La VES (Visual effects society) ha sacado una lista con las 50 películas mas influyentes en el apartado de fx visuales en el cine:
- Star Wars (1977)
- Blade Runner (1982)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The Matrix (1999)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Tron (1982)
- King Kong (1933)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Alien (1979)
- The Abyss (1989)
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Metropolis (1927)
- A Trip to the Moon (1902)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Titanic (1997)
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Citizen Kane (1941)
28 The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Aliens (1986)
- Mary Poppins (1964)
- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Babe (1995)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- King Kong (2005)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Fantastic Voyage (1966)
- Jaws (1975)
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Sin City (2005)
- Superman: The Movie (1978)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
- The Lost World (1925)
- Return of the Jedi (1983)
- What Dreams May Come (1998)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- The Fifth Element (1997)
Lo veo una lista de lo más acertada la verdad, todas ellas en cierta manera han aportado algo novedoso.