Want to know the best Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies? How about the worst Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies? Curious about Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies box office grosses or which Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which one got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place because we have all of that information.
Drivel Part: (That is what my wife calls this part of the page). Back in February 2011 as The King’s Speech was dueling The Social Network for the big awards we got a request (by Tyler) to rank the Big 6 Oscar® categories. Well, we quickly knocked out the Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress categories. Pages on the Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress soon arrived….then we stopped…but today, we have added another Oscar winning page….Best Editor.
Since 1981, there have been over 39 Best Makeup Oscar Winners. This page will rank all Best Makeup Oscar Winning movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. If you use the sort and search buttons the massive table becomes very interactive. Two movies won Honorary Oscars for their work before makeup was an official Oscar category…7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) and The Planet of the Apes (1968). Those have been added to the table. 1980’s The Elephant Man has also been included, since it was the makeup in that movie that finally got the Academy to create this category.
Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
AA Best Picture Win
1984
Amadeus (1984)
AA Best Picture Win
1995
Braveheart (1995)
AA Best Picture Win
1989
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
AA Best Picture Win
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
AA Best Picture Nom
2015
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
AA Best Picture Nom
1991
Terminator 2 (1991)
2009
Star Trek (2009)
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
AA Best Picture Nom
2012
Les Misérables (2012)
AA Best Picture Nom
1997
Men in Black (1997)
1968
Planet of the Apes (1968)
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
1980
The Elephant Man (1980)
AA Best Picture Nom
1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
1988
Beetlejuice (1988)
2004
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
1990
Dick Tracy (1990)
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
AA Best Picture Nom
1985
Mask (1985)
1981
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
1993
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
1996
The Nutty Professor (1996)
1986
The Fly (1986)
2006
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
2023
Poor Things (2023)
AA Best Picture Nom
1998
Elizabeth (1998)
AA Best Picture Nom
2013
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
AA Best Picture Nom
2016
Suicide Squad (2016)
2017
Darkest Hour (2017)
AA Best Picture Nom
1981
Quest for Fire (1981)
2018
Vice (2018)
AA Best Picture Nom
2024
The Substance (2024)
AA Best Picture Nom
1999
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
2002
Frida (2002)
2022
The Whale (2022)
1994
Ed Wood (1994)
2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
Netflix
1964
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
2007
La Vie en Rose (2007)
1987
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
2019
Bombshell (2019)
2010
The Wolfman (2010)
2011
The Iron Lady (2011)
2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies Can Be Ranked 5 Ways In The Table Below
The really cool thing about ther table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort by winners
- Sort Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies by actual domestic box office grosses (in millions)
- Sort Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies by critic reviews and audiences voting. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies received.
- Sort Best Makeup Oscar Winning Movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score. The ceiling to earn points for box office is $200 million…once a movie passes that mark it stops earning points in that category.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | UMR Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) AA Best Picture Win |
Richard Taylor and Peter King | 371.0 | 769.1 | 2,307.40 | 2 | 91 | 11 / 11 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | Amadeus (1984) AA Best Picture Win |
Paul LeBlanc and Dick Smith | 69.2 | 257.3 | 257.30 | 11 | 86 | 11 / 08 | 99.9 | |
| 3 | Braveheart (1995) AA Best Picture Win |
Peter Frampton, Paul Pattiso & Lois Burwell |
75.6 | 217.3 | 604.60 | 18 | 81 | 10 / 05 | 99.8 | |
| 4 | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) AA Best Picture Win |
Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, & Kevin Haney |
106.6 | 335.6 | 459.00 | 9 | 81 | 09 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 5 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) AA Best Picture Nom |
Peter Owen and Richard Taylor | 308.4 | 682.2 | 1,912.30 | 2 | 92 | 13 / 04 | 99.7 | |
| 6 | Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
Damian Martin, Lesley Vanderwalt, and Elka Wardega | 154.1 | 228.4 | 561.80 | 21 | 86 | 10 / 06 | 99.7 | |
| 7 | Terminator 2 (1991) | Stan Winston and Jeff Dawn | 204.8 | 608.2 | 1,543.50 | 2 | 89 | 06 / 04 | 99.4 | |
| 8 | Star Trek (2009) | Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, and Joel Harlow | 257.7 | 429.6 | 642.80 | 7 | 89 | 04 / 01 | 99.0 | |
| 9 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) AA Best Picture Nom |
Greg Cannom | 127.5 | 222.0 | 581.40 | 21 | 76 | 13 / 03 | 99.0 | |
| 10 | Les Misérables (2012) AA Best Picture Nom |
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell | 148.8 | 233.7 | 687.40 | 18 | 75 | 08 / 03 | 98.8 | |
| 11 | Men in Black (1997) | Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson | 250.7 | 682.7 | 1,605.10 | 2 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 98.5 | |
| 12 | Planet of the Apes (1968) | William J. Tuttle | 42.9 | 408.9 | 408.90 | 7 | 86 | 02 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 13 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) | Howard Berger and Tami Lane | 288.7 | 563.9 | 1,449.20 | 3 | 76 | 03 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 16 | The Elephant Man (1980) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christopher Tucker | 27.9 | 134.3 | 134.30 | 28 | 88 | 08 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 14 | Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) | Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke, & Matthew Mungle |
82.5 | 248.6 | 650.20 | 15 | 73 | 04 / 03 | 97.1 | |
| 15 | Beetlejuice (1988) | Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, and Robert Short | 73.7 | 224.2 | 257.00 | 10 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 17 | A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) | Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso | 118.6 | 238.8 | 420.80 | 18 | 70 | 04 / 01 | 95.7 | |
| 18 | Dick Tracy (1990) | John Caglione Jr. and Doug Drexler | 103.7 | 306.6 | 480.90 | 10 | 62 | 07 / 03 | 95.1 | |
| 19 | The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) AA Best Picture Nom |
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier | 59.3 | 90.7 | 267.40 | 57 | 86 | 09 / 04 | 94.4 | |
| 21 | Mask (1985) | Michael Westmore and Zoltan Elek | 48.2 | 169.8 | 169.80 | 15 | 77 | 01 / 01 | 94.3 | |
| 23 | An American Werewolf in London (1981) | Rick Baker | 35.3 | 158.7 | 158.70 | 18 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 94.1 | |
| 20 | Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) | Greg Cannom, Ve Neil & Yolanda Toussieng |
218.2 | 658.8 | 1,329.40 | 2 | 65 | 01 / 01 | 93.7 | |
| 22 | The Nutty Professor (1996) | Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson | 128.8 | 364.3 | 774.60 | 8 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 93.2 | |
| 24 | The Fly (1986) | Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis | 40.5 | 136.3 | 204.30 | 25 | 81 | 01 / 01 | 92.4 | |
| 25 | Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | David Martí and Montse Ribé | 37.6 | 71.5 | 158.20 | 79 | 92 | 06 / 03 | 91.0 | |
| 26 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) | Rick Baker and Gail Ryan | 260.0 | 603.1 | 800.40 | 1 | 54 | 03 / 01 | 90.3 | |
| 27 | Poor Things (2023) AA Best Picture Nom |
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, & Josh Weston |
34.6 | 37.7 | 122.00 | 60 | 86 | 11 / 04 | 89.5 | |
| 28 | Elizabeth (1998) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jenny Shircore | 30.1 | 80.2 | 219.00 | 63 | 80 | 07 / 01 | 89.3 | |
| 29 | Dallas Buyers Club (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews | 27.3 | 42.0 | 84.90 | 95 | 87 | 06 / 03 | 88.3 | |
| 30 | Suicide Squad (2016) | Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini & Christopher Nelson |
325.1 | 469.8 | 1,077.50 | 9 | 47 | 01 / 01 | 87.1 | |
| 31 | Darkest Hour (2017) AA Best Picture Nom |
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, & Lucy Sibbick |
56.4 | 78.5 | 200.80 | 50 | 69 | 06 / 02 | 85.2 | |
| 32 | Quest for Fire (1981) | Sarah Monzani and Michèle Burke | 21.0 | 94.2 | 94.20 | 40 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 33 | Vice (2018) AA Best Picture Nom |
Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, & Patricia Dehaney |
47.8 | 65.3 | 100.40 | 60 | 67 | 08 / 01 | 82.6 | |
| 35 | The Substance (2024) AA Best Picture Nom |
P.O. Persin, S. Guillon & M. Scarselli |
16.0 | 16.0 | 42.70 | 73 | 79 | 05 / 01 | 80.7 | |
| 34 | Topsy-Turvy (1999) | Christine Blundell and Trefor Proud | 6.2 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 140 | 87 | 04 / 02 | 80.6 | |
| 36 | Frida (2002) | John E. Jackson and Beatrice De Alba | 25.9 | 55.8 | 121.30 | 97 | 71 | 06 / 02 | 80.1 | |
| 38 | The Whale (2022) | Morot, Chin & Bradley-Sherron |
17.5 | 19.5 | 45.60 | 56 | 82 | 03 / 02 | 79.2 | |
| 37 | Ed Wood (1994) | Rick Baker, Ve Neill, & Yolanda Toussieng |
5.9 | 18.0 | 18.00 | 139 | 84 | 02 / 02 | 78.4 | |
| 39 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) Netflix |
Sergio Lopez-Rivera & Mia Neal & Jamika Wilson |
0.1 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 278 | 80 | 05 / 03 | 75.2 | |
| 40 | 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) | John Chambers | 3.6 | 47.5 | 47.50 | 75 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 74.2 | |
| 41 | La Vie en Rose (2007) | Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald | 10.3 | 18.7 | 156.70 | 138 | 75 | 03 / 02 | 72.0 | |
| 42 | Harry and the Hendersons (1987) | Rick Baker | 29.8 | 95.1 | 95.10 | 41 | 53 | 01 / 01 | 71.3 | |
| 43 | Bombshell (2019) | Kazuhiro Tsuji, Anne Morgan, and Vivian Baker | 31.8 | 43.3 | 79.40 | 78 | 65 | 03 / 01 | 68.1 | |
| 44 | The Wolfman (2010) | Rick Baker and Dave Elsey | 62.0 | 98.2 | 221.50 | 53 | 47 | 01 / 01 | 66.0 | |
| 45 | The Iron Lady (2011) | Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland | 30.0 | 47.3 | 181.20 | 101 | 59 | 02 / 02 | 62.5 | |
| 46 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) | Ingram, Dowds, Raleigh | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 90 | 70 | 02 / 02 | 59.9 |
I have seen 8 Best Makeup Oscar winners.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Driving Miss Daisy.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao.
Favourite Best Makeup Winners:
Driving Miss Daisy
Planet of the Apes
Ed Wood
Topsy Turvey
Other Best Makeup Winners I Have Seen:
Dick Tracy
Mrs. Doubtfire
Beetlejuice
The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao