31st Saturn Awards
Date	May 3, 2005
Site	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Highlights
Most awards	Spider-Man 2 (5)
Most nominations	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (9)
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The 31st Saturn Awards, honoring the best in science fiction, fantasy and horror film and television in 2004, were held on May 3, 2005, at the Universal City Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Below is a complete list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Sci-Fi Film	Best Fantasy Film
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Butterfly Effect The Day After Tomorrow The Forgotten I, Robot Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	Spider-Man 2 Birth Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Hellboy Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events House of Flying Daggers
Best Horror Film	Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
Shaun of the Dead Blade: Trinity Dawn of the Dead The Grudge Open Water Saw Van Helsing	Kill Bill: Volume 2 The Aviator The Bourne Supremacy Collateral The Manchurian Candidate National Treasure The Phantom of the Opera
Best Animated Film	Best Actor
The Incredibles The Polar Express Shark Tale Shrek 2	*Tobey Maguire – Spider-Man 2* as Peter Parker/Spider-Man** Christian Bale – The Machinist as Trevor Reznik Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Joel Barish Tom Cruise – Collateral as Vincent Matt Damon – The Bourne Supremacy as Jason Bourne Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland as J.M. Barrie
Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor
*Blanchard Ryan – Open Water* as Susan Watkins** Nicole Kidman – Birth as Anna Julianne Moore – The Forgotten as Telly Paretta Uma Thurman – Kill Bill: Volume 2 as The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as Clementine Kruczinsky Zhang Ziyi – House of Flying Daggers as Mei	*David Carradine – Kill Bill: Volume 2* as Bill** Alfred Molina – Spider-Man 2 as Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus Gary Oldman – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Sirius Black Giovanni Ribisi – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow as Dex Liev Schreiber – The Manchurian Candidate as Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw John Turturro – Secret Window as John Shooter
Best Supporting Actress	Best Young Actor/Actress
*Daryl Hannah – Kill Bill: Volume 2* as Elle Driver** Kim Basinger – Cellular as Jessica Martin Irma P. Hall – The Ladykillers as Marva Munson Angelina Jolie – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow as Commander Fransesca "Franky" Cook Diane Kruger – National Treasure as Abigail Chase Meryl Streep – The Manchurian Candidate as Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw	*Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera* as Christine Daaé** Cameron Bright – Birth as Sean Perla Haney-Jardine – Kill Bill: Volume 2 as B.B. Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland as Peter Llewelyn Davies Jonathan Jackson – Riding the Bullet as Alan Parker Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Harry Potter
Best Director	Best Screenplay
Sam Raimi – Spider-Man 2 Alfonso Cuarón – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michael Mann – Collateral Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 2 Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers	Alvin Sargent – Spider-Man 2 Stuart Beattie – Collateral Brad Bird – The Incredibles Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Steve Kloves – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill: Volume 2
Best Score	Best Costume Design
Alan Silvestri Van Helsing The Polar Express Danny Elfman – Spider-Man 2 Michael Giacchino – The Incredibles Edward Shearmur – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow John Williams – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Kevin Conran – Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Alexandra Byrne – The Phantom of the Opera Wendy Partridge – Hellboy Gabriella Pescucci, Carlo Poggioli – Van Helsing Jany Temime – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Emi Wada – House of Flying Daggers
Best Make-Up	Best Visual Effects
Jake Garber, Matt Rose, Mike Elizalde – Hellboy David LeRoy Anderson, Mario Cacioppo – Dawn of the Dead Greg Cannom, Steve LaPorte – Van Helsing Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Paul Jones – Resident Evil: Apocalypse Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier – Spider-Man 2 Peter Chiang, Pablo Helman, Thomas J. Smith – The Chronicles of Riddick Karen E. Goulekas, Neil Corbould, Greg Strause, Remo Balcells – The Day After Tomorrow Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, Bill George, John Richardson – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri – I, Robot Scott Squires, Ben Snow, Daniel Jeannette, Syd Dutton – Van Helsing

Television

Programs

Best Network TV Series	Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series
Lost (ABC) Alias (ABC) Angel (The WB) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Smallville (The WB) Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN)	Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi) Dead Like Me (Showtime) The Dead Zone (USA Network) The 4400 (USA Network) Nip/Tuck (FX) Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi)
Best Television Presentation
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (Sci-Fi) The Dead Will Tell (CBS) 5ive Days to Midnight (Sci-Fi) Legend of Earthsea (Sci-Fi) The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) Salem's Lot (TNT)

Acting

Best Television Actor	Best Television Actress
*Ben Browder – Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars* (Sci-Fi) as John Crichton** Richard Dean Anderson – Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi) as Jack O'Neill Matthew Fox – Lost (ABC) as Jack Shephard Julian McMahon – Nip/Tuck (FX) as Christian Troy Tom Welling – Smallville (The WB) Noah Wyle – The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) as Flynn Carsen	*Claudia Black – Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars* (Sci-Fi) as Aeryn Sun** Kristen Bell – Veronica Mars (UPN) as Veronica Mars Jennifer Garner – Alias (ABC) as Sydney Bristow Anne Heche – The Dead Will Tell (CBS) as Emily Parker Evangeline Lilly – Lost (ABC) as Kate Austen Amber Tamblyn – Joan of Arcadia (CBS) as Joan Girardi
Best Supporting Television Actor	Best Supporting Television Actress
*Terry O'Quinn – Lost* (ABC)** Kyle MacLachlan – The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) as Edward Wilde James Marsters – Angel (The WB) as Spike Dominic Monaghan – Lost (ABC) as Charlie Pace Michael Rosenbaum – Smallville (The WB) as Lex Luthor Michael Shanks – Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi) as Daniel Jackson	*Amanda Tapping – Stargate SG-1* (Sci-Fi) as Samantha Carter** Amy Acker – Angel (The WB) as Winifred Burkle and Illyria Erica Durance – Smallville (The WB) as Lois Lane Torri Higginson – Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi) Samantha Mathis – Salem's Lot (TNT) Sonya Walger –The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TNT) as Nicole Noone

DVD

Best DVD Release	Best DVD Special Edition Release
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru-Nui Ju-on: The Grudge The Lion King 1½ The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Ripley's Game	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – The Extended Edition The Chronicles of Riddick – The Unrated Director's Cut Hellboy – The Director's Cut King Arthur – The Extended Unrated Edition Shrek 2 - Special Edition Spider-Man 2 – Special Edition
Best Classic Film DVD Release	Best DVD Movie Collection
Dawn of the Dead Aladdin Dance of the Vampires Duel Freaks THX 1138	The Star Wars Trilogy The Best of Abbott and Costello vol. 1 – 3 The Marx Brothers Silver Collection The Monster Legacy Collections The Tarzan Collection The Ultimate Matrix Collection
Best DVD Television Release	Best Retro Television Series on DVD
Smallville – Seasons 2 & 3 Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Seasons 2 & 3 Farscape – Season 4 The Simpsons – Seasons 4 & 5 Star Trek: Voyager – Seasons 1–7 A Wrinkle in Time	Star Trek: The Original Series – The Complete Series Jonny Quest – The Complete Series Land of the Lost – Seasons 1 & 2 Lost in Space – Seasons 1 & 2 My Favorite Martian – Season 1 Night Gallery – Season 1

Special awards

Special Recognition Award

The Star Trek franchise from 1987 to 2005 (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise)

Filmmaker's Showcase Award

Kerry Conran

Life Career Award

Service Award

Bill Liebowitz (Posthumously)

External links

Saturn Awards

Saturn Awards
Film	Best Action / Adventure Film Release Best Actor in a Film Best Actress in a Film Best Animated Film Release Best Comic-to-Motion Picture Release Best Fantasy Film Release Best Film Costume Design Best Film Director Best Film Editing Best Film Make-up Best Film Music Best Film Production Design Best Film Special / Visual Effects Best Film Writing Best Horror Film Release Best Independent Film Release Best International Film Release Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Film Best Science Fiction Film Release Best Supporting Actor in a Film Best Supporting Actress in a Film Best Thriller Film Release
Television	Best Action / Thriller Television Series Best Actor on Television Best Actress on Television Best Actor in Streaming Television Series Best Actress in Streaming Television Series Best Animated Series on Television Best Fantasy Television Series Best Film Presentation in Streaming Media Best Guest Starring Performance in a Network or Cable Television Series Best Guest Starring Performance in a Streaming Television Series Best Horror Television Series Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Newtwork or Cable Television Series Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Streaming Television Series Best Science Fiction Television Series Best Streaming Horror/Thriller Series Best Supporting Actor on Television Best Supporting Actress on Television Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Television Series Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Television Series Best Television Presentation (under 10 Episodes)
Home Entertainment	Best 4K Film Release Best DVD / BD Classic Film Release Best DVD / BD Collection Best DVD / BD Television Movie or Series Release
Special awards	Artist Showcase Award Breakthrough Performance Award Dan Curtis Legacy Award Filmmaker's Showcase Award The George Pal Memorial Award Legion M Breakout Director Award The Life Career Award The President's Memorial Award Producer's Showcase Award Special Recognition Award Stan Lee World Builder Award Visionary Award
Retired awards	Best DVD or Blu-ray Release (2001–2018/19) Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release (2001–2018/19) Best Home Video Release (1991–2000) Best International Series (2007) Best Low-Budget Film (1980–1982) Best Network Television Series (1988–2014) Best New Media Television Series (2015–2017) Best Guest Starring Role on Television (2008-2021) Best Performance by a Younger Actor in a Television Series (2013-2021) Best Retro Television Series on DVD (2004–2008) Best Streaming Science Fiction, Action & Fantasy Series (2018/19) Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series (2015-2021) Best Streaming Superhero Series (2017–2018/19) Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series (1996–2014) Best Youth-Oriented Television Series (2011–2014)
Ceremonies	1972 1973 1974/75 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989/90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018/19 2019/20 2021/22 2022/23
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.