This page highlights the animated feature films nominated for or won Academy Awards aside from the Best Animated Feature category.
Animated feature films were nominated for Best Picture in only three cases: 1991, 2009 and 2010. Beauty and the Beast is the only animated-feature film Best Picture nominee before the inception of Best Animated Feature and in the five-nominee format. Up and Toy Story 3 were both nominated after the inception of the animated feature category and in the expanded ten-nominee format.
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 (64th) | Beauty and the Beast | Don Hahn | Disney | |
| 2009 (82nd) | Up | Jonas Rivera | Disney, Pixar | |
| 2010 (83rd) | Toy Story 3 | Darla K. Anderson |
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 (81st) | Waltz with Bashir | Ari Folman | Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion | [1] [2] | |
| 2021 (94th) | Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Neon |
All films are distributed/produced by Disney/Pixar.
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 (68th) | Toy Story | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft (story) | ||
| 2003 (76th) | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay) | ||
| 2004 (77th) | The Incredibles | Brad Bird | ||
| 2007 (80th) | Ratatouille | Brad Bird (screenplay and story), Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco (story) | ||
| 2008 (81st) | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story) | ||
| 2009 (82nd) | Up | Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Tom McCarthy (story) | ||
| 2015 (88th) | Inside Out | Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley (screenplay), Ronnie del Carmen (story) |
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 (74th) | Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman | DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images | ||
| 2010 (83rd) | Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (story) | Disney, Pixar |
Since the category's inception in 1934, twelve animated films have won this music category, with Disney winning eleven (three with Pixar), and DreamWorks winning one. Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994) both had three nominations in this category, the first and second films to do so.
Wet Blanket Policy, a 1948 Woody Woodpecker short cartoon, was also nominated for Best Original Song. "The Woody Woodpecker" song was written by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriess and was nominated for the 21st Academy Awards (21st). It is the only animated short subject to be nominated in a traditionally feature film category.
In addition of outside of Disney and Pixar theatrical films, The Prince of Egypt (1998) marks their first time and is the only film for DreamWorks Animation to win an award category as of 2024.
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 (65th) | Aladdin | Mark Mangini | Disney | |
| 2001 (74th) | Monsters, Inc. | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | |
| 2003 (76th) | Finding Nemo | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | ||
| 2004 (77th) | The Incredibles | Michael Silvers and Randy Thom | [3] [4] | |
| The Polar Express | Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard | Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers | ||
| 2007 (80th) | Ratatouille | Randy Thom and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | |
| 2008 (81st) | WALL-E | Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood | ||
| 2009 (82nd) | Up | Michael Silvers and Tom Myers | ||
| 2010 (83rd) | Toy Story 3 | Tom Myers and Michael Silvers |
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 (77th) | The Incredibles | Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, and Doc Kane | Disney, Pixar | |
| The Polar Express | Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, and William B. Kaplan | Castle Rock EntertainmentShangri-La EntertainmentImageMovers | ||
| 2007 (80th) | Ratatouille | Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane | Disney, Pixar | |
| 2008 (81st) | WALL-E | Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt |
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 (15th) | Bambi | Sam Slyfield | Disney | ||
| 1950 (23rd) | Cinderella | C. O. Slyfield | |||
| 1991 (64th) | Beauty and the Beast | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane | |||
| 1992 (65th) | Aladdin | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane | |||
| 2020 (93rd) | Soul | Ren Klyce, Coya Elliot and David Parker | Disney, Pixar |
With the nomination of The Lion King in 2019, three animated films are nominated for Best Visual Effects.
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 (66th) | The Nightmare Before Christmas | Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw and Gordon Baker | Disney, Skellington Productions | ||
| 2016 (89th) | Kubo and the Two Strings | Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff | Laika, Focus Features | ||
| 2019 (92nd) | The Lion King | Robert Legato, Adam Veldez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman | Disney |
Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Award are given to celebrate noted achievements in motion picture arts.
A handful of the honorary award recipients are awarded in their achievements in animated feature films.
| Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931/1932 (5th) | Walt Disney | "for the creation of Mickey Mouse" | |
| 1938 (11th) | Disney | "for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon" | |
| 1941 (14th) | Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and the RCA Manufacturing Company | "for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia | |
| Leopold Stokowski and his associates | "for their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form" | ||
| 1943 (16th) | George Pal | "for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons" | |
| 1978 (51st) | Walter Lantz | "for bringing joy and laughter to every part of the world through his unique animated motion pictures"[5] [6] | |
| 2014 (87th) | Hayao Miyazaki | "has deeply influenced animation forever, inspiring generations of artists to work in our medium and illuminate its limitless potential..." |
| Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 (61st) | Richard Williams | "for the animation direction of Who Framed Roger Rabbit"[7] [8] | |
| 1995 (68th) | John Lasseter[9] | "for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film"[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] |
Live-action animated film blends various traditional animation or computer animation in live action films.
| Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 (20th) | James Baskett | "for his able and heart-warming characterization of Uncle Remus, friend and story teller to the children of the world in Walt Disney's Song of the South" | |
| 1949 (22nd) | Bobby Driscoll | "as the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949" (for his roles in So Dear to My Heart and The Window) |
There are at least two nominations of a single film appeared in a list.