# Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) to honor an outstanding animated film. Toy Story is the only franchise with multiple wins, winning for Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019).

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp | Bob Hathcock Naksitrallid | Avo Paistik |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Phil Nibbelink Rover Dangerfield | James L. George and Bob Seeley |
| 1992 | Aladdin | John Musker and Ron Clements | Bebe's Kids | Bruce W. Smith FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Bill Kroyer |
| 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Henry Selick | Once Upon a Forest | Charles Grosvenor We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Dick Zondag and Ralph Zondag |
| 1994 | The Lion King | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | A Troll in Central Park | Don Bluth The Swan Princess | Richard Rich |
| 1995 | Toy Story | John Lasseter | The Pebble and the Penguin | Don Bluth and Gary Goldman Pocahontas | Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Henry Selick | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Gary Trousdale Space Jam | Joe Pytka |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Don Bluth and Gary Goldman | Cats Don't Dance | Mark Dindal Hercules | Ron Clements and John Musker |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells | A Bug's Life | John Lasseter Mulan | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Brad Bird | Tarzan | Kevin Lima and Chris Buck Toy Story 2 | John Lasseter |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Peter Lord and Nick Park | The Emperor's New Groove | Mark Dindal The Road to El Dorado | Don Paul and Eric "Bibo" Bergeron |
| 2001 | Shrek | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | John A. Davis Monsters, Inc. | Pete Docter |
| 2002 | Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) | Hayao Miyazaki | Ice Age | Chris Wedge Lilo & Stitch | Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Jeff McGrath and Cathy Malkasian |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton | Brother Bear | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird | Shark Tale | Vicky Jenson Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson |
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Steve Box and Nick Park | Chicken Little | Mark Dindal Corpse Bride | Tim Burton and Mike Johnson Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki Madagascar | Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath |
| 2006 | Happy Feet | George Miller | Cars | John Lasseter Flushed Away | David Bowers Ice Age: The Meltdown | Carlos Saldanha Monster House | Gil Kenan |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird | Bee Movie | Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith Persepolis | Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud Shrek the Third | Chris Miller Surf's Up | Ash Brannon and Chris Buck |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | Bolt | Chris Williams and Byron Howard Horton Hears a Who! | Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino Kung Fu Panda | John Wayne Stevenson and Mark Osborne Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath |
| 2009 | Up | Pete Docter | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Coraline | Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog | Ron Clements and John Musker |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich | Despicable Me | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud How To Train Your Dragon | Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois The Illusionist | Sylvain Chomet Tangled | Nathan Greno and Byron Howard |
| 2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith Cars 2 | John Lasseter and Brad Lewis Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson Puss in Boots | Chris Miller |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Sam Fell and Chris Butler | Brave | Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Hotel Transylvania | Genndy Tartakovsky Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell, and Conrad Vernon Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore |
| 2013 | Frozen | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | The Croods | Chris Sanders and Kirk DeMicco Despicable Me 2 | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud Epic | Chris Wedge Monsters University | Dan Scanlon |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Big Hero 6 | Don Hall and Chris Williams The Book of Life | Jorge R. Gutierrez The Boxtrolls | Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen | Anomalisa | Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Hotel Transylvania 2 | Genndy Tartakovsky The Peanuts Movie | Steve Martino Shaun the Sheep Movie | Richard Starzak and Mark Burton |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Byron Howard and Rich Moore | Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight Moana | Ron Clements and John Musker Ice Age: Collision Course | Mike Thurmeier Finding Dory | Andrew Stanton |
| 2017 | Coco | Lee Unkrich | Loving Vincent | Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman Ferdinand | Carlos Saldanha Cars 3 | Brian Fee The Lego Batman Movie | Chris McKay |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore and Phil Johnston Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Josh Cooley | I Lost My Body | Jérémy Clapin Frozen II | Chris Buck And Jennifer Lee How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois Missing Link | Chris Butler |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Director(s) | Runners-up |
| 2020 | Soul | Pete Docter | Wolfwalkers | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart |
| 2021 | Encanto | Jared Bush and Byron Howard | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Mike Rianda |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio | Guillermo del Toro | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp |
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron | Hayao Miyazaki | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Kemp Powers |
| 2024 | The Wild Robot | Chris Sanders | Flow | Gints Zilbalodis |

## Multiple wins and nominations
### Wins

* Brad Bird - 3
* Pete Docter - 3
* Byron Howard - 2
* Hayao Miyazaki - 2
* Nick Park - 2
* Henry Selick - 2
* Lee Unkrich - 2

### Nominations

* John Lasseter - 5 (one win)
* Ron Clements and John Musker - 4 (one win)