Saturn Awards

There are some changes with this year’s Saturn Awards, which honor science fiction, fantasy, horror, and now traditional genres as well for TV and Film. The winners will be announced on September 13 which is later than usual but doesn’t diminish the importance this event has with fans.

We’re posting this year’s Saturn Awards nominations below and look forward to sharing more at the ceremony when we cover the red carpet and speak with nominees and guests arriving.

2019 Saturn Award Nominees

Best Action / Adventure Film Release

Cold Pursuit
Escape Room
Glass
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Skyscraper

Best Actor in a Film

Chris Evans (Avengers: Endgame)
Jeff Bridges (Bad Times at The El Royale)
Keanu Reeves (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum)
Mel Gibson (Dragged Across Concrete)
Nicolas Cage (Mandy)
Robert Downey Jr. (Avenges: Endgame)
Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – Fallout)

Best Actress in a Film

Brie Larson (Captain Marvel)
Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins Returns)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween)
Lupita Nyong’o (Us)
Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)
Octavia Spencer (Ma)
Toni Collette (Hereditary)

Best Animated Film Release

How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Grinch
The Incredibles 2
Toy Story 4

Best Comic to Motion Picture Release

Aquaman
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Captain Marvel
Shazam!
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
X – No Vote

Best Fantasy Film Release

Yesterday
Aladdin
Dumbo
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Mary Poppins Returns
Toy Story 4
X – No Vote

Best Film Costume Design

Chen Minzheng (Shadow)
Judianna Makovsky (Avengers: Endgame)
Kym Barrett (Aquaman)
Leah Butler (Shazam!)
Michael Wilkinson (Aladdin)
Sandy Powell (Mary Poppins Returns)

Best Film Director

Anna Boden Ryan Fleck (Captain Marvel)
Anthony Russo Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame)
Guy Ritchie (Aladdin)
James Wan (Aquaman)
Jordan Peele (Us)
Karyn Kusama (Destroyer)
Steven Spielberg (Ready Player One)
Yimou Zhang (Shadow)

Best Film Editing

Christopher Tellefsen (A Quiet Place)
Evan Schiff (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum)
James Herbert (Aladdin)
Jeffrey Ford Matthew Schmidt (Avengers: Endgame)
Kirk Morri (Aquaman)
Nicholas Monsour (Us)

Best Film Make Up

Avengers: Endgame (John Blake Brian Sipe)
Destroyer (Bill Corso)
Dragged Across Concrete (Lisa Love Tate Steinsiek)
Overlord (Tristan Versluis Naomi Dunne Duncan Jarman)
Pet Sematary (Annick Chartier Adrien Morot)
Suspiria (Mark Coulier Fernanda Perez)
The Dead Don’t Die (Judy Chin Mike Marino)

Best Film Music

Alan Menken (Aladdin)
Alan Silvestri (Avengers: Endgame)
Alan Silvestri (Ready Player One)
Bear McCreary (Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
Danny Elfman (Dumbo)
Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)

Best Film Production Design

Bill Brzeski (Aquaman)
Charles Wood (Avengers: Endgame)
Gemma Jackson (Aladdin)
John Myhre (Mary Poppins Returns)
Ma Kwong-Wing (Shadows)
Rick Heinrichs (Dumbo)
Ruth De Jong (Us)

Best Film Special / Visual Effects

A Quiet Place (TBD)
Aladdin (TBD)
Avengers: Endgame (TBD)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (TBD)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (TBD)
Ready Player One (TBD)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (TBD)

Best Film Writing

Bryan Woods Scott Beck John Krasinski (A Quiet Place)
Christopher Markus Stephen McFeely (Avengers: Endgame)
Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible – Fallout)
Drew Goddard (Bad Times at The El Royale)
Jordan Peele (Us)
Oh Jung-mi Lee Chang-Dong (Burning)
S. Craig Zahler (Dragged Across Concrete)

Best Horror Film Release

A Quiet Place
Halloween
Hereditary
Overlord
Pet Sematary
The Dead Don’t Die
Us
X – No Vote

Best Independent Film Release

American Animals
Anna and the Apocalypse
Mandy
Ophelia
Summer of 84
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot
The Tomorrow Man

Best International Film Release

Aniara
Border
Burning
Ghost Stories
Shadow
The Guilty

Best Performance By A Younger Actor in a Film

Asher Angel (Shazam!)
Evan Alex (Us)
Jack Dylan Grazer (Shazam!)
Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place)
Millie Bobby Brown (Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
Shahadi Wright Joseph (Us)
Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home)

Best Science Fiction Film Release

Alita: Battle Angel
Bumblebee
Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sorry to Bother You
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X – No Vote

Best Supporting Actor in a Film

Jeremy Renner (Avengers: Endgame)
John Lithgow (Pet Sematary)
Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War)
Lewis Pullman (Bad Times at The El Royale)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)
Steven Yeun (Burning)
Will Smith (Aladdin)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film

Amber Heard (Aquaman)
Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at The El Royale)
Hailee Steinfeld (Bumblebee)
Karen Gillan (Avengers: Endgame)
Naomi Scott (Aladdin)
Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame)
Zendaya (Spider-Man: Far From Home)

Best Thriller Film Release

Bad Samaritan
Bad Times at The El Royale
Destroyer
Dragged Across Concrete
Greta
Ma
Searching

TELEVISION AWARDS

Best Action / Thriller Television Series

Better Call Saul
Killing Eve
Mr. Mercedes
Riverdale
The Last Ship
The Purge
The Sinner

Best Actor in a Streaming Presentation

Charlie Cox (Marvel’s Daredevil)
David Tennant (Good Omens)
Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Hill House)
John Krasinski (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan)
Jon Bernthal (Marvel’s The Punisher)
Penn Badgley (You)
Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile)

Best Actor on a Television Series

Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead)
Bill Pullman (The Sinner)
Grant Gustin (The Flash)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones)
Sam Heughan (Outlander)
Seth MacFarlane (The Orville)

Best Actress in a Streaming Presentation

Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill House)
Elizabeth Lail (You)
Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
Krysten Ritter (Marvel’s Jessica Jones)
Molly Parker (Lost in Space)
Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll)
Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery)

Best Actress on a Television Series

Adrianne Palicki (The Orville)
Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Candice Patton (The Flash)
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones)
Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who)
Melissa Benoist (Supergirl)
Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)

Best Animated Series on Television

Archer
Duck Tales
Family Guy
Star Wars Resistance
The Simpsons

Best Fantasy Television Series

American Gods
Charmed
Game of Thrones
Outlander
The Good Place
The Good Witch
The Magicians
The Outpost

Best Guest Performance on a Television Series

Ed Speleers (Outlander)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead)
Jon Cryer (Supergirl)
Rainer Bock (Better Call Saul)
Sydney Lemmon (Fear the Walking Dead)
Tonya Pinkins (Fear the Walking Dead)

Best Horror Television Series

A Discovery of Witches
American Horror Story: Apocalypse
Fear the Walking Dead
NOS4A2
Preacher
Supernatural
The Walking Dead
What We Do in the Shadows

Best Science Fiction Television Series

Counterpart
Doctor Who
Krypton
Manifest
Roswell New Mexico
The 100
The Orville
Westworld

Best Streaming Science Fiction Action and Fantasy Series

Best Streaming Superhero Series

DC’s Doom Patrol
DC’s Swamp Thing
Marvel’s Daredevil
Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Marvel’s Runaways
Marvel’s The Punisher
The Umbrella Academy

Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series

Arrow
Black Lightning
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Gotham
Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger
Supergirl
The Flash

Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Presentation

Doug Jones (Star Trek: Discovery)
Ethan Peck (Star Trek: Discovery)
Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space)
Michael Sheen (Good Omens)
Michiel Huisman (The Haunting of Hill House)
Timothy Hutton (The Haunting of Hill House)
Wilson Cruz (Star Trek: Discovery)

Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series

David Harewood (Supergirl)
Ed Harris (Westworld)
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Khary Payton (The Walking Dead)
Lennie James (Fear the Walking Dead)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones)
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)

Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Presentation

Deborah Ann Woll (Marvel’s Daredevil)
Ellen Page (The Umbrella Academy)
Maya Hawke (Stranger Things)
Parker Posey (Lost in Space)
Sissy Spacek (Castle Rock)
Taylor Russell (Lost in Space)
Victoria Pedretti (The Haunting of Hill House)

Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series

Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead)
Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones)
Lena Headey (Game of Thrones)
Melissa McBride (The Walking Dead)
Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul)
Sophie Skelton (Outlander)
Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones)

Best Younger Actor on a Television Series

Benjamin Wadsworth (Deadly Class)
Cameron Cuffe (Krypton)
Cole Sprouse (Riverdale)
David Mazouz (Gotham)
KJ Apa (Riverdale)
Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones)
Tosin Cole (Doctor Who)

DVD AWARDS

Best DVD / BD Classic Film Release

2001: A Space Odyssey (4K)
Deep Rising
Jack the Giant Killer
Maximum Overdrive
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
The Spiral Staircase

Best DVD / BD Collection

Jack Ryan: 5 Film Collection (4K)
The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
The Complete Sartana
The Matrix Trilogy (4K)
The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection
Universal Classic Monsters 30 Film Collection

Best DVD / BD Release

Fahrenheit 451
Jonathan
Kin
King Cohen
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Time Freak

Best DVD / BD Special Edition Release

12 Monkeys (Collector’s Edition)
A Fistful of Dollars (Special Edition)
Crimson Peak (Limited Edition)
Horror Express (Special Edition)
The Changeling (Limited Edition)
Waterworld (Limited Edition)

Best DVD / BD Television Movie or Series Release

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
The Martian Chronicles (Complete Mini-Series)
The Night Stalker
The Night Strangler
The Outer Limits (Season 1 and 2)
Trilogy of Terror

ABOUT The Saturn Awards
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films presents the annual Saturn Awards, the only major award dedicated to honoring the finest in genre entertainment for film, television and home entertainment. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films is a non-profit founded in 1972 by noted film historian Dr. Donald A. Reed. For over 40 years the Academy has been honoring the groundbreaking work of filmmakers, actors, craftsmen, and artists in genre community.

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