Most of the time, major award shows have left a major genre in the dust. It’s hard to find sci-fi, fantasy, or superhero content on the list of nominations outside of visual effects and occasionally writing. The Emmys moved to include Stranger Things and Game of Thrones in Best Drama because their popularity was overwhelming. Yet many other fan favorites still deserve awards recognition. For the last 45 years, the Saturn Awards have been filing the gap by truly appreciating the best of sci-fi, horror, fantasy and more. Here are the nominees for the Saturn Awards 2019.
This year, Game of Thrones leads with most total nominations. The Orville is going to try for a second win in Best Sci-fi series. Marvel piled on the nominations with both Infinity War and Endgame going head-to-head for the Best Comic-to-Motion Picture prize.
See the list of nominations for the 45th Annual Saturn Awards below. The winners will be announced this September.
SATURN AWARDS 2019 NOMINATIONS
* This year’s 16-month eligibility period includes projects publicly released from March 1, 2018, through July 7, 2019. Nominations are listed in alphabetical order.
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 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
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
Tomorrow Man – Bleecker St.
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 ACTOR IN A FILM
Jeff Bridges – Bad Times at The El Royale
Nicolas Cage – Mandy
Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Chris Evans – Avengers: Endgame
Robert Downey Jr. – Avengers: Endgame
Mel Gibson – Dragged Across Concrete
Keanu Reeves – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
BEST ACTRESS IN A FILM
Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Jamie Lee Curtis – Halloween
Nicole Kidman – Destroyer
Brie Larson – Captain Marvel
Lupita Nyong’o – Us
Octavia Spencer – Ma
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FILM
Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War
John Lithgow – Pet Sematary
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Mary Poppins Returns
Lewis Pullman – Bad Times at The El Royale
Jeremy Renner – Avengers: Endgame
Will Smith – Aladdin
Steven Yeun – Burning
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FILM
Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at The El Royale
Karen Gillan – Avengers: Endgame
Amber Heard – Aquaman
Scarlett Johansson – Avengers: Endgame
Naomi Scott – Aladdin
Hailee Steinfeld – Bumblebee
Zendaya – Spider-Man: Far From Home
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR
Evan Alex – Us
Asher Angel – Shazam!
Millie Bobby Brown – Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Jack Dylan Grazer – Shazam!
Tom Holland – Spider-Man: Far From Home
Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place
BEST FILM DIRECTOR
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck – Captain Marvel
Karyn Kusama – Destroyer
Jordan Peele – Us
Guy Ritchie – Aladdin
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo – Avengers: Endgame
Steven Spielberg – Ready Player One
James Wan – Aquaman
Zhang Yimou – Shadow
BEST FILM SCREENPLAY
Drew Goddard – Bad Times at The El RoyalE
Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely – Avengers: Endgame
Christopher McQuarrie – Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-Dong – Burning
Jordan Peele – Us
Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, John Krasinski – A Quiet Place
S. Craig Zahler – Dragged Across Concrete
BEST FILM PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bill Brzeski – Aquaman
Ruth De Jong – Us
Rick Heinrichs – Dumbo
Gemma Jackson – Aladdin
Horace Ma Gwong-Wing – Shadow
John Myhre – Mary Poppins Returns
Charles Wood – Avengers: Endgame
BEST FILM EDITING
Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schmidt – Avengers: Endgame
James Herbert – Aladdin
Nicholas Monsour – Us
Kirk Morri – Aquaman
Evan Schiff – John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Christopher Tellefsen – A Quiet Place
BEST FILM MUSIC
Danny Elfman – Dumbo
Bear McCreary – Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Alan Menken – Aladdin
Marc Shaiman – Mary Poppins Returns
Alan Silvestri – Avengers: Endgame
Alan Silvestri – Ready Player One
BEST FILM COSTUME
Kym Barrett – Aquaman
Leah Butler – Shazam!
Judianna Makovsky – Avengers: Endgame
Chen Minzheng – Shadow
Sandy Powell – Mary Poppins Returns
Michael Wilkinson – Aladdin
BEST FILM MAKE-UP
John Blake, Brian Sipe – Avengers: Endgame
Judy Chin, Mike Marino – The Dead Don’t Die
Bill Corso – Destroyer
Lisa Love, Tate Steinsiek – Dragged Across Concrete
Tristan Versluis, Naomi Dunne, Duncan Jarman – Overlord
Annick Chartier, Adrien Morot – Pet Sematary
Mark Coulier, Fernanda Perez – Suspiria
BEST FILM SPECIAL/VISUAL EFFECTS
A Quiet Place
Aladdin
Avengers: Endgame
Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One
Spider-Man: Far From Home
TELEVISION AND STREAMING 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 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 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 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
Kit Harington – Game of Thrones
Sam Heughan – Outlander
Andrew Lincoln – The Walking Dead
Seth MacFarlane – The Orville
Bill Pullman – The Sinner
Jeffrey Wright – Westworld
BEST ACTRESS ON A TELEVISION SERIES
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Melissa Benoist – Supergirl
Emilia Clarke – Game of Thrones
Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
Adrianne Palicki – The Orville
Candice Patton – The Flash
Jodie Whittaker – Doctor Who
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ON A TELEVISION SERIES
Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – Game of Thrones
Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones
David Harewood – Supergirl
Ed Harris – Westworld
Lennie James – Fear the Walking Dead
Khary Payton – The Walking Dead
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON A TELEVISION SERIES
Gwendoline Christie – Game of Thrones
Danai Gurira – The Walking Dead
Lena Headey – Game of Thrones
Melissa McBride – The Walking Dead
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
Sophie Skelton – Outlander
Sophie Turner – Game of Thrones
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNGER ACTOR ON A TELEVISION SERIES
KJ Apa – Riverdale
Tosin Cole – Doctor Who
Cameron Cuffe – Krypton
Benjamin Wadsworth – Deadly Class
David Mazouz – Gotham
Cole Sprouse – Riverdale
Maisie Williams – Game of Thrones
BEST GUEST STARRING PERFORMANCE ON A TELEVISION SERIES
Rainer Bock – Better Call Saul
Jon Cryer – Supergirl
Sydney Lemmon – Fear the Walking Dead
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – The Walking Dead
Tonya Pinkins – Fear the Walking Dead
Ed Speleers – Outlander
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 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 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 ACTOR IN STREAMING PRESENTATION
Penn Badgley – You
Jon Bernthal – Marvel’s The Punisher
Charlie Cox – Marvel’s Daredevil
John Krasinski – Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Zac Efron – Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
David Tennant – Good Omens
Henry Thomas – The Haunting of Hill House
BEST ACTRESS IN STREAMING PRESENTATION
Carla Gugino – The Haunting of Hill House
Sonequa Martin-Green – Star Trek: Discovery
Elizabeth Lail – You
Natasha Lyonne – Russian Doll
Molly Parker – Lost in Space
Krysten Ritter – Marvel’s Jessica Jones
Kiernan Shipka – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN STREAMING PRESENTATION
Wilson Cruz – Star Trek: Discovery
Michiel Huisman – The Haunting of Hill House
Timothy Hutton – The Haunting of Hill House
Doug Jones – Star Trek: Discovery
Ethan Peck – Star Trek: Discovery
Maxwell Jenkins – Lost in Space
Michael Sheen – Good Omens
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN STREAMING SERIES
Maya Hawke – Stranger Things
Ellen Page – The Umbrella Academy
Parker Posey – Lost in Space
Victoria Pedretti – The Haunting of Hill House
Taylor Russell – Lost in Space
Sissy Spacek – Castle Rock
Deborah Ann Woll – Marvel’s Daredevil
For the complete list visit the Saturn Awards site HERE.