These are the Academy Award for Makeup winners and nominees:
- 1981 An American Werewolf in London
- Heartbeeps
- 1982 Quest for Fire
- 1983 none given
- 1984 Amadeus
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
- 1985 Mask
- The Color Purple
- Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
- 1986 The Fly
- The Clan of the Cave Bear
- Legend
- 1987 Harry and the Hendersons
- Happy New Year
- 1988 Beetlejuice
- Coming to America
- Scrooged
- 1989 Driving Miss Daisy
- 1990 Dick Tracy
- 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Batman Returns
- Hoffa
- 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire
- 1994 Ed Wood
- Forrest Gump
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- 1995 Braveheart
- My Family
- Roommates
- 1996 The Nutty Professor
- Ghosts of Mississippi
- Star Trek: First Contact
- 1997 Men in Black
- 1998 Elizabeth
- 1999 Topsy-Turvy
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
- Bicentennial Man
- Life
- 2000 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- The Cell
- Shadow of the Vampire
- 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2002 Frida - John E. Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
- The Time Machine - John M. Elliott, Jr, Barbara Lorenz