Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects

Award given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association

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

2012
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Star Trek

2010s

2010: Inception ^[1]

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 8
The Tree of Life

2012: Life of Pi

The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2013: Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness

2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar

2015: Mad Max: Fury Road ^[2]

Ex Machina
Jurassic World
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk

2016: The Jungle Book

Arrival
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
A Monster Calls

2017: War for the Planet of the Apes ^[3]

Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Thor: Ragnarok
Wonder Woman

2018: Black Panther^[4]

Avengers: Infinity War
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ready Player One

2019: Avengers: Endgame^[5]

1917
Ad Astra
The Aeronauts
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
The Lion King

2020s

2020: Tenet^[6]^[7]

Greyhound
The Invisible Man
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
Wonder Woman 1984

2021: Dune

The Matrix Resurrections
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die^[a]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2022: Avatar: The Way of Water

The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Everything Everywhere All at Once
RRR
Top Gun: Maverick

2023: Oppenheimer

The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Notes

^ Won Best Action Movie at the 2nd Critics' Choice Super Awards

References

^ 'The Social Network' Wins Big At Critics' Choice Movie Awards - MTV
^ 2016 Critics' Choice Awards: Winners List|Hollywood Reporter
^ Critics' Choice Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List - The Wrap
^ 2019 Critics' Choice Awards Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter
^ 2020 Critics' Choice Awards Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter
^ Davis, Clayton (February 8, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Mank' Leads With 12 Nominations, Netflix Makes History With Four Best Picture Nominees". Variety. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.