--- description: From Star Wars to The Matrix, see all of the visual effects winners title: Photos: Every Visual Effects Oscar Winner image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1d717043056b245/6987805b55a8595ebaa85f1a/visual-effects-12.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Every Visual Effects Winner in Oscar History by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2015 10:20 PM CUT  1989: Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1989: Who Framed Roger RabbitTouchstone Pictures by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 20, 2015 10:20 PM CUT 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 Wars 20th Century Fox  1979: Superman Warner Bros.  1980: Alien 20th Century Fox  1981: The Empire Strikes Back 20th Century Fox  1982: Raiders of the Lost Ark Paramount  1983: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Universal  1984: Return of the Jedi 20th Century Fox  1985: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Paramount  1986: Cocoon 20th Century Fox  1987: Aliens 20th Century Fox  1988: Innerspace Warner Bros.  1989: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Touchstone Pictures  1990: The Abyss 20th Century Fox  1991: Total Recall TriStar Pictures  1992: Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriStar Pictures  1993: Death Becomes Her Universal  1994: Jurassic Park Universal  1995: Forrest Gump Paramount  1996: Babe Universal  1997: Independence Day 20th Century Fox  1998: Titanic 20th Century Fox  1999: What Dreams May Come Universal  2000: The Matrix Warner Bros.  2001: Gladiator DreamWorks  'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' Warner Bros.  2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Warner Bros.  2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Warner Bros.  2005: Spider-Man 2 Columbia  2006: King Kong Universal  2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Disney  2008: The Golden Compass Warner Bros.  2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Paramount  2010: Avatar 20th Century Fox  2011: Inception Warner Bros.  2012: Hugo Paramount  2013: Life of Pi 20th Century Fox  2014: Gravity Warner Bros.  2015: Interstellar Paramount ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3717348/see-every-visual-effects-winner-in-oscar-history/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3717348/see-every-visual-effects-winner-in-oscar-history/"},"headline":"See Every Visual Effects Winner in Oscar History","datePublished":"2015-02-20T22:20:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:29.562Z","description":"When imagination becomes reality","url":"https://time.com/3717348/see-every-visual-effects-winner-in-oscar-history/","keywords":["movies","Oscars","Academy Awards","photography","oscars 2015"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1d717043056b245/6987805b55a8595ebaa85f1a/visual-effects-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1d717043056b245/6987805b55a8595ebaa85f1a/visual-effects-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MSDWHFR EC022","caption":"MSDWHFR EC022","creditText":"Touchstone Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3717348/see-every-visual-effects-winner-in-oscar-history/","name":"See Every Visual Effects Winner in Oscar History"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Oscars 2015","description":"Hollywood is preparing for its biggest night. 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