| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film | |
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| Presenter: | Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel The Rescuers Down Under (1990) |
| Holder: | The Boy and the Heron (2023) |
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).
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel | Bob Hathcock
| Avo Paistik | ||
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise | Phil Nibbelink | James L. George and Bob Seeley | ||
| 1992 | Aladdin | John Musker and Ron Clements | Bruce W. Smith | |||
| 1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Charles Grosvenor | Dick Zondag and Ralph Zondag | |||
| 1994 | The Lion King | Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff | Don Bluth | Richard Rich | ||
| 1995 | Toy Story | Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg | ||||
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach |
| Gary Trousdale | Joe Pytka | ||
| 1997 | Anastasia | Don Bluth and Gary Goldman | Mark Dindal | Ron Clements and John Musker | ||
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells | John Lasseter | Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook | ||
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Brad Bird | Kevin Lima and Chris Buck | John Lasseter |
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Peter Lord and Nick Park | ||||||
| 2001 | Shrek | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | John A. Davis | |||||
| 2002 | Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) | Hayao Miyazaki | Chris Wedge
| Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois | Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook | Jeff McGrath and Cathy Malkasian | ||
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore | |||||
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Vicky Jenson | Andrew Adamson | |||||
| 2005 | Mark Dindal | Tim Burton and Mike Johnson | Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath | |||||
| 2006 | Happy Feet | John Lasseter | David Bowers | Carlos Saldanha | ||||
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird | Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith | Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud | Chris Miller | Ash Brannon and Chris Buck | ||
| 2008 | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | Chris Williams and Byron Howard | Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino | John Wayne Stevenson and Mark Osborne | |||
| 2009 | Up | Pete Docter | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Henry Selick | Wes Anderson | Ron Clements and John Musker |
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Soul | Pete Docter | Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart | Dan Scanlon | Joel Crawford | Glen Keane | |
| 2021 | Encanto[5] | Jared Bush and Byron Howard | Mike Rianda | ||||
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio[6] | Guillermo del Toro | Dean Fleischer Camp | ||||
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron[7] | Hayao Miyazaki | Kemp Powers |