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Saturn Awards 1981 Winners & Nominees

The 8th Saturn Awards (1981) took place on July 1, 1981. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back won the most, 2 of its 4 nominations. Winners include Best Director for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Mark Hamill (Best Actor) and Best Actress for Dressed to Kill. Every winner and nominee in all 7 categories is below.

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Saturn Awards 1981: The Winners

The 8th Saturn Awards (1981) winners: Best Director for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Mark Hamill (Best Actor) and Best Actress for Dressed to Kill, and 2 more categories below.

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Saturn Awards 1981: Which Films Won the Most

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back won 2 awards from 4 nominations. 5 films won at least once. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) movie poster
    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 2 / 4
    1980 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  2. Fade to Black (1980) movie poster
    Fade to Black 1 / 3
    1980 · Thriller, Horror · 1 win from 3 nominations
  3. Somewhere in Time (1980) movie poster
    Somewhere in Time 1 / 3
    1980 · Drama, Fantasy · 1 win from 3 nominations
  4. Dressed to Kill (1980) movie poster
    Dressed to Kill 1 / 2
    1980 · Mystery, Thriller · 1 win from 2 nominations
  5. The Shining (1980) movie poster
    The Shining 1 / 2
    1980 · Thriller, Horror · 1 win from 2 nominations
  6. The Watcher in the Woods (1981) movie poster
    The Watcher in the Woods 0 / 1
    1981 · Mystery, Thriller · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  7. The Final Countdown (1980) movie poster
    The Final Countdown 0 / 1
    1980 · Action, Sci-Fi · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. Terror Train (1980) movie poster
    Terror Train 0 / 1
    1980 · Mystery, Thriller · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  9. Oh, God! Book II (1980) movie poster
    Oh, God! Book II 0 / 1
    1980 · Fantasy, Comedy · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  10. The Changeling (1980) movie poster
    The Changeling 0 / 1
    1980 · Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 7 Saturn Awards 1981 Categories: Winners & Nominees

7 categories and 21 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

7 categories · 21 nominations

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Saturn Awards 1981 Best Supporting Actress

1 nominee

Saturn Awards 1981 Best International Film

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Saturn Awards 1981 Winners

Thriller led with 11 nominations across 7 films and won 3. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Thriller 3 wins · 11 nominations · 27%
  2. Horror 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
  3. Sci-Fi 2 wins · 7 nominations · 29%
  4. Action 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  5. Adventure 2 wins · 5 nominations · 40%
  6. Mystery 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  7. Comedy 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  8. Fantasy 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  9. Crime 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  10. Drama 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
1981 season

How the Rest of the 1981 Awards Season Voted

The other 5 ceremonies of 1981, with the winner of each top prize. Ordinary People won the most of them: 2.

All 1981 awards
Earlier years

Previous Saturn Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Saturn Awards page has every year back to 1975.

Every Saturn Awards ceremony

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Saturn Awards 1981: Questions & Answers

The winners, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film and the date of the 8th Saturn Awards (1981), answered from the results on this page.

Who won at the 8th Saturn Awards (1981)?

The winners include Best Director for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Mark Hamill (Best Actor), Best Actress for Dressed to Kill, Scatman Crothers (Best Supporting Actor) and Best Supporting Actress for Fade to Black.

Which film won the most awards at the 8th Saturn Awards (1981)?

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) won the most: 2 awards from 4 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 8th Saturn Awards (1981)?

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) led with 4 nominations and won 2 of them.

Who won the acting awards at the 8th Saturn Awards (1981)?

Best Actor: Mark Hamill for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back. Best Supporting Actor: Scatman Crothers for The Shining.

When was the 8th Saturn Awards (1981)?

The 8th Saturn Awards (1981) took place on July 1, 1981. The database has 7 categories and 21 nominations for it.