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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