Annie Award for Best Animated Feature

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

Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
Awarded for	Excellence in film animation
Country	United States
Presented by	ASIFA-Hollywood
First award	Beauty and the Beast (1992)
Currently held by	The Wild Robot (2024)
Website	annieawards.org

History

In 1998, the award was renamed Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature,^[1] only to revert to its original title again in 2001.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Film	Company credits
1992 (20th) [2]
	Beauty and the Beast	Walt Disney Pictures, Silver Screen Partners IV, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Bebe's Kids	Hyperion Studio, Hudlin Bros. and Paramount Pictures
	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	20th Century Fox, FAI Films, Kroyer Films, Interscope Communications, Youngheart Productions and Moonheart Entertainment
1993 (21st) [3]
	Aladdin	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland	Tokyo Movie Shinsha, Toho-Towa and Hemdale Film Corporation
	Once Upon a Forest	20th Century Fox, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Endangered Film Company and ITV Cymru Wales (HTV)
1994 (22nd) [4]
	The Lion King	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	Warner Bros. Animation, Dong Yang Animation, Spectrum Animation and Warner Bros. Pictures
	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Skellington Productions, Tim Burton Productions, DiNovi Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
1995 (23rd) [5]
	Pocahontas	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	A Goofy Movie	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	The Swan Princess	Rich Animation Studios, Nest Entertainment and New Line Cinema
1996 (24th) [6]
	Toy Story	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Balto	Universal Pictures, Amblimation and Amblin Entertainment
	Ghost in the Shell	Shochiku, Production I.G., Bandai Visual and Manga Entertainment
	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	James and the Giant Peach	Walt Disney Pictures, Skellington Productions, Allied Filmmakers, Tim Burton Productions, DiNovi Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
1997 (25th) [7]
	Cats Don't Dance	Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Feature Animation, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, David Kirschner Productions and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
	Hercules	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Space Jam	Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Northern Lights Entertainment, Courtside Seats Productions and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
1998 (26th) [1]
	Mulan	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Anastasia	20th Century Fox, Fox Animation Studios, The Big Gun Project and Fox Family Films
	Quest for Camelot	Warner Bros. Feature Animation and Warner Bros. Pictures
	I Married a Strange Person!	Italtoons Corporation and Lions Gate Films
1999 (27th) [8]
	The Iron Giant	Warner Bros. Feature Animation and Warner Bros. Pictures
	A Bug's Life	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	The Prince of Egypt	DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Pictures
	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Comedy Central Films, Scott Rudin Productions and South Park Studios
	Tarzan	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.

2000s

Year	Film	Company credits
2000 (28th) [9]
	Toy Story 2	Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Chicken Run	Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation, Pathé, Allied Filmmakers and DreamWorks Pictures
	Fantasia 2000	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	The Road to El Dorado	DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Pictures
	Titan A.E.	20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios, David Kirschner Productions and 20th Century Fox
2001 (29th) [10]
	Shrek	DreamWorks Animation, PDI/DreamWorks and DreamWorks Pictures
	Blood: The Last Vampire	IG Plus, Production I.G., Aniplex and Sony Computer Entertainment
	The Emperor's New Groove	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Osmosis Jones	Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Feature Animation and Conundrum Entertainment
2002 (30th) [11]
	Spirited Away	Studio Ghibli and Toho
	Ice Age	20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox
	Lilo & Stitch	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Monsters, Inc.	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Pictures
2003 (31st) [12]
	Finding Nemo	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Brother Bear	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Looney Tunes: Back In Action	Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Feature Animation, Baltimore/Spring Creek Productions, Goldman Pictures and Lonely Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG.
	Millennium Actress	Go Fish Pictures, Bandai Visual Company, Chiyoko Committee, Genco, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Madhouse, Inc., WOWOW and The Klockworx
	The Triplets of Belleville	Les Armateurs, Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma, RGP France, BBC Bristol, BBC Worldwide, Diaphana Films, Cinéart, Alliance Atlantis and Tartan Films
2004 (32nd) [13]
	The Incredibles	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Go Fish Pictures, Production I.G and Toho
	Shrek 2	DreamWorks Animation, PDI/DreamWorks and DreamWorks Pictures
	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies and United Plankton Pictures
2005 (33rd) [14][15]
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Pictures
	Chicken Little	Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Corpse Bride	Laika Entertainment, Tim Burton Productions, Patalex II Productions and Warner Bros. Pictures
	Howl's Moving Castle	Studio Ghibli and Toho
	Madagascar	DreamWorks Animation, PDI/DreamWorks and DreamWorks Pictures
2006 (34th) [16]
	Cars	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Happy Feet	Warner Bros. Pictures, Animal Logic, Kennedy Miller Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions
	Monster House	Amblin Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, ImageMovers, Relativity Media and Sony Pictures Releasing
	Open Season	Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Releasing
	Over the Hedge	DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures
2007 (35th) [17]
	Ratatouille	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.
	Bee Movie	DreamWorks Animation, Columbus 81 Productions and Paramount Pictures
	Persepolis	2.4.7. Films, France 3 Cinéma, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Franche Connection Animations, Diaphana Distribution, Celluloid Dreams, Soficinéma, Sofica Europacorp and Sony Pictures Classics
	The Simpsons Movie	20th Century Fox Animation, Gracie Films, The Curiosity Company and 20th Century Fox
	Surf's Up	Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Releasing
2008 (36th) [18]
	Kung Fu Panda	DreamWorks Animation, Dragon Warrior Media and Paramount Pictures
	$9.99	Sherman Pictures, Lama Films and the Australian Film Finance Corporation
	Bolt	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	WALL-E	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Waltz with Bashir	Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion GmbH and Sony Pictures Classics
2009 (37th) [19]
	Up	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Releasing
	Coraline	Pandemonium, Laika and Focus Features
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox, Indian Paintbrush, Regency Enterprises, New Regency Productions and American Empirical Pictures
	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	The Secret of Kells	Les Armateurs, Vivi Film, Cartoon Saloon, France 2 Cinéma, Gébéka Films, Kinepolis Film Distribution and Buena Vista International

2010s

Year	Film	Company credits
2010 (38th) [20]
	How to Train Your Dragon	DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures
	Despicable Me	Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
	The Illusionist	Pathé, Django Films, Ciné B, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, CinéCinéma, France Télévisions, Allied Filmmakers and Ink.Digital
	Tangled	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Toy Story 3	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2011 (39th) [21][22]
	Rango	Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, Blind Wink Productions, GK Films and Industrial Light & Magic
	The Adventures of Tintin	Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, WingNut Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Hemisphere Media Capital, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures
	Arthur Christmas	Aardman Animations, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Releasing
	Cars 2	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	A Cat in Paris	Folimage, Lunanime, Lumière, Digit Anima, France 3 Cinéma, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, RTBF, Gébéka Films, Benelux Film Distributors and Agora Films
	Chico & Rita	Isle of Man Film, CinemaNX, Estudio Mariscal, Fernando Trueba Producciones Cinematográficas, Generalitat de Catalunya - Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC), HanWay Films, ICF Institut Català de Finances, Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Magic Light Pictures, Mesfilms, Televisió de Catalunya (TV3) and Televisión Española (TVE)
	Kung Fu Panda 2	DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures
	Puss in Boots
	Rio	20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox
	Wrinkles	Cromosoma TV produccions, Elephant in the Black Box and Perro Verde Films
2012 (40th) [23]
	Wreck-It Ralph	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Brave	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Frankenweenie	Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton Productions and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Hotel Transylvania	Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Releasing
	ParaNorman	Laika and Focus Features
	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	Aardman Animations, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Releasing
	The Rabbi's Cat	Autochenille Production, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, France 3 Cinéma, Canal+, France 3, CinéCinéma, Sofica Valor 7, Fondation GAN pour le Cinéma, UGC Distribution and Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep)
	Rise of the Guardians	DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures
2013 (41st) [24]
	Frozen	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	The Croods	DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox
	Despicable Me 2	Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
	Ernest & Celestine	Les Armateurs, La Parti Productions, Maybe Movies, Melusine Productions, StudioCanal, Superprod, GKIDS and Cinéart
	A Letter to Momo	Production I.G, Momo e no Tegami Production Committee, Bandai Visual Company, Chubu-nippon Broadcasting Company (CBC), Chugoku Broadcasting (RCC), Horipro, JR Kikaku, Kadokawa Pictures, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), Mainichi Newspapers, Oriental Light and Magic (OLM), Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Tokyu Recreation and Yahoo Japan
	Monsters University	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	The Wind Rises	Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network (NTV), Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Animation Japan, D-Rights, Toho, KDDI Corporation and The Wind Rises Production Committee
2014 (42nd) [25]
	How to Train Your Dragon 2	DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox
	Big Hero 6	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	The Book of Life	20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Animation, Chatrone, Mexopolis and Reel FX Animation Studios
	The Boxtrolls	Laika and Focus Features
	Cheatin'	Bill Plympton Studios
	The Lego Movie	Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Animation Group, Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures and Animal Logic
	Song of the Sea	Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions, Big Farm, Superprod, Noerlum Studios, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board, Magellan Films, West Danish Film Fund, Haut et Court, Orange Cinéma Séries, Det Danske Filminstitut, Wallimage, VOO, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Eurimages and Luxembourg Film Fund
	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya	Studio Ghibli, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, KDDI Corporation, Mitsubishi, Nippon Television Network (NTV), D-Rights and Toho
2015 (43rd) [26][27]
	Inside Out	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Anomalisa	Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, HanWay Films, Harmonius Claptrap, Starburns Industries and Snoot Entertainment
	The Good Dinosaur	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	The Peanuts Movie	20th Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Feigco Entertainment and 20th Century Fox
	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Aardman Animations, Anton Capital Entertainment and StudioCanal
2016 (44th) [28][29]
	Zootopia	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Finding Dory	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Laika and Focus Features
	Kung Fu Panda 3	DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox
	Moana	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2017 (45th) [30][31]
	Coco	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	The Boss Baby	DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox
	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
	Cars 3	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Despicable Me 3	Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures
2018 (46th) [32][33]
	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures Animation, Pascal Pictures, Arad Productions, Lord Miller Productions and Sony Pictures Releasing
	Early Man	Aardman Animations, StudioCanal and the British Film Institute
	Incredibles 2	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Isle of Dogs	Fox Searchlight Pictures, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions and Studio Babelsberg
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2019 (47th) [34][35]
	Klaus	Netflix Animation, The SPA Studios, Atresmedia Cine and Netflix
	Frozen II	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures
	Missing Link	Laika, Annapurna Pictures and United Artists Releasing
	Toy Story 4	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

2020s

Year	Film	Company credits
2020 (48th) [36][37]
	Soul	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	The Croods: A New Age	DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures
	Onward	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Trolls World Tour	DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures
	The Willoughbys	Netflix Animation, Bron Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance and Netflix
2021 (49th) [38][39]
	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Lord Miller Productions, One Cool Films and Netflix
	Encanto	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Luca	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Raya and the Last Dragon	Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Sing 2	Illumination and Universal Pictures
2022 (50th) [40]
	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Netflix Animation, Necropia Entertainment, Netflix, Double Dare You (DDY), ShadowMachine and The Jim Henson Company
	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures
	The Sea Beast	Netflix Animation and Netflix
	Turning Red	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Wendell & Wild	Netflix, Monkeypaw Productions, Gotham Group, Artists First, SIF 309 Film Music and Netflix Animation
2023 (51st) [41][42]
	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures Animation, Pascal Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, Avi Arad Productions and Sony Pictures Releasing
	The Boy and the Heron	Studio Ghibli and Toho
	Nimona	Annapurna Pictures, Annapurna Animation, DNEG Animation, Vertigo Entertainment and Netflix
	Suzume	CoMix Wave Films Inc., STORY inc., Aniplex, East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc., Kadokawa, Lawson Entertainment, Nova Media, Voque Ting and Toho
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Point Grey Pictures, Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Mikros Animation and Image Comics
2024 (52nd) [43][44]
	The Wild Robot	Dreamworks Animation and Universal Pictures
	Inside Out 2	Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
	Kung Fu Panda 4	DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures
	That Christmas	Netflix, Netflix Animation, Locksmith Animation and DNEG Animation
	Ultraman: Rising	Netflix, Tsuburaya Productions, Netflix Animation and Industrial Light & Magic
	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Aardman Animations, Netflix and BBC

Multiple wins and nominations

Wins by Film franchises

Wins	Film franchises
2	How to Train Your Dragon
	Toy Story
	Spider-Verse

Nominations by Film franchises

Nominations	Film franchises
4	Shrek
	Toy Story
	Kung Fu Panda
3	Despicable Me
	How to Train Your Dragon
2	The Croods
	Frozen
	Ghost in the Shell
	The Incredibles
	Inside Out
	Monsters, Inc.
	Spider-Verse
	Wallace & Gromit
	Wreck-It Ralph

Wins by Studio

Wins	Studio
11	Pixar Animation Studios
8	Walt Disney Studios
6	DreamWorks Animation
3	Sony Pictures Animation
2	Netflix Animation
	Warner Bros. Animation

Nominations by Studio

Nominations	Studio
33	Walt Disney Studios
25	Pixar Animation Studios
	DreamWorks Animation
9	Sony Pictures Animation
	Warner Bros.
8	20th Century Fox
7	Aardman Animations
	Laika
	Netflix Animation
4	GKIDS
	Studio Ghibli
	Paramount Pictures
	Illumination Entertainment
3	Blue Sky Studios
	Columbia Pictures
	Nickelodeon Movies
	PDI/DreamWorks
2	Cartoon Saloon
	Touchstone Pictures
	Go Fish Pictures
	Les Armateurs
	Skellington Productions
	Focus Features
	Production I.G
	Universal Pictures
	Amblin Entertainment
	Fox Animation Studios

See also

• 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
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film
• Animation Kobe
• Tokyo Anime Award
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature
• Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film