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 FavouriteA Star is BornBlack PantherBlacKkKlansmanEighth GradeIf Beale Street Could TalkFirst ReformedGreen BookHereditaryRomaVice	Roma • MexicoBurning • South KoreaBorder • SwedenCold War • PolandShoplifters • 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 DogsIncredibles 2MiraiRalph Breaks the InternetSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Won’t You Be My Neighbor?Free SoloMinding the GapRBGThree 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 McNamaraEighth Grade - Bo BurnhamFirst Reformed - Paul SchraderIf Beale Street Could Talk - Barry JenkinsVice - Adam McKay	First ManBlack PantherMission: Impossible – Fallout
Best Poster	Texas Independent Film Award
BlacKkKlansmanMandySuspiria	The Standoff at Sparrow Creek1985An American in TexasSupport the GirlsTejano
Best Worst Film	Cinematic Achievement
The Happytime MurdersThe 15:17 to ParisLife ItselfPeppermintVenom	Local filmmaker Damir Catic was bestowed a special award for outstanding cinematic contribution to the Houston scene.

Movies with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:

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