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The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee finalized the shortlist below and now the members of the Visual Effects Branch will view 10-minute excerpts from each of these films and then vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

  • “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
  • “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
  • “Godzilla”
  • “Guardians of the Galaxy”
  • “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
  • “Interstellar”
  • “Maleficent”
  • “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”
  • “Transformers: Age of Extinction”
  • “X-Men: Days of Future Past”

Let us know who you think is going to win this category!

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The 87th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.  The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.