100 Years of Visual Effects Inspiration

1900 -- The Enchanted Drawing
1903 -- The Great Train Robbery
1923 -- The Ten Commandments (Silent)
1927 -- Sunrise
1933 -- King Kong
1939 -- The Wizard of Oz
1940 -- The Thief of Bagdad
1954 -- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1956 -- Forbidden Planet
1963 -- Jason and the Argonauts
1964 -- Mary Poppins
1977 -- Star Wars
1982 -- Tron
1985 -- Back to the Future
1988 -- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989 -- The Abyss
1991 -- Terminator 2: Judgement Day
1992 -- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1993 -- Jurassic Park
2004 -- Spider-Man 2
2005 -- King Kong
2006 -- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2007 -- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
2007 -- The Golden Compass
2008 -- The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Source: The Inspiration Room