| Best Science Fiction Film | Best Fantasy Film |
Jurassic Park
| The Nightmare Before Christmas* Addams Family Values* Groundhog Day* Heart and Souls* Hocus Pocus* Last Action Hero* Rookie of the Year |
| Best Horror Film | Best Director |
| Army of Darkness* The Dark Half* The Good Son* Hard Target* Kalifornia* Needful Things* The Vanishing | Steven Spielberg – Jurassic Park* John McTiernan – Last Action Hero* Harold Ramis – Groundhog Day* George A. Romero – The Dark Half* Henry Selick – The Nightmare Before Christmas* Ron Underwood – Heart and Souls* John Woo – Hard Target |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Robert Downey Jr. – Heart and Souls as Thomas Reilly* Jeff Bridges – The Vanishing as Barney Cousins* Bill Murray – Groundhog Day as Phil Connors* Robert Patrick – Fire in the Sky as Mike Rogers* Arnold Schwarzenegger – Last Action Hero as Jack Slater* Christian Slater – True Romance as Clarence Worley* Max von Sydow – Needful Things as Leland Gaunt | Andie MacDowell – Groundhog Day as Rita Hanson* Patricia Arquette – True Romance as Alabama Whitman* Laura Dern – Jurassic Park as Dr. Ellie Sattler* Michelle Forbes – Kalifornia as Carrie Laughlin* Anjelica Huston – Addams Family Values as Morticia Addams* Bette Midler – Hocus Pocus as Winifred "Winnie" Sanderson* Ally Sheedy – Man's Best Friend as Lori Tanner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Lance Henriksen – Hard Target as Emil Fouchon* Jeff Goldblum – Jurassic Park as Dr. Ian Malcolm* Charles Grodin – Heart and Souls as Harrison Winslow* Wayne Knight – Jurassic Park as Dennis Nedry* John Malkovich – In the Line of Fire as Mitch Leary* Tom Sizemore – Heart and Souls as Milo Peck* J. T. Walsh – Needful Things as Danforth "Buster" Keeton III | Amanda Plummer – Needful Things as Nettie Cobb* Nancy Allen – RoboCop 3 as Officer Anne Lewis* Joan Cusack – Addams Family Values as Debbie Jellinsky* Julie Harris – The Dark Half as Reggie Delesseps* Kathy Najimy – Hocus Pocus as Mary Sanderson* Sarah Jessica Parker – Hocus Pocus as Sarah Sanderson* Kyra Sedgwick – Heart and Souls as Julia* Alfre Woodard – Heart and Souls as Penny Washington |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Best Writing |
| Elijah Wood – The Good Son as Mark Evans* Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus – Slaughter of the Innocents as Jesse Broderick* Manuel Colao – Flight of the Innocent as Vito* Joseph Mazzello – Jurassic Park as Tim Murphy* Austin O'Brien – Last Action Hero as Danny Madigan* Christina Ricci – Addams Family Values as Wednesday Addams* Ariana Richards – Jurassic Park as Lex Murphy | Michael Crichton and David Koepp – Jurassic Park* Shane Black and David Arnott – Last Action Hero* Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson, Gregory Hansen, and Erik Hansen – Heart and Souls* Tim Metcalfe – Kalifornia* Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis – Groundhog Day* Quentin Tarantino – True Romance* Tracy Tormé – Fire in the Sky |
| Best Music | Best Costumes |
| Danny Elfman – The Nightmare Before Christmas* Marc Shaiman – Addams Family Values* Mark Isham – Fire in the Sky* Graeme Revell – Hard Target* Marc Shaiman – Heart and Souls* John Williams – Jurassic Park* Christopher Young – The Vagrant | – Hocus Pocus* Theoni V. Aldredge – Addams Family Values* Bob Ringwood – Demolition Man* Jennifer Butler – Groundhog Day* Sue Moore and Eric H. Sandberg – Jurassic Park* Gloria Gresham – Last Action Hero* Joseph A. Porro – Super Mario Bros. |
| Best Make-up | Best Special Effects |
| Kevin Haney – Addams Family Values* – Army of Darkness* John Vulich and Everett Burrell – The Dark Half* Screaming Mad George and Steve Johnson – Freaked* Kevin Yagher and Mitchell J. Coughlin – Man's Best Friend* Jeff Goodwin, Vincent J. Guastini, and Rob Burman – Super Mario Bros.* Bob Keen – Warlock: The Armageddon | Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri – Jurassic Park* Michael J. McAlister and Kimberly Nelson LoCascio – Demolition Man* – Heart and Souls* – Hocus Pocus* John E. Sullivan – Last Action Hero* Ariel Velasco-Shaw, Eric Leighton, and Gordon Baker – The Nightmare Before Christmas* Richard Edlund – Solar Crisis |