The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society.
Winners 2000s YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s)2007No Country for Old MenJoel Coen and Ethan CoenAtonement Joe WrightInto the Wild Sean PennJuno Jason ReitmanMichael Clayton Tony Gilroy2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDavid FincherSlumdog Millionaire Danny BoyleThe Dark Knight Christopher NolanMilk Gus Van SantWALL-E Andrew Stanton2009The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow(500) Days of Summer Marc WebbAvatar James CameronDistrict 9 Neill BlomkampInglourious Basterds Quentin TarantinoInvictus Clint EastwoodPrecious Lee DanielsStar Trek J. J. AbramsUp Pete DocterUp in the Air Jason Reitman
2010s YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s)2010The Social NetworkDavid Fincher127 Hours Danny BoyleBlack Swan Darren AronofskyInception Christopher NolanKick-Ass Matthew VaughnThe Kids Are All Right Lisa CholodenkoThe King's Speech Tom HooperToy Story 3 Lee UnkrichTrue Grit Joel Coen and Ethan CoenWinter's Bone Debra Granik2011The DescendantsAlexander PayneThe Artist Michel HazanaviciusDrive Nicolas Winding RefnExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close Stephen DaldryThe Help Tate TaylorMidnight in Paris Woody AllenTake Shelter Jeff NicholsThe Tree of Life Terrence MalickWar Horse Steven SpielbergWin Win Tom McCarthy2012ArgoBen AffleckBeasts of the Southern Wild Benh ZeitlinCloud Atlas Tom Tykwer and Lana & Lilly WachowskiDjango Unchained Quentin TarantinoLincoln Steven SpielbergLes Misérables Tom HooperThe Master Paul Thomas AndersonMoonrise Kingdom Wes AndersonSilver Linings Playbook David O. RussellZero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow201312 Years a SlaveSteve McQueenAll Is Lost J. C. ChandorAmerican Hustle David O. RussellBefore Midnight Richard LinklaterDallas Buyers Club Jean-Marc ValléeFruitvale Station Ryan CooglerGravity Alfonso CuarónInside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan CoenNebraska Alexander PayneSaving Mr. Banks John Lee Hancock2014BoyhoodRichard LinklaterBirdman Alejandro G. IñárrituThe Grand Budapest Hotel Wes AndersonGuardians of the Galaxy James GunnThe Imitation Game Morten TyldumInherent Vice Paul Thomas AndersonA Most Violent Year J. C. ChandorNightcrawler Dan GilroySelma Ava DuVernayWhiplash Damien Chazelle2015SpotlightTom McCarthyThe Big Short Adam McKayCarol Alex GarlandInside Out Pete Docter and Ronnie del CarmenMad Max: Fury Road George MillerThe Martian Ridley ScottThe Revenant Alejandro G. IñárrituRoom Lenny AbrahamsonSicario Denis VilleneuveSteve Jobs Danny Boyle2016La La LandDamien ChazelleArrival Denis VilleneuveThe Handmaiden Chan-wook ParkHell or High Water David MackenzieJackie Pablo LarraínLion Garth DavisManchester by the Sea Kenneth LonerganMoonlight Barry JenkinsThe Nice Guys Shane BlackNocturnal Animals Tom Ford2017Lady Bird Greta GerwigThe Big Sick Michael ShowalterCall Me by Your Name Luca GuadagninoDunkirk Christopher NolanThe Florida Project Sean BakerGet Out Jordan PeeleLogan James MangoldThe Post Steven SpielbergThe Shape of Water Guillermo del ToroThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh2018The Favourite' Yorgos LanthimosBlack Panther Ryan CooglerBlacKkKlansman Spike LeeEighth Grade Bo BurnhamFirst Reformed Paul SchraderGreen Book Peter FarrellyHereditary Ari AsterIf Beale Street Could Talk Barry JenkinsA Star Is Born Bradley CooperVice Adam McKay2019Parasite Bong Joon-ho1917 Sam MendesThe Farewell Lulu WangThe Irishman Martin ScorseseJojo Rabbit Taika WaititiJoker Todd PhillipsKnives Out Rian JohnsonMarriage Story Noah BaumbachOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin TarantinoUncut Gems Joshua Safdie and Benjamin Safdie
2020s YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s)2020Nomadland Chloé Zhao Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee The Father Florian Zeller Minari Lee Isaac Chung Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman One Night in Miami... Regina King Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell Soul Pete Docter and Kemp Powers Sound of Metal Darius Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion Belfast Kenneth Branagh CODA Sian Heder Don't Look Up Adam McKay Dune Denis Villeneuve King Richard Reinaldo Marcus Green Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson Parallel Mothers Pedro Almodóvar tick, tick... BOOM! Lin-Manuel Miranda The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh Elvis Baz Luhrmann The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro RRR S. S. Rajamouli TÁR Todd Field Till Chinonye Chukwu Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski Women Talking Sarah Polley2023 Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos American Fiction Cord Jefferson Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Kelly Fremon Craig Barbie Greta Gerwig The Color Purple Blitz Bazawule Godzilla Minus One Takashi Yamazaki The Holdovers Alexander Payne Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan Past Lives Celine Song2024 Anora Sean Baker The Brutalist Brady Corbet A Complete Unknown James Mangold Conclave Edward Berger Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve Nickel Boys RaMell Ross A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg Sing Sing Greg Kwedar The Substance Coralie Fargeat Wicked Jon M. Chu
References Houston Film Critics Society official website