Movies With the Best CGI Performances
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Movies With the Best CGI Performances

Which movie boasts a CGI performance that outshines the human actors?

rank title points votes your vote
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Gollum hit all the right marks with his spot-on expressions and scenes "between" Good Gollum and Bad Gollum. 75 139
2 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Robert Patrick's silvery, slithery, shape changing T-1000 stole the show and made a CGI character the star. 48 104
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Nighy's turn as the eternally sad pirate is particularly impressive when you consider his face is covered in writhing tentacles. 38 104
4 King Kong
When has an animal ever expressed so much emotion? Kong's range includes rage, confusion, and love. 14 100
5 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Dobby walks the line of almost-annoying without quite crossing over -- which is more than can be said for some human characters in Potter's world. 9 97
6 The Incredible Hulk
Scrawny white boy Edward Norton's morph into a giant green Norton look-a-like was made believable by subtle facial expression. 8 84
7 Spider-Man 3
Thomas Haden Church's Sandman was most impressive in scenes where he was part-sand. 7 95
8 X-Men: The Last Stand
Shape-changers and colored skin have been done before; it takes skills it takes to play a convincing younger you. 2 88
9 Casper
Casper manages to avoid what could have been a cartoony cheese-fest with translucent, almost 3D ease. -10 74
10 Beowulf
There's no arguing with a golden, naked Angelina Jolie emerging from a pool to seduce, well, all of us. -11 87