# Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

The Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy was an Empire Award presented annually by the British film magazine Empire to honor the best sci-fi, fantasy or superhero film of the previous year. The Empire Award for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy is one of four new Best Film ongoing awards which were first introduced at the 11th Empire Awards ceremony in 2006 (along with Best Comedy, Best Horror and Best Thriller) with Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith receiving the award. A Monster Calls is the most recent winner in this category. Winners are voted by the readers of Empire magazine.

## Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in boldface, followed by the other nominees. The number of the ceremony (1st, 2nd, etc.) appears in parentheses after the awards year, linked to the article (if any) on that ceremony.

### 2000s

| Year | Film |
| 2006 (11th) | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith |
| 2006 (11th) | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| 2006 (11th) | King Kong |
| 2006 (11th) | Serenity |
| 2006 (11th) | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| 2007 (12th) | Pan's Labyrinth |
| 2007 (12th) | Children of Men |
| 2007 (12th) | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
| 2007 (12th) | Superman Returns |
| 2007 (12th) | X-Men: The Last Stand |
| 2008 (13th) | Stardust |
| 2008 (13th) | 300 |
| 2008 (13th) | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
| 2008 (13th) | Sunshine |
| 2008 (13th) | Transformers |
| 2009 (14th) | Wanted |
| 2009 (14th) | Hellboy II: The Golden Army |
| 2009 (14th) | Iron Man |
| 2009 (14th) | The Dark Knight |
| 2009 (14th) | WALL-E |

### 2010s

| Year | Film |
| 2010 (15th) | Star Trek |
| 2010 (15th) | Avatar |
| 2010 (15th) | District 9 |
| 2010 (15th) | Moon |
| 2010 (15th) | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
| 2011 (16th) | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 |
| 2011 (16th) | Alice in Wonderland |
| 2011 (16th) | Inception |
| 2011 (16th) | Kick-Ass |
| 2011 (16th) | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World |
| 2012 (17th) | Thor |
| 2012 (17th) | Captain America: The First Avenger |
| 2012 (17th) | Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
| 2012 (17th) | Super 8 |
| 2012 (17th) | X-Men: First Class |
| 2013 (18th) | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| 2013 (18th) | Dredd |
| 2013 (18th) | Looper |
| 2013 (18th) | Prometheus |
| 2013 (18th) | The Avengers |
| 2014 (19th) | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
| 2014 (19th) | Gravity |
| 2014 (19th) | Pacific Rim |
| 2014 (19th) | Star Trek Into Darkness |
| 2014 (19th) | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire |
| 2015 (20th) | X-Men: Days of Future Past |
| 2015 (20th) | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
| 2015 (20th) | Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2015 (20th) | Interstellar |
| 2015 (20th) | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
| 2016 (21st) | Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| 2016 (21st) | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 |
| 2016 (21st) | Jurassic World |
| 2016 (21st) | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2016 (21st) | The Martian |
| 2017 (22nd) | A Monster Calls |
| 2017 (22nd) | Arrival |
| 2017 (22nd) | Doctor Strange |
| 2017 (22nd) | Rogue One |
| 2017 (22nd) | 10 Cloverfield Lane |
| 2018 (23rd) | Wonder Woman |
| 2018 (23rd) | Blade Runner 2049 |
| 2018 (23rd) | Logan |
| 2018 (23rd) | Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
| 2018 (23rd) | Thor: Ragnarok |