See Every Visual Effects Winner in Oscar History

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

Universal1996: Babe

20th Century Fox1997: Independence Day

20th Century Fox1998: Titanic

Universal1999: What Dreams May Come

Warner Bros.2000: The Matrix

DreamWorks2001: Gladiator

Warner Bros.2002: 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

Columbia2005: Spider-Man 2

Universal2006: King Kong

Disney2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Warner Bros.2008: The Golden Compass

Paramount2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

20th Century Fox2010: Avatar

Warner Bros.2011: Inception

Paramount2012: Hugo

20th Century Fox2013: Life of Pi

Warner Bros.2014: Gravity

Oscars 2015: 'Interstellar' Wins Best Visual Effects

Interstellar took home the Academy Award for best special effects.

The film beat out Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past and

Guardians of the Galaxy to take home the Oscar.

Paramount2015: Interstellar

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