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Following, is a complete(?) listing of any science-fiction/fantasy movies or television series that ever won a mainstream award. If you have any question, think I forgot an award or a movie, or perhaps I included something that shouldn't be - just drop me an e-mail.

2008

The Golden Compass

Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

2007

Pan's Labyrinth

Academy Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Guillermo Navarro
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Eugenio Caballero and Pilar Revuelta
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup - David Martí and Montse Ribé

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects - John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Johnny Depp

Transformers

MTV Movie Award for Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet

2006

King Kong

Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

The Chronicles of Narnia

Academy Award for Best Achievement in Makeup - Howard Berger and Tami Lane

Batman Begins

MTV Movie Award for Best Hero - Christian Bale

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain - Hayden Christensen

Sin City

MTV Movie Award for Sexiest Performance - Jessica Alba

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

MTV Movie Award for Best Frightened Performance - Jennifer Carpenter

2005

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth

The Incredibles

Academy Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year - Brad Bird

Spider-Man 2

Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Editing - John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

Day After Tommorow

MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence

Hide and Seek

MTV Movie Award for Best Frightened Performace

2004

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Academy Award for Best Picture - Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson
Academy Award for Best Directing - Peter Jackson
Academy Award for Best File Editing - Jamie Selkirk
Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Grant Major, Dan Hennah and Alan Lee
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
Academy Award for Best Costume Design - Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
Academy Award for Best Makeup - Richard Taylor and Peter King
Academy Award for Best Original Score - Howard Shore
Academy Award for Best Song - Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox for "Into the West"
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Peter Jackson
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Howard Shore
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - Howard Shore, Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox for "Into The West"
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance - Johnny Depp

X2: X-Men United

MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Male Performance - Shawn Ashmore

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects - Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Virtual Performance - Gollum
MTV Movie Award for Best On Screen Team - Elijah Wood, Sean Austin and Gollum
MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature - Hayao Miyazaki

Spider-Man

MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance - Kirsten Dunst
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Toby McGuire and Kirsten Dunst

Daredevil

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance - Jennifer Garner

Star Wars Episode II - The Attack of the Clones

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Sequence - Yoda vs. Christopher Lee

The Ring

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain - Daveigh Chase

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Andrew Lesnie
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor and Mark Stetson
Academy Award for Best Makeup - Peter Owen and Richard Taylor
Academy Award for Best Original Score - Howard Shore
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Male Breakthrough Performance - Orlando Bloom

Kate & Leopold

Golden Globe Award for Best Song - Sting for "Until"

2001

Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Peter Pau
Academy Award for Best Set Decoration - Timmy Yip (art director)
Academy Award for Best Original Score - Tan Dun
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Ang Lee
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight - Zhang Ziyi

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Academy Award for Best Makeup - Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain - Jim Carry

The Cell

MTV Movie Award for Best Dressed - Jennifer Lopez

2000

The Matrix

Academy Award for Best Sound - John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and David Lee
Academy Award for Best Editing - Zach Staenberg
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Dane A. Davis
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance - Keanu Reaves
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight - Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne

Sleepy Hollow

Academy Award for Best Set Decoration - Rick Heinrichs (art director) and Peter Young (set decorator)

Being Jon Malkovich

MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker - Spike Jonze

The Sixth Sense

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Male Performance - Haley Joel Osment

Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace

MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence

1999

Armageddon

MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Song - Aerosmith for "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence

Blade

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain - Stephen Dorff

1998

Men in Black

Academy Award for Best Makeup - Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Song - Will Smith for "Men in Black"
MTV Movie Award for Best Fight - Will Smith

The Truman Show

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - Jim Carry
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Ed Harris
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass
MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance - Jim Carry

Quest for Camelot

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song - David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa for "Reflection"

1997

Independence Day

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney and Joe Viskocil
MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Will Smith and Vivica A. Fox

The X-Files

Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Television Series

The Craft

MTV Movie Award for Best Fight - Fairuza Balk and Robin Tunney.

Star Wars

MTV Movie Award for Lifetime Achievement - Chewbacca

1996

The X-Files

Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Television Series
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in Drama Series - David Dochovny
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in Drama Series - Gillian Anderson

From Dusk Till Dawn

MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance - George Clooney

Species

MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Natasha Henstridge and Anthony Guidera

Godzilla

MTV Movie Award for Lifetime Achievement

1995

12 Monkeys

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Brad Pitt

The Crow

MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Song - Stone Temple Pilots for "Big Empty"

Interview with the Vampire

MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance - Brad Pitt
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance - Kirsten Dunst
MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Male - Brad Pitt

1994

Jurassic Park

Academy Award for Best Sound - Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy and Ron Judkins
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri

The X-Files

Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Television Series

1993

Dracula

Academy Award for Best Costume Design - Eiko Ishioka
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Tom C. McCarthy and David E. Stone
Academy Award for Best Makeup - Greg Cannom, Michele Burke and Matthew W. Mungle

Death Becomes Her

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Douglas Smythe and Tom Woodruff Jr.

1992

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Academy Award for Best Sound - Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers and Lee Orloff
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Gary Rydstrom and Gloria S. Borders
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr. and Robert Skotak
Academy Award for Best Makeup - Stan Winston and Jeff Dawn
MTV Movie Award for Best Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance - Arnold Schwarzenegger
MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance - Linda Hamilton
MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female - Linda Hamilton
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance - Edward Furlong
MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence

1991

Ghost

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Whoopi Goldberg
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Bruce Joel Rubin
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Whoopi Goldberg

Quantum Leap

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in Drama Series - Scott Bakula

1990

Batman

Academy Award for Best Set Decoration - Anton Furst and Peter Young

The Abyss

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Muren, John Bruno and Dennis Skotak

1989

Beetlejuice

Academy Award for Best Makeup - Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte and Robert Short

Quantum Leap

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama Series - Dean Stockwell

1988

Innerspace

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Dennis Muren, Bill George, Harley Jessup and Kenneth Smith

1987

Aliens

Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Don Sharpe
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson and Suzanne M. Benson

The Fly

Academy Award for Best Makeup - Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis

1985

Cocoon

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Don Ameche
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar and David Berry

Back to the Future

Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Charles L. Campbell and Robert R. Rutledge

1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Academy Award for Best Sound - Robert Knudson, Robert J. Glass, Don Digirolamo and Gene S. Cantamessa
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing - Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren and Kenneth Smith
Academy Award for Best Original Score - John Williams
Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - John Williams

Connan the Barbarian

Golden Globe Award for Best New Female Star of the Year - Sandahl Bergman

1981

An American Werewolf in London

Academy Award for Best Makeup - Rick Baker

1980

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Academy Award for Best Sound - Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker and Peter Sutton

1979

Alien

Academy Award for Best Special Effect - H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder and Denys Ayling

1977

Star Wars

Academy Award for Best Set Decoration - John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley and Roger Christian
Academy Award for Best Costume Design - John Mollo
Academy Award for Best Sound - Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler and Derek Ball
Academy Award for Best Film Editing - Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas and Richard Chew
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune and Robert Blalack
Academy Award for Best Original Score - John Williams
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - John Williams

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Academy Award for Best Cinematography - Vilmos Zsigmond

1976

The Omen

Academy Award for Best Original Score - Jerry Goldsmith

King Kong

Golden Globe Award for Best New Actress of the Year - Jessica Lange

1974

The Little Prince

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

1973

The Exorcist

Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium - William Peter Blatty
Academy Award for Best Sound - Robert Knudson and Christopher Newman
Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Linda Blair
Golden Globe Award for Best Director - William Friedkin
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - William Peter Blatty

1972

A Christmas Carol (animated)

Academy Award for Best Short Subject Animated Film - Richard Williams

1969

Marooned

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Robie Robinson

1968

Rosemary's Baby

Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ruth Gordon
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ruth Gordon

2001: A Space Odyssey

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Stanley Kubrick

1966

Fantastic Voyage

Academy Award for Best Set Decoration - Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott and Stuart A. Reiss
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Art Cruickshank

1962

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

Academy Award for Best Costume Design - Mary Wills

The Twilight Zone

Golden Globe Award for Best Television Director/Producer - Rod Serling

1960

The Time Machine

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Gene Warren and Tim Barr

1958

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Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Tom Howard

1954

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Academy Award for Best Color Set Decoration - John Meehan and Emile Kuri
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Walt Disney Studios

1953

The War of the Worlds

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Gordon Jennings

1951

When Worlds Collide

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Gordon Jennings

1950

Destination Moon

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Lee Zavitz

1949

Mighty Joe Young

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

1946

Blithe Spirit

Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Thomas Howard

1945

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Academy Award for Best Black-and-White Cinematography - Harry Stradling Sr.
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Angela Lansbury

1941

The Devil and Daniel Webster

Academy Award for Best Score in Dramatic Picture - Bernard Herrmann

1940

The Thief of Baghdad

Academy Award for Best Color Cinematography - George Perinal
Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Vincent Korda
Academy Award for Best Special Effects - Lawrence W. Butler and Jack Whitney

1939

Wizard of Oz

Academy Award for Best Song - Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg for the song "Over the Rainbow"
Academy Award for Best Original Score - Herbert Stothart

1937

Lost Horizon

Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Stephen Goosson
Academy Award for Best File Editing - Gene Havlick and Gene Milford

1931

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role - Fredric March

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