# St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature

The St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature is an award given by the St. Louis Film Critics Association, honoring the finest achievements in animated filmmaking.

## History

Toy Story was the only franchise with multiple wins, winning three times for Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019) until the Spider-Verse franchise won two times for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

## Winners

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### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Director |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Vicky Jenson |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury |
| 2005 | no award given |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Cars | John Lasseter and Joe Ranft |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | George Miller |
| 2006 | Monster House | Gil Kenan |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava |
| 2007 | Bee Movie | Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith |
| 2007 | Surf's Up | Ash Brannon and Chris Buck |
| 2008 |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton |
| 2008 | Bolt | Chris Williams and Byron Howard |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | John Wayne Stevenson and Mark Osborne |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | Up | Pete Docter |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller |
| 2009 | Coraline | Henry Selick |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | Ron Clements and John Musker |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Director |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud |
| 2010 | How To Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois |
| 2010 | The Illusionist (L'Illusionniste) | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2010 | Tangled | Nathan Greno and Byron Howard |
| 2011 |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | Steven Spielberg |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | John Lasseter and Brad Lewis |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson |
| 2011 | Puss in Boots | Chris Miller |
| 2011 | Rio | Carlos Saldanha |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore |
| 2012 | Brave | Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman |
| 2012 | Frankenweenie | Tim Burton |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | Peter Ramsey and William Joyce |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Frozen | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee |
| 2013 | The Croods | Chris Sanders |
| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud |
| 2013 | Monsters University | Dan Scanlon |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | The LEGO Movie | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 | Don Hall and Chris Williams |
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls | Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois |
| 2014 | Rio 2 | Carlos Saldanha |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen |
| 2015 | Anomalisa | Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson |
| 2015 | The Good Dinosaur | Peter Sohn |
| 2015 | The Peanuts Movie | Steve Martino |
| 2015 | Shaun the Sheep Movie | Richard Starzak and Mark Burton |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Byron Howard and Rich Moore |
| 2016 | April and the Extraordinary World | Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci |
| 2016 | Finding Dory | Andrew Stanton |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight |
| 2016 | Moana | Ron Clements and John Musker |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Coco | Lee Unkrich |
| 2017 | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | David Soren |
| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 | Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda |
| 2017 | The LEGO Batman Movie | Chris McKay |
| 2017 | Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore and Phil Johnston |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Josh Cooley |
| 2019 | Frozen II | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois |
| 2019 | Klaus | Sergio Pablos |
| 2019 | Missing Link | Chris Butler |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Director |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Soul | Pete Docter and Kemp Powers |
| 2020 | Onward | Dan Scanlon |
| 2020 | Over the Moon | Glen Keane |
| 2020 | The Wolf House | Joaquín Cociña and Cristobal León |
| 2020 | Wolfwalkers | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart |
| 2021 |
| 2021 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda |
| 2021 | Encanto | Jared Bush and Byron Howard |
| 2021 | Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen |
| 2021 | Luca | Enrico Casarosa |
| 2021 | Vivo | Kirk DeMicco |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp |
| 2022 | Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood | Richard Linklater |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro |
| 2022 | Turning Red | Domee Shi |
| 2022 | Wendell & Wild | Henry Selick |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson |
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2023 | Elemental | Peter Sohn |
| 2023 | Robot Dreams | Pablo Berger |
| 2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Jeff Rowe |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | The Wild Robot | Chris Sanders |
| 2024 | Flow | Gints Zilbalodis |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 | Kelsey Mann |
| 2024 | Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot |
| 2024 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham |