The 2016 Oscars have some of the staunchest VFX competition in the award show’s history. (Either Star Wars or Mad Max better win, I swear to God.) But the entire 87-year history of silver screen special effects is equally stunning.
The folks from Burger Fiction compiled every recipient of the award into one 9-minute-long spectacle. Strangely, you learn some interesting things about cinema along the way. Like if you made a movie in the 40s and 50s that had water, planes, and/or space, you were likely a VFX shoe-in. Check it out:
Here are a few of the fine film selections:
Wings (1927/28)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Ben Hur (1959)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Star Wars (1977)
Alien (1979)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Matrix (1999)
Avatar (2009)
Inception (2010)
Interstellar (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) – Just kidding, but it deserves it. Are you listening, Academy?
