2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominees

Nearly all the categories of the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards include items of genre interest. The awards are also exceptional for not dividing the nominees into men’s and women’s categories.

The awards are voted on by fans, with voting underway at MTVAwards.MTV.com.

The 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards will be presented in a ceremony aired June 18 from Los Angeles.

Best Movie

  • Avengers: Infinity War (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Black Panther (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Girls Trip (Universal Pictures)
  • IT (New Line Cinema)
  • Wonder Woman (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Show

  • 13 Reasons Why (Netflix)
  • Game of Thrones (HBO)
  • Grown-ish (Freeform)
  • Riverdale (The CW)
  • Stranger Things (Netflix)

Best Performance in a Movie

  • Chadwick Boseman
    Black Panther
  • Timothee Chalamet
    Call Me by Your Name
  • Ansel Elgort
    Baby Driver
  • Daisy Ridley
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Saoirse Ronan
    Lady Bird

Best Performance in a Show

  • Millie Bobby Brown
    Stranger Things
  • Darren Criss
    The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
  • Katherine Langford
    13 Reasons Why
  • Issa Rae
    Insecure
  • Maisie Williams
    Game of Thrones

Best Hero

  • Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/Black Panther)
    Black Panther
  • Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen)
    Game of Thrones
  • Gal Gadot (Diana Prince/Wonder Woman)
    Wonder Woman
  • Grant Gustin (Barry Allen/The Flash)
    The Flash
  • Daisy Ridley (Rey)
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Best Villain

  • Josh Brolin (Thanos)
    Avengers: Infinity War
  • Adam Driver (Kylo Ren)
    Star Wars: The Last Jedi
  • Michael B. Jordan (N’Jadaka/Erik Killmonger)
    Black Panther
  • Aubrey Plaza (Lenny Busker)
    Legion
  • Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise)
    It

Best Kiss

  • Jane the Virgin
    Gina Rodriguez (Jane) and Justin Baldoni (Rafael)
  • Love, Simon
    Nick Robinson (Simon) and Keiynan Lonsdale (Bram)
  • Ready Player One
    Olivia Cooke (Sam) and Tye Sheridan (Wade)
  • Riverdale
    KJ Apa (Archie) and Camila Mendes (Veronica)
  • Stranger Things
    Finn Wolfhard (Mike) and Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven)

Most Frightened Performance

  • Talitha Bateman (Janice)
    Annabelle: Creation
  • Emily Blunt (Evelyn Abbott)
    A Quiet Place
  • Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh)
    It
  • Cristin Milioti (Nanette Cole)
    Black Mirror
  • Noah Schnapp (Will Byers)
    Stranger Things

Best Onscreen Team

  • Black Panther
    Chadwick Boseman (T’Challa/ Black Panther), Lupita Nyong’o (Nakia), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri)
  • It
    Finn Wolfhard (Richie), Sophia Lillis (Beverly), Jaeden Lieberher (Bill), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie), Wyatt Oleff (Stanley), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben), Chosen Jacobs (Mike)
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
    Dwayne Johnson (Smolder), Kevin Hart (Mouse), Jack Black (Shelly), Karen Gillan (Ruby), Nick Jonas (Seaplane)
  • Ready Player One
    Tye Sheridan (Wade), Olivia Cooke (Samantha), Philip Zhao (Sho), Win Morisaki (Daito), Lena Waithe (Aech)
  • Stranger Things
    Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin), Finn Wolfhard (Mike), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas), Noah Schnapp (Will), Sadie Sink (Max)

Best Comedic Performance

  • Jack Black
    Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
  • Tiffany Haddish
    Girls Trip
  • Dan Levy
    Schitt’s Creek
  • Kate McKinnon
    Saturday Night Live
  • Amy Schumer
    I Feel Pretty

Scene Stealer

  • Tiffany Haddish (Dina)
    Girls Trip
  • Dacre Montgomery (Billy Hargrove)
    Stranger Things
  • Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom)
    Riverdale
  • Taika Waititi (Korg)
    Thor: Ragnarok
  • Letitia Wright (Shuri)
    Black Panther

Best Fight

  • Atomic Blonde
    Charlize Theron (Lorraine) vs. Daniel Hargrave (Sniper), Greg Rementer (Spotter)
  • Avengers: Infinity War
    Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch) vs. Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight)
  • Black Panther
    Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) vs. Winston Duke (M’Baku)
  • Thor: Ragnarok
    Mark Ruffalo (Hulk) vs. Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
  • Wonder Woman
    Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) vs. German Soldiers

Genre Dominates 25th Annual MTV Movie Awards

The 25th annual MTV Movie Awards were presented April 9. The Hollywood Reporter lists the winners. SF/F not only won many categories, but dominated the shortlist as well.

The winners are named first and in boldface.

Movie of the Year

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Creed (Warner Bros.)
  • Deadpool (20th Century Fox)
  • Jurassic World (Universal Pictures)
  • Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

True Story

  • Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
  • Concussion (Columbia Pictures)
  • Joy (20th Century Fox)
  • Steve Jobs (Universal Pictures)
  • The Big Short (Paramount Pictures)
  • The Revenant (20th Century Fox)

Documentary

  • Amy (A24)
  • Cartel Land (The Orchard)
  • He Named Me Malala (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  • The Hunting Ground (RADiUS-TWC)
  • The Wolfpack (Magnolia Pictures)
  • What Happened, Miss Simone? (Netflix)

Best Female Performance

  • Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)
  • Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina (A24)
  • Anna Kendrick – Pitch Perfect 2 (Universal Pictures)
  • Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Joy (20th Century Fox)
  • Morena Baccarin – Deadpool (20th Century Fox)

Best Male Performance

  • Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant (20th Century Fox)
  • Chris Pratt – Jurassic World (Universal Pictures)
  • Matt Damon – The Martian (20th Century Fox)
  • Michael B. Jordan – Creed (Warner Bros.)
  • Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool (20th Century Fox)
  • Will Smith – Concussion (Columbia Pictures)

Breakthrough Performance

  • Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Amy Schumer – Trainwreck (Universal Pictures)
  • Brie Larson – Room (A24)
  • Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey (Universal Pictures)
  • John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • O’Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)

Best Comedic Performance

  • Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool (20th Century Fox)
  • Amy Schumer – Trainwreck (Universal Pictures)
  • Kevin Hart – Ride Along 2 (Universal Pictures)
  • Melissa McCarthy – Spy (20th Century Fox)
  • Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect 2 (Universal Pictures)
  • Will Ferrell – Get Hard (Warner Bros.)

Best Action Performance

  • Chris Pratt – Jurassic World (Universal Pictures)
  • Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas (Warner Bros.)
  • Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (Lionsgate)
  • John Boyega – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool (20th Century Fox)
  • Vin Diesel – Furious 7 (Universal Pictures)

Best Hero

  • Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (Lionsgate)
  • Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)
  • Chris Evans – Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Dwayne Johnson – San Andreas (Warner Bros.)
  • Paul Rudd – Ant-Man (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best Villain

  • Adam Driver – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Ed Skrein – Deadpool (20th Century Fox)
  • Hugh Keays-Byrne – Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)
  • James Spader – Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Samuel L. Jackson – Kingsman: The Secret Service (20th Century Fox)
  • Tom Hardy – The Revenant (20th Century Fox)

Best Virtual Performance

  • Amy Poehler – Inside Out (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Andy Serkis – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Jack Black – Kung Fu Panda 3 (20th Century Fox)
  • James Spader – Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Lupita Nyong’o – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Seth MacFarlane – Ted 2 (Universal Pictures)

Ensemble Cast

  • Pitch Perfect 2 (Universal Pictures) Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Furious 7 (Universal Pictures)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (Lionsgate)
  • Trainwreck (Universal Pictures)

Best Kiss

  • Rebel Wilson & Adam DeVine – Pitch Perfect 2 (Universal Pictures)
  • Amy Schumer & Bill Hader – Trainwreck (Universal Pictures)
  • Dakota Johnson & Jamie Dornan – Fifty Shades of Grey (Universal Pictures)
  • Leslie Mann & Chris Hemsworth – Vacation (Warner Bros.)
  • Margot Robbie & Will Smith – Focus (Warner Bros.)
  • Morena Baccarin & Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool (20th Century Fox)

Best Fight

  • Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) vs. Ajax (Ed Skrein) – Deadpool (20th Century Fox)
  • Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) vs. The Bear – The Revenant (20th Century Fox)
  • Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) vs. Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) – Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)
  • Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) vs. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) – Avengers: Age of Ultron (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Rey (Daisy Ridley) vs. Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  • Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) vs. Lia (Nargis Fakhri) – Spy (20thCentury Fox)

This year’s MTV Generation Award was presented to Will Smith. Melissa McCarthy received the Comedic Genius Award.