Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2020

The 14th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were announced virtually on January 18, 2021, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States. The nominations were announced on January 12, 2021.

14th Houston Film Critics Society Awards
Date	January 18, 2021 (2021-01-18)
Location	Virtual
Presented by	Houston Film Critics Society
Website	www.houstonfilmcritics.org

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface

Best Picture	Best Director
Nomadland Da 5 Bloods The Father Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always One Night in Miami... Promising Young Woman Soul Sound of Metal The Trial of the Chicago 7	Chloe Zhao – Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Regina King – One Night in Miami... Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Actor	Best Actress
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Steven Yeun – Minari	Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 Bill Murray – On the Rocks Paul Raci – Sound of Metal	Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Ellen Burstyn – Pieces of a Woman Olivia Colman – The Father Amanda Seyfried – Mank Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Best Screenplay	Best Animated Feature Film
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Minari – Lee Isaac Chung Nomadland – Chloe Zhao One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers Sound of Metal – Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, & Derek Cianfrance The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin	Soul The Croods: A New Age Onward Over the Moon Wolfwalkers
Best Documentary Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
My Octopus Teacher Boys State Collective Dick Johnson Is Dead Time	A Sun (Taiwan) Another Round (Denmark) Bacurau (Brazil) Beanpole (Russia) La Llorona (Guatemala)
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
Soul Mank The Midnight Sky News of the World Tenet	"Speak Now" – One Night in Miami... "Turntables"– All In: The Fight for Democracy "Io sì (Seen)" – The Life Ahead "Rocket to the Moon" – Over the Moon "Wear Your Crown" – The Prom
Best Cinematography	Best Visual Effects
Nomadland Tenet Mank Minari News of the World	Tenet The Invisible Man The Midnight Sky
Best Stunt Coordination Team	Texas Independent Film Award
Tenet Birds of Prey Mulan The Old Guard Wonder Woman 1984	Yellow Rose Boys State Miss Juneteenth Ready or Not The Vast of Night
Best Poster Design
Da 5 Bloods