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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 December 6, 2025 10:45am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Superman

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Sonny Bunch

Updated October 13, 2025 11:44am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

Superman

Warner Bros.

28 Years Later

Columbia Pictures

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

Paramount

David Canfield

Updated September 17, 2025 12:07pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Tron: Ares

Disney

Superman

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Sophia Ciminello

Updated December 9, 2025 11:39am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Frankenstein

Netflix

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Disney

Tyler Coates

Updated December 16, 2025 11:19am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Tron: Ares

Disney

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Superman

Warner Bros.

Gregory Ellwood

Updated November 19, 2025 1:07pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Wicked: For Good

Universal

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Disney

Predator: Badlands

20th Century

Joyce Eng

Updated December 16, 2025 6:17pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Wicked: For Good

Universal

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Electric State

Netflix

Frankenstein

Netflix

Chris Feil

Updated November 24, 2025 8:49am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Frankenstein

Netflix

The Lost Bus

Apple

Brian Formo

Updated November 20, 2025 6:29am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Tomris Laffly

Updated October 8, 2025 8:22am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Superman

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Richard Lawson

Updated December 10, 2025 8:28pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

A House of Dynamite

Netflix

Shirley Li

Updated November 30, 2025 12:36pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Predator: Badlands

20th Century

Superman

Warner Bros.

28 Years Later

Columbia Pictures

Tron: Ares

Disney

Ryan McQuade

Updated December 16, 2025 12:42pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Superman

Warner Bros.

Drew McWeeny

Updated November 20, 2025 2:00pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Superman

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Predator: Badlands

20th Century

Matt Neglia

Updated October 15, 2025 6:29pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Superman

Warner Bros.

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

Paramount

Joe Reid

Updated September 19, 2025 12:59pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Frankenstein

Netflix

Tron: Ares

Disney

Predator: Badlands

20th Century

Superman

Warner Bros.

Katey Rich

Updated December 18, 2025 12:02pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Wicked: For Good

Universal

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Superman

Warner Bros.

Joanna Robinson

Updated October 30, 2025 1:37pm

Frankenstein

Netflix

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Superman

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Christopher Rosen

Updated January 7, 2026 12:41pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Superman

Warner Bros.

Richard Rushfield

Updated

Michael Schulman

Updated December 17, 2025 7:43am

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Frankenstein

Netflix

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

David Sims

Updated October 14, 2025 8:00am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Superman

Warner Bros.

Katie Walsh

Updated August 31, 2025 12:32pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

The Running Man

Paramount

Frankenstein

Netflix

28 Years Later

Columbia Pictures

Steven Weintraub

Updated September 13, 2025 1:06pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Tron: Ares

Disney

Superman

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Disney

Jada Yuan

Updated December 22, 2025 4:23pm

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Esther Zuckerman

Updated September 16, 2025 10:11am

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

Wicked: For Good

Universal

Superman

Warner Bros.

Sinners

Warner Bros.

Frankenstein

Netflix

Best Visual Effects Leaderboard

All films sorted by the percentage of pundits predicting a nomination in this category

100%

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20th Century

68%

Frankenstein

Netflix

64%

F1: The Movie

Warner Bros.

64%

Superman

Warner Bros.

64%

Wicked: For Good

Universal

44%

Sinners

Warner Bros.

20%

Tron: Ares

Disney

16%

Predator: Badlands

20th Century

12%

28 Years Later

Columbia Pictures

12%

The Fantastic Four: First Steps

Disney

12%

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Universal

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

Paramount

The Electric State

Netflix

A House of Dynamite

Netflix

The Lost Bus

Apple

The Running Man

Paramount

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