Oscars 2025

When are the Oscars on TV?

The 97th Academy Awards will air at 7 p.m. Eastern Sunday, March 2 on ABC and Hulu (and ABC.com and the ABC app). It will honor the best films released in 2024. The event will be at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, Calif.

Where can I find a list of winners?

The official Oscars winners list is at oscar.go.com/winners.

Who are the nominees in each category?

Winners in bold.

Picture

  • “Anora”
  • “The Brutalist”
  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “I’m Still Here”
  • “Nickel Boys”
  • “The Substance”
  • “Wicked”

Actress

  • Cynthia Erivo – “Wicked” as Elphaba Thropp
  • Karla Sofía Gascón – “Emilia Pérez” as Emilia Pérez / Juan “Manitas” Del Monte
  • Mikey Madison – “Anora” as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva
  • Demi Moore – “The Substance” as Elisabeth Sparkle
  • Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here” as Eunice Paiva

Supporting Actress

  • Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown” as Joan Baez
  • Ariana Grande – “Wicked” as Galinda “Glinda” Upland
  • Felicity Jones – “The Brutalist” as Erzsébet Tóth
  • Isabella Rossellini – “Conclave” as Sister Agnes
  • Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez” as Rita Mora Castro

Actor

  • Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” as László Tóth
  • Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown” as Bob Dylan
  • Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing” as John “Divine G” Whitfield
  • Ralph Fiennes – “Conclave” as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence
  • Sebastian Stan – “The Apprentice” as Donald J. Trump

Supporting Actor

  • Yura Borisov – “Anora” as Igor
  • Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain” as Benji Kaplan
  • Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” as Pete Seeger
  • Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.
  • Jeremy Strong – “The Apprentice” as Roy Cohn

Director

  • Sean Baker – “Anora”
  • Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist”
  • James Mangold – “A Complete Unknown”
  • Jacques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez”
  • Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance”

Adapted Screenplay

  • “A Complete Unknown” – James Mangold and Jay Cocks; based on the book “Dylan Goes Electric!” by Elijah Wald
  • “Conclave” – Peter Straughan; based on the novel “Conclave” by Robert Harris
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Jacques Audiard; in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi; based on the opera libretto “Emilia Pérez” by Jacques Audiard
  • “Nickel Boys” – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes; based on the novel “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead
  • “Sing Sing” – Screenplay by Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley; story by Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Clarence Maclin, and John “Divine G” Whitfield; based on the book “The Sing Sing Follies” by John H. Richardson

Original Screenplay

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker
  • “The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold
  • “A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg
  • “September 5” – Moritz Binder and Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David
  • “The Substance” – Coralie Fargeat

Cinematography

  • “The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley
  • “Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Paul Guilhaume
  • “Maria” – Ed Lachman
  • “Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke

Film Editing

  • “Anora” – Sean Baker
  • “The Brutalist” – Dávid Jancsó
  • “Conclave” – Nick Emerson
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Juliette Welfling
  • “Wicked” – Myron Kerstein

Production Design

  • “The Brutalist”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Nosferatu”
  • “Wicked”

Costume Design

  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Conclave”
  • “Gladiator II”
  • “Nosferatu”
  • “Wicked”

Makeup and Hairstyling

Visual Effects

Sound

  • “A Complete Unknown”
  • “Dune: Part Two”
  • “Emilia Pérez”
  • “Wicked”
  • “The Wild Robot”

Original Score

  • “The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg
  • “Conclave” – Volker Bertelmann
  • “Emilia Pérez” – Clément Ducol and Camille
  • “Wicked” – John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
  • “The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers

Original Song

  • “El Mal” from “Emilia Pérez” – Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; lyrics by Clément Ducol, Camille, and Jacques Audiard
  • “The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight” – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
  • “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing” – Music and lyrics by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada
  • “Mi Camino” from “Emilia Pérez” – Music and lyrics by Camille and Clément Ducol
  • “Never Too Late” from “Elton John: Never Too Late” – Music and lyrics by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt, and Bernie Taupin

Live Action Short Film

  • “A Lien”
  • “Anuja”
  • “I’m Not a Robot”
  • “The Last Ranger”
  • “The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”

Foreign Language Film

  • “Emilia Pérez” (France) in Spanish
  • “Flow” (Latvia)
  • “The Girl with the Needle” (Denmark) in Danish
  • “I’m Still Here” (Brazil) in Portuguese
  • “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” (Germany) in Persian

Animated Feature

  • “Flow”
  • “Inside Out 2”
  • “Memoir of a Snail”
  • “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”
  • “The Wild Robot”

Animated Short Film

  • “Beautiful Men”
  • “In the Shadow of the Cypress”
  • “Magic Candies”
  • “Wander to Wonder”
  • “Yuck!”

Documentary Feature

  • “Black Box Diaries”
  • “No Other Land”
  • “Porcelain War”
  • “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
  • “Sugarcane”

Documentary Short

  • “Death by Numbers”
  • “I Am Ready, Warden”
  • “Incident”
  • “Instruments of a Beating Heart”
  • “The Only Girl in the Orchestra”

Who will win Oscars this year?

Betting odds

Who is hosting the Oscars?

Conan O’Brien

What were the highest-rated movies of 2024?

Metacritic critics’ rankings (based on year-end lists)

  1. “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”
  2. “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”
  3. “All We Imagine as Light”
  4. “Here”
  5. “Nickel Boys”
  6. “Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus”
  7. “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
  8. “Totem”
  9. “Anora”
  10. “La Chimera”

Full rankings list and methodology

Metacritic user rankings (based on a year-end poll)

  1. “The Wild Robot”
  2. “Anora”
  3. “The Brutalist”
  4. “Flow”
  5. “About Dry Grasses”
  6. “Vermiglio”
  7. “I Saw the TV Glow”
  8. “A Real Pain”
  9. “All We Imagine as Light”
  10. “La Chimera”

Full rankings list and methodology

What were the highest-grossing movies of 2024 at the US box office?

  1. “Inside Out 2”
  2. “Deadpool & Wolverine”
  3. “Wicked”
  4. “Moana 2”
  5. “Despicable Me 4”
  6. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”
  7. “Dune: Part Two”
  8. “Twisters”
  9. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”
  10. “Kung Fu Panda 4”

(Rankings through Jan. 23)

Full list at Box Office Mojo

Our favorite films of 2024

John’s top 10 movies

Past Oscar winners

Best Picture winners, with IMDb rating

2023 “Oppenheimer,” 8.3

2022“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” 7.8

2021 – “CODA,” 8.0

2020 – “Nomadland,” 7.3

2019 – “Parasite,” 8.6

2018 – “Green Book,” 8.2

2017 – “The Shape of Water,” 7.4

2016 – “Moonlight,” 7.5

2015 – “Spotlight,” 8.1

2014 – “Birdman,” 7.8

2013 – “12 Years a Slave,” 8.1

2012 – “Argo,” 7.7

2011 – “The Artist,” 7.9

2010 – “The King’s Speech,” 8.0

2009 – “The Hurt Locker,” 7.6

2008 – “Slumdog Millionaire,” 8.0

2007 – “No Country for Old Men,” 8.1

2006 – “The Departed,” 8.5

2005 – “Crash,” 7.8

2004 – “Million Dollar Baby,” 8.1

2003 – “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,” 8.9

2002 – “Chicago,” 7.2

2001 – “A Beautiful Mind,” 8.2

2000 – “Gladiator,” 8.5

1999 – “American Beauty,” 8.4

1998 – “Shakespeare in Love,” 7.2

1997 – “Titanic,” 7.8

1996 – “The English Patient,” 7.4

1995 – “Braveheart,” 8.4

1994 – “Forrest Gump,” 8.8

1993 – “Schindler’s List,” 8.9

1992 – “Unforgiven,” 8.2

1991 – “The Silence of the Lambs,” 8.6

1990 – “Dances with Wolves,” 8.0

1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy,” 7.4

1988 – “Rain Man,” 8.0

1987 – “The Last Emperor,” 7.8

1986 – “Platoon,” 8.1

1985 – “Out of Africa,” 7.2

1984 – “Amadeus,” 8.3

1983 – “Terms of Endearment,” 7.4

1982 – “Gandhi,” 8.1

1981 – “Chariots of Fire,” 7.2

1980 – “Ordinary People,” 7.8

1979 – “Kramer vs. Kramer,” 7.8

1978 – “The Deer Hunter,” 8.2

1977 – “Annie Hall,” 8.1

1976 – “Rocky,” 8.1

Full list of Best Picture winners

Best Actress winners 

2023 Emma Stone – “Poor Things”

2022 – Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

2021 – Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”

2020 – Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”

2019 – Renee Zellweger, “Judy”

2018 – Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”

2017 – Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

2016 – Emma Stone, “La La Land”

2015 – Brie Larson, “Room”

2014 – Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”

2013 – Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”

2012 – Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

2011 – Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”

2010 – Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”

2009 – Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”

2008 – Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

2007 – Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose”

2006 – Helen Miren, “The Queen”

2005 – Reese Witherspoon, “Walk the Line”

2004 – Hilary Swank, “Million Dollar Baby”

2003 – Charlize Theron, “Monster”

2002 – Nicole Kidman, “The Hours”

2001 – Halle Berry, “Monster’s Ball”

2000 – Julia Roberts, “Erin Brockovich”

1999 – Hilary Swank, “Boys Don’t Cry”

1998 – Gwyneth Paltrow, “Shakespeare in Love”

1997 – Helen Hunt, “As Good as It Gets”

1996 – Frances McDormand, “Fargo”

1995 – Susan Sarandon, “Dead Man Walking”

1994 – Jessica Lange, “Blue Sky”

1993 – Holly Hunter, “The Piano”

1992 – Emma Thompson, “Howards End”

1991 – Jodie Foster, “The Silence of the Lambs”

1990 – Kathy Bates, “Misery”

Full list of Best Actress winners

Best Supporting Actress winners 

2023 Da’Vine Joy Randolph – “The Holdovers”

2022 – Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

2021 – Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”

2020 – Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”

2019 – Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”

2018 – Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”

2017 – Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”

2016 – Viola Davis, “Fences”

2015 – Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”

2014 – Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

2013 – Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”

2012 – Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

2011 – Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

2010 – Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”

2009 – Mo’Nique, “Precious”

2008 – Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

2007 – Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton”

2006 – Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”

2005 – Rachel Weisz, “The Constant Gardener”

2004 – Cate Blanchett, “The Aviator”

2003 – Renee Zellweger, “Cold Mountain”

2002 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, “Chicago”

2001 – Jennifer Connelly, “A Beautiful Mind”

2000 – Marcia Gay Harden, “Pollock”

1999 – Angelina Jolie, “Girl, Interrupted”

1998 – Judi Dench, “Shakespeare in Love”

1997 – Kim Basinger, “L.A. Confidential”

1996 – Juliette Binoche, “The English Patient”

1995 – Mira Sorvino, “Mighty Aphrodite”

1994 – Dianne Wiest, “Bullets Over Broadway”

1993 – Anna Paquin, “The Piano”

1992 – Marisa Tomei, “My Cousin Vinny”

1991 – Mercedes Ruehl, “The Fisher King”

1990 – Whoopi Goldberg, “Ghost”

Full list of Best Supporting Actress winners

Best Actor winners 

2023 Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”

2022 – Brendan Fraser – “The Whale”

2021 – Will Smith, “King Richard”

2020 – Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”

2019 – Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”

2018 – Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody”

2017 – Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”

2016 – Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”

2015 – Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”

2014 – Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”

2013 – Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”

2012 – Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

2011 – Jean Jujardin, “The Artist”

2010 – Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”

2009 – Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”

2008 – Sean Penn, “Milk”

2007 – Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood”

2006 – Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”

2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”

2004 – Jamie Foxx, “Ray”

2003 – Sean Penn, “Mystic River”

2002 – Adrien Brody, “The Pianist”

2001 – Denzel Washington, “Training Day”

2000 – Russell Crowe, “Gladiator”

1999 – Kevin Spacey, “American Beauty”

1998 – Roberto Benigni, “Life Is Beautiful”

1997 – Jack Nicholson, “As Good as It Gets”

1996 – Geoffrey Rush, “Shine”

1995 – Nicolas Cage, “Leaving Las Vegas”

1994 – Tom Hanks, “Forrest Gump”

1993 – Tom Hanks, “Philadelphia”

1992 – Al Pacino, “Scent of a Woman”

1991 – Anthony Hopkins, “The Silence of the Lambs”

1990 – Jeremy Irons, “Reversal of Fortune”

Full list of Best Actor winners

Best Supporting Actor winners 

2023 Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer”

2022 – Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

2021 – Troy Kotsur, “CODA”

2020 – Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

2019 – Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

2018 – Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”

2017 – Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

2016 – Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”

2015 – Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”

2014 – J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

2013 – Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”

2012 – Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

2011 – Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”

2010 – Christian Bale, “The Fighter”

2009 – Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

2008 – Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

2007 – Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”

2006 – Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”

2005 – George Clooney, “Syriana”

2004 – Morgan Freeman, “Million Dollar Baby”

2003 – Tim Robbins, “Mystic River”

2002 – Chris Cooper, “Adaptation.”

2001 – Jim Broadbent, “Iris”

2000 – Benicio del Toro, “Traffic”

1999 – Michael Caine, “The Cider House Rules”

1998 – James Coburn, “Affliction”

1997 – Robin Williams, “Good Will Hunting”

1996 – Cuba Gooding Jr., “Jerry Maguire”

1995 – Kevin Spacey, “The Usual Suspects”

1994 – Martin Landau, “Ed Wood”

1993 – Tommy Lee Jones, “The Fugitive”

1992 – Gene Hackman, “Unforgiven”

1991 – Jack Palance, “City Slickers”

1990 – Joe Pesci, “Goodfellas”

Full list of Best Supporting Actor winners

Best Director winners

2023 Christopher Nolan – “Oppenheimer”

2022 – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

2021 – Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”

2020 – Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”

2019 – Bong Joon-ho, “Parasite”

2018 – Alfonso Cuarón, “Roma”

2017 – Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”

2016 – Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”

2015 – Alejandro G. Innaritu, “The Revenant”

2014 – Alejandro G. Innaritu, “Birdman”

2013 – Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity”

2012 – Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”

2011 – Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”

2010 – Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”

2009 – Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”

2008 – Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”

2007 – Coen Brothers, “No Country for Old Men”

2006 – Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”

2005 – Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain”

2004 – Clint Eastwood, “Million Dollar Baby”

2003 – Peter Jackson, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”

2002 – Roman Polanski, “The Pianist”

2001 – Ron Howard, “A Beautiful Mind” 

2000 – Steven Soderbergh, “Traffic”

1999 – Sam Mendes, “American Beauty”

1998 – Steven Spielberg, “Saving Private Ryan”

1997 – James Cameron, “Titanic”

1996 – Anthony Minghella, “The English Patient”

1995 – Mel Gibson, “Braveheart”

1994 – Robert Zemeckis, “Forrest Gump”

1993 – Steven Spielberg, “Schindler’s List”

1992 – Clint Eastwood, “Unforgiven”

1991 – Jonathan Demme, “The Silence of the Lambs”

1990 – Kevin Costner, “Dances with Wolves”

Full list of Best Director winners

Best Adapted Screenplay winners

2023 “American Fiction” – Cord Jefferson, based on the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett

2022 – Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”

2021 – Sian Heder, “CODA”

2020 – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, “The Father”

2019 – Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”

2018 – Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott, “BlacKkKlansman”

2017 – James Ivory, “Call Me by Your Name”

2016 – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, “Moonlight”

2015 – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, “The Big Short”

2014 – Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”

2013 – John Ridley, “12 Years a Slave”

2012 – Chris Terrio, “Argo”

2011 – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, “The Descendants”

2010 – Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network”

2009 – Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious”

2008 – Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”

2007 – Coen Brothers, “No Country for Old Men”

2006 – William Monahan, “The Departed”

2005 – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, “Brokeback Mountain”

2004 – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, “Sideways”

2003 – Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”

2002 – Ronald Harwood, “The Pianist”

2001 – Akiva Goldsman, “A Beautiful Mind”

2000 – Stephen Gaghan, “Traffic”

1999 – John Irving, “The Cider House Rules”

1998 – Bill Condon, “Gods and Monsters”

1997 – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland, “L.A. Confidential”

1996 – Billy Bob Thornton, “Sling Blade”

1995 – Emma Thompson, “Sense and Sensibility”

1994 – Eric Roth, “Forrest Gump”

1993 – Steven Zaillian, “Schindler’s List”

1992 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, “Howards End”

1991 – Ted Tally, “The Silence of the Lambs”

1990 – Michael Blake, “Dances with Wolves”

Full list of Best Adapted Screenplay winners

Best Original Screenplay winners

2023 “Anatomy of a Fall” – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

2022 – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” 

2021 – Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”

2020 – Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”

2019 – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won, “Parasite”

2018 – Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, “Green Book”

2017 – Jordan Peele, “Get Out”

2016 – Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”

2015 – Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”

2014 – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo, “Birdman”

2013 – Spike Jonze, “Her”

2012 – Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained”

2011 – Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”

2010 – David Seidler, “The King’s Speech”

2009 – Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”

2008 – Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”

2007 – Diablo Cody, “Juno”

2006 – Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”

2005 – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, “Crash”

2004 – Charlie Kaufman, Pierre Bismuth and Michel Gondry, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”

2003 – Sofia Coppola, “Lost in Translation”

2002 – Pedro Almodovar, “Talk to Her”

2001 – Julian Fellowes, “Gosford Park”

2000 – Cameron Crowe, “Almost Famous”

1999 – Alan Ball, “American Beauty”

1998 – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, “Shakespeare in Love”

1997 – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, “Good Will Hunting”

1996 – Coen Brothers, “Fargo”

1995 – Christopher McQuarrie, “The Usual Suspects”

1994 – Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avery, “Pulp Fiction”

1993 – Jane Campion, “The Piano”

1992 – Neil Jordan, “The Crying Game”

1991 – Callie Khouri, “Thelma & Louise”

1990 – Bruce Joel Rubin, “Ghost”

Full list of Best Original Screenplay winners

Best Visual Effects winners

2023 “Godzilla Minus One”

2022 – “Avatar: The Way of Water”

2021 – “Dune”

2020 – “Tenet”

2019 – “1917”

2018 – “First Man”

2017 – “Blade Runner 2049”

2016 – “The Jungle Book”

2015 – “Ex Machina”

2014 – “Interstellar”

2013 – “Gravity”

2012 – “Life of Pi”

2011 – “Hugo”

2010 – “Inception”

2009 – “Avatar”

2008 – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

2007 – “The Golden Compass”

2006 – “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

2005 – “King Kong”

2004 – “Spider-Man 2”

2003 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”

2002 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”

2001 – “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”

2000 – “Gladiator”

1999 – “The Matrix”

1998 – “What Dreams May Come”

1997 – “Titanic”

1996 – “Independence Day”

1995 – “Babe”

1994 – “Forrest Gump”

1993 – “Jurassic Park”

1992 – “Death Becomes Her”

1991 – “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”

1990 – “Total Recall”

Full list of Best Visual Effects winners

Lists of winners in other categories

Animated Feature

Animated Short Film

Cinematography

Costume Design

Documentary Feature

Documentary Short Subject

Film Editing

Foreign Language Film

Live Action Short Film

Makeup and Hairstyling

Original Score

Original Song

Production Design

Sound Editing

Sound Mixing

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