This late in the game, each new critic group announcement is met with a collective sign as there’s nothing new under the sun.

Award Tallies

(4) Parasite
(2) 1917, Uncut Gems

The Awards

Best Film

Parasite

Best Animated Film

I Lost My Body

Best Director

Bong Joon-ho – Parasite

Best Actor

Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – Us

Best Supporting Actor

Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers

Best Original Screenplay

Parasite

Best Adapted Screenplay

Little Women

Best Original Score

1917

Best Editing

Uncut Gems

Best Cinematography

1917

Best Foreign Language Film

Parasite

Best Documentary

Apollo 11

Best Ensemble

Knives Out

Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance

Josh Brolin – Avengers: Endgame

Best Stunts

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Best First Film

Booksmart

Breakthrough Artist

Florence Pugh – Midsommar, Little Women, Fighting with My Family

Best Austin Film

A Hidden Life

Special Honorary Award

To Agnes Varda, whose work inspired generations of filmmakers.

Top Ten

1. Parasite
2. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
3. Uncut Gems
4. Marriage Story
5. The Irishman
6. The Farewell
7. Knives Out
8. Jojo Rabbit
9. 1917
10. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Top Ten of the Decade

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Moonlight
3. The Social Network
4. Get Out
5. Arrival
6. The Handmaiden
7. Parasite
8. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
9. Boyhood
10. Phantom Thread

Austin Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2005 (15)