# San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film

The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Feature is an annual film award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society.

## Winners
### 2003-2008

| Year | Film | Director(s) |
| 2003 | The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird |
| 2005 | Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2006 | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton |

### 2009-2019

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 2009 | Up | Pete Docter | 9 | Shane Acker Coraline | Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson Monsters vs. Aliens | Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich | Despicable Me | Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud How To Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois The Illusionist (L'Illusionniste) | Sylvain Chomet Tangled | Nathan Greno, Byron Howard |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith | Happy Feet Two | George Miller Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson Rango | Gore Verbinski Winnie the Pooh | Stephen Anderson, Don Hall |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Sam Fell and Chris Butler | Brave | Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Frankenweenie | Tim Burton Rise of the Guardians | Peter Ramsey Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises | Hayao Miyazaki | The Croods | Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco Despicable Me 2 | Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Frozen | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Get a Horse! | Lauren MacMullan |
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls | Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi | Big Hero 6 | Don Hall, Chris Williams How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois The Lego Movie | Phil Lord, Chris Miller The Nut Job | Peter Lepeniotis |
| 2015 | Anomalisa | Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson | The Good Dinosaur | Peter Sohn Inside Out | Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen The Peanuts Movie | Steve Martino Shaun the Sheep Movie | Richard Starzak, Mark Burton |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight | April and the Extraordinary World (Avril et le Monde Truqué) | Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci Long Way North (Tout en haut du monde) | Rémi Chayé Moana | Ron Clements, John Musker Zootopia | Byron Howard, Rich Moore |
| 2017 | My Life as a Zucchini | Claude Barras | The Boss Baby | Tom McGrath Coco | Lee Unkrich Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea | Dash Shaw |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | Have a Nice Day | Liu Jian Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore & Phil Johnston Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman |
| 2019 | I Lost My Body | Jérémy Clapin | Abominable | Jill Culton How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois Missing Link | Chris Butler Toy Story 4 | Josh Cooley |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 2020 | Wolfwalkers | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart | Onward | Dan Scanlon Over the Moon | Glen Keane Soul | Pete Docter Trolls World Tour | Walt Dohrn |
| 2021 | Luca | Enrico Casarosa and Jesse Andrews | Encanto | Byron Howard Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda Raya and the Last Dragon | Don Hall |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Joel Crawford Turning Red | Domee Shi Wendell & Wild | Henry Selick |
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) | Hayao Miyazaki | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Sam Fell Nimona | Nick Bruno and Troy Quane Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson |
| 2024 | Flow | Gints Zilbalodis | Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot Transformers One | Josh Cooley Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park The Wild Robot | Chris Sanders |