Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008


The 2nd Houston Film Critics Society Awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on December 17, 2008. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface
Best PictureBest Foreign Language Film

  • Mongol • Kazachstan
  • * Che • Spain
  • * Gomorra • Italy
  • * I've Loved You So Long • France
  • * Let the Right One In • Sweden
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleBest Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Sean Penn - Milk as Harvey Milk
  • * Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler
  • * Richard Jenkins - The Visitor as Walter Vale
  • * Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
  • * Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
  • * Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson
  • Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married as Kym
  • * Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller
  • * Angelina Jolie - Changeling as Christine Collins
  • * Melissa Leo - Frozen River as Ray Eddy
  • * Meryl Streep - Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
  • * Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
    • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting RoleBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight as The Joker
  • * Josh Brolin - Milk as Dan White
  • * Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder as Les Grossman
  • * Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
  • * Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading as Chad Feldheimer
  • Viola Davis - Doubt as Mrs. Miller
  • * Amy Adams - Doubt as Sister James
  • * Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
  • * Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Queenie
  • *Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy
    • Best DirectorBest Cinematography
  • Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
  • * David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • * Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
  • * Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
  • * Gus Van Sant - Milk
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
  • * The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
  • * Milk - Harris Savides
  • * Revolutionary Road - Roger Deakins
  • * Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
    • Best Animated Feature FilmBest Documentary Feature
  • WALL-E
  • * Bolt
  • * Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
  • * Waltz with Bashir
  • Man on Wire
  • * Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
  • * '
  • * I.O.U.S.A.
  • * Standard Operating Procedure
  • * Young@Heart
    • Best Original ScoreBest Original Song
  • Miracle at St. Anna - Terence Blanchard
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
  • * The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
  • * Revolutionary Road - Thomas Newman
  • * Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman
  • "Down to Earth" - WALL-E
  • * "Another Way to Die" by The White Stripes - Quantum of Solace
  • * "I Thought I Lost You" by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele - Bolt
  • * "Jai Ho" by A. R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
  • * "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" by Ralph Sall - Hamlet 2
  • * "The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler
    • Best ScreenplayBest Cast
  • Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy'
  • * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
  • * The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
  • * Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
  • * Milk - Dustin Lance Black
  • Doubt
  • * The Dark Knight
  • * Milk
  • * Rachel Getting Married
  • * Tropic Thunder
  • * Valkyrie