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The Saturn Awards[1] are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films belonging to genre fiction, as well as television and home media releases. The Saturn Awards were created in 1973 and were originally referred to as Golden Scrolls.

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Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul at the 2010 Saturn Awards

The Saturn Awards were devised by Donald A. Reed in 1973, who felt that work in films in the genre of science fiction at that time lacked recognition within the established Hollywood film industry's award system.[2] Initially, the award given was a Golden Scroll certificate.[3] In the late 1970s, the award was changed to be a representation of the planet Saturn, with its ring(s) composed of film.

The Saturn Awards are voted upon by members of the presenting Academy. The Academy is a non-profit organization with membership open to the public. Its president and executive producer is Robert Holguin, and producer/writers Bradley Marcus and Kevin Marcus.[4] Its members include filmmakers J. J. Abrams, Bryan Singer, Steven Spielberg, Bryan Fuller, Mark A. Altman, Vince Gilligan and James Cameron, among others.[5]

Although the Awards still primarily focus on films and television in the science fiction, fantasy and horror categories, the Saturns have also recognized productions in other dramatic genres. There are also special awards for lifetime achievement in film production.

Following the 46th Saturn Awards held in 2021, the decision to rebrand what would have been the "47th Saturn Awards" as the "50th Saturn Awards", was made in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Saturn Awards, which were founded in 1972. Subsequent ceremonies have continued with the new numbering.[6] The television categories were majorly overhauled at the 50th ceremony, with several categories being split to recognise both network/cable and streaming series. These changes were reverted at the following ceremony, however. In 2023, the nominations announcement and awards process for the 51st Saturn Awards was postponed by several months in solidarity with the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.[7]

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Discontinued awards

The Saturn Awards has been criticized for having broadened its scope, nominating and awarding prestige movies genre awards (sci-fi, fantasy, or horror) and thereby stretching the meanings of the genres too far.[8][9][10][11][12]

  1. Also received 3 honorary awards.

  2. Also received 1 honorary award.

  3. Largest sweep (winning awards in every nominated category).

  4. The Walking Dead (2010–2022) was nominated for 62 and won 24 competitive awards throughout its run, which lasted for 11 seasons. In addition, the series received a special award in 2024 for the cast and creators of the Walking Dead franchise.

  6. Those include 12 nominations for Star Wars (1977), 8 nominations for The Empire Strikes Back (1980), 10 nominations for Return of the Jedi (1983), 10 nominations for The Phantom Menace (1999), 7 nominations for Attack of the Clones (2002), 10 nominations for Revenge of the Sith (2005), 1 nomination for The Clone Wars (2008), 15 nominations for The Force Awakens (2015), 11 nominations for Rogue One (2016), 13 nominations for The Last Jedi (2017), 1 nomination for Solo (2018), and 12 nominations for The Rise of Skywalker (2019). In addition, a number of the franchise's films have also received nominations for home video categories, either as part of compilations or as special edition releases. Those include The Phantom Menace in 2001, Attack of the Clones in 2002, Star Wars Trilogy in 2004, and Star Wars: The Complete Saga in 2011.

  7. Those include 8 nominations for Iron Man (2008), 1 nomination for The Incredible Hulk (2008), 4 nominations for Iron Man 2 (2010), 4 nominations for Thor (2011), 7 nominations for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), 6 nominations for The Avengers (2012), 5 nominations for Iron Man 3 (2013), 5 nominations for Thor: The Dark World (2013), 11 nominations for Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), 9 nominations for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), 4 nominations for Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), 6 nominations for Ant-Man (2015), 8 nominations for Captain America: Civil War (2016), 10 nominations for Doctor Strange (2016), 4 nominations for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), 4 nominations for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), 2 nominations for Thor: Ragnarok (2017), 14 nominations for Black Panther (2018), 2 nominations for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), 3 nominations for Captain Marvel (2019), 14 nominations for Avengers: Endgame (2019), 4 nominations for Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), 7 nominations for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), 1 nomination for Eternals (2021), 9 nominations for Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 4 nominations for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), 3 nominations for Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), 3 nominations for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), 1 nomination for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), 7 nominations for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), and 10 nominations for Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

  8. Those include 3 wins for Iron Man (2008), 1 win for Thor (2011), 4 wins for The Avengers (2012), 3 wins for Iron Man 3 (2013), 4 wins for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), 1 win for Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), 1 win for Ant-Man (2015), 1 win for Captain America: Civil War (2016), 2 wins for Doctor Strange (2016), 1 win for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), 1 win for Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), 5 wins for Black Panther (2018), 1 win for Avengers: Infinity War (2018), 6 wins for Avengers: Endgame (2019), 2 wins for Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), 1 win for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), 1 win for Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), 1 win for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), 1 win for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), and 3 wins for Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).

The year indicates the year of release of the films eligible.