Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects

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The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. It was first presented in 2009.

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Winners and nominees

2000s

2009: Avatar

2010s

2010: Inception [1]

2011: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2012: Life of Pi

2013: Gravity

2014: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2015: Mad Max: Fury Road [2]

2016: The Jungle Book

2017: War for the Planet of the Apes [3]

2018: Black Panther [4]

2019: Avengers: Endgame [5]

2020s

2020: Tenet [6] [7]

2021: Dune

2022: Avatar: The Way of Water

2023: Oppenheimer

See also

Notes

  1. Won Best Action Movie at the 2nd Critics' Choice Super Awards

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