1985
Dennis Muren, Michael McAlister, Lorne Peterson e George Gibbs - Indiana Jones e il tempio maledetto (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)

1986
Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar e David Berry - Cocoon (Cocoon)

1987
Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson e Suzanne Benson - Aliens - Scontro finale (Aliens)

1988
Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup e Kenneth Smith - Salto nel buio (Innerspace)

1989
Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones e George Gibbs - Chi ha incastrato Roger Rabbit? (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)

1990
John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman e Dennis Skotak - Abyss (The Abyss)

1991
Special Achievement Award a Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern e Alex Funke per Atto di forza (Total Recall)

1992
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren Jr. e Robert Skotak - Terminator 2 - Il giorno del giudizio (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

1993
Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe e Tom Woodruff Jr. - La morte ti fa bella (Death Becomes Her)

1994
Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett e Michael Lantieri - Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park)

1995
Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum e Allen Hall - Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump)

1996
Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan e John Cox - Babe, maialino coraggioso (Babe)

1997
Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney e Joe Viskocil - Independence Day (Independence Day)

1998
Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher e Michael Kanfer - Titanic (Titanic)

1999
Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robertson e Kevin Scott Mack - Al di là dei sogni (What Dreams May Come)

2000
John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley e Jon Thum - Matrix (The Matrix)

2001
John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke e Rob Harvey - Il gladiatore (Gladiator)

2002
Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor e Mark Stetson - Il Signore degli Anelli: La Compagnia dell'Anello (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

2003
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook e Alex Funke - Il Signore degli Anelli: Le Due Torri (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)

2004
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook e Alex Funke - Il Signore degli Anelli: Il Ritorno del Re (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)

2005
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara e John Frazier - Spider-Man 2 (Spider-Man 2)

2006
Joe Letteri - King Kong (King Kong)

2007
John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson e Allen Hall - I Pirati dei Caraibi: La maledizione del forziere fantasma (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)

2008
Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris e Trevor Wood - La bussola d'oro (The golden compass)

2009
Eric Barba e Edson Williams - Il curioso caso di Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

2010
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham e Andrew R. Jones - Avatar (Avatar)