This is a list of films that won and were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The 1960s winners were actually Special Achievement Awards (what would now be called honorary awards). The failure of 1980's The Elephant Man to be honored for its makeup spurred the Academy to create what was originally known as the Best Makeup category the following year.
Winners and nominees
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1960s
- 1964 — 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
- 1968 — Planet of the Apes
1980s
- 1981 — An American Werewolf in London
- 1982 — Quest for Fire
- 1984 — Amadeus
- 1985 — Mask
- 1986 — The Fly
- 1987 — Harry and the Hendersons
- Happy New Year
- 1988 — Beetlejuice
- 1989 — Driving Miss Daisy
1990s
- 1990 — Dick Tracy
- 1991 — Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- 1992 — Bram Stoker's Dracula
- 1993 — Mrs. Doubtfire
- 1994 — Ed Wood
- 1995 — Braveheart
- Mi Familia
- Roommates
- 1996 — The Nutty Professor
- 1997 — Men in Black
- Mrs. Brown
- Titanic
- 1998 — Elizabeth
- 1999 — Topsy-Turvy
2000s
- 2000 — How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- 2001 — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2002 — Frida
- 2003 — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2004 — A Series of Unfortunate Events
- 2005 — The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
- 2006 — Pan's Labyrinth
- 2007 — La Vie en Rose
- 2008 — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- 2009 — Star Trek
2010s
- 2010 — The Wolfman
- 2011 — The Iron Lady
- 2012 — Les Miserables
- 2013 — Dallas Buyers Club
- 2014 — The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 2015 — Mad Max: Fury Road
- 2016 — Suicide Squad
- 2017 — Darkest Hour
- 2018 — Vice
- Border
- Mary Queen of Scots
- 2019 — Bombshell
2020s
- 2020-21 — Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- 2021: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
- 2022: The Whale
- 2022: — Poor Things
