Editing Academy Award for Best Sound (section)

==Shortlisted finalists==
Finalists for Best Sound are selected by the Sound Branch. Sound Branch members shall vote in order of their preference for not more than ten pictures to be considered for the Sound award. The ten motion pictures receiving the highest number of votes shall advance to the next round of voting.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=22 April 2024 |title=97TH ACADEMY AWARDS® OF MERIT |url=https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/2024-04/97th_oscars_complete_rules.pdf |access-date=Jun 22, 2024 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] }}</ref> Finalists listed from 1981 to 2005 are for the now defunct award for Best Sound Effects Editing.<ref name="Mavity" />
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! width="95%" | Finalists
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! 1967
| ''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'', ''[[El Dorado (1966 film)|El Dorado]]'', ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', ''[[In Cold Blood (film)|In Cold Blood]]'', ''Sofi''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 17, 1968 |title=A Whisker-Close Oscar Race |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/1032453132 |work=Variety |access-date=January 30, 2025|id= {{ProQuest|1032453132}} }}</ref>
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! 1968
| ''[[Blackbeard's Ghost]]'', ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'', ''[[Head (film)|Head]]'', ''[[Hell in the Pacific]]'', ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'', ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]'', ''[[The Shoes of the Fisherman (film)|The Shoes of the Fisherman]]'', ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', ''[[Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)|Yours, Mine and Ours]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 22, 1969 |title= Sizing Up This Spring's Oscarcade |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/962941007 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 26, 2025|id= {{ProQuest|962941007}} }}</ref>
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! 1969
| ''[[Downhill Racer]]'', ''[[Paint Your Wagon (film)|Paint Your Wagon]]'', ''[[The Reivers (film)|The Reivers]]'', ''[[The Secret of Santa Vittoria]]'', ''[[The Wild Bunch]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 15, 1970 |title=Preliminary Selections in Eight Oscar Races |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/156340844 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 25, 2025|id={{ProQuest|156340844}} }}</ref>
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! 1970
| ''[[Cromwell (film)|Cromwell]]'', ''[[The Great White Hope (film)|The Great White Hope]]'', ''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]'', ''[[Little Big Man (film)|Little Big Man]]'', ''[[Scrooge (1970 film)|Scrooge]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 11, 1971 |title=First Screenings in Oscar Races |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/156692669 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 23, 2025|id={{ProQuest|156692669}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1971
| ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', ''[[Dirty Harry]]'', ''[[The Last Picture Show]]'', ''[[Le Mans (film)|Le Mans]]'', ''[[Shaft (1971 film)|Shaft]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |first=Alice |last=Miller |date=January 16, 1972 |title=Preliminaries Start in Oscar Screenings |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/abilene-reporter-news-jan-16-1972-p-28/ |work=Abilene Reporter News |access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>
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! 1972
| ''[[Avanti!]]'', ''[[Deliverance]]'', ''[[Lady Sings the Blues (film)|Lady Sings the Blues]]'', ''[[Man of La Mancha (film)|Man of La Mancha]]'', ''[[Pete 'n' Tillie]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 5, 1973 |title=Oscar Contenders Set for Screening |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2920199679 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 21, 2025|id={{ProQuest|2920199679}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1973
| ''[[Dillinger (1973 film)|Dillinger]]'', ''[[Oklahoma Crude (film)|Oklahoma Crude]]'', ''[[The Seven-Ups]]'', ''[[The Way We Were]]'', ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 14, 1974 |title=5 Branches List Choices for Oscar Nominations |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/2931982095 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|2931982095}} }}</ref>
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! 1974
| ''[[Airport 1975]]'', ''[[The Front Page (1974 film)|The Front Page]]'', ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'', ''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]'', ''[[Zandy's Bride]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 1975 |title=Screenings Open Oscar Bids |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/2931982095 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|2931982095}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1975
| ''[[Barry Lyndon]]'', ''[[Lucky Lady]]'', ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'', ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'', ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 14, 1976 |title=Oscar's Craft Nod Prelim Choices |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/1286013473 |work=Variety |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|1286013473}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1976
| ''[[Logan's Run (film)|Logan's Run]]'', ''[[Midway (1976 film)|Midway]]'', ''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]'', ''[[The Omen]]'', ''[[Silent Movie]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 1977 |title=Early Selections for Oscars Noted |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/158174773 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|158174773}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1977
| ''[[Black Sunday (1977 film)|Black Sunday]]'', ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]'', ''[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)|Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]'', ''[[MacArthur (1977 film)|MacArthur]]'', ''[[Rollercoaster (1977 film)|Rollercoaster]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 1978 |title=Films Eligible for Technical Oscars |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/158545635 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|158545635}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1978
| ''[[The Boys from Brazil (film)|The Boys from Brazil]]'', ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'', ''[[An Unmarried Woman]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Champlin |first=Charles |date=January 6, 1979 |title='Grease' Tops Oscar Hopefuls |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/158821566 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 19, 2025|id={{ProQuest|158821566}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1979
| ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]'', ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'', ''[[The China Syndrome]]'', ''[[Rocky II]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Champlin |first=Charles |date=January 5, 1980 |title=Oscar Prunes the Candidates |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/162681439 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 19, 2025|id={{ProQuest|162681439}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1981
| ''[[Dragonslayer (1981 film)|Dragonslayer]]'', ''[[Heaven's Gate (film)|Heaven's Gate]]'', ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]'', ''[[Sharky's Machine]]'', ''[[Sphinx (film)|Sphinx]]'', ''[[Stripes (film)|Stripes]]'', ''[[Superman II]]'', ''[[Time Bandits]]'', ''[[Wolfen (film)|Wolfen]]''
| rowspan=25| <ref name="Mavity">{{Cite web |last=Mavity |first=Will |date=May 13, 2020 |title=A Tribute to the Oscar for Best Sound Editing |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/a-tribute-to-the-oscar-for-best-sound-editing/ |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US}}</ref>
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! 1982
| ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]'', ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'', ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'', ''[[Tron]]''
|-
! 1983
| ''[[Blue Thunder]]'', ''[[The Golden Seal]]'', ''[[Never Cry Wolf (film)|Never Cry Wolf]]'', ''[[Sudden Impact]]'', ''[[WarGames]]''
|-
! 1984
| ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'', ''[[Gremlins]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''
|-
! 1985
| ''[[American Flyers]]'', ''[[The Emerald Forest]]'', ''[[Runaway Train (film)|Runaway Train]]'', ''[[Year of the Dragon (film)|Year of the Dragon]]''
|-
! 1986
| ''[[The Color of Money]]'', ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'', ''[[Tai-Pan (film)|Tai-Pan]]''
|-
! 1987
| ''[[Batteries Not Included]]'', ''[[Cry Freedom]]'', ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'', ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'', ''[[Predator (film)|Predator]]'', ''[[The Witches of Eastwick (film)|The Witches of Eastwick]]''
|-
! 1988
| ''[[Beetlejuice]]'', ''[[Mississippi Burning]]''
|-
! 1989
| ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'', ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'', ''[[The Winter War (film)|The Winter War]]''
|-
! 1990
| ''[[Dances With Wolves]]'', ''[[Goodfellas]]''
|-
! 1991
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[For the Boys]]'', ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]'', ''[[The Last Boy Scout]]''
|-
! 1992
| ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'', ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'', ''[[Patriot Games (film)|Patriot Games]]'', ''[[Unforgiven]]''
|-
! 1993
| ''[[Geronimo: An American Legend]]''
|-
! 1994
| ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', ''[[True Lies]]''
|-
! 1995
| ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'', ''[[Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]'', ''[[Under Siege 2: Dark Territory]]'', ''[[Waterworld]]''
|-
! 1996
| ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'', ''[[The Rock (film)|The Rock]]'', ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'', ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]''
|-
! 1997
| ''[[Con Air]]'', ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'', ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]'', ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]''
|-
! 1998
| ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'', ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'', ''[[Ronin (film)|Ronin]]'', ''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line]]''
|-
! 1999
| ''[[Any Given Sunday]]'', ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'', ''[[The Mummy (1999 film)|The Mummy]]'', ''[[Three Kings (1999 film)|Three Kings]]''
|-
! 2000
| ''[[Cast Away]]'', ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'', ''[[The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm]]'', ''[[Unbreakable (film)|Unbreakable]]''
|-
! 2001
| ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'', ''[[Amélie]]'', ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'', ''[[The Fast and the Furious (2001 film)|The Fast and the Furious]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
|-
! 2002
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'', ''[[We Were Soldiers]]'', ''[[XXX (2002 film)|xXx]]''
|-
! 2003
| ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]'', ''[[The Last Samurai]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''
|-
! 2004
| ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'', ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]'', ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'', ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]''
|-
! 2005
| ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', ''[[Walk the Line]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]''
|-
! 2021
| ''[[Last Night in Soho]]'', ''[[The Matrix Resurrections]]'', ''[[A Quiet Place Part II]]'', ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'', ''[[Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)|Tick, Tick...Boom!]]''
|<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 December 2021 |title=94th Oscar Shortlists |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/92nd-oscars-shortlists |access-date=Jun 22, 2024 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] }}</ref>
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! 2022
| ''[[Babylon (2022 film)|Babylon]]'', ''[[Black Panther: Wakanda Forever]]'', ''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'', ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'', ''[[Moonage Daydream (film)|Moonage Daydream]]''
|<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 December 2022 |title=95th Oscar Shortlists |url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/2023-oscars-shortlists |access-date=Jun 22, 2024 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] }}</ref>
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! 2023
| ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'', ''[[Ferrari (2023 film)|Ferrari]]'', ''[[The Killer (2023 film)|The Killer]]'', ''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]'', ''[[Napoleon (2023 film)|Napoleon]]''
|<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 December 2023 |title=96th Oscar Shortlists |url=https://press.oscars.org/news/96th-oscarsr-shortlists-10-award-categories-announce |access-date=Jun 22, 2024 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] }}</ref>
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!2024
|''[[Alien: Romulus]]'', [[Blitz (2024 film)|''Blitz'']], ''[[Deadpool & Wolverine]]'', ''[[Gladiator II]]'', ''[[Joker: Folie à Deux]]''
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=2024-12-17 |title=Oscars Shortlist Announced in 10 Categories: 'Emilia Pérez' and 'Wicked' Lead the Charge; Strong Showings for 'Dune 2' and 'Gladiator 2' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscars-shortlist-2025-wicked-emilia-perez-1236251130/ |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
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