Since 1973, the Saturn Awards honor the very best in science-fiction, fantasy and horror entertainment and is the official award presentation of the non-profit Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The Academy was founded in 1972 by noted film historian Dr. Donald A. Reed to recognize films often overlooked by mainstream awards.

The Saturn Awards is produced by veteran television producer Justin W. Hochberg, CEO of Saturn Media, Inc. a live event, digital media and social commerce company launched in conjunction with its partnership with the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror headed by President Robert Holguin. The newly created Saturn Awards Advisory Board includes prominent creatives in entertainment such as Roberto Orci (Star Trek, Transformers 1-3), Christina Steinberg (producer of the Oscar winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), filmmaker Dean Devlin (Independence Day), producer Roy Lee (It, Bates Motel), director Robert Rodriquez (Alita: Battle Angel, Cannes winner Sin City) and director/producer Kirk DeMicco (The Croods, Lin Manuel-Miranda’s Vivo) Oscar-winning director Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse). These new partnerships will expand the Saturn Awards brand to create a home for fandom year-round, with new content currently in development and capitalizing on decades of never-before-seen exclusive archival awards show footage with fandom’s legendary icons over its 45-year history.

The Saturns also have some new additions to their advisory board, including writer/producer Roberto Orci (Star Trek, Transformers 1-3), producer Christina Steinberg (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), filmmaker Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate), producer Roy Lee (It, Bates Motel), Director Robert Rodriquez (Alita: Battle Angel, Cannes winner Sin City) and Oscar winning director Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), among others. 

The 45th Annual Saturn Awards 2019 Nominations:

FILM:

Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release:

Aquaman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Avengers: Infinity War (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Captain Marvel (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Shazam! (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (Sony / Marvel Studios)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)

Best Science Fiction Film Release:

Alita: Battle Angel (20th Century Fox)
Bumblebee (Paramount)
Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom (Universal Pictures)
Ready Player One (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm Ltd. / Walt Disney Studios)
Sorry to Bother You (Mirror Releasing – Annapurna Pictures)
Upgrade (BH Tilt)

Best Fantasy Film Release:

Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Dumbo (Walt Disney Studios)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Warner Bros. / Legendary Pictures)
Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios)
Toy Story 4 (Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Studios)
Yesterday (Universal Pictures)

Best Horror Film Release:

The Dead Don’t Die (Focus Features)
Halloween (Universal Pictures)
Hereditary (A24)
Overlord (Paramount)
Pet Sematary (Paramount)
A Quiet Place (Paramount)
Us (Universal Pictures)

Best Action / Adventure Film Release:

Cold Pursuit (Lionsgate / Summit)
Escape Room (Columbia Pictures/Sony)
Glass (Universal)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Lionsgate / Summit)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount)
Skyscraper (Universal Pictures)

Best Thriller Film Release:

Bad Samaritan (Electric Entertainment)
Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox)
Destroyer (Mirror / Annapurna Pictures)
Dragged Across Concrete (Lionsgate / Summit)
Greta (Focus Features)
Ma (Universal Pictures)
Searching (Sony Pictures)

Best Actor in a Film:

Jeff Bridges Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox)
Nicolas Cage Mandy (RLJ Entertainment)
Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount)
Chris Evans Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Robert Downey Jr. Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Mel Gibson Dragged Across Concrete (Lionsgate / Summit)
Keanu Reeves John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Lionsgate / Summit)

Best Actress in a Film:

Emily Blunt Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios)
Toni Colette Hereditary (A24)
Jamie Lee Curtis Halloween (Universal)
Nicole Kidman Destroyer (Mirror / Annapurna Pictures)
Brie Larson Captain Marvel (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Lupita Nyong’o Us (Universal Pictures)
Octavia Spencer Ma (Universal Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film:

Josh Brolin Avengers: Infinity War (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
John Lithgow Pet Sematary (Paramount)
Lin-Manuel Miranda Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios)
Lewis Pullman Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox)
Jeremy Renner Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Will Smith Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Steven Yeun Burning (Well Go USA)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film:

Cynthia Erivo Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox)
Karen Gillan Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Amber Heard Aquaman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Scarlett Johansson Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Naomi Scott Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Hailee Steinfeld Bumblebee (Paramount)
Zendaya Spider-Man: Far From Home (Marvel / Sony Studios)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor:

Evan Alex Us (Universal Pictures)
Asher Angel Shazam! (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Millie Bobby Brown Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Warner Bros. / Legendary)
Jack Dylan Grazer Shazam! (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Tom Holland Spider-Man: Far From Home (Marvel / Sony Pictures)
Shahadi Wright Joseph Us (Universal Pictures)
Millicent Simmonds A Quiet Place (Paramount)

Best Film Director:

Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Captain Marvel (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Karyn Kusama Destroyer (Mirror / Annapurna Pictures)
Jordan Peele Us (Universal Pictures)
Guy Ritchie Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Steven Spielberg Ready Player One (Warner Bros. Pictures)
James Wan Aquaman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Yimou Zhang Shadow (Well Go USA)

Best Film Screenplay:

Drew Goddard Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox)
Christopher Markus,
Stephen McFeely Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Christopher McQuarrie Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount)
Jung-mi Oh, Chang-Dong Lee Burning (Well Go USA)
Jordan Peele Us (Universal Pictures)
Bryan Woods, Scott Beck,
John Krasinski A Quiet Place (Paramount)
S. Craig Zahler Dragged Across Concrete (Lionsgate / Summit)

Best Film Production Design:

Bill Brzeski Aquaman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ruth De Jong Us (Universal Pictures)
Rick Heinrichs Dumbo (Walt Disney Studios)
Jemma Jackson Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Kwong Wing Ma Shadow (Well Go USA)
John Myhre Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios)
Charles Wood Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)

Best Film Editing:

Jeffrey Ford,
Mathew Schmidt Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
James Herbert Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Nicholas Monsour Us (Universal Pictures)
Kirk Morri Aquaman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Evan Schiff John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Lionsgate / Summit)
Christopher Tellefsen A Quiet Place (Paramount)
Best Film Music:

Danny Elfman Dumbo (Walt Disney Pictures)
Bear McCreary Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Warner Bros. / Legendary)
Alan Menken Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Marc Shaiman Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios)
Alan Silvestri Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Alan Silvestri Ready Player One (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Film Costume:

Kym Barrett Aquaman (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Leah Butler Shazam! (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Judianna Makovsky Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Chen Minzheng Shadow (Well Go USA)
Sandy Powell Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios)
Michael Wilkinson Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)

Best Film Make-Up:

John Blake,
Brian Sipe Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Judy Chin,
Mike Marino The Dead Don’t Die (Focus Features)
Bill Corso Destroyer (Mirror / Annapurna Pictures)
Lisa Love,
Tate Steiniek Dragged Across Concrete (Lionsgate / Summit)
Tristan Versluis,
Naomi Dunne,
Duncan Jarman Overlord (Paramount)
Annick Chartier,
Adrien Morot Pet Sematary (Paramount)
Mark Coulier,
Fernanda Perez Suspiria (Amazon)

Best Film Special/Visual Effects:

TBD A Quiet Place (Paramount)
TBD Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
TBD Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
TBD Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Warner Bros. / Legendary)
TBD Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount)
TBD Ready Player One (Warner Bros.)
TBD Spider-Man: Far From Home (Sony Pictures)

Best Independent Film Release:

American Animals (The Orchard)
Anna and the Apocalypse (Orion Pictures)
The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot (RLJ Entertainment)
Mandy (RLJ Entertainment)
Ophelia (IFC Films)
Summer of 84 (Gunpowder & Sky)

Best International Film Release:

Aniara (Magnet / Magnolia Pictures)
Border (Neon)
Burning (Well Go USA)
Ghost Stories (IFC Films)
The Guilty (Magnolia Pictures)
Shadow (Well Go USA)

Best Animated Film Release:

The Grinch (Universal Pictures)
How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Hidden World (Universal Pictures)
The Incredibles 2 (Pixar Animation / Walt Disney Studios)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (Walt Disney Studios)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Toy Story 4 (Walt Disney Studios)

Television

Best Superhero Television Series:

Arrow (The CW)
Black Lightning (The CW)
Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger (Freeform)
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (The CW)
The Flash (The CW)
Gotham (Fox)
Supergirl (The CW)

Best Streaming Superhero Television Series:

DC’s Doom Patrol (DC Universe)
DC’s Swamp Thing (DC Universe)
Marvel’s Daredevil (Netflix)
Marvel’s Jessica Jones (Netflix)
Marvel’s The Punisher (Netflix)
Marvel’s Runaways (Hulu)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

Best Science Fiction Television Series:

The 100 (The CW)
Counterpart (Starz)
Doctor Who (BBC America)
Krypton (SyFy)
Manifest (NBC)
The Orville (Fox)
Roswell, New Mexico (The CW)
Westworld (HBO)

Best Fantasy Television Series:

American Gods (Starz)
Charmed (The CW)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
The Good Place (NBC)
The Good Witch (Hallmark Channel)
The Magicians (SyFy)
Outlander (Starz)
The Outpost (The CW)

Best Streaming Science Fiction, Action, & Fantasy Series:

Black Mirror (Netflix)
The Expanse (Amazon)
Lost in Space (Netflix)
Good Omens (Amazon)
Russian Doll (Netflix)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Amazon)

Best Horror Television Series:

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

Best Streaming Horror & Thriller Series:

Castle Rock (Hulu)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Netflix)
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)
Stranger Things (Netflix)
The Haunting of Hill House (Netflix)
The Twilight Zone (CBS All Access)
You (Netflix / Lifetime)

Best Action / Thriller Television Series:

Better Call Saul (AMC)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
The Last Ship (TNT)
Mr. Mercedes (Audience TV Network)
The Purge (USA Network)
Riverdale (The CW)
The Sinner (USA Network)

Best Animated Series on Television:

Archer (FX)
Duck Tales (Disney Channel)
Family Guy (Fox)
The Simpsons (Fox)
Star Wars Resistance (Disney Channel)

Best Actor on a Television Series:

Grant Gustin (The Flash) (The CW)
Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) (HBO)
Sam Heughan (Outlander) (Starz)
Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) (AMC)
Seth McFarlane (The Orville) (Fox)
Bill Pullman (The Sinner) (USA Network)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) (HBO)

Best Actor in a Streaming Presentation:

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

Best Actress on a Television Series:

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

Best Actress in a Streaming Presentation:

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

Best Supporting Actor on a Television Series:

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

Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Presentation:

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

Best Supporting Actress on a Television Series:

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

Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Presentation:

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

Best Performance by a Younger Actor on a Television Series:

K.J. Apa (Riverdale) (The CW)
Tosin Cole (Doctor Who) (BBC America)
Cameron Cuff (Krypton) (SyFy)
Benjamin Wadsworth (Deadly Class) (SyFy)
David Mazouz (Gotham) (Fox)
Cole Sprouse (Riverdale) (The CW)
Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) (HBO)

Best Guest Starring Performance on a Television Series:

Rainer Bock (Better Call Saul) (AMC)
Jon Cryer (Supergirl) (The CW)
Sidney Lemmon (Fear the Walking Dead) (AMC)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) (AMC)
Tonya Perkins (Fear the Walking Dead) (AMC)
Edward Speleers (Outlander) (Starz)

HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Best DVD / BD Release:

Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Jonathan (Well Go USA)
Kin (Lionsgate)
King Cohen (La La Land)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (Warner)
Time Freak (Lionsgate)

Best DVD / BD Classic Film Release:

2001: A Space Odyssey (4K) (Warner)
Deep Rising (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Jack the Giant Killer (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Maximum Overdrive (Lionsgate/Vestron)
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
The Spiral Staircase (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)

Best DVD / BD Special Edition Release:

12 Monkeys (Collector’s Edition) (Arrow)
The Changeling (Limited Edition) (Severin)
Crimson Peak (Limited Edition) (Arrow)
A Fistful of Dollars (Special Edition) (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Horror Express (Special Edition) (Arrow)
Waterworld (Limited Edition) (Arrow)

Best DVD / BD Collection Release:

The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (Arrow)
The Complete Sartana (Arrow)
Jack Ryan: 5 Film Collection (4K) (Paramount)_
The Matrix Trilogy (4K) (Warner)
The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
Universal Classic Monsters 30 Film Collection (Universal)

Best DVD / BD Television Movie or Series Release:

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

Live Stage Production

Best Local Live Stage Production:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Segerstrom Center for the Arts)
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (3-D Theatricals at Cerritos Center)
An Inspector Calls (Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts)
The Old Man and the Old Moon (The PigPen Theatre Company at The Wallis)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – The
Immersive Experience (After Hours Theatre Company)
Puppet Up! Uncensored (Henson Alternative)
The Secret Garden (3-D Theatricals at Cerritos Center)

All 2019 Saturn Awards winners will be unveiled at the official ceremony on Friday the 13^th of September at the historic Avalon Theater in Los Angeles, and for the first time in the Awards’ storied-history, the ceremony will be live-streamed for audiences to enjoy via a service to be announced soon.