Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in special achievement award (visual effects) category

Actors : Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Ironside,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he?

Actors : Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Christopher Reeve,
Directors : Richard Donner,

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Actors : Jenny Agutter, Roscoe Lee Browne, Michael York, Richard Jordan,
Directors : Michael Anderson,

An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at the age of 30.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters,

A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea.

Actors : Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Charlton Heston,
Directors : Mark Robson,

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles.

Actors : John Randolph, Charles Grodin, Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges,
Directors : John Guillermin,

A petroleum exploration expedition comes to an isolated island and encounters a colossal giant gorilla.

Actors : Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, George C. Scott,
Directors : Robert Wise,

A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.