Special Effects: Anything Can Happen is an American documentary film directed by Academy Award-winning sound designer Ben Burtt and narrated by John Lithgow. It was released to IMAX theaters in 1996.

This documentary film is an exploration of special effects techniques used in motion pictures, including traditional special effects up to modern computer-generated effects. It is also notable for featuring the making of the new digital effects created for the Special Edition version of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope,^{[citation needed]} which was released theatrically one year later, in 1997.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, losing to Breathing Lessons.