Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

The **Academy Award for Best Animated Feature** is the award for the best animated movie. It is given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy Awards, or Oscars, are the oldest award for movies. This award for animation was started in 2001.

Only movies at least 40 minutes long are eligible for the award.

The Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards have followed the academy's example. Both now present similar awards.

## Results

The following table shows the nominees and the winners. The winners are in bold print with a yellow background.

|width="8%"|Year|width="23%"|Movie|width="23%"|Recipient|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2001** <small>(74th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Shrek*** (DreamWorks/PDI)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Aron Warner**|
|_Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius_ (Paramount/Nickelodeon)|John A. Davis Steve Oedekerk|||||
|_Monsters, Inc._ (Disney/Pixar)|Pete Docter John Lasseter|||||
|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"|**2002** <small>(75th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Spirited Away*** (Studio Ghibli)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Hayao Miyazaki**|
|_Ice Age_ (Fox/Blue Sky)|Chris Wedge|||||
|_Lilo & Stitch_ (Disney)|Chris Sanders|||||
|_Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron_ (DreamWorks)|Jeffrey Katzenberg|||||
|_Treasure Planet_ (Disney)|Ron Clements|||||
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2003** <small>(76th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Finding Nemo*** (Disney/Pixar)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Andrew Stanton**|
|_Brother Bear_ (Disney)|Aaron Blaise Robert Walker|||||
|_The Triplets of Belleville_ (Diaphana Films)|Sylvain Chomet|||||
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2004** <small>(77th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***The Incredibles*** (Disney/Pixar)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Brad Bird**|
|_Shark Tale_ (DreamWorks/PDI)|Bill Damaschke|||||
|_Shrek 2_ (DreamWorks/PDI)|Andrew Adamson|||||
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2005** <small>(78th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit*** (Aardman/DreamWorks)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Steve Box** **Nick Park**|
|_Corpse Bride_ (Warner Bros.)|Tim Burton Mike Johnson|||||
|_Howl's Moving Castle_ (Studio Ghibli)|Hayao Miyazaki|||||
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2006** <small>(79th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Happy Feet*** (Warner Bros./Village Roadshow/Animal Logic)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**George Miller**|
|_Cars_ (Disney/Pixar)|John Lasseter|||||
|_Monster House_ (Columbia/Amblin/ImageMovers Digital)|Gil Kenan|||||
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2007** <small>(80th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Ratatouille*** (Disney/Pixar)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Brad Bird**|
|_Persepolis_ (Sony Pictures Classics)|Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud|||||
|_Surf's Up_ (Columbia/Sony Pictures Animation)|Ash Brannon Chris Buck|||||
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2008** <small>(81st)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***WALL-E*** (Disney/Pixar)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Andrew Stanton**|
|_Bolt_ (Disney)|Chris Williams Byron Howard|||||
|_Kung Fu Panda_ (DreamWorks/PDI)|John Wayne Stevenson Mark Osborne|||||
|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"|**2009** <small>(82nd)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Up*** (Disney/Pixar)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Pete Docter**|
|_Coraline_ (Focus Features/LAIKA)|Henry Selick|||||
|_Fantastic Mr. Fox_ (20th Century Fox/Regency)|Wes Anderson|||||
|_The Princess and the Frog_ (Disney)|John Musker Ron Clements|||||
|_The Secret of Kells_ (Cartoon Saloon)|Tomm Moore Nora Twomey|||||
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center"|**2010** <small>(83rd)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Toy Story 3*** (Disney/Pixar)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Lee Unkrich**|
|_How to Train Your Dragon_ (DreamWorks/PDI)|Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois|||||
|_The Illusionist_ (Pathé Pictures/Sony Pictures Classics)|Sylvain Chomet|||||
|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center"|**2011** <small>(84th)</small>|style="background:#FAEB86"|***Rango*** (Paramount/Nickelodeon/Blind Wink/GK Films/ILM)|style="background:#FAEB86"|**Gore Verbinski**|
|_A Cat in Paris_ (Folimage with Digit Anima, France 3 Cinéma, Lumière, Lunanime, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone)|Alain Gagnol Jean-Loup Felicioli|||||
|_Chico & Rita_ (Isle of Man Film/Magic Light Pictures/Disney/CinemaNX)|Fernando Trueba Javier Mariscal|||||
|_Kung Fu Panda 2_ (DreamWorks)|Jennifer Yuh Nelson|||||
|_Puss in Boots_ (DreamWorks)|Chris Miller|||||

## Related pages

- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
- BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film
- Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film

## Other websites

- Academy Awards Database - AMPAS

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- **awarded for**: The best animated film with a running time of more than 40 minutes, a significant number of the major characters animated, and at least 75 percent of the picture's running time including animation.
- **presenter**: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- **country**: United States
- **year**: 74th Academy Awards, 2001 (for _Shrek_)
- **holder label**: Most recent winner
- **holder**: _Soul (2020 film), Soul_ (93rd Academy Awards, 2020)