Best Makeup

The Academy Award for Best Makeup is the Oscar given to the best achievement in makeup for film. Usually, only three films are nominated each year rather than five as in most categories. The exception is in the early 1980s, when there were only two nominees; and in 1999, when there were four nominees.

This table displays the nominees for Best Makeup. The winners are in bold text with a blue background.

2000 (73rd)	The Cell	Michele Burke Edouard Henriques
	Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Rick Baker Gail Ryan
	Shadow of the Vampire	Ann Buchanan Amber Sibley
2001 (74th)	A Beautiful Mind	Greg Cannom Colleen Callaghan
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Peter Owen Richard Taylor
	Moulin Rouge!	Maurizio Silvi Aldo Signoretti
2002 (75th)	Frida	John Jackson Beatrice De Alba
	The Time Machine	John M. Elliott, Jr. Barbara Lorenz
2003 (76th)	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Richard Taylor Peter King
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Edouard Henriques III Yolanda Toussieng
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Ve Neill Martin Samuel
2004 (77th)	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Valli O'Reilly Bill Corso
	The Passion of the Christ	Keith VanderLaan Christien Tinsley
	The Sea Inside	Jo Allen Manuel García
2005 (78th)	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Howard Berger Tami Lane
	Cinderella Man	David Leroy Anderson Lance Anderson
	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	Dave Elsey Nikki Gooley
2006 (79th)	Apocalypto	Aldo Signoretti Vittorio Sodano
	Click	Kazuhiro Tsuji Bill Corso
	Pan's Labyrinth	David Martí Montse Ribé
2007 (80th)	La Vie en Rose	Didier Lavergne Jan Archibald
	Norbit	Rick Baker Kazuhiro Tsuji
	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Ve Neill Martin Samuel
2008 (81st)	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Greg Cannom
	The Dark Knight	John Caglione, Jr. Conor O'Sullivan
	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Mike Elizalde Thom Floutz
2009 (82nd)	Star Trek	Barney Burman Mindy Hall Joel Harlow
	Il Divo	Aldo Signoretti Vittorio Sodano
	The Young Victoria	Jon Henry Gordon Jenny Shircore
2010 (83rd)	The Wolfman	Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
	Barney's Version	Adrien Morot
	The Way Back	Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng