| Best Science Fiction Film | Best Fantasy Film |
Total Recall
| Ghost* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Always* Batman* Dick Tracy* Field of Dreams* Gremlins 2: The New Batch* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Best Horror Film | Best Performance by a Younger Actor |
| Arachnophobia* Bride of Re-Animator* Darkman* The Exorcist III* The Fly II* The Guardian* Nightbreed* Pet Sematary* Santa Sangre | Adán Jodorowsky – Santa Sangre as Young Fenix* Thomas Wilson Brown – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as Russ Thompson, Jr.* Gabriel Damon – RoboCop 2 as Hob* Jasen Fisher – The Witches as Luke Eveshim* Charlie Korsmo – Dick Tracy as The Kid* Bryan Madorsky – Parents as Michael Laemle* Robert Oliveri – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as Nick Szalinski* Jared Rushton – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as Ron Thompson* Faviola Elenka Tapia – Santa Sangre as Young Alma |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jeff Daniels – Arachnophobia as Dr. Ross Jennings* Warren Beatty – Dick Tracy as Dick Tracy* Harrison Ford – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as Indiana Jones* Ed Harris – The Abyss as Virgil "Bud" Brigman* Axel Jodorowsky – Santa Sangre as Fenix* Liam Neeson – Darkman as Peyton Westlake / Darkman* Jack Nicholson – Batman as Jack Napier / The Joker* Arnold Schwarzenegger – Total Recall as Douglas Quaid / Hauser* Patrick Swayze – Ghost as Sam Wheat | Demi Moore – Ghost as Molly Jensen* Julie Carmen – Fright Night Part 2 as Regine Dandridge* Blanca Guerra – Santa Sangre as Concha* Anjelica Huston – The Witches as Miss Eva Ernst / Grand High Witch* Nicole Kidman – Dead Calm as Rae Ingram* Madonna – Dick Tracy as Breathless Mahoney* Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – The Abyss as Dr. Lindsey Brigman* Ally Sheedy – Fear as Cayce Bridges* Jenny Wright – I, Madman as Virginia |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Thomas F. Wilson – Back to the Future Part III as Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen and Biff Tannen* Jeffrey Combs – Bride of Re-Animator as Dr. Herbert West* Brad Dourif – The Exorcist III as The Gemini Killer* Larry Drake – Darkman as Robert G. Durant* John Glover – Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Daniel Clamp* Tony Goldwyn – Ghost as Carl Bruner* John Goodman – Arachnophobia as Delbert McClintock* Al Pacino – Dick Tracy as Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice* Robert Picardo – Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Forster | Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost as Oda Mae Brown* Kim Basinger – Batman as Vicki Vale* Finn Carter – Tremors as Rhonda LeBeck* Reba McEntire – Tremors as Heather Gummer* Julia Roberts – Flatliners as Rachel Mannus* Jenny Seagrove – The Guardian as Camilla* Mary Steenburgen – Back to the Future Part III as Clara Clayton* Rachel Ticotin – Total Recall as Melina* Mai Zetterling – The Witches as Helga Eveshim |
| Best Director | Best Writing |
| James Cameron – The Abyss* Clive Barker – Nightbreed* Joe Dante – Gremlins 2: The New Batch* Alejandro Jodorowsky – Santa Sangre* Frank Marshall – Arachnophobia* Sam Raimi – Darkman* Paul Verhoeven – Total Recall* Robert Zemeckis – Back to the Future Part III* Jerry Zucker – Ghost | William Peter Blatty – The Exorcist III* James Cameron – The Abyss* Jerry Belson – Always* Don Jakoby and Wesley Strick – Arachnophobia* Phil Alden Robinson – Field of Dreams* Bruce Joel Rubin – Ghost* Jeffrey Boam – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman – Total Recall |
| Best Music | Best Costumes |
| Alan Silvestri – Back to the Future Part III* Alan Silvestri – The Abyss* Christopher Young – The Fly II* Maurice Jarre – Ghost* Jerry Goldsmith – Gremlins 2: The New Batch* Jack Hues – The Guardian* James Horner – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* Simon Boswell – Santa Sangre* Jerry Goldsmith – Total Recall* Stanley Myers – The Witches | Erica Edell Phillips – Total Recall* Gabriella Pescucci – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Joanna Johnston – Back to the Future Part II* Joanna Johnston – Back to the Future Part III* Bob Ringwood – Batman* Jill M. Ohanneson – Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure* Milena Canonero – Dick Tracy* Anthony Powell and Joanna Johnston – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* Alonzo Wilson, Lesja Liber, Xenia Beith, Fiona Cazaly, and Marian Keating – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Best Make-up | Best Special Effects |
| John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler, and Cheri Minns – Dick Tracy* Maggie Weston and Fabrizio Sforza – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Ken Chase, Michael Mills, and Kenny Myers – Back to the Future Part II* Paul Engelen, Lynda Armstrong, and Nick Dudman – Batman* Tony Gardner and Larry Hamlin – Darkman* Stephan Dupuis, Dennis Pawlik, Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil, and Jayne Dancose – The Fly II* Bob Keen and Geoffrey Portass – Nightbreed* Rob Bottin, Jeff Dawn, Craig Berkeley, and Robin Weiss – Total Recall* John Stephenson – The Witches | Ken Ralston – Back to the Future Part II* Industrial Light & Magic, Dream Quest Images, Fantasy II Film Effects, Wonderworks – The Abyss* Richard Conway and Kent Houston – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Bruce Nicholson, John T. Van Vliet, Richard Edlund, and Laura Buff – Ghost* Rick Baker, Ken Pepiot, and Dennis Michelson – Gremlins 2: The New Batch* Rick Fichter, David Sosalla, and Peter Chesney – Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* Phil Tippett, Rob Bottin, and Peter Kuran – RoboCop 2* Thomas L. Fisher, Eric Brevig, and Rob Bottin – Total Recall* Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis – Tremors |