Which Indiana Jones film received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1982?

Raiders of the Lost Ark received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1982.

The film competed at the 54th Academy Awards, honoring movies released in 1981. Its visual-effects team included Richard Edlund, Michael L. Wood, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston, who were recognized for the film’s practical and optical effects.

Raiders won five Academy Awards in total, including awards for film editing, sound, art direction, and its visual effects. The melting-face climax and other supernatural moments combined makeup, puppetry, miniatures, and optical work.

The award ceremony took place in 1982, which can cause confusion with the film’s 1981 release year. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom later received an Academy Award for visual effects, but Raiders won the 1982 award in question.