The 45th Annual Saturn Award Nominations

For a full list of nominees including television nods visit: https://thesaturnawards.com/

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 (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 Collette - 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)
Zhang Yimou - Shadow (Well Go USA)

Best Film Screenplay:
Drew Goddard - Bad Times at The El Royale (20th Century Fox)
C hristopher Markus,Stephen McFeely - Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)
Christopher McQuarrie - Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Paramount)
Oh Jung-mi, Lee Chang-Dong - 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)
Gemma Jackson - Aladdin (Walt Disney Studios)
Horace Ma Gwong-Wing - Shadows (Well Go USA)
John Myhre - Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios)
Charles Wood - Avengers: Endgame (Marvel / Walt Disney Studios)

Best Film Editing:
Jeffrey Ford, Matthew 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 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 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

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