See Every Visual Effects Winner in Oscar History

1 minute read
MSDWHFR EC022
1989: Who Framed Roger RabbitTouchstone Pictures
By TIME Photo

Visual effects have come a long way since Star Wars took home the first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978. Revisit everything from a galaxy far, far away to a dream near you with a look at every Visual Effects Oscar winner since the award’s inception.

1978: Star Wars20th Century Fox
MCDSUPE EC176
1979: SupermanWarner Bros.
1980: Alien20th Century Fox
MSDEMST FE002
1981: The Empire Strikes Back20th Century Fox
MSDRAOF EC012
1982: Raiders of the Lost ArkParamount
MSDETTT EC014
1983: E.T. The Extra-TerrestrialUniversal
MSDREOF EC021
1984: Return of the Jedi20th Century Fox
MSDINJO EC021
1985: Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomParamount
MSDCOCO FE001
1986: Cocoon20th Century Fox
1987: Aliens20th Century Fox
MSDINNE EC017
1988: InnerspaceWarner Bros.
MSDWHFR EC022
1989: Who Framed Roger RabbitTouchstone Pictures
MSDABYS EC001
1990: The Abyss20th Century Fox
MSDTORE EC002
1991: Total RecallTriStar Pictures
MSDTETW EC023
1992: Terminator 2: Judgment DayTriStar Pictures
M8DDEBE EC002
1993: Death Becomes HerUniversal
MSDJUPA EC001
1994: Jurassic ParkUniversal
MSDFOGU EC020
1995: Forrest GumpParamount
MSDBABE EC044
1996: BabeUniversal
MSDINDA FE002
1997: Independence Day20th Century Fox
1998: Titanic20th Century Fox
MSDWHDR EC007
1999: What Dreams May ComeUniversal
MSDMATR EC081
2000: The MatrixWarner Bros.
MSDGLAD EC002
2001: GladiatorDreamWorks
'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'
'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'Warner Bros.
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersWarner Bros.
MCDLOOF EC167
2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingWarner Bros.
2005: Spider-Man 2Columbia
MCDKIKO EC069
2006: King KongUniversal
MCDPIOF EC085
2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestDisney
MCDGOCO EC018
2008: The Golden CompassWarner Bros.
Taraji P. Henson and Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonParamount
MCDAVAT FE018
2010: Avatar20th Century Fox
MCDINCE EC002
2011: InceptionWarner Bros.
MCDHUGO EC002
2012: HugoParamount
MCDLIOF FE001
2013: Life of Pi20th Century Fox
GRAVITY
2014: GravityWarner Bros.
INTERSTELLAR
2015: InterstellarParamount

More Must-Reads from TIME

Contact us at letters@time.com