BEST VISUAL EFFECTS / SPECIAL EFFECTS
1939 : THE RAINS CAME
1940 : THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
1941 : I WANTED WINGS
1942 : REAP THE WILD WIND
1943 : CRASH DIVE
1944 : THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO
1945 : WONDER MAN
1946 : BLITHE SPIRIT
1947 : GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
1948 : PORTRAIT OF JENNIE
1949 : MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
1950 : DESTINATION MOON
1951 : WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
1952 : PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE
1953 : THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
1954 : 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
1955 : THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI
1956 : THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
1957 : THE ENEMY BELOW
1958 : TOM THUMB
1959 : BEN-HUR
1960 : THE TIME MACHINE
1961 : THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
1962 : THE LONGEST DAY
1963 : CLEOPATRA
1964 : MARY POPPINS
1965 : THUNDERBALL
1966 : FANTASTIC VOYAGE
1967 : DOCTOR DOLITTLE
1968 : 2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY
1969 : MAROONED
1970 : TORA! TORA! TORA!
1971 : BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
1972 : THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
1974 : EARTHQUAKE
1975 : THE HINDENBURG
1976 : (tie) KING KONG, LOGAN'S RUN
1977 : STAR WARS
1978 : SUPERMAN
1979 : ALIEN
1980 : THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
1981 : RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
1982 : E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL
1983 : RETURN OF THE JEDI
1984 : INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
1985 : COCOON
1986 : ALIENS
1987 : INNERSPACE
1988 : WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
1989 : THE ABYSS
1990 : TOTAL RECALL
1991 : TERMINATOR 2 : JUDGMENT DAY
1992 : DEATH BECOMES HER
1993 : JURASSIC PARK
1994 : FORREST GUMP
1995 : BABE
1996 : INDEPENDENCE DAY
1997 : TITANIC
1998 : WHAT DREAMS MAY COME
1999 : THE MATRIX
2000 : GLADIATOR
2001 : LORD OF THE RINGS
2002 : LORD OF THE RINGS - TWO TOWERS
2003 : "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
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