Found this over at VFXPlanet…

I can’t believe the original ’33 ‘King Kong’ didn’t get the best VFX nod!

1930s

• 1939 (12th) The Rains Came1940s

1940s

• 1940 (13th) The Thief of Bagdad
• 1941 (14th) I Wanted Wings
• 1942 (15th) Reap the Wild Wind
• 1943 (16th) Crash Dive
• 1944 (17th) Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
• 1945 (18th) Wonder Man
• 1946 (19th) Blithe Spirit
• 1947 (20th) Green Dolphin Street
• 1948 (21st) Portrait of Jennie
• 1949 (22nd) Mighty Joe Young

1950s

• 1950 (23rd) Destination Moon
• 1951 (24th) When Worlds Collide
• 1952 (25th) Plymouth Adventure
• 1953 (26th) The War of the Worlds
• 1954 (27th) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
• 1955 (28th) The Bridges at Toko-Ri
• 1956 (29th) The Ten Commandments
• 1957 (30th) The Enemy Below
• 1958 (31st) Tom Thumb
• 1959 (32nd) Ben-Hur

1960s

• 1960 (33rd) The Time Machine
• 1961 (34th) The Guns of Navarone
• 1962 (35th) The Longest Day
• 1963 (36th) Cleopatra
• 1964 (37th) Mary Poppins
• 1965 (38th) Thunderball
• 1966 (39th) Fantastic Voyage
• 1967 (40th) Doctor Dolittle
• 1968 (41st) 2001: A Space Odyssey
• 1969 (42nd) Marooned

1970s

• 1970 (43rd) Tora! Tora! Tora!
• 1971 (44th) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
• 1972 (45th) The Poseidon Adventure (Special Achievement Award)
• 1974 (47th) Earthquake (Special Achievement Award)
• 1975 (48th) The Hindenburg (Special Achievement Award)
• 1976 (49th) King Kong and Logan’s Run (Special Achievement Awards)
• 1977 (50th) Star Wars
• 1978 (51st) Superman: The Movie (Special Achievement Award)
• 1979 (52nd) Alien

1980s

• 1980 (53rd) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Special Achievement Award)
• 1981 (54th) Raiders of the Lost Ark
• 1982 (55th) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• 1983 (56th) Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Special Achievement Award)
• 1984 (57th) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• 1985 (58th) Cocoon
• 1986 (59th) Aliens
• 1987 (60th) Innerspace
• 1988 (61st) Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• 1989 (62nd) The Abyss

1990s

• 1990 (63rd) Total Recall (Special Achievement Award)
• 1991 (64th) Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• 1992 (65th) Death Becomes Her
• 1993 (66th) Jurassic Park
• 1994 (67th) Forrest Gump
• 1995 (68th) Babe
• 1996 (69th) Independence Day
• 1997 (70th) Titanic
• 1998 (71st) What Dreams May Come
• 1999 (72nd) The Matrix

2000s

• 2000 (73rd) Gladiator
• 2001 (74th) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• 2002 (75th) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• 2003 (76th) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2004 (77th) Spider-Man 2
• 2005 (78th) King Kong
• 2006 (79th) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• 2007 (80th) The Golden Compass