Best movies that are oscar winners or nominees in special visual effects category

2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.



Patton(1970)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 71

The World War II phase of the career of the controversial American general, George S. Patton.



Thunderball(1965)

Combined Rating:
69
Combined Critics Rating: 58

James Bond heads to The Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.





Bedknobs and Broomsticks(1971)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain.



Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 18

A series of mistakes made by the US Navy in the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor prove disastrous when Japan strikes.



Fantastic Voyage(1966)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 19

A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.



The Greatest Story Ever Told(1965)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 16

The life of Jesus Christ.



Doctor Dolittle(1967)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 15

After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientèle, he and his friends escape their hometown to sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail.



Ice Station Zebra(1968)

Combined Rating:
25
Combined Critics Rating: 11

USN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station.



7 Faces of Dr. Lao(1964)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

A mysterious circus comes to a western town bearing wonders and characters that entertain the inhabitants and teach valuable lessons.



Marooned(1969)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?



Hawaii(1966)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

An American missionary and his wife travel to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.



Tobruk(1967)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.