Showdown

The Face of Another

Best makeup in film

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As the 95th Academy Awards loom closer, we celebrate last-looks legends: the prosthetics professionals and makeup magicians in charge of facial transfiguration and bodily disguise; the experts in charge of making famous faces truly “unrecognizable”. It took a while for Oscar to recognize this topsy-turvy cinematic craft, so we’re letting you climb into the time machine. Whether your ten favorite makeup looks come from all the Oscar nominees to date or from the fuller history of film, celebrate those who metamorphose mugs in movies. Now that we’ve got you on the hook, it’s judgment day. Final checks! And watch for the hot spot.

Most mentioned

  • The Fly
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • The Elephant Man
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Exorcist
  • Planet of the Apes
  • Beetlejuice
  • Frankenstein
  • The Wizard of Oz
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Batman Returns
  • The Batman
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • The Thing
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • Nosferatu
  • Hellraiser

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Erwan Ticheler
Erwan Ticheler 10 films
Nichtsbesondern
Nichtsbesondern 11 films
Matt Jackel
Matt Jackel 10 films
Ray 🛸
Ray 🛸 4 films
Will Walker
Will Walker 20 films
Daniel Magnan
Daniel Magnan 177 films
Howard Spierer
Howard Spierer 6 films
Eric Atkinson
Eric Atkinson 45 films
Angelo Cordeiro
Angelo Cordeiro 10 films
hessli
hessli 5 films
imarobot69
imarobot69 13 films
David Gruwez
David Gruwez 10 films
johnny422
johnny422 10 films
zachmc
zachmc 20 films
Mostafa
Mostafa 10 films