Saturn Awards

FILM AWARDS

BEST COMIC BOOK-TO-FILM: Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST SCIENCE FILM FILM: Interstellar
BEST FANTASY FILM: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
BEST HORROR FILM: Dracula Untold
BEST THRILLER FILM: Gone Girl
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE: Unbroken
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: The Theory of Everything
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM: Whiplash
BEST ANIMATED FILM: The LEGO Movie

BEST ACTOR: Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Richard Armitage, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE: MacKenzie Foy, Interstellar

BEST DIRECTOR: James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST WRITING: Interstellar- Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan
BEST EDITING: Edge of Tomorrow
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Interstellar
BEST MUSIC: Interstellar
BEST COSTUMES: Dracula Untold
BEST MAKE-UP: Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Interstellar

TELEVISION

BEST NETWORK SERIES: Hannibal
BEST CABLE SERIES: The Walking Dead
BEST LIMITED RUN SERIES: Game of Thrones
BEST SUPERHERO SERIES: The Flash
BEST YOUTH-ORIENTED SERIES: The 100

BEST ACTOR (tie): Hugh Dancy, Hannibal; Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead
BEST ACTRESS: Caitronia Balfe, Outlander
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Laurence Fishburne, Hannibal
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Melissa McBride, The Walking Dead
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
BEST GUEST PERFORMER: Wentworth Miller, The Flash

Saturn Award Nominations

FILM

BEST COMIC-TO-FILM RELEASE
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM RELEASE
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Godzilla
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Interstellar
The Zero Theorem

BEST FANTASY FILM RELEASE
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Paddington

BEST HORROR FILM RELEASE
Annabelle
The Babadook
Dracula Untold
Horns
Only Lovers Left Alive
The Purge: Anarchy

BEST THRILLER RELEASE
American Sniper
The Equalizer
Gone Girl
The Guest
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM RELEASE
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Inherent Vie
Lucy
Noah
Snowpiercer
Unbroken

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM RELEASE
Grand Piano
I, Origins
A Most Violent Year
The One I Love
The Two Faces of January
Whiplash 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM RELEASE
Bird People
Calvary
Force Majeure
Mood Indigo
The Railway Man
The Theory of Everything 

BEST ANIMATED FILM RELEASE
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
The Wind Rises 

40th Saturn Award Nominations...and Millions and Millions of Best Film Categories

BEST COMIC-TO-FILM MOTION PICTURE
Iron Man 3
Man of Steel
Thor: The Dark World
The Wolverine

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Ender's Game
Gravity
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Pacific Rim
Riddick
Star Trek Into Darkness

BEST FANTASY FILM
About Time
Her
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jack the Giant Slayer
Oz: The Great & Powerful
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

BEST HORROR FILM
Carrie
The Conjuring
Mama
The Pledge
This Is the End
Warm Bodies

BEST THRILLER FILM
The Call
The East
Now You See Me
The Place Beyond the Pines
Prisoners
World War Z

BEST ACTION / ADVENTURE FILM
The Book Thief
Fast & Furious 6
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
The Lone Ranger
Lone Survivor
Rush

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM
12 Years a Slave
Great Expectations
Inside Llewyn Davis
Out of the Furnace
Upside Down 

Saturn Award Winners

FILM

 

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM: Marvel's The Avengers
BEST FANTASY FILM: Life of Pi
BEST HORROR/THRILLER FILM: The Cabin in the Woods
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM: Skyfall
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM: Killer Joe
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Headhunters
BEST ANIMATED FILM: Frankenweenie

BEST DIRECTOR: Joss Whedon, Marvel's Avengers
BEST ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Clark Gregg, Marvel's The Avengers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
BEST WRITING: Django Unchained- Quentin Tarantino
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
BEST FILM EDITING: Cloud Atlas
BEST MUSIC: Frankenweenie
BEST COSTUMES: Les Miserables
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Marvel's The Avengers

TELEVISION

BEST NETWORK TELEVISION SHOW: Revolution

BEST TELEVISION PRESENTATION: Breaking Bad

BEST SYNDICATED CABLE TELEVISION SHOW: The Walking Dead

BEST YOUTH-ORIENTED SERIES: Teen Wolf

BEST ACTOR: (tie) Kevin Bacon, The Following; Bryan Cranstan, Breaking Bad

BEST ACTRESS: Anna Torv, Fringe

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jonathon Banks, Breaking Bad

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Yvonne Strahovski, Dexter

THEATER SHOWCASE AWARD: Silence! The Musical

DAN CURTIS LEGACY AWARD: Vince Gilligan

VISIONARY AWARD: Richard Matheson

LIFE CAREER AWARD: Jonathon Frakes

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: William Friedkin

The 39th Annual Saturn Awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

Saturn Award Nominations

Honoring the best in genre filmmaking, here are the nominees for the 39th Annual Saturn Awards:

The Hobbit leads with 9 nominations

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Chronicle
Cloud Atlas
The Hunger Games
Looper
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus

BEST FANTASY FILM
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Ruby Sparks
Snow White & the Huntsman
Ted

BEST HORROR/THRILLER FILM
Argo
The Cabin in the Woods
The Impossible
Seven Psychopaths
The Woman in Black
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Skyfall
Taken 2

BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE
Hitchcock
Killer Joe
The Paperboy
Robot & Frank
Safety Not Guaranteed
Seeking a Friend For the End of the World

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Anna Karenina
Chicken with Plums
The Fairy
Headhunters
My Way
Pusher

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Wreck-It-Ralph

BEST DIRECTOR
William Friedkin, Killer Joe
Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Rian Johnson, Looper
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
Joss Whedon, Marvel's The Avengers 

BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Craig, Skyfall
Martin Freeman, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper
Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Michael Fassbender, Prometheus
Clark Gregg, Marvel's The Avengers
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Dark Knight Rises
Ian McKellen, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Gina Gershon, Killer Joe
Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Charlize Theron, Snow White & the Huntsman

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR
CJ Adams, The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Tom Holland, The Impossible
Daniel Huttlestone, Les Miserables
Chloe Grace Moretz, Dark Shadows
Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild     

BEST WRITING
The Cabin in the Woods
Django Unchained
Killer Joe
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Seven Psychopaths

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Dark Shadows
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life of Pi

BEST FILM EDITING
The Bourne Legacy
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Looper
Marvel's The Avengers    
Skyfall

BEST MUSIC
Anna Karenina
The Dark Knight Rises
Frankenweenie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Skyfall

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Snow White & the Huntsman

BEST MAKE-UP
Cloud Atlas
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Impossible
Skyfall
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Battleship
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John Carter
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Snow White & the Huntsman                           

Saturn Award Nominations

The alternative to the Oscars-- OR IS IT?

The Saturn Awards give attention to the big, the genre, the sci-fi, and the whatever. I truly don't think this organization makes much sense.

In reality the "Count Dracula Society" (not making this up) was formed in the 70s to celebrate the best of gothic filmmaking, as well as television and literature.

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
The Book of Eli
Knowing
Moon
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

BEST FANTASY FILM
Avatar
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
The Lovely Bones
The Time Traveler's Wife
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST HORROR FILM
The Box
Drag Me to Hell
Frozen
The Last House on the Left
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Zombieland

BEST ACTION\ADVENTURE\THRILLER
2012
Brothers
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Law Abiding Citizen
The Messenger
Sherlock Holmes

BEST DIRECTOR
J.J. Abrams, Star Trek
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
James Cameron, Avatar
Guy Ritchie, Sherlock Holmes
Zack Synder, Watchmen
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr., Sherlock Holmes
Tobey Maguire, Brothers
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Sam Rockwell, Moon
Denzel Washington, The Book of Eli
Sam Worthington, Avatar

BEST ACTRESS
Catherine Keener, Where the Wild Things Are
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Alison Lohman, Drag Me to Hell
Natalie Portman, Brothers
Zoe Saldana, Avatar
Charlize Theron, The Burning Plain

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Woody Harrelson, Zombieland
Stephen Lang, Avatar
Frank Langella, The Box
Jude Law, Sherlock Holmes
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Malin Ackerman, Watchmen
Diane Kruger, Inglourious Basterds
Rachel McAdams, Sherlock Holmes
Lorna Raver, Drag Me to Hell
Susan Sarandon, The Lovely Bones
Sigourney Weaver, Avatar

BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Bailee Madison, Brothers
Brooklynn Proulx, The Time Traveler's Wife
Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are
Saorsie Ronan, The Lovely Bones
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road

BEST WRITING
Avatar- James Cameron
District 9- Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
Inglourious Basterds- Quentin Tarantino
Star Trek- Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci
Watchmen- Alex Tse & David Hayter
Where the Wild Things Are- Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers

BEST ANIMATED FILM
A Christmas Carol
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Monsters vs. Aliens
The Princess & the Frog
Up

BEST MUSIC
Avatar
Drag Me to Hell
The Lovely Bones
Red Cliff
Sherlock Holmes
Up

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Red Cliff
Sherlock Holmes
Watchmen

BEST MAKE-UP
The Book of Eli
District 9
Drag Me to Hell
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Star Trek
Terminator: Salvation

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek
Watchmen

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
2012
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
Watchmen

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
District 9
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Lorna's Silence
Red Cliff
Taken
Thirst