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1987 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerAliensRobert SkotakEllen Ripley is rescued by a deep salvage team after being in hypersleep for 57 years. The moon that the Nostromo visited has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, colonial marines have impressive firepower, but will that be enough?Amazon1987 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesLittle Shop of HorrorsLyle ConwayAmazonPoltergeist II: The Other SideRichard EdlundAmazon

1986 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerCocoonKen RalstonWhen a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesReturn to OzWill VintonAmazonYoung Sherlock HolmesDennis MurenAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerIndiana Jones and the Temple of DoomDennis MurenIn 1935, Indiana Jones arrives in India, still part of the British Empire, and is asked to find a mystical stone. He then stumbles upon a secret cult committing enslavement and human sacrifices in the catacombs of an ancient palace.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Visual Effects Nominees2010: The Year We Made ContactRichard EdlundAmazonGhostbustersRichard EdlundAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialCarlo RambaldiA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesBlade RunnerDouglas TrumbullAmazonPoltergeistRichard EdlundAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerRaiders of the Lost ArkRichard EdlundIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before Adolf Hitler's Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesDragonslayerDennis MurenAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerAlienH.R. GigerAfter a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress call, one of the crew is attacked by a mysterious life form and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Visual Effects Nominees1941William A. FrakerAmazonMoonrakerDerek MeddingsAmazonStar Trek: The Motion PictureDouglas TrumbullAmazonThe Black HolePeter EllenshawAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeJohn StearsLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesClose Encounters of the Third KindRoy ArbogastAmazon

1972 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerBedknobs and BroomsticksAlan MaleyAn apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.Amazon1972 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesWhen Dinosaurs Ruled the EarthJim DanforthAmazon

1971 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerTora! Tora! Tora!A.D. FlowersIn 1941, following months of economic embargo, Japan prepares to open its war against the United States with a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.Amazon1971 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesPattonAlex WeldonAmazon

1970 Academy Awards - Visual Effects WinnerMaroonedRobie RobinsonThree American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?Amazon1970 Academy Awards - Visual Effects NomineesKrakatoa: East of JavaEugène LouriéAmazon