Visual effects have come a long way since Star

Wars took home the first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978. A look at every Visual Effects Oscar winner

since the award’s inception.

When imagination becomes reality…

20th Century Fox1978: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Warner Bros.1979: Superman

20th Century Fox1980: Alien

20th Century Fox1981: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Paramount1982:Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Universal1983: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

20th Century Fox1984:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1983

Paramount1985: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

20th Century Fox1986: Cocoon

20th Century Fox1987: Aliens

Warner Bros.1988: Innerspace

Touchstone Pictures1989: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

20th Century Fox1990: The Abyss

TriStar Pictures1991: Total Recall

TriStar Pictures1992: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Universal1993: Death Becomes Her

Universal1994: Jurassic Park

Paramount1995: Forrest Gump