The 19th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were announced on January 20, 2026, at the Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (MATCH) in Texas.
The nominations were announced on January 11, 2026, with Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners leading the nominations with fourteen, followed by One Battle After Another with thirteen. This year, Best Casting was introduced as a new category. Ultimately, Sinners led the awards with a record eight wins, including Best Picture, Best Director (Coogler), and Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan). "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.
The nominees for the Texas Independent Film Award were announced on December 18, 2025.
Winners and nominees
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 | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | "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 | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | 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
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