# Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature is an annual award given out by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. Toy Story is the only franchise with multiple wins, winning two times for Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019).

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 2002 | Lilo & Stitch | Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois | Ice Age | Chris Wedge Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Kelly Asbury Treasure Planet | Ron Clements, John Musker The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Jeff McGrath, Cathy Malkasian |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich | Brother Bear | Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker The Triplets of Belleville | Sylvain Chomet |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird | Shark Tale | Vicky Jenson Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Nick Park and Steve Box | Corpse Bride | Tim Burton, Mike Johnson Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | George Miller | Cars | John Lasseter Ice Age: The Meltdown | Carlos Saldanha Monster House | Gil Kenan Over the Hedge | Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird | Bee Movie | Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith Shrek the Third | Chris Miller, Raman Hui The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman Surf's Up | Ash Brannon, Chris Buck |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | Bolt | Chris Williams, Byron Howard Kung Fu Panda | John Stevenson, Mark Osborne Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud The Tale of Despereaux | Rob Stevenhagen, Sam Fell |
| 2009 | Up | Pete Docter | 9 | Shane Acker Coraline | Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson Ponyo | Hayao Miyazaki |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich | Despicable Me | Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud How To Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet Tangled | Nathan Greno, Byron Howard |
| 2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | The Adventures of Tintin | Steven Spielberg Puss in Boots | Chris Miller Rio | Carlos Saldanha Winnie the Pooh | Stephen Anderson and Don Hall |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Sam Fell and Chris Butler | Brave | Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Hotel Transylvania | Genndy Tartakovsky Rise of the Guardians | Peter Ramsey, William Joyce Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore |
| 2013 | Frozen | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | The Croods | Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco Despicable Me 2 | Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Epic | Chris Wedge Monsters University | Dan Scanlon |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Big Hero 6 | Don Hall, Chris Williams The Book of Life | Jorge Gutierrez The Boxtrolls | Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Pete Docter | The Good Dinosaur | Peter Sohn Hotel Transylvania 2 | Genndy Tartakovsky The Peanuts Movie | Steve Martino Shaun the Sheep Movie | Richard Starzak, Mark Burton |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight | Sausage Party | Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan Finding Dory | Andrew Stanton Moana | Ron Clements, John Musker Zootopia | Byron Howard, Rich Moore |
| 2017 | Coco | Lee Unkrich | The Breadwinner | Nora Twomey Despicable Me 3 | Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda Ralph Breaks the Internet | Phil Johnston, Rich Moore Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Josh Cooley | Frozen II | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois Klaus | Sergio Pablos Missing Link | Chris Butler |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 2020 | Soul | Pete Docter | The Croods: A New Age | Joel Crawford Onward | Dan Scanlon Over the Moon | Glen Keane Wolfwalkers | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart |
| 2021 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda | Encanto | Jared Bush and Byron Howard Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen Luca | Enrico Casarosa Raya and the Last Dragon | Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro | Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood | Richard Linklater Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp Turning Red | Domee Shi Wendell & Wild | Henry Selick |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Kemp Powers and Joaquim Dos Santos | Elemental | Peter Sohn Nimona | Nick Bruno and Troy Quane Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Jeff Rowe The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 2024 | The Wild Robot | Chris Sanders | Flow | Gints Zilbalodis Inside Out 2 | Kelsey Mann Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Merlin Crossingham and Nick Park |