SPECTACULAR VFX FILMMAKING
METROPOLIS (1927)
Everything.
KING KONG (1933)
Everything.
THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
The tornado.
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940)
Everything.
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953)
War machines reveal and attack.
THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (1954)
Bridges attacks.
THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958)
Cyclops on the beach and the sword-fighting skeleton.
DARBY O’GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (1959)
Darby meets King Brian.
THE BIRDS (1963)
Schoolhouse and town attack.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
Everything.
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
Everything.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002)
Gollum talks with Sméagol.
THE REVENANT (2015)
is Whistle Down The Wind from 1961, made with no effects, but all heart.