Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects


The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. It was first presented in 2009.

Winners and nominees

2000s

2009: Avatar 2012District 9 The Lovely Bones

2010s

2010: Inception Alice in Wonderland Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Tron: Legacy
2011: Rise of the Planet of the Apes Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Hugo Super 8The Tree of Life
2012: Life of Pi The Avengers Cloud AtlasThe Dark Knight RisesThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2013: Gravity The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Iron Man 3 Pacific RimStar Trek Into Darkness
2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Edge of TomorrowGuardians of the Galaxy The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesInterstellar
2015: Mad Max: Fury Road Ex Machina Jurassic WorldThe Martian The Revenant The Walk
2016: The Jungle Book ArrivalDoctor Strange Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemA Monster Calls
2017: War for the Planet of the Apes Blade Runner 2049 DunkirkThe Shape of WaterThor: RagnarokWonder Woman
2018: Black PantherAvengers: Infinity WarFirst ManMary Poppins ReturnsMission: Impossible – FalloutReady Player One
2019: Avengers: Endgame1917Ad AstraThe AeronautsFord v FerrariThe Irishman

2020s

2020: TenetGreyhound The Invisible Man MankThe Midnight SkyMulanWonder Woman 1984
2021: DuneThe Matrix ResurrectionsNightmare AlleyNo Time to DieShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2022: Avatar: The Way of WaterThe BatmanBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverEverything Everywhere All at OnceRRRTop Gun: Maverick
2023: OppenheimerThe CreatorGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part OnePoor ThingsSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2024: Dune: Part TwoBetter ManGladiator IIKingdom of the Planet of the ApesThe SubstanceWicked
2025: Avatar: Fire and Ash F1FrankensteinMission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningSinners