List of animated feature films nominated for Academy Awards
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This page highlights the animated feature films nominated for or won Academy Awards aside from the Best Animated Feature category.
Best Picture
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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 (64th) |
Beauty and the Beast | Don Hahn | Disney | Nominated | [1] |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Up | Jonas Rivera | Disney, Pixar | Nominated | [2] |
| 2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Darla K. Anderson | Nominated | [3] |
Best Animated Feature
Best International Feature Film
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 (81st) |
Waltz with Bashir | Ari Folman (Israel) | Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion | Nominated[4][5] | |
| 2021 (94th) |
Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Denmark) | Neon | Nominated | [6] |
| 2024 (97th) |
Flow | Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia) | Baltic Content Media | Nominated | [7] |
Best Documentary Feature
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (94th) |
Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie | Neon | Nominated | [6] |
Writing (screenplay) categories
Best Original Screenplay
All films are distributed/produced by Disney/Pixar.
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 (68th) |
Toy Story | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft (story) | Nominated | [8] |
| 2003 (76th) |
Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay) | Nominated | [9] |
| 2004 (77th) |
The Incredibles | Brad Bird | Nominated | [10] |
| 2007 (80th) |
Ratatouille | Brad Bird (screenplay and story), Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco (story) | Nominated | [11] |
| 2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story) | Nominated | [5] |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Up | Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Tom McCarthy (story) | Nominated | [2] |
| 2015 (88th) |
Inside Out | Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley (screenplay), Ronnie del Carmen (story) | Nominated | [12] |
Best Adapted Screenplay
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 (74th) |
Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman | DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images | Nominated | [13] |
| 2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (story) | Disney, Pixar | Nominated | [3] |
Music categories
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Since the category's inception in 1934, thirteen 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.
Gulliver's Travels was the first animated film to be nominated in this category with "Faithful/Forever", but eventually lost to "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz.
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. It is the only animated short subject to be nominated in a traditionally feature film category.
Outside of Disney and Pixar theatrical films, The Prince of Egypt (1998), the only film for DreamWorks Animation to win an award category, was also the only non-Disney animated feature to do so until KPop Demon Hunters (2025), the first Sony Pictures Animation feature to be nominated in this category, won with "Golden".
Sound categories
Best Sound
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 (15th) |
Bambi | Sam Slyfield | Disney | Nominated |
| 1950 (23rd) |
Cinderella | C. O. Slyfield | Nominated | |
| 1991 (64th) |
Beauty and the Beast | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane | Nominated | |
| 1992 (65th) |
Aladdin | Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane | Nominated | |
| 2020 (93rd) |
Soul | Ren Klyce, Coya Elliot and David Parker | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
| 2024 (97th) |
The Wild Robot | Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts | DreamWorks Animation | Nominated |
Best Sound Editing
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 (65th) |
Aladdin | Mark Mangini | Disney | Nominated |
| 2001 (74th) |
Monsters, Inc. | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
| 2003 (76th) |
Finding Nemo | Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers | Nominated | |
| 2004 (77th) |
The Incredibles | Michael Silvers and Randy Thom | Won[45][10] | |
| The Polar Express | Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard | Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers | Nominated | |
| 2007 (80th) |
Ratatouille | Randy Thom and Michael Silvers | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood | Nominated | |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Up | Michael Silvers and Tom Myers | Nominated | |
| 2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Tom Myers and Michael Silvers | Nominated |
Best Sound Mixing
| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 (77th) |
The Incredibles | Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, and Doc Kane | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
| The Polar Express | Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, and William B. Kaplan | Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers | Nominated | |
| 2007 (80th) |
Ratatouille | Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt | Nominated |
Visual Effects
With the nomination of The Lion King in 2019, three animated films have been 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 | Nominated |
| 2016 (89th) |
Kubo and the Two Strings | Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff | Laika, Focus Features | Nominated |
| 2019 (92nd) |
The Lion King | Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman | Disney | Nominated |
Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Awards
Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Award are given to celebrate noted achievements in motion picture arts.
Honorary Awards
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"[46][47] |
| 2014 (87th) |
Hayao Miyazaki | "has deeply influenced animation forever, inspiring generations of artists to work in our medium and illuminate its limitless potential..." |
Special Achievement Awards
| Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 (61st) |
Richard Williams | "for the animation direction of Who Framed Roger Rabbit"[48][49] |
| 1995 (68th) |
John Lasseter[50] | "for his inspired leadership of the Pixar Toy Story team, resulting in the first feature-length computer-animated film"[51][52][53][54][55][8] |
R-rated animated films
Films like Chico and Rita and I Lost My Body were not officially rated by the MPA but due to their respective mature themes.
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 (72nd) |
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | Best Original Song | "Blame Canada" Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyric) |
Comedy Central Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Braniff Productions | Nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Waltz With Bashir | Best International Feature Film | Israel, directed by Ari Folman | Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion | Nominated |
| 2015 (88th) |
Anomalisa | Best Animated Feature | Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, and Rosa Tran | Paramount Animation, Starburns Industries | Nominated |
| 2024 (97th) |
Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney | Arenamedia, Snails Pace Films, IFC Films | Nominated | |
Live-action/animated films
Live-action animated film blends various traditional animation or computer animation in live action films.
Competitive awards
Honorary awards
| 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) |
