Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film

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Saturn Award for
Best Action or Adventure Film
Awarded forBest motion picture of the year in the action and adventure genres
Country United States
Presented byAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
First awarded 1994
Currently held by Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2022/2023)
Website www.saturnawards.org

The Saturn Award for Best Action or Adventure Film (formerly Saturn Award for Best Action, Adventure or Thriller Film from 1994 to 2009) is an award presented to the best film in the action, adventure or thriller genres by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

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Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

Winners and nominees

1990s

YearMotion Picture
1994
(21st)
Pulp Fiction
Clear and Present Danger
The Jungle Book
Red Rock West
The Shawshank Redemption
Speed
True Lies
1995
(22nd)
The Usual Suspects
Apollo 13
Braveheart
Die Hard with a Vengeance
GoldenEye
Heat
Se7en
1996
(23rd)
Fargo
Bound
Mission: Impossible
Ransom
The Rock
Twister
1997
(24th)
L.A. Confidential
Breakdown
Face/Off
The Game
Titanic
Tomorrow Never Dies
1998
(25th)
Saving Private Ryan
The Mask of Zorro
The Negotiator
The Prince of Egypt
Ronin
A Simple Plan
1999
(26th)
The Green Mile
Arlington Road
October Sky
Payback
The Talented Mr. Ripley
The World Is Not Enough

2000s

YearMotion Picture
2000
(27th)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Charlie's Angels
Gladiator
The Patriot
The Perfect Storm
Traffic
Unbreakable
2001
(28th)
Memento
Black Hawk Down
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Joy Ride
The Man Who Wasn't There
Mulholland Drive
2002
(29th)
Road to Perdition
The Bourne Identity
Die Another Day
One Hour Photo
Red Dragon
xXx
2003
(30th)
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Cold Mountain
Identity
The Italian Job
The Last Samurai
The Missing
2004
(31st)
Kill Bill: Volume 2
The Aviator
The Bourne Supremacy
Collateral
The Manchurian Candidate
National Treasure
The Phantom of the Opera
2005
(32nd)
Sin City
Flightplan
A History of Violence
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Oldboy
Red Eye
2006
(33rd)
Casino Royale
The Departed
Flyboys
Mission: Impossible III
Notes on a Scandal
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2007
(34th)
300
The Bourne Ultimatum
Live Free or Die Hard
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma
Zodiac
2008
(35th)
The Dark Knight
Changeling
Gran Torino
Quantum of Solace
Traitor
Valkyrie
2009
(36th)
Inglourious Basterds
Brothers
Law Abiding Citizen
Sherlock Holmes
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
2012

Best Action/Adventure Film

Winners and nominees

2010s

YearMotion Picture
2010
(37th)
Salt
The Expendables
The Green Hornet
RED
Robin Hood
True Grit
Unstoppable
2011
(38th)
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Fast Five
The Lincoln Lawyer
Red Tails
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
War Horse
2012
(39th)
Skyfall
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Taken 2
2013
(40th)
Fast & Furious 6
The Book Thief
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
The Lone Ranger
Lone Survivor
Rush
2014
(41st)
Unbroken
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Inherent Vice
Lucy
Noah
Snowpiercer
2015
(42nd)
Furious 7
Everest
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
The Revenant
Spectre
Spy
2016
(43rd)
Hidden Figures
Allied
Gold
Hacksaw Ridge
The Legend of Tarzan
The Magnificent Seven
The Nice Guys
2017
(44th)
The Greatest Showman
Baby Driver
Dunkirk
The Fate of the Furious
Hostiles
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
2018/2019
(45th)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Cold Pursuit
Escape Room
Glass
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Skyscraper
2019/2020
(46th)
Mulan
1917
Bad Boys for Life
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Hobbs & Shaw
The Gentlemen

2020s

YearFilm
2021/2022
(50th)
Top Gun: Maverick
Death on the Nile
F9
No Time to Die
RRR
West Side Story
2022/2023
(51st)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Bullet Train
The Equalizer 3
Fast X
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Woman King

Franchises

Multiple wins

3 wins
2 wins

Multiple nominations

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