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 |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Animated Feature Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Documentary Feature |- | valign="top" | 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 | valign="top" | "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 | valign="top" |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
The following films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 7 Mad Max: Fury Road 6 The Martian The Revenant 5 Steve Jobs 4 The Hateful Eight Room Sicario Spotlight 3 Carol Ex Machina Inside Out
The following films received multiple awards: Wins Film 3 The Revenant 2 Mad Max: Fury Road Spotlight
References
External links Houston Film Critics Society: Awards