The Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film is an annual award given by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. It honors sound editors whose work has warranted merit in the field of cinema; in this case, their work in the field of sound effects and Foley. It was first awarded in 1954, for films released the previous year, under the title Best Sound Editing – Feature Film. In 1964 the award was split in two, this to honor sound effects editing, while the other honored ADR. It wasn't until 1974 that the title specified that it was being awarded to sound effects, under the title Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects. The "Foley" of the title wasn't recognized until 1997. Between then and 2018, the category's title fluctuated between similar variations. The award has been given under its current title since 2018.
Winners and nominees
1950s Year Film 1953 Best Sound Editing – Feature Film The War of the Worlds 1954 Them!ApacheBroken LanceCarnival StoryCease FireHuman DesireJohnny DarkKnights of the Round Table 1955 This Island EarthGreen FireIt Came From Beneath the SeaThe KentuckianLady and the TrampThe McConnell StoryThe RacersStrategic Air CommandUnderwater 1956 Earth vs. the Flying SaucersAround the World in 80 DaysAway All BoatsBhowani JunctionThe Brave OneThe ConquerorGiantThe Great Locomotive ChaseThe Ten CommandmentsOn the Threshold of Space 1957 The Enemy Below20 Million Miles to EarthBattle HymnBombers B-52DinoA Farewell to ArmsPerriThe Pride and the PassionThe Wings of EaglesZero Hour! 1958 The Defiant OnesThe BuccaneerThe HuntersThe Last HurrahMerry AndrewQueen of Outer SpaceThe Seventh Voyage of SinbadTonkaA Time to Love and a Time to Die 1959 Ben-HurThe Atomic SubmarineDon't Give Up the ShipThe FBI StoryThe Horse SoldiersIt Happened to JaneJourney to the Center of the EarthPorgy and BessThe Shaggy Dog
1960s Year Film 1960 SpartacusThe AlamoCimarronExodusHell to EternityThe Lost WorldPepeSwiss Family Robinson 1961 El CidThe Absent-Minded ProfessorAtlantis, the Lost Continent The Devil at 4 O'Clock Flower Drum Song Judgment at Nuremberg Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1962 Lonely Are the Brave Mutiny on the Bounty Birdman of Alcatraz Hatari! Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man The Interns Legend of Lobo The Manchurian Candidate The Music Man The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1963 How the West Was Won Bye Bye Birdie A Gathering of Eagles The Great Escape It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World McLintock! Move Over, Darling The Prize PT 109 Savage Sam Son of Flubber The Ugly American The Young Racers 1964 The Lively Set Advance to the Rear Cheyenne Autumn Fate is the Hunter The Outlaws Is Coming One Potato, Two Potato The Pink Panther Robinson Crusoe on Mars The Secret Invasion 1965 The Great Race Von Ryan's Express Cat BallouHallelujah TrailHow to Stuff a Wild BikiniA Patch of Blue Red Line 7000Saturday Night in Apple ValleyShenandoahThat Darn Cat 1966 Fantastic VoyageAssault on a QueenGrand PrixHawaiiNot With My Wife You Don'tOut of SightThe ProfessionalsWild Angels 1967 Bonnie and Clyde Beach Red El Dorado Point Blank Thoroughly Modern Millie The Trip 1968 Bullitt Coogan's Bluff Funny Girl Head Ice Station Zebra Project X Planet of the Apes 1969 The Wild Bunch The Devil's 8 Darby O'Gill and the Little People A Dream of Kings The Gypsy Moths Hello, Dolly! The Love Bug Marooned Paint Your Wagon The Reivers The Undefeated Winning
1970s Year Film 1970 Patton Airport Darling Lili Little Big Man The Owl and the Pussycat 1971 The French Connection The Andromeda Strain The Bus Is Coming Carnal Knowledge Dirty Harry Dollars The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Two Lane Blacktop Willard 1972 The Getaway Blacula Fat City Fuzz The Godfather The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean The Poseidon Adventure Skyjacked Year Film Winners/Nominees 1973 Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects The Exorcist James Nelson, Fred J. Brown, Ross Taylor Charley Varrick Day of the Dolphin Electra Glide in Blue Jonathan Livingston Seagull Magnum Force The Paper Chase White Lightning 1974 Freebie and the Bean James Nelson, Sam F. Shaw Black Belt Jones Blazing Saddles Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry Earthquake For Pete's Sake The Godfather Part II The Towering Inferno 1975 Three Days of the Condor Jaws Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold Framed The Hiding Place Bite the Bullet Lucky Lady Rollerball 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Star Wars Black Sunday Damnation Alley The Deep Mr. Billion Slap Shot Sorcerer Airport '77 1978 The Big Fix Convoy Every Which Way But Loose Foul Play Grey Lady Down Hooper Jaws 2 Paradise Alley The Swarm 1979 The Black Stallion Alan Splet, Ann Kroeber, Todd Boekelheide 1941 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Apocalypse Now The China Syndrome The Electric Horseman Ice Castles Norma Rae The Black Hole
1980s Year Film Winners/Nominees 1980 The Blues Brothers John Stacey (supervising sound editor); Bob Bradshaw, Mike Wilhoit, Bryan Courcier, Don Tomlinson, Wes Wolfe, Billie Owens, Art Pullen, Walt Jenevein, Roger Sword, Jeff Sandler, Glen Hoskinson (sound effects editors) Airplane The Empire Strikes Back Below the Belt The Competition Altered States Gloria The Hunter The Long Riders Stir Crazy The Stunt Man Urban Cowboy 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Ben Burtt, Richard L. Anderson Wolfen Chariots of Fire Cheech and Chong's Next Movie Heartbeeps Modern Problems Reds Sharky's Machine Sphinx Stripes Thief Time Bandits 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Charles L. Campbell, David A. Pettijohn, Louis L. Edmann, Richard C. Franklin, Jr., Samuel C. Crutcher, Donald Di Girolamo, Robert Glass, Robert "Buzz" Knudson Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Conan the Barbarian First Blood Firefox Personal Best Poltergeist Six Pack 48 Hrs. Tron 1983 Never Cry Wolf Alan Splet, Robert Shoup, Teresa Eckton Return of the Jedi Cujo The Dead Zone Heart Like a Wheel Blue Thunder The Right Stuff Scarface Maurice Schell Sudden Impact Uncommon Valor Under Fire WarGames 1984 Places in the Heart || style="background:#FAEB86;" |Richard P. Cirincione, Maurice Schell|- | style="background:#FAEB86;" | The River Kay Rose 2010: The Year We Make Contact Richard L. Anderson, Dale Strumpelli Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Ben Burtt Star Trek III: The Search for Spock George Watters II, Cecelia Hall Beverly Hills Cop George Watters II, Cecelia Hall The Cotton Club Maurice Schell Dune Alan Splett, Les Wiggans Ghostbusters Tom McCarthy Jr. Gremlins Richard L. Anderson The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Gordon Ecker The Last Starfighter Fred J. Brown The Karate Kid Norvald Crutcher, Samuel Crutcher Romancing the Stone Charles L. Campbell Amadeus B.H. Sears Streets of Fire Stephen Hunter Flick 1985 Ladyhawke Alan Robert Murray, Robert G. Henderson Back to the Future Cocoon The Color Purple Explorers Out of Africa Rambo: First Blood Part II Silverado To Live and Die in L.A. Weird Science Witness Year of the Dragon 1986 Top Gun Batteries Not Included Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Cobra Heartbreak Ridge The Hitcher The Karate Kid Part II The Mosquito Coast Platoon Salvador Blue Velvet Where the River Runs Black 1987 Predator Richard Shorr Batteries Not Included Beverly Hills Cop 2 Empire of the Sun Fatal Attraction Innerspace Lethal Weapon Masters of the Universe The Princess Bride RoboCop The Running Man The Untouchables The Witches of Eastwick 1988 Die Hard Richard Shorr Beetlejuice Willow Tucker: The Man and His Dream Distant Thunder The Presidio Red Heat Crocodile Dundee 2 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Colors Young Guns Mark R. La Pointe 1989 The Abyss Dody Dorn, Blake Leyh Born on the Fourth of July Wylie Stateman, Michael Minkler Back to the Future Part II Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Glory Harlem Nights Black Rain Lethal Weapon 2 The Package Casualties of War
1990s