Cannabis October 12, 2016 thcscience_admin The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society. Winners[edit] 2000s[edit] Year Winner and nominees Director(s) 2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Atonement Joe Wright Into the Wild Sean Penn Juno Jason Reitman Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Milk Gus Van Sant WALL-E Andrew Stanton 2009 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow (500) Days of Summer Marc Webb Avatar James Cameron District 9 Neill Blomkamp Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino Invictus Clint Eastwood Precious Lee Daniels Star Trek J. J. Abrams Up Pete Docter Up in the Air Jason Reitman 2010s[edit] Year Winner and nominees Director(s) 2010 The Social Network David Fincher 127 Hours Danny Boyle Black Swan Darren Aronofsky Inception Christopher Nolan Kick-Ass Matthew Vaughn The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko The King's Speech Tom Hooper Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Winter's Bone Debra Granik 2011 The Descendants Alexander Payne The Artist Michel Hazanavicius Drive Nicolas Winding Refn Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Stephen Daldry The Help Tate Taylor Midnight in Paris Woody Allen Take Shelter Jeff Nichols The Tree of Life Terrence Malick War Horse Steven Spielberg Win Win Tom McCarthy 2012 Argo Ben Affleck Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin Cloud Atlas Tom Tykwer and Lana & Lilly Wachowski Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino Lincoln Steven Spielberg Les Misérables Tom Hooper The Master Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow 2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen All Is Lost J. C. Chandor American Hustle David O. Russell Before Midnight Richard Linklater Dallas Buyers Club Jean-Marc Vallée Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Nebraska Alexander Payne Saving Mr. Banks John Lee Hancock 2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn The Imitation Game Morten Tyldum Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson A Most Violent Year J. C. Chandor Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy Selma Ava DuVernay Whiplash Damien Chazelle 2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy The Big Short Adam McKay Carol Alex Garland Inside Out Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller The Martian Ridley Scott The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu Room Lenny Abrahamson Sicario Denis Villeneuve Steve Jobs Danny Boyle 2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle Arrival Denis Villeneuve The Handmaiden Chan-wook Park Hell or High Water David Mackenzie Jackie Pablo Larraín Lion Garth Davis Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan Moonlight Barry Jenkins The Nice Guys Shane Black Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford 2017 Lady Bird Greta Gerwig The Big Sick Michael Showalter Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino Dunkirk Christopher Nolan The Florida Project Sean Baker Get Out Jordan Peele Logan James Mangold The Post Steven Spielberg The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh 2018 The Favourite' Yorgos Lanthimos Black Panther Ryan Coogler BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee Eighth Grade Bo Burnham First Reformed Paul Schrader Green Book Peter Farrelly Hereditary Ari Aster If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper Vice Adam McKay 2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho 1917 Sam Mendes The Farewell Lulu Wang The Irishman Martin Scorsese Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi Joker Todd Phillips Knives Out Rian Johnson Marriage Story Noah Baumbach Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino Uncut Gems Joshua Safdie and Benjamin Safdie 2020s[edit] Year Winner and nominees Director(s) 2020 Nomadland 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 Sorkin 2021 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 Coen 2022 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 Polley 2023 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 Song References[edit] Houston Film Critics Society official website Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture No Country for Old Men (2007) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) The Social Network (2010) The Descendants (2011) Argo (2012) 12 Years a Slave (2013) Boyhood (2014) Spotlight (2015) La La Land (2016) Lady Bird (2017) The Favourite (2018) Parasite (2019) Nomadland (2020) The Power of the Dog (2021) Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Poor Things (2023) Houston Film Critics SocietyAwards Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Screenplay Ceremonies 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023