Houston’s critics have nicely spread out their nominations, picking up most of what’s been recognized so far this year. The one shocking omission in Best Picture is Emilia Pérez.

Nominations Tallies

(9) The Brutalist
(8) Conclave
(6) Anora, Dune: Part Two, Wicked
(5) Sing Sing
(4) Emilia Pérez, The Substance
(3) A Complete Unknown, Nickel Boys, A Real Pain, The Wild Robot
(2) Challengers, Nosferatu, Will & Harper
(1) Alien: Romulus, All We Imagine as Light, The Apprentice, Daughters, Deadpool & Wolverine, Deliveries from Eva, The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia, The Fall Guy, Flow, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Gladiator II, Hard Truths, Heretic, I’m Still Here, Inside Out 2, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Kneecap, Lost Soulz, Maria, Memoir of a Snail, No Other Land, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Runaway Radio, Saturday Night, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Sugarcane, Twisters, Union, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, When Houston Had the Blues

The Nominations

Best Picture

Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
A Real Pain
Sing Sing
The Substance
Wicked

Best Animated Film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Director

Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Edward Berger – Conclave
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Jon M. Chu – Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Hugh Grant – Heretic
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

Best Actress

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice

Best Supporting Actress

Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Screenplay

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Nickel Boys
A Real Pain
Sing Sing

Best Original Song

Compress/Repress – Challengers
Harper and Will Go West – Will & Harper
Like a Bird – Sing Sing
Kiss the Sky – The Wild Robot
El Mal – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Score

The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
The Wild Robot

Best Cinematography

The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu

Best Visual Effects

Alien: Romulus
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
Twisters
Wicked

Best Foreign Language Feature

All We Imagine as Light
Emilia Pérez
I’m Still Here
Kneecap
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

Daughters
No Other Land
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Sugarcane
Union
Will & Harper

Best Ensemble Cast

Anora
The Brutalist
Conclave
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

Best Stunt Coordination Team

Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II

Texas Independent Film Award

Deliveries from Eva
The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
Lost Soulz
Runaway Radio
When Houston Had the Blues

Houston Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 2007 (18)