At the 13th British Independent Film Awards , '' Monsters '' was nominated in six categories including Best Picture , Best Director for Edwards , and Best Actor for McNairy . The film won for Best Director , Best Technical Achievement , and Best Achievement in Production . At the 64th British Academy Film Awards , Edwards was nominated for Outstanding Debut by a British Director , but lost to Chris Morris for '' Four Lions '' . It won Best Independent Movie at the 2011 Scream Awards , and was nominated for Best Science Fiction Movie . The film also won Best International Film at the 37th Saturn Awards . The National Board of Review named the film one of the top ten independent films of 2010 , and it placed third on Moviefone 's Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of 2010 list
64th British Academy Film Awards
64th British Academy Film Awards
Monsters (2010 film)