2. Visual effects have come a long way since Star Wars took home the first Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978. A look at every Visual Effects Oscar winner since the award’s inception.

3. When imagination becomes reality…

4. Universal 1996: Babe

7. 20th Century Fox 1997: Independence Day

10. 20th Century Fox 1998: Titanic

13. Universal 1999: What Dreams May Come

16. Warner Bros. 2000: The Matrix

19. DreamWorks 2001: Gladiator

22. Warner Bros. 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

25. Warner Bros. 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

28. Warner Bros. 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

31. Columbia 2005: Spider-Man 2

34. Universal 2006: King Kong

37. Disney 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

40. Warner Bros. 2008: The Golden Compass

43. Paramount 2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

46. 20th Century Fox 2010: Avatar

49. Warner Bros. 2011: Inception

52. Paramount 2012: Hugo

55. 20th Century Fox 2013: Life of Pi

58. Warner Bros. 2014: Gravity

61. Oscars 2015: 'Interstellar' Wins Best Visual Effects Interstellar took home the Academy Award for best special effects. The film beat out Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past and Guardians of the Galaxy to take home the Oscar.

62. Paramount 2015: Interstellar