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Visual Effects Society

The Visual Effects Society (VES) is an entertainment industry organization representing visual effects practitioners including artists, animators, technologists, model makers, educators, studio leaders, supervisors, PR/marketing specialists and producers in film, television, commercials, music videos, and video games. It has about 4,000 members in 42 countries.[2] Since 2002 it has produced the Visual Effects Society Awards which honor the best work of the previous year in various categories.

Abbreviation

VES

1997 (1997)[1]

www.vesglobal.org

1. (1977)

Star Wars

2. (1982)

Blade Runner

3. (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey

(tie) (1999)

The Matrix

5. (1993)

Jurassic Park

6. (1982)

Tron

7. (1933)

King Kong

8. (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

9. (1979)

Alien

10. (1989)

The Abyss

11. (1980)

The Empire Strikes Back

12. (1927)

Metropolis

13. (1902)

A Trip to the Moon

14. (1991)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

15. (1939)

The Wizard of Oz

16. (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

17. (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

18. (1997)

Titanic

19. (2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

20. (1963)

Jason and the Argonauts

(tie) (1982)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

22. (1995)

Toy Story

23. (2006)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

24. (1956)

The Ten Commandments

25. (1953)

The War of the Worlds

(tie) (1994)

Forrest Gump

(tie) (1941)

Citizen Kane

(tie) (1958)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

(tie) (1954)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

30. (1984)

The Terminator

31. (1986)

Aliens

32. (1964)

Mary Poppins

33. (2003)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

34. (1956)

Forbidden Planet

35. (1995)

Babe

36. (1951)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

(tie) (2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

38. (2005)

King Kong

39. (1968)

Planet of the Apes

40. (1966)

Fantastic Voyage

41. (1975)

Jaws

42. (1984)

Ghostbusters

43. (2005)

Sin City

44. (1978)

Superman

45. (1937)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

46. (1925)

The Lost World

(tie) (1983)

Return of the Jedi

48. (1998)

What Dreams May Come

49. (1981)

An American Werewolf in London

50. (1958)

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

(tie) (1997)

The Fifth Element

In 2007, the Visual Effects Society unveiled their list of the 50 most influential films in visual effects.[3] Due to ties, there were actually 51 films in the list. The films were:


In 2017, an additional 21 films were added to the list:[4]

VFX Union

Official website

VES Awards