The Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by the Houston Film Critics Society. Winners 2000s Year Winner and nominees Director(s) 2007No Country for Old MenJoel Coen and Ethan Coen AtonementJoe Wright Into the WildSean Penn JunoJason Reitman Michael ClaytonTony Gilroy 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDavid Fincher Slumdog MillionaireDanny Boyle The Dark KnightChristopher Nolan MilkGus Van Sant WALL-EAndrew Stanton 2009The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow (500) Days of SummerMarc Webb AvatarJames Cameron District 9Neill Blomkamp Inglourious BasterdsQuentin Tarantino InvictusClint Eastwood PreciousLee Daniels Star TrekJ. J. Abrams UpPete Docter Up in the AirJason Reitman 2010s Year Winner and nominees Director(s) 2010The Social NetworkDavid Fincher 127 HoursDanny Boyle Black SwanDarren Aronofsky InceptionChristopher Nolan Kick-AssMatthew Vaughn The Kids Are All RightLisa Cholodenko The King's SpeechTom Hooper Toy Story 3Lee Unkrich True GritJoel Coen and Ethan Coen Winter's BoneDebra Granik 2011The DescendantsAlexander Payne The ArtistMichel Hazanavicius DriveNicolas Winding Refn Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseStephen Daldry The HelpTate Taylor Midnight in ParisWoody Allen Take ShelterJeff Nichols The Tree of LifeTerrence Malick War HorseSteven Spielberg Win WinTom McCarthy 2012ArgoBen Affleck Beasts of the Southern WildBenh Zeitlin Cloud AtlasTom Tykwer and Lana & Lilly Wachowski Django UnchainedQuentin Tarantino LincolnSteven Spielberg Les MisérablesTom Hooper The MasterPaul Thomas Anderson Moonrise KingdomWes Anderson Silver Linings PlaybookDavid O. Russell Zero Dark ThirtyKathryn Bigelow 201312 Years a SlaveSteve McQueen All Is LostJ. C. Chandor American HustleDavid O. Russell Before MidnightRichard Linklater Dallas Buyers ClubJean-Marc Vallée Fruitvale StationRyan Coogler GravityAlfonso Cuarón Inside Llewyn DavisJoel Coen and Ethan Coen NebraskaAlexander Payne Saving Mr. BanksJohn Lee Hancock 2014BoyhoodRichard Linklater BirdmanAlejandro G. Iñárritu The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson Guardians of the GalaxyJames Gunn The Imitation GameMorten Tyldum Inherent VicePaul Thomas Anderson A Most Violent YearJ. C. Chandor NightcrawlerDan Gilroy SelmaAva DuVernay WhiplashDamien Chazelle 2015SpotlightTom McCarthy The Big ShortAdam McKay CarolAlex Garland Inside OutPete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen Mad Max: Fury RoadGeorge Miller The MartianRidley Scott The RevenantAlejandro G. Iñárritu RoomLenny Abrahamson SicarioDenis Villeneuve Steve JobsDanny Boyle 2016La La LandDamien Chazelle ArrivalDenis Villeneuve The HandmaidenChan-wook Park Hell or High WaterDavid Mackenzie JackiePablo Larraín LionGarth Davis Manchester by the SeaKenneth Lonergan MoonlightBarry Jenkins The Nice GuysShane Black Nocturnal AnimalsTom Ford 2017Lady BirdGreta Gerwig The Big SickMichael Showalter Call Me by Your NameLuca Guadagnino DunkirkChristopher Nolan The Florida ProjectSean Baker Get OutJordan Peele LoganJames Mangold The PostSteven Spielberg The Shape of WaterGuillermo del Toro Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonagh 2018The Favourite'Yorgos Lanthimos Black PantherRyan Coogler BlacKkKlansmanSpike Lee Eighth GradeBo Burnham First ReformedPaul Schrader Green BookPeter Farrelly HereditaryAri Aster If Beale Street Could TalkBarry Jenkins A Star Is BornBradley Cooper ViceAdam McKay 2019ParasiteBong Joon-ho 1917Sam Mendes The FarewellLulu Wang The IrishmanMartin Scorsese Jojo RabbitTaika Waititi JokerTodd Phillips Knives OutRian Johnson Marriage StoryNoah Baumbach Once Upon a Time in HollywoodQuentin Tarantino Uncut GemsJoshua Safdie and Benjamin Safdie 2020s Year Winner and nominees Director(s) 2020NomadlandChloé Zhao Da 5 BloodsSpike Lee The FatherFlorian Zeller MinariLee Isaac Chung Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysEliza Hittman One Night in Miami...Regina King Promising Young WomanEmerald Fennell SoulPete Docter and Kemp Powers Sound of MetalDarius Marder The Trial of the Chicago 7Aaron Sorkin 2021The Power of the DogJane Campion BelfastKenneth Branagh CODASian Heder Don't Look UpAdam McKay DuneDenis Villeneuve King RichardReinaldo Marcus Green Licorice PizzaPaul Thomas Anderson Parallel MothersPedro Almodóvar tick, tick... BOOM!Lin-Manuel Miranda The Tragedy of MacbethJoel Coen 2022Everything Everywhere All at OnceDaniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Banshees of InisherinMartin McDonagh ElvisBaz Luhrmann The FabelmansSteven Spielberg Guillermo del Toro’s PinocchioGuillermo del Toro RRRS. S. Rajamouli TÁRTodd Field TillChinonye Chukwu Top Gun: MaverickJoseph Kosinski Women TalkingSarah Polley 2023Poor ThingsYorgos Lanthimos American FictionCord Jefferson Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.Kelly Fremon Craig BarbieGreta Gerwig The Color PurpleBlitz Bazawule Godzilla Minus OneTakashi Yamazaki The HoldoversAlexander Payne Killers of the Flower MoonMartin Scorsese OppenheimerChristopher Nolan Past LivesCeline Song 2024AnoraSean Baker The BrutalistBrady Corbet A Complete UnknownJames Mangold ConclaveEdward Berger Dune: Part TwoDenis Villeneuve Nickel BoysRaMell Ross A Real PainJesse Eisenberg Sing SingGreg Kwedar The SubstanceCoralie Fargeat WickedJon M. Chu References Houston Film Critics Society official website