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

The Time Machine(1960)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 21

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.



The Guns of Navarone(1961)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 16

A British team is sent to cross occupied Greek territory and destroy the massive German gun emplacement that commands a key sea channel.



The Longest Day(1962)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 15

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.



The Birds(1963)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.



Cleopatra(1963)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.



Mutiny on the Bounty(1962)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by officer Fletcher Christian.



The Absent Minded Professor(1961)

Combined Rating:
16
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.



The Last Voyage(1960)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 4

After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.