2026 Saturn Awards Nominations Announced

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced nominations for the 2026 Saturn Awards. Now in its 53rd year, the Saturn Awards recognize the best achievement in science fiction, fantasy, horror, superhero, action-adventure, animation, and genre storytelling across film and television.

The 53rd annual Saturn Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at the Universal Hilton in Los Angeles with host Joel McHale.

Award season is in full swing, and the Saturn Awards are an opportunity to recognize achievement in genres that don’t often receive attention from other awards. Here are some of this year’s highlights from the official press release: “Leading the film nominations are Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Sinners, each earning 12 nominations, followed closely by Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein with 11 nominations, and Wicked: For Good with nine nominations. James Gunn’s Superman secured eight nominations, underscoring the continued resurgence of large-scale genre filmmaking. In television, Dexter: Resurrection leads all series with 6 nominations, followed by Andor, It: Welcome to Derry and Stranger Things, each earning 5 nominations. Additional strong contenders include Paradise, Pluribus and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Genre television continued its dominance across platforms, with nominations recognizing standout performances by Diego Luna, Michael C. Hall, Adam Scott, Jenna Ortega, Millie Bobby Brown, Sterling K. Brown, and Rhea Seehorn, among many others.”

Read on for a complete list of nominations:

FILM

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM:  

Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia                                                              
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Predator: Badlands                                                   
The Running Man
Tron: Ares                                                                    

Best Fantasy Film:

Freakier Friday
Hamnet
How to Train Your Dragon
The Life of Chuck 
Lilo & Stitch 
Wicked: For Good

Best Horror Film:

28 Years Later
The Conjuring: Last Rites                             
Final Destination: Bloodlines                                   
Frankenstein                                                 
The Monkey                                                   
Weapons

Best Cinematic Adaptation Film:

Black Phone 2
Captain America: Brave New World               
The Fantastic Four: First Steps       
A Minecraft Movie 
Superman
Thunderbolts

Best Thriller Film:

Highest 2 Lowest     
The Housemaid
The Long Walk
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Action / Adventure Film:

Ballerina
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Novocaine
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
One Battle After Another 

Best Actor in a Film:

David Corenswet (Superman)
Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning)
Tom Hiddleston (The Life of Chuck)
Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Pedro Pascal (The Fantastic Four:  First Steps)
Sam Worthington (Avatar: Fire and Ash)

Best Actress in a Film:

Rachel Brosnahan (Superman)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
Elle Fanning (Predator: Badlands)
Julia Garner (Weapons)
Vanessa Kirby (The Fantastic Four: First Steps)
Zoe Saldana (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Best Supporting Actor in a Film:

Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Edi Gathegi (Superman)
Jeff Goldblum (Wicked: For Good)
Stephan Lang (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Delroy Lindo (Sinners)
Mads Mikkelsen (Dust Bunny)
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Fantastic Four: First Steps)

Best Supporting Actress in a Film:

Oona Chaplin (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Mia Goth (Frankenstein)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Florence Pugh (Thunderbolts)
Hailee Steinfeld (Sinners)
Sigourney Weaver (Dust Bunny)

Best Younger Performer in a Film:

Miles Caton (Sinners)
Jack Champion (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Maia Kealoha (Lilo & Stitch)
Madeleine McGraw (Black Phone 2)
Sophie Sloan (Dust Bunny)
Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon)

Best Film Direction:

James Cameron  (Avatar: Fire and Ash)
Ryan Coogler  (Sinners)
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)
James Gunn (Superman)
Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning)
Matt Shakman  (The Fantastic Four: First Steps)
Dan Trachtenberg  (Predator: Badlands)

Best Film Screenwriting:

Avatar: Fire and Ash (James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver; Story by: Josh Friedman, Shane Salerno)
Dust Bunny  (Bryan Fuller)
The Fantastic Four:  First Steps (Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer)
Frankenstein   (Guillermo del Toro )
Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning (Christopher McQuarrie,  Erik Jendresen)
Sinners (Ryan Coogler)
Weapons (Zach Cregger)

Best Film Visual / Special Effects:

Avatar: Fire and Ash     
The Fantastic Four:   First Steps                       
How to Train Your Dragon   
Mission: Impossible –  The Final Reckoning               
Superman       
Wicked: For Good

Best Film Music:

Avatar: Fire and Ash (Simon Franglen)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps  (Michael Giacchino)
Frankenstein  (Alexandre Desplat)
Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
Tron: Ares (Nine Inch Nails: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
Wicked: For Good (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)

Best Film Production Design:

Avatar: Fire and Ash   
The Fantastic Four: First Steps       
Frankenstein                           
Sinners                                     
Superman                                 
Wicked: For Good

Best Film Make Up:

28 Years Later
Frankenstein  
Sinners
Tron: Ares
Weapons
Wicked: For Good

Best Film Editing:

Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Fantastic Four: First Steps       
Frankenstein                             
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning               
Predator: Badlands                 
Sinners

Best Film Costume Design:

The Fantastic Four: First Steps   
Frankenstein                           
Predator: Badlands                 
Sinners                                     
Superman                                 
Wicked: For Good

Best Independent Film:

Adulthood       
Eden
Dust Bunny
Good Boy
The Rule of Jenny Pen
The Plague
The Toxic Avenger

Best International Film:

40 Acres
Bring Her Back
Dead of Winter
Night Call
The Ugly Stepsister
Sisu 2: Road to Revenge 

Best Animated Film:

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie      
The Bad Guys 2
Elio                   
KPop Demon Hunters
The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants
Zootopia 2

Best International Animated Film (New Category)

Attack on Titan the Movie: The Last Attack
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc               
The Colors Within                     
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Ne Zha 2
Stitch Head

TELEVISION AWARDS

Best Science Fiction Television Series:

Andor 
The Ark
Foundation     
Severance
Silo         
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds  

Best Fantasy Television Series:

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches  
Ghosts    
The Librarians: The Next Chapter
Outlander                                 
Stranger Things
Wednesday

Best Horror Television Series:

Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order
The Institute
It: Welcome to Derry     
The Last of Us                 
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Yellowjackets

Best New Genre Series:

Alien: Earth
Outlander: Blood of My Blood
Pluribus   
Robin Hood
Spartacus: House of Ashur
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Best Action/Adventure Television Series:

Cobra Kai       
Duster             
Paradise
Reacher
Squid Game
Twisted Metal

Best Thriller Television Series:

Dark Winds     
Dexter: Resurrection
The Lowdown
MobLand 
The Rainmaker
Your Friends and Neighbors

Best Superhero Television Series:

Daredevil: Born Again
Gen V 
Invincible
Iron Heart
Peacemaker
The Sandman

Best Television Presentation:
The Beast in Me
Black Mirror
Murderbot
Nautilus
The Pitt
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Best Animated Television Series or Special:

Creature Commandos
Harley Quinn         
Marvel Zombies     
Predator: Killer of Killers
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man         
Solo Leveling Season 2 – Arise from the Shadow 

Best Actor in a Television Series:

Sterling K. Brown   (Paradise)
John Cena   (Peacemaker)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter: Resurrection)
Sam Heughan  (Outlander)
Diego Luna (Andor)
Norman Reedus  (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon)
Adam Scott   (Severance)

Best Actress in a Television Series:

Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Sydney Chandler  (Alien: Earth)
Britt Lower (Severance)
Melissa McBride (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon)
Jenna Ortega  (Wednesday)
Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus)

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series:

Jack Alcott  (Dexter: Resurrection)
William Fichtner (Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order)
Jude Law  (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew)
James Marsden  (Paradise)
Babou Ceesay (Alien: Earth)
Ethan Peck    (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)
Stellan Skarsgard (Andor)

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series:

Christina Chong  (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)
Denise Gough (Andor)
Julianne Nicholson  (Paradise)
Jennifer Holland  (Peacemaker)
Genevieve O’Reilly  (Andor)
Uma Thurman (Dexter: Resurrection)
Karolina Wydra  (Pluribus)

Best Guest Star in a Television Series:

Dave Dastmalchian   (Dexter: Resurrection)
Peter Dinklage  (Dexter: Resurrection)
Linda Hamilton (Stranger Things)
James Remar  (It: Welcome to Derry)
Bill Skarsgard  (It: Welcome to Derry)
Samba Schutte (Pluribus)
Paul Wesley (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds)

Best Young Performer in a Television Series:

Ravi Cabot-Conyers  (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew)
Arian S. Cartaya  (It: Welcome to Derry)
Joe Freeman (The Institute)
Noah Schnapp  (Stranger Things)
Jaz Sinclair  (Gen V)
Sadie Sink  (Stranger Things)
Clara Stack  (It: Welcome to Derry)

HOME ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

Best 4K Home Media Release:

Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning (Paramount)
Nightmare Alley (Criterion)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney/Marvel)
Thunderbolts (Disney/Marvel)
When Evil Lurks (Second Sight Films)
Wicked (Universal)

Best Classic Film Home Media Release:

Dead of Night (Kino Lorber)
Frailty (Lionsgate Home Video)
Kingdom of Heaven (Director’s Cut)  (20^th Century/Disney)
Night of the Juggler (Kino Lorber)
Night of the Living Dead 1990 (Sony)
The Re-Animator 40^th Anniversary (Ignite Films)
Tombstone (Disney)

Best Film Home Media Collection:

007: James Bond – Sean Connery 6 Film Collection  (Warner Bros.)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 7 Film Collection (Warner Bros.)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy (Arrow)
Terror in the Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC (Eureka)
The Abbott and Costello Horror Film Collection   (Kino Lorber)
The Pink Panther Peter Sellers Comedy Collection  (Kino Lorber)

Best Television Home Media Release:

Chucky: The Complete Series (Universal)
Creepshow Complete Series (Shudder)
Knight Rider: The Complete Series (Universal)
Peanuts 75^th Ultimate TV Specials (Warner Bros.)
The Huckleberry Hound Show (Warner Archives)
The Penguin Season 1  (Warner Bros.)

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