | First Man |
| 4 | Roma |
| 3 | BlacKkKlansman |
| 3 | First Reformed |
| 3 | Green Book |
| 2 | Eighth Grade |
| 2 | Hereditary |
| 2 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
| 2 | Isle of Dogs |
| 2 | Suspiria |