List of Best Animated Feature Film Oscar Winners over the years

Last Modified Mar 3, 2025 03:05 EST
Best Animated Feature Film Oscar Winners
The Oscar awards (Source: Oscars)


The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presents the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature every year in honor of the best animated feature film of that year.


According to the Academy, an animated feature is any movie that lasts longer than 40 minutes and features frame-by-frame character performances, a large number of animated characters, and animation that takes up at least 75% of the film's duration. In 2002, the Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature were first given to 2001 films.


Best Animated Feature Film Oscar Winners


The following animated feature films have won Oscars over the years:


YearAwardFilmRecipient(s)
1938Special AwardSnow White and the Seven DwarfsWalt Disney
1988Special Achievement AwardWho Framed Roger RabbitRichard Williams
1995Special Achievement AwardToy StoryJohn Lasseter
2001Animated Feature FilmShrekAron Warner
2002Animated Feature FilmSpirited AwayHayao Miyazaki
2003Animated Feature FilmFinding NemoAndrew Stanton
2004Animated Feature FilmThe IncrediblesBrad Bird
2005Animated Feature FilmWallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-RabbitNick Park, Steve Box
2006Animated Feature FilmHappy FeetGeorge Miller
2007Animated Feature FilmRatatouilleBrad Bird
2008Animated Feature FilmWALL-EAndrew Stanton
2009Animated Feature FilmUpPete Docter
2010Animated Feature FilmToy Story 3Lee Unkrich
2011Animated Feature FilmRangoGore Verbinski
2012Animated Feature FilmBraveMark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
2013Animated Feature FilmFrozenChris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho
2014Animated Feature FilmBig Hero 6Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli
2015Animated Feature FilmInside OutPete Docter, Jonas Rivera
2016Animated Feature FilmZootopiaByron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer
2017Animated Feature FilmCocoLee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson
2018Animated Feature FilmSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseBob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
2019Animated Feature FilmToy Story 4Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera
2020Animated Feature FilmSoulPete Docter, Dana Murray
2021Animated Feature FilmEncantoJared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer
2022Animated Feature FilmGuillermo del Toro's PinocchioGuillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
2023Animated Feature FilmThe Boy and the HeronHayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
2024Animated Feature FilmFlowGints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža


Also Read: Best Documentary Feature Film Award winners


FAQs about Oscars

The Boy and the Heron has won the Best Animated Feature film in 2023.


Since the award's debut, the winner has been chosen by the full AMPAS membership. The winner is chosen from a shortlist of five films if there are sixteen or more submissions for the category.


Shrek was the first film to win the Best Animated feature film at the Oscars.


A. Flow has won the Best Animated Feature film in 2024.

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