En İyi Görsel Efekt Akademi Ödülü

1939'da ilk kez verilmeye başlandığında bu kategori En İyi Özel Efekt olarak anılmaktaydı. 1963'te bu kategori En İyi Görsel Efekt ve En İyi Ses Efekti olarak ikiye ayrıldı. 1972'de Akademi 'Görsel Efekt' dalında Oscar vermeyi bırakıp yerine Akademi Özel Ödülü vermeye başladı. Bu sadece birkaç yıl sürdü ve bu kategori de Akademi'nin yıllık olarak dağıttığı bir ödül haline geldi. 1996'da kategori tekrar değişerek sadece En İyi Görsel Efekt oldu. 2007'de daha geniş bir aralığı kapsayabilmek için bu kategoride 15 filmin seçilmesine, daha sonra bunun 7'ye düşürülüp ve en son üç aday arasından oylanmasına karar verildi.

Aşağıdaki liste Görsel Efekt alanında Oscar alan filmleri (koyu karakterlerle) ve aynı yıl aday olmuş diğer filmleri sıralamaktadır.

1930'lar 
 1939 (12.) The Rains Came
 Gone with the Wind
 Only Angels Have Wings
 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
 Topper Takes a Trip
 Union Pacific
 The Wizard of Oz

1940'lar 
 1940 (13.) The Thief of Bagdad
 The Blue Bird
 Boom Town
 The Boys from Syracuse
 Dr. Cyclops
 Foreign Correspondent
 The Invisible Man Returns
 The Long Voyage Home
 One Million B.C.
 Rebecca
 The Sea Hawk
 Swiss Family Robinson
 Typhoon
 Women in War
 1941 (14.) I Wanted Wings
 Aloma of the South Seas
 Flight Command
 The Invisible Woman
 The Sea Wolf
 That Hamilton Woman
 Topper Returns
 A Yank in the RAF
 1942 (15.) Reap the Wild Wind
 The Black Swan
 Desperate Journey
 Flying Tigers
 Invisible Agent
 Jungle Book
 Mrs. Miniver
 The Navy Comes Through
 One of Our Aircraft is Missing
 Pride of the Yankees
 1943 (16.) Crash Dive
 Air Force
 Bombardier
 The North Star
 So Proudly We Hail!
 Stand by for Action
 1944 (17.) Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
 The Adventures of Mark Twain
 Days of Glory
 Secret Command
 Since You Went Away
 The Story of Dr. Wassell
 Wilson
 1945 (18.) Wonder Man
 Captain Eddie
 Spellbound
 They Were Expendable
 Thousand and One Nights
 1946 (19.) Blithe Spirit
 A Stolen Life
 1947 (20.) Green Dolphin Street
 Unconquered
 1948 (21st) Portrait of Jennie
 Deep Waters
 1949 (22nd) Mighty Joe Young
 Tulsa

1950'ler 
 1950 (23rd) Destination Moon
 Samson and Delilah
 1951 (24.) When Worlds Collide
 1952 (25.) Plymouth Adventure
 1953 (26.) The War of the Worlds
 1954 (27.) Denizin Altında 20.000 Fersah
 Hell and High Water
 Them!
 1955 (28.) The Bridges at Toko-Ri
 The Dam Busters
 The Rains of Ranchipur
 1956 (29.) The Ten Commandments
 Forbidden Planet
 1957 (30.) The Enemy Below
 The Spirit of St. Louis
 1958 (31st) tom thumb
 Torpedo Run
 1959 (32nd) Ben-Hur
 Journey to the Center of the Ear.

1960'lar 
 1960 (33rd) The Time Machine
 The Last Voyage
 1961 (34.) The Guns of Navarone
 The Absent Minded Professor
 1962 (35.) The Longest Day
 Mutiny on the Bounty
 1963 (36.) Cleopatra
 The Birds
 1964 (37.) Mary Poppins
 7 Faces of Dr. Lao 1965 (38.) Thunderball
 The Greatest Story Ever Told
 1966 (39.) Fantastic Voyage
 Hawaii
 1967 (40.) Doctor Dolittle
 Tobruk 1968 (41st) 2001: A Space Odyssey
 Ice Station Zebra 1969 (42nd) Marooned
 Krakatoa, East of Java 1970'ler 
 1970 (43rd) Tora! Tora! Tora!
 Patton 1971 (44.) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
 When Dinosaurs Ruled the Ear. 1972 (45.) The Poseidon Adventure (Special Achievement Award)
 1973 (46.) No award given
 1974 (47.) Earthquake (Special Achievement Award)
 1975 (48.) The Hindenburg (Special Achievement Award)
 1976 (49.) King Kong and Logan's Run (Special Achievement Awards)
 1977 (50.) Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
 1978 (51st) Superman: The Movie (Special Achievement Award)
 1979 (52nd) Alien
 The Black Hole
 Moonraker
 Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1980'ler 
 1980 (53rd) The Empire Strikes Back (Special Achievement Award)
 1981 (54.) Raiders of the Lost Ark
 Dragonslayer
 1982 (55.) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
 Blade Runner
 Poltergeist
 1983 (56.) Return of the Jedi (Special Achievement Award)
 1984 (57.) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
 2010
 Ghostbusters
 1985 (58.) Cocoon
 Return to Oz
 Young Sherlock Holmes
 1986 (59.) Aliens
 Little Shop of Horrors
 Poltergeist II: The Other Side
 1987 (60.) Innerspace
 Predator
 1988 (61st) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
 Die Hard
 Willow
 1989 (62nd) The Abyss
 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
 Back to the Future Part II

1990'lar 
 1990 (63.) Total Recall (Special Achievement Award)
 Runners up, not nominees, were Back to the Future Part III, Dick Tracy ve Ghost
 1991 (64.) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
 Backdraft
 Hook
 1992 (65.) Death Becomes Her
 Alien 3
 Batman Returns
 1993 (66.) Jurassic Park
 Cliffhanger
 The Nightmare Before Christmas
 1994 (67.) Forrest Gump
 The Mask
 True Lies
 1995 (68.) Babe
 Apollo 13
 1996 (69.) Independence Day
 Dragonheart
 Twister 1997 (70.) Titanic
 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Starship Troopers 1998 (71.) What Dreams May Come
 Armageddon Mighty Joe Young 1999 (72.) The Matrix
 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Stuart Little 2000'ler 
 2000 (73rd) Gladiator
 Hollow Man The Perfect Storm 2001 (74.) Yüzüklerin Efendisi: Yüzük Kardeşliği
 A.I. Artificial Intelligence Pearl Harbor 2002 (75.) Yüzüklerin Efendisi: İki Kule
 Spider-Man Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones 2003 (76.) Yüzüklerin Efendisi: Kralın Dönüşü
 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2004 (77.) Spider-Man 2
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban I, Robot 2005 (78.) King Kong
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe War of the Worlds 2006 (79.) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 Poseidon Superman Returns 2007 (80.) The Golden Compass
 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
 Transformers 
 2008 (81.) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Iron Man 2009 (82.) Avatar District 9
 Star Trek

 2010'lar 
 2010 (83.) Inception
 Alice in Wonderland
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Bölüm 1
 Hereafter
 Iron Man 2
2011 (84.) Hugo
 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
 Real Steel
 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2012 (85.) Life of Pi Marvel's The Avengers
 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
 Prometheus
 Snow White and the Huntsman
 2013 (86.) Gravity The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
 Iron Man 3
 The Lone Ranger
 Star Trek Into Darkness
 2014 (87.) Interstellar Captain America: The Winter Soldier
 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
 Galaksinin Koruyucuları
 X-Men: Days of Future Past
  2015 (88.) Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road
 The Martian
 The Revenant
 Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  2016 (89.) Orman Çocuğu'
 Deepwater Horizon
 Doktor Strange
 Kubo ve Sihirli Telleri
 Rogue One: Bir Star Wars Hikayesi

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