35th Saturn Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 35

| award = Saturn Awards

| image =

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| date = June 25, 2009

| site = Burbank, California, U.S.

| host =

| most_wins = The Dark Knight (5)

| most_nominations = The Dark Knight (12)

| last = 34th

| next = 36th

}}

The 35th Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2008 were presented on June 25, 2009, in Burbank, California.

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/11/saturn-nominations-unveiled|title=Saturn Nominations Unveiled|work=IGN|date= 11 March 2009|accessdate=29 May 2022}}[https://www.comingsoon.net/horror/pb_article_type/713940-the-35th-annual-saturn-award-winners The 35th Annual Saturn Award Winners!] Comingsoon.net. Retrieved May 29, 2022 Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Winners and nominees

=Film=

style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \| Best Science Fiction Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \| Best Fantasy Film
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valign="top" \| *Iron Man* The Day the Earth Stood Still Eagle Eye The Incredible Hulk Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Jumper \| valign="top" \| *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Hancock The Spiderwick Chronicles Twilight Wanted
style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Horror Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Action or Adventure Film
valign="top" \| *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* The Happening The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Quarantine Splinter The Strangers \| valign="top" \| *The Dark Knight* Changeling Gran Torino Quantum of Solace Traitor Valkyrie
style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Animated Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best International Film
valign="top" \| *WALL-E* Bolt Horton Hears a Who! Kung Fu Panda Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Star Wars: The Clone Wars \| valign="top" \| *Let the Right One In* The Bank Job The Forbidden Kingdom In Bruges Slumdog Millionaire Transsiberian
style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Actress
valign="top" \| *Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man* as Tony Stark** Christian Bale – The Dark Knight as Bruce Wayne / Batman Tom Cruise – Valkyrie as Claus von Stauffenberg Harrison Ford – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Indiana Jones Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button Will Smith – Hancock as John Hancock \| valign="top" \| *Angelina Jolie – Changeling* as Christine Collins** Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Dark Knight as Rachel Dawes Julianne Moore – Blindness as the Doctor's Wife Emily Mortimer – Transsiberian as Jessie Gwyneth Paltrow – Iron Man as Virginia "Pepper" Potts
style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Supporting Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Supporting Actress
valign="top" \| *Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight* as The Joker** Jeff Bridges – Iron Man as Obadiah Stane Aaron Eckhart – The Dark Knight as Harvey Dent / Two-Face Woody Harrelson – Transsiberian as Roy Shia LaBeouf – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Mutt Jones Bill Nighy – Valkyrie as Friedrich Olbricht \| valign="top" \| *Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* as Elizabeth Abbott** Joan Allen – Death Race as Claire Hennessy Judi Dench – Quantum of Solace as M Olga Kurylenko – Quantum of Solace as Camille Montes Charlize Theron – Hancock as Mary Carice van Houten – Valkyrie as Nina von Stauffenberg
style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Performance by a Younger Actor ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Director
valign="top" \| *Jaden Smith – The Day the Earth Stood Still* as Jacob Benson** Freddie Highmore – The Spiderwick Chronicles as Jared Grace Lina Leandersson – Let the Right One In as Eli Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik Catinca Untaru – The Fall as Alexandria Brandon Walters – Australia as Nullah \| valign="top" \| Jon Favreau – Iron Man Clint Eastwood – Changeling David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight Bryan Singer – Valkyrie Steven Spielberg – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Writing ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Music
valign="top" \| Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan – The Dark Knight Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway – Iron Man John Ajvide Lindqvist – Let the Right One In David Koepp, John Kamps – Ghost Town Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button J. Michael Straczynski – Changeling \| valign="top" \| Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard – The Dark Knight Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Ramin Djawadi – Iron Man Clint Eastwood – Changeling John Ottman – Valkyrie John Powell – Jumper
style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Costume ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Make-Up
valign="top" \| Mary Zophres – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Lindy Hemming – The Dark Knight Deborah Hopper – Changeling Joanna Johnston – Valkyrie Catherine Martin – Australia Isis Mussenden – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian \| valign="top" \| Greg Cannom – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan – The Dark Knight Mike Elizalde – Hellboy II: The Golden Army Paul Hyett – Doomsday Greg Nicotero, Paul Engelen – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Gerald Quist – Tropic Thunder
colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width:55%" \|Best Special Effects
colspan="2" valign="top" \| Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul J. Franklin – The Dark Knight Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Pablo Helman, Daniel Sudick – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan – Iron Man Mike Wassel, Adrian De Wet, Andrew Chapman, Eamonn Butler – Hellboy II: The Golden Army Dean Wright, Wendy Rogers – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

=Television=

==Programs==

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Network Television Series ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
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valign="top" \| Lost (ABC) Fringe (Fox) Heroes (NBC) Life on Mars (ABC) Supernatural (The CW) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) \| valign="top" \| Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi) The Closer (TNT) Dexter (Showtime) Leverage (TNT) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Cartoon Network) True Blood (HBO)
colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Television Presentation
colspan="2" valign="top" \| The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (TNT) The Andromeda Strain (A&E) Breaking Bad (AMC) Jericho (CBS) The Last Templar (NBC) 24: Redemption (Fox)

==Acting==

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Actor on Television ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Actress on Television
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valign="top" \| *Edward James Olmos – Battlestar Galactica* as William Adama (Sci-Fi)** Bryan Cranston – Breaking Bad (AMC) as Walter White Matthew Fox – Lost (ABC) as Jack Shephard Michael C. Hall – Dexter (Showtime) as Dexter Morgan Timothy Hutton – Leverage (TNT) as Nathan Ford Noah Wyle – The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice (TNT) as Flynn Carsen \| valign="top" \| *Mary McDonnell – Battlestar Galactica* (Sci-Fi) as Laura Roslin** Lena Headey – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) as Sarah Connor Jennifer Love Hewitt – Ghost Whisperer (CBS) as Melinda Gordon Evangeline Lilly – Lost (ABC) as Kate Austen Anna Paquin – True Blood (HBO) as Sookie Stackhouse Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer (TNT) as Brenda Leigh Johnson Anna Torv – Fringe (Fox) as Olivia Dunham
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Supporting Actor on Television ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Supporting Actress on Television
valign="top" \| *Adrian Pasdar – Heroes* (NBC) as Nathan Petrelli** Henry Ian Cusick – Lost (ABC) as Desmond Hume Thomas Dekker – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as John Connor Michael Emerson – Lost (ABC) as Ben Linus Josh Holloway – Lost (ABC) as James "Sawyer" Ford Milo Ventimiglia – Heroes (NBC) as Peter Petrelli \| valign="top" \| *Jennifer Carpenter – Dexter* (Showtime) as Debra Morgan** Summer Glau – Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox) as Cameron Yunjin Kim – Lost (ABC) as Sun-Hwa Kwon Elizabeth Mitchell – Lost (ABC) as Juliet Burke Hayden Panettiere – Heroes (NBC) as Claire Bennet Katee Sackhoff – Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi) as Kara Thrace
colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Best Guest Performer on Television
colspan="2" valign="top" \| *Jimmy Smits – Dexter* (Showtime) as ADA Miguel Prado** Kristen Bell – Heroes (NBC) as Elle Bishop Alan Dale – Lost (ABC) as Charles Widmore Kevin Durand – Lost (ABC) as Martin Keamy Robert Forster – Heroes (NBC) as Arthur Petrelli Sonya Walger – Lost (ABC) as Penny Widmore