The 50th Anniversary Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films and honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and other genres belonging to genre fiction in film, television, and home entertainment, were held on October 25, 2022, at Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel in Burbank, California, and live-streamed on Electric Entertainment's OTT app and FAST channel ElectricNow. The nominations were announced on August 12, 2022. Actor and comedian Joel McHale hosted the event.
The 50th Saturn awards were preceded by the 46th Saturn Awards, held in 2021. The decision to rebrand what would have been the "47th Saturn Awards" to the "50th Saturn Awards", was made in order to celebrate 50 years of the Saturn Awards, which were founded in 1973.
This year, several new television categories were introduced. For the first time since the 45th Saturn Awards, the television awards were split into "Network / Cable" and "Streaming" categories; however, this was discontinued the following ceremony. Disney+ received the most nominations with 26 for "Streaming", followed by Netflix with 17; AMC dominated the nominations for "Network / Cable" with 17.
The Batman led the nominations for film with twelve, including Best Superhero Film and four acting nominations, followed by Nightmare Alley with ten and Spider-Man: No Way Home with nine. For television, Better Call Saul (AMC) led the nominations for "Network / Cable" with seven, followed by Superman & Lois (The CW) and The Walking Dead (AMC) with six each. Severance (Apple TV+) and Stranger Things (Netflix) led the nominations for the "Streaming" television categories with six each, followed by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) with five mentions.
Category changes
Introduced Best Guest-Starring Performance in a Streaming Television Series Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Streaming Television Series Best Guest-Starring Performance in a Network or Cable Television Series Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Network or Cable Television Series
Revived Best Actor in a Streaming Television Series Best Actress in a Streaming Television Series Best Streaming Horror / Thriller Television Series Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Television Series Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series
Discontinued Best Superhero Television Series Best Guest Starring Role on Television Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Superhero Film Best Science Fiction Film Spider-Man: No Way Home The Batman Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings The Suicide Squad Thor: Love and Thunder Nope Crimes of the Future Dune Free Guy Godzilla vs. Kong Jurassic World Dominion Best Fantasy Film Best Horror Film Everything Everywhere All at Once Cruella Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Ghostbusters: Afterlife The Green Knight The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent The Black Phone Last Night in Soho The Night House A Quiet Place Part II Scream X Best Action / Adventure Film Best Thriller Film Top Gun: Maverick Death on the Nile F9 No Time to Die RRR West Side Story Nightmare Alley Ambulance The Northman Old The Outfit Pig Best Animated Film Best International Film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On The Addams Family 2 Encanto Lightyear Luca Minions: The Rise of Gru RRR Downton Abbey: A New Era Eiffel I'm Your Man Riders of Justice Silent Night Best Film Direction Best Film Writing Matt Reeves – The Batman Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick Jordan Peele – Nope S. S. Rajamouli – RRR Steven Spielberg – West Side Story Jon Watts – Spider-Man: No Way Home Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan – Nightmare Alley Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill – The Black Phone Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers – Spider-Man: No Way Home Jordan Peele – Nope Matt Reeves and Peter Craig – The Batman James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick – Scream Best Actor in a Film Best Actress in a Film Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Timothée Chalamet – Dune as Paul Atreides Idris Elba – The Suicide Squad as Robert DuBois / Bloodsport Tom Holland – Spider-Man: No Way Home as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Daniel Kaluuya – Nope as Otis "OJ" Haywood Jr. Simu Liu – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Shaun / Shang-Chi Robert Pattinson – The Batman as Bruce Wayne / Batman Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Wang Cate Blanchett – Nightmare Alley as Dr. Lilith Ritter Emily Blunt – A Quiet Place Part II as Evelyn Abbott Zoë Kravitz – The Batman as Selina Kyle / Catwoman Keke Palmer – Nope as Emerald "Em" Haywood Emma Stone – Cruella as Estella / Cruella Zendaya – Spider-Man: No Way Home as MJ Best Supporting Actor in a Film Best Supporting Actress in a Film Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang Paul Dano – The Batman as Edward Nashton / The Riddler Colin Farrell – The Batman as Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot / The Penguin Ethan Hawke – The Black Phone as The Grabber Richard Jenkins – Nightmare Alley as Ezra Grindle Alfred Molina – Spider-Man: No Way Home as Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock Benedict Wong – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Wong Awkwafina – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Katy Carrie Coon – Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Callie Spengler Jodie Comer – Free Guy as Millie Rusk Viola Davis – The Suicide Squad as Amanda Waller Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Diana Rigg – Last Night in Soho as Ms Collins (posthumous) Marisa Tomei – Spider-Man: No Way Home as May Parker Best Younger Actor in a Film Best Film Editing Finn Wolfhard – Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Trevor Spengler Noah Jupe – A Quiet Place Part II as Marcus Abbott Madeleine McGraw – The Black Phone as Gwendolyn "Gwen" Blake Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Part II as Regan Abbott Mason Thames – The Black Phone as Finney Blake Jacob Tremblay – Luca as Luca Paguro Eddie Hamilton – Top Gun: Maverick Jeffrey Ford and Leigh Folsom Boyd – Spider-Man: No Way Home William Hoy and Tyler Nelson – The Batman Cam McLauchlin – Nightmare Alley Nicholas Monsour – Nope Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once Pietro Scalia, Doug Brandt, and Calvin Wimmer – Ambulance Best Music in a Film Best Film Production Designer Danny Elfman – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Michael Abels – Nope Nicholas Britell – Cruella Michael Giacchino – The Batman Nathan Johnson – Nightmare Alley Howard Shore – Crimes of the Future Joel P. West – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Tamara Deverell – Nightmare Alley Sue Chan – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings James Chinlund – The Batman Fiona Crombie – Cruella Jason Kisvarday – Everything Everywhere All at Once Marcus Rowland – Last Night in Soho Patrice Vermette – Dune Best Film Costume Design Best Make-Up in a Film Jacqueline Durran, David Crossman, and Glyn Dillon – The Batman Kym Barrett – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Jenny Beavan – Cruella Bob Morgan and Jacqueline West – Dune Mayes C. Rubeo – Thor: Love and Thunder Luis Sequeira – Nightmare Alley Sammy Sheldon – Eternals Love Larson, Donald Mowat, and Eva von Bahr – Dune Ozzy Alvarez, Victoria Down, Kevin Kirkpatrick, and Justin Raleigh – Army of the Dead Alexandra Anger, Monica Pavez, and Evi Zafiropoulou – Crimes of the Future Naomi Donne and Mike Marino – The Batman Greg Funk, Brian Sipe, and Heba Thorisdottir – The Suicide Squad Mike Hill, Jo-Ann MacNeil, and Megan Many – Nightmare Alley Adam Johansen and Matteo Silvi – Thor: Love and Thunder Best Film Special / Visual Effects Best Independent Film John "D.J." Des Jardin, Bryan Hirota, Kevin Andrew Smith, and Mike Meinardus – Godzilla vs. Kong Jorundur Rafn Arnarson, Joe Letteri, and Erik Winquist – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Sheena Duggal and Alessandro Ongaro – Ghostbusters: Afterlife Scott Edelstein, Kelly Port, Dan Sudick, and Chris Waegner – Spider-Man: No Way Home Joe Farrell, Dan Oliver, Christopher Townsend, and Sean Noel Walker – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Scott R. Fisher and Ryan Tudhope – Top Gun: Maverick David Vickery – Jurassic World Dominion Dual Alice Dream Horse Gold Mass Watcher
Television
Programs {| class=wikitable |- ! colspan="2"| Network / Cable |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Science Fiction Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Fantasy Television Series |- | valign="top" | Superman & Lois (The CW) The Flash (The CW) The Man Who Fell to Earth (Showtime) Resident Alien (Syfy) Supergirl (The CW) Westworld (HBO) | valign="top" | Shining Vale (Starz) Doctor Who (BBC America) Ghosts (CBS) La Brea (NBC) Riverdale (The CW) Stargirl (The CW) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Horror Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Action / Thriller Television Series |- | valign="top" | The Walking Dead (AMC) American Horror Story: Double Feature (FX) Chucky (Syfy) Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) From (Epix) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) | valign="top" | Better Call Saul (AMC) Big Sky (ABC) The Blacklist (NBC) Dark Winds (AMC) Dexter: New Blood (Showtime) Outlander (Starz) Yellowjackets (Showtime) |- ! colspan="2"| Streaming |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Science Fiction Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Fantasy Television Series |- | valign="top" | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+) The Expanse (Prime Video) For All Mankind (Apple TV+) Lost in Space (Netflix) The Mandalorian (Disney+) The Orville: New Horizons (Hulu) Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) | valign="top" | Loki (Disney+) Russian Doll (Netflix) Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) WandaVision (Disney+) The Wheel of Time (Prime Video) The Witcher (Netflix) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Horror / Thriller Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Action / Adventure Television Series |- | valign="top" | Stranger Things (Netflix) Creepshow (Shudder) Evil (Paramount+) Servant (Apple TV+) Severance (Apple TV+) Squid Game (Netflix) | valign="top" | The Boys (Prime Video) Bosch: Legacy (FreeVee) Cobra Kai (Netflix) Leverage: Redemption (Freevee) Peacemaker (HBO Max) Reacher (Prime Video) The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Limited Event Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"| Best Animated Television Series |- | valign="top" | Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) The Book of Boba Fett (Disney+) Hawkeye (Disney+) Midnight Mass (Netflix) Moon Knight (Disney+) Ms. Marvel (Disney+) | valign="top" | Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Disney+) Arcane (Netflix) Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Crunchyroll / Adult Swim) The Boys: Diabolical (Prime Video) Invincible (Prime Video) Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount+) What If...? (Disney+)
Acting
Network / Cable Best Actor Best Actress Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul (AMC) as Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic Colman Domingo – Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) as Victor Strand Chiwetel Ejiofor – The Man Who Fell to Earth (Showtime) as Faraday Michael C. Hall – Dexter: New Blood (Showtime) as Dexter Morgan Sam Heughan – Outlander (Starz) as Jamie Fraser Tyler Hoechlin – Superman & Lois (The CW) as Clark Kent / Superman Harold Perrineau – From (Epix) as Boyd Stevens Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul (AMC) as Kim Wexler Caitríona Balfe – Outlander (Starz) as Claire Fraser Kylie Bunbury – Big Sky (ABC) as Cassie Dewell Courteney Cox – Shining Vale (Starz) as Patricia "Pat" Phelps Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets (Showtime) as Shauna Sadecki