Annie Award for Best Animated Feature

The **Annie Award for Best Animated Feature** is an Annie Award introduced in 1992. It is awarded annually to the best animated feature film.

## History

In 1998, the award was renamed **Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature**, only to revert to its original title again in 2001.

### 1990s

|style="width:3%;"|Year|style="width:20%;"|Film|style="width:30%;"|Studios|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Beauty and the Beast***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Pictures**|||
|_Bébé's Kids_|Hyperion, Paramount Pictures|||||
|_FernGully: The Last Rainforest_|20th Century Fox, FAI Films, Kroyer Films|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Aladdin***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Pictures**|||
|_Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland_|Tokyo Movie Shinsha|||||
|_Once Upon a Forest_|20th Century Fox|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***The Lion King***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Pictures**|||
|_Batman: Mask of the Phantasm_|Warner Bros. Animation|||||
|_The Nightmare Before Christmas_|Touchstone Pictures, Skellington Productions|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Pocahontas***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Feature Animation**|||
|_A Goofy Movie_|Walt Disney Television Animation|||||
|_The Swan Princess_|Rich Entertainment|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Toy Story***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Balto_|Universal Pictures, Amblimation|||||
|_Ghost in the Shell_|Shochiku, Production I.G.|||||
|_The Hunchback of Notre Dame_|Walt Disney Pictures|||||
|_James and the Giant Peach_|Walt Disney Pictures, Skellington Productions, Allied Filmmakers|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Cats Don't Dance***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Feature Animation, David Kirschner Productions**|||
|_Hercules_|Walt Disney Feature Animation|||||
|_Space Jam_|Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Feature Animation|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Mulan***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Feature Animation**|||
|_Anastasia_|20th Century Fox, Fox Animation Studios|||||
|_Quest for Camelot_|Warner Bros. Feature Animation|||||
|_I Married a Strange Person!_|Bill Plympton|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***The Iron Giant***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Warner Bros. Feature Animation**|||
|_A Bug's Life_|Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_The Prince of Egypt_|DreamWorks Pictures|||||
|_South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut_|Paramount Pictures|||||
|_Tarzan_|Walt Disney Pictures|||||

### 2000s

|style="width:3%;"|Year|style="width:20%;"|Film|style="width:30%;"|Studios/Distributor|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Toy Story 2***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Chicken Run_|Aardman Animations, DreamWorks SKG, Pathé|||||
|_Fantasia 2000_|Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation|||||
|_The Road to El Dorado_|DreamWorks SKG|||||
|_Titan A.E._|20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios, David Kirschner Productions|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Shrek***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**DreamWorks Animation, PDI**|||
|_Blood: The Last Vampire_|IG Plus, IPA, Sony Computer Entertainment, SPE Visual Works|||||
|_The Emperor's New Groove_|Walt Disney Feature Animation|||||
|_Osmosis Jones_|Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Feature Animation|||||
|_King of the Hill: The Movie_|20th Century Fox, Judgemental Films, 3 Arts Entertainment and Deedle-Dee Productions|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Spirited Away***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Studio Ghibli**|||
|_Ice Age_|20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios|||||
|_Lilo & Stitch_|Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation|||||
|_Monsters, Inc._|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron_|DreamWorks|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Finding Nemo***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Brother Bear_|Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation|||||
|_Looney Tunes: Back In Action_|Warner Bros. Feature Animation|||||
|_Millennium Actress_|Go Fish Pictures|||||
|_The Triplets of Belleville_|Les Armateurs|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***The Incredibles***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence_|Go Fish Pictures|||||
|_Shrek 2_|DreamWorks Animation|||||
|_The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie_|Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, United Plankton Pictures|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation**|||
|_Corpse Bride_|Laika Entertainment Production, Warner Bros. Pictures|||||
|_Howl's Moving Castle_|Walt Disney Pictures, Studio Ghibli|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Cars***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Happy Feet_|Warner Bros. Pictures, Animal Logic, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, Village Roadshow Pictures|||||
|_Monster House_|Amblin Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, ImageMovers|||||
|_Over the Hedge_|DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures|||||
|_Open Season_|Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Ratatouille***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Bee Movie_|DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures|||||
|_Persepolis_|Sony Pictures Classics|||||
|_Surf's Up_|Sony Pictures Animation|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Kung Fu Panda***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**DreamWorks Animation**, **Paramount Pictures**|||
|_$9.99_|Sherman Pictures, Lama Films|||||
|_Bolt_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|_WALL-E_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Waltz with Bashir_|Bridgit Folman, Les Films D'ici, Razor Films, Sony Pictures Classics|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Up***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs_|Sony Pictures Animation|||||
|_Coraline_|Laika|||||
|_Fantastic Mr. Fox_|20th Century Fox|||||
|_The Princess and the Frog_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|_The Secret of Kells_|Cartoon Saloon|||||

### 2010s

|style="width:3%;"|Year|style="width:20%;"|Film|style="width:30%;"|Studios|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***How to Train Your Dragon***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**DreamWorks Animation**, **Paramount Pictures**|||
|_Despicable Me_|Illumination Entertainment, Universal Pictures|||||
|_Toy Story 3_|Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_The Illusionist_|Django Films|||||
|_Tangled_|Walt Disney Pictures|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Rango***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, Blind Wink Productions, GK Films**|||
|_The Adventures of Tintin_|Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, WingNut Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures|||||
|_Arthur Christmas_|Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation|||||
|_Cars 2_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_A Cat in Paris_|Folimage|||||
|_Chico & Rita_|Chico & Rita Distribution Limited|||||
|_Kung Fu Panda 2_|rowspan="2"|DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures||||
|_Puss in Boots_||||||
|_Rio_|20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox|||||
|_Arrugas (Wrinkles)_|Perro Verde Films, S.L.|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Wreck-It Ralph***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Animation Studios**|||
|_Brave_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Frankenweenie_|The Walt Disney Studios|||||
|_Hotel Transylvania_|Sony Pictures Animation|||||
|_ParaNorman_|Laika, Focus Features|||||
|_The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!_|Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures Animation|||||
|_The Rabbi's Cat_|GKIDS|||||
|_Rise of the Guardians_|DreamWorks Animation, Paramount Pictures|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Frozen***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Animation Studios**|||
|_The Croods_|DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox|||||
|_Despicable Me 2_|Illumination Entertainment|||||
|_Ernest & Celestine_|Les Armateurs|||||
|_A Letter to Momo_|Production I.G|||||
|_Monsters University_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_The Wind Rises_|Studio Ghibli, Touchstone Pictures|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***How to Train Your Dragon 2***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox**|||
|_The Tale of the Princess Kaguya_|Studio Ghibli, GKIDS|||||
|_Big Hero 6_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|_The Book of Life_|20th Century Fox, Reel FX Animation Studios|||||
|_The Boxtrolls_|Laika, Focus Features|||||
|_Cheatin'<nowiki/>_|Plymptoons Studio|||||
|_The Lego Movie_|Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Animation Group, Village Roadshow Pictures|||||
|_Song of the Sea_|Cartoon Saloon, GKIDS|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Inside Out***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_Anomalisa_|Paramount Pictures|||||
|_The Good Dinosaur_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_The Peanuts Movie_|20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox|||||
|_Shaun the Sheep Movie_|Aardman Animations|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Zootopia***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Walt Disney Animation Studios**|||
|_Finding Dory_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Kubo and the Two Strings_|Laika|||||
|_Kung Fu Panda 3_|DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox|||||
|_Moana_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Coco***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_The Boss Baby_|rowspan="2"|DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox||||
|_Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie_||||||
|_Cars 3_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Despicable Me 3_|Illumination Entertainment|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Sony Pictures Animation**|||
|_Early Man_|Aardman Animations|||||
|_Incredibles 2_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Isle of Dogs_|Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures|||||
|_Ralph Breaks the Internet_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Klaus***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Netflix Animation, The Spa Studios, Atresmedia Cine**|||
|_Frozen II_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|_How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World_|DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures|||||
|_Missing Link_|Laika|||||
|_Toy Story 4_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||

### 2020s

|style="width:3%;"|Year|style="width:20%;"|Film|style="width:30%;"|Studios|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="background:#FAEB86;"|***Soul***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Pixar Animation Studios**|||
|_The Croods: A New Age_|rowspan="2"|DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures||||
|_Trolls World Tour_||||||
|_Onward_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_The Willoughbys_|Netflix Animation, BRON Animation, Creative Wealth Media|||||
|style="background:#FAEB86;""|***The Mitchells vs. the Machines***|style="background:#FAEB86;"|**Sony Pictures Animation**|||
|_Encanto_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|_Luca_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Raya and the Last Dragon_|Walt Disney Animation Studios|||||
|_Sing 2_|Illumination|||||
|***Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio***|**Netflix, Double Dare You!, ShadowMachine, The Jim Henson Company**|||||
|_Puss in Boots: The Last Wish_|DreamWorks Animation|||||
|_The Sea Beast_|Netflix|||||
|_Turning Red_|Pixar Animation Studios|||||
|_Wendell & Wild_|Netflix, Monkeypaw, Gotham Group|||||

## Multiple wins and nominations by studio

|scope="col" style="width:55px;"|Wins|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Studio|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|11|Pixar Animation Studios||
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|8|Walt Disney Studios||
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|5|DreamWorks Animation||
|rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"|2|Sony Pictures Animation||
|Warner Bros. Animation||||

|scope="col" style="width:55px;"|Nominations|scope="col" style="text-align:center;"|Studio|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|33|Walt Disney Studios||
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|23|Pixar Animation Studios||
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|22|DreamWorks Animation||
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|10|Sony Pictures||
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|9|Warner Bros.||
|scope=row style="text-align:center"|8|20th Century Fox||
|rowspan="2" scope=row style="text-align:center"|6|Aardman Animations||
|Laika||||
|rowspan="3" scope=row style="text-align:center"|4|Studio Ghibli||
|Paramount Pictures||||
|Illumination Entertainment||||
|rowspan="3" scope=row style="text-align:center"|3|GKIDS||
|Blue Sky Studios||||
|Columbia Pictures||||
|rowspan="13" scope=row style="text-align:center"|2||Netflix|
|Cartoon Saloon||||
|Touchstone Pictures||||
|Go Fish Pictures||||
|Les Armateurs||||
|Skellington Productions||||
|Nickelodeon Movies||||
|Focus Features||||
|Production I.G||||
|Universal Pictures||||
|Amblin Entertainment||||

## Related pages

- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film
- Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent
- Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film
- Japan Media Arts Festival
- Animation Kobe
- Tokyo Anime Award
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature
- List of animated feature films awards

## Other websites

- Annie Awards: Legacy

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: Annie Awards, Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
- **awarded for**: Excellence in Animated film, film animation
- **presenter**: ASIFA-Hollywood
- **country**: United States
- **year**: _Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast_ (1992)
- **holder**: _Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio_ (2022)