
From "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" in 1964 to "Inception" in 2011, the Academy Awards have recognized great achievement in movie sound editing throughout the years.
Other notable films to have won the Oscar for Sound Editing include "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", "Back To The Future", "Titanic" and "The Incredibles".
| 2012 | |
| Nominees: Drive; The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; Hugo; Transformers: Dark Of the Moon; War Horse | |
| 2011 Inception | |
| Richard King | |
| Other Nominees: Toy Story 3; Tron: Legacy; True Grit; Unstoppable | |
| 2010 The Hurt Locker | |
| Paul N.J. Ottosson | |
| Other Nominees: Avatar; Inglourious Basterds; Star Trek; Up | |
| 2009 The Dark Knight | |
| Richard King | |
| Other Nominees: Iron Man; Slumdog Millionaire; WALL-E; Wanted | |
| 2008 The Bourne Ultimatum | |
| Other Nominees: No Country For Old Men; Ratatouille; There Will Be Blood; Transformers | |
| 2007 Letters From Iwo Jima | |
| Other Nominees: Apocalypto; Blood Diamond; Flags Of Our Fathers; Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | |
| 2006 King Kong | |
| Mike Hopkins; Ethan Van der Ryn | |
| Other Nominees: Memoirs of a Geisha; War of the Worlds | |
| 2005 The Incredibles | |
| Michael Silvers; Randy Thom | |
| Other Nominees: The Polar Express; Spider-Man 2 | |
| 2004 The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King | |
| Christopher Boyes; Michael Semanick; Michael Hedges; Hammond Peek | |
| Other Nominees: The Last Samurai; Master and Commander; Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Seabiscuit | |
| 2003 The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers | |
| Ethan van der Ryn; Michael Hopkins | |
| Other Nominees: Minority Report; Road to Perdition | |
| 2002 Pearl Harbor | |
| George Watters II; Christopher Boyes | |
| Other Nominees: Monsters Inc. | |
| 2001 U-571 | |
| Jon Johnson | |
| Other Nominees: Space Cowboys | |
| 2000 The Matrix | |
| Dane A Davis | |
| Other Nominees: Fight Club; Star Wars Episode I | |
| 1999 Saving Private Ryan | |
| Gary Rydstrom; Richard Hymns | |
| Other Nominees: Armageddon; The Mask of Zorro | |
| 1998 Titanic | |
| Tom Bellfort; Christopher Boyes | |
| Other Nominees: Face/Off; The Fifth Element | |
| 1997 The Ghost and the Darkness | |
| Bruce Stambler | |
| Other Nominees: Daylight; Eraser | |
| 1996 Braveheart | |
| Lon Bender; Per Hallberg | |
| Other Nominees: Batman Forever; Crimson Tide | |
| 1995 Speed | |
| Stephen Hunter Flick | |
| Other Nominees: Clear and Present Danger; Forrest Gump | |
| 1994 Jurassic Park | |
| Gary Rydstrom; Richard Hymns | |
| Other Nominees: Cliffhanger; The Fugitive | |
| 1993 Bram Stoker's Dracula | |
| Tom C McCarthy; David E Stone | |
| Other Nominees: Aladdin; Under Siege | |
| 1992 Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| Gary Rydstrom; Gloria S Borders | |
| Other Nominees: Backdraft; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | |
| 1991 The Hunt For Red October | |
| Cecilia Hall; George Watters II | |
| Other Nominees: Flatliners; Total Recall | |
| 1990 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade | |
| Ben Burtt; Richard Hymns | |
| Other Nominees: Black Rain; Lethal Weapon 2 | |
| 1989 Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| Charles L Campbell; Louis L Edemann | |
| Other Nominees: Die Hard; Willow | |
| 1988 RoboCop | |
| Stephen Flick; John Pospisil | |
| 1987 Aliens | |
| Don Sharpe | |
| Other Nominees: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Top Gun | |
| 1986 Back To The Future | |
| Charles L Campbell; Robert Rutledge | |
| Other Nominees: Ladyhawke; Rambo: First Blood Part II | |
| 1985 The River | |
| Kay Rose | |
| 1984 The Right Stuff | |
| Jay Boekelheide | |
| Other Nominees: Return Of The Jedi | |
| 1983 E.T. The Extra Terrestrial | |
| Charles L Campbell; Ben Burtt | |
| Other Nominees: Das Boot; Poltergeist | |
| 1982 Raiders Of The Lost Ark | |
| Ben Burtt & Richard L Anderson | |
| 1980 The Black Stallion | |
| Alan Splet | |
| 1978 Close Encounters Of The Third Kind | |
| Frank E Warner | |
| 1976 The Hindenburg | |
| Peter Berkos | |
| 1968 The Dirty Dozen | |
| John Poyner | |
| Other Nominees: In The Heat Of The Night | |
| 1967 Grand Prix | |
| Gordon Daniel | |
| Other Nominees: Fantastic Voyage | |
| 1966 The Great Race | |
| Tregoweth Brown | |
| Other Nominees: Von Ryan's Express | |
| 1965 Goldfinger | |
| Norman Wanstall | |
| Other Nominees: The Lively Set | |
| 1964 It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World | |
| Walter G Elliott | |
| Other Nominees: A Gathering Of Eagles | |