When are the Oscars on TV?
The 98th Academy Awards will air at 7 p.m. Eastern Sunday, March 15 on ABC and Hulu (and ABC.com and the ABC app). It will honor the best films released in 2025. 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
- “Bugonia”
- “F1”
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
- “Train Dreams”
Actress
- Jessie Buckley – “Hamnet” as Agnes Shakespeare
- Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” as Linda
- Kate Hudson – “Song Sung Blue” as Claire Sardina
- Renate Reinsve – “Sentimental Value” as Nora Borg
- Emma Stone – “Bugonia” as Michelle Fuller
Supporting Actress
- Elle Fanning – “Sentimental Value” as Rachel Kemp
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – “Sentimental Value” as Agnes Borg Pettersen
- Amy Madigan – “Weapons” as Gladys
- Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners” as Annie
- Teyana Taylor – “One Battle After Another” as Perfidia Beverly Hills
Actor
- Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme” as Marty Mauser
- Leonardo DiCaprio – “One Battle After Another” as Bob Ferguson
- Ethan Hawke – “Blue Moon” as Lorenz Hart
- Michael B. Jordan – “Sinners” as Elijah “Smoke” Moore / Elias “Stack” Moore
- Wagner Moura – “The Secret Agent” as Armando Solimões / Marcelo Alves / Fernando Solimões
Supporting Actor
- Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another” as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
- Jacob Elordi – “Frankenstein” as The Creature
- Delroy Lindo – “Sinners” as Delta Slim
- Sean Penn – “One Battle After Another” as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
- Stellan Skarsgård – “Sentimental Value” as Gustav Borg
Director
- Chloé Zhao – “Hamnet”
- Josh Safdie – “Marty Supreme”
- Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
- Joachim Trier – “Sentimental Value”
- Ryan Coogler – “Sinners”
Adapted Screenplay
- “Bugonia” – Will Tracy; based on the film “Save the Green Planet!” by Jang Joon-hwan
- “Frankenstein” – Guillermo del Toro; based on the novel by Mary Shelley
- “Hamnet” – Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell; based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell
- “One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson; based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
- “Train Dreams” – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar; based on the novella by Denis Johnson
Original Screenplay
- “Blue Moon” – Robert Kaplow
- “It Was Just an Accident” – Jafar Panahi; in collaboration with Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, and Mehdi Mahmoudian
- “Marty Supreme” – Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
- “Sentimental Value” – Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
- “Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
Cinematography
- “Frankenstein”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
- “Train Dreams”
Film Editing
- “F1”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sentimental Value”
- “Sinners”
Production Design
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
Costume Design
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
- “Frankenstein”
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “Sinners”
Makeup and Hairstyling
- “Frankenstein”
- “Kokuho”
- “Sinners”
- “The Smashing Machine”
- “The Ugly Stepsister”
Visual Effects
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
- “F1”
- “Jurassic World: Rebirth”
- “The Lost Bus”
- “Sinners”
Sound
- “F1”
- “Frankenstein”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “Sinners”
- “Sirāt”
Original Score
- “Bugonia” – Jerskin Fendrix
- “Frankenstein” – Alexandre Desplat
- “Hamnet” – Max Richter
- “One Battle After Another” – Jonny Greenwood
- “Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
Original Song
- “Dear Me” from “Diane Warren: Relentless” – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren
- “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” – Music and lyrics by Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, 24, Ido, and Teddy Park
- “I Lied to You” from “Sinners” – Music and lyrics by Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson
- “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from “Viva Verdi!” – Music and lyrics by Nicholas Pike
- “Train Dreams” from “Train Dreams” – Music by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner; Lyrics by Nick Cave
Live Action Short Film
- “Butcher’s Stain”
- “A Friend of Dorothy”
- “Jane Austen’s Period Drama”
- “The Singers”
- “Two People Exchanging Saliva”
Foreign Language Film
- “It Was Just an Accident” (France) in Persian and Azerbaijani
- “The Secret Agent” (Brazil) in Portuguese and German
- “Sentimental Value” (Norway) in Norwegian and English
- “Sirāt” (Spain) in Spanish, French and Arabic
- “The Voice of Hind Rajab” (Tunisia) in Arabic
Animated Feature
- “Arco”
- “Elio”
- “KPop Demon Hunters”
- “Little Amélie, or the Character of Rain”
- “Zootopia 2”
Animated Short Film
- “Butterfly”
- “Forevergreen”
- “The Girl Who Cried Pearls”
- “Retirement Plan”
- “The Three Sisters”
Documentary Feature
- “The Alabama Solution”
- “Come See Me in the Good Light”
- “Cutting Through Rocks”
- “Mr Nobody Against Putin”
- “The Perfect Neighbor”
Documentary Short
- “All the Empty Rooms”
- “Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud”
- “Children No More: Were and Are Gone”
- “The Devil Is Busy”
- “Perfectly a Strangeness”
Casting
- “Hamnet”
- “Marty Supreme”
- “One Battle After Another”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “Sinners”
Who will win Oscars this year?
Who is hosting the Oscars?
Conan O’Brien
What were the highest-rated movies of 2025?
Metacritic critics’ rankings (based on year-end lists)
- “One Battle After Another”
- “My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow”
- “BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions”
- “It Was Just an Accident”
- “The Secret Agent”
- “The Alabama Solution”
- “Seeds”
- “Sorry, Baby”
- “Sound of Falling”
- “Marty Supreme”
Full rankings list and methodology
What were the highest-grossing movies of 2025 at the US box office?
- “A Minecraft Movie”
- “Lilo & Stitch”
- “Superman”
- “Jurassic World: Rebirth”
- “Zootopia 2”
- “Wicked: For Good”
- “Sinners”
- “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”
- “How to Train Your Dragon”
- “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
(Rankings through Jan. 31)
Our favorite films of 2025
Past Oscar winners
Best Picture winners, with IMDb rating
2024 – “Anora”, 7.4
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
2024 – Mikey Madison – “Anora”
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
2024 – Zoe Saldaña – “Emilia Pérez”
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
2024 – Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist”
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
2024 – Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
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
2024 – Sean Baker – “Anora”
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
2024 – “Conclave” – Peter Straughan; based on the novel “Conclave” by Robert Harris
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
2024 – “Anora” – Sean Baker
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
2024 – “Dune: Part Two”
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
Past Oscar guides
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