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Best Visual Effects

The visual effects category is one of several where the nominees are chosen from a shortlist of contenders, voted on by the Visual Effects branch, and announced in December.

Erik Anderson

Updated February 23, 2026 12:49pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Sonny Bunch

Updated March 2, 2026 9:38am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

David Canfield

Updated March 14, 2026 8:50am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Sophia Ciminello

Updated January 29, 2026 1:18pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Tyler Coates

Updated January 29, 2026 1:03pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Gregory Ellwood

Updated February 27, 2026 3:05pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Joyce Eng

Updated February 13, 2026 8:19am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Chris Feil

Updated January 29, 2026 12:57pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Brian Formo

Updated March 2, 2026 4:07pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Tomris Laffly

Updated March 8, 2026 11:20am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Richard Lawson

Updated March 3, 2026 10:35am

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Shirley Li

Updated March 2, 2026 2:59pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Ryan McQuade

Updated January 30, 2026 10:20am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Drew McWeeny

Updated March 5, 2026 2:00pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Matt Neglia

Updated March 14, 2026 8:52pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Joe Reid

Updated February 27, 2026 4:36pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Katey Rich

Updated January 29, 2026 12:54pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Joanna Robinson

Updated February 27, 2026 3:04pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Christopher Rosen

Updated January 29, 2026 12:49pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Richard Rushfield

Updated January 29, 2026 6:08pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Michael Schulman

Updated January 30, 2026 4:37pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

David Sims

Updated February 27, 2026 3:05pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Katie Walsh

Updated February 2, 2026 6:58pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Steven Weintraub

Updated February 27, 2026 3:05pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Jada Yuan

Updated March 4, 2026 7:20am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

The Lost Bus

Apple

Esther Zuckerman

Updated January 29, 2026 12:54pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Lost Bus

Apple

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

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Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

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