List_of_animated_feature_films_nominated_for_Academy_Awards
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.
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 1991 (64th) |
Beauty and the Beast | Don Hahn | Disney | Nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Up | Jonas Rivera | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Darla K. Anderson | Nominated |
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Best International Feature Film
Only two animated films have been nominated in the Best International Feature Film category.
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 2008 (81st) |
Waltz with Bashir | Ari Folman | Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion | Nominated[1][2] |
| 2021 (94th) |
Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Neon | Nominated |
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Best Documentary Feature
Only one animated film has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category.
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 2021 (94th) |
Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie | Neon | Nominated |
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Best Original Screenplay
All films are distributed/produced by Disney/Pixar.
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Result |
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| 1995 (68th) |
Toy Story | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft (story) | Nominated |
| 2003 (76th) |
Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay) | Nominated |
| 2004 (77th) |
The Incredibles | Brad Bird | Nominated |
| 2007 (80th) |
Ratatouille | Brad Bird (screenplay and story), Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco (story) | Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story) | Nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Up | Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Tom McCarthy (story) | Nominated |
| 2015 (88th) |
Inside Out | Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley (screenplay), Ronnie del Carmen (story) | Nominated |
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 2001 (74th) |
Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman | DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images | Nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (story) | Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
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Best Original Score
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Best Original Song
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 2023.
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| Year | Film | Song/Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 1939 (12th) |
Gulliver's Travels | "Faithful/Forever" Ralph Rainger (Music), Leo Robin (Lyric) |
Fleischer Studios | Nominated |
| 1940 (13th) |
Pinocchio | "When You Wish Upon a Star" Leigh Harline (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
| 1941 (14th) |
Dumbo | "Baby Mine" Frank Churchill (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric) |
Nominated | |
| 1942 (15th) |
Bambi | "Love Is a Song" Frank Churchill (Music), Larry Morey (Lyric) |
Nominated | |
| 1950 (23rd) |
Cinderella | "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"" Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston |
Nominated | |
| 1967 (40th) |
The Jungle Book | "The Bare Necessities"" Terry Gilkyson |
Nominated | |
| 1973 (46th) |
Robin Hood | "Love" George Bruns (Music), Floyd Huddleston (Lyric) |
Nominated | |
| 1977 (50th) |
The Rescuers | "Someone's Waiting for You" Sammy Fain (Music), Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins (Lyric) |
Nominated | |
| 1986 (59th) |
An American Tail | "Somewhere Out There" James Horner and Barry Mann (Music), Cynthia Weil (Lyric) |
Sullivan Bluth Studios, Amblin Entertainment | Nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) |
The Little Mermaid | "Under the Sea" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
| "Kiss the Girl" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
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| 1991 (64th) |
Beauty and the Beast | "Beauty and the Beast" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Won | |
| "Be Our Guest" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Nominated | |||
| "Belle" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
Nominated | |||
| 1992 (65th) |
Aladdin | "A Whole New World" Alan Menken (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
Won | |
| "Friend Like Me" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric) |
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| 1994 (67th) |
The Lion King | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
Won | |
| "Circle of Life" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
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| "Hakuna Matata" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric) |
Nominated | |||
| 1995 (68th) |
Pocahontas | "Colors of the Wind" Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric) |
Won | |
| Toy Story | "You've Got a Friend in Me" Randy Newman |
Disney, Pixar | Nominated | |
| 1997 (70th) |
Hercules | "Go the Distance" Alan Menken (Music), David Zippel (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
| Anastasia | "Journey to the Past" Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyric) |
20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios | Nominated | |
| 1998 (71st) |
The Prince of Egypt | "When You Believe" Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics) |
DreamWorks Animation | Won |
| Quest for Camelot | "The Prayer" David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager (Music), David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager and Alberto Testa (Lyric) |
Warner Bros. Feature Animation | Nominated | |
| 1999 (72nd) |
Tarzan | "You'll Be in My Heart" Phil Collins (Music and Lyrics) |
Disney | Won |
| South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | "Blame Canada" Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyric) |
Comedy Central Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Braniff Productions | Nominated | |
| Toy Story 2 | "When She Loved Me" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Nominated | |
| 2000 (73rd) |
The Emperor's New Groove | "My Funny Friend and Me" David Hartley and Sting (Music), Sting (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
| 2001 (74th) |
Monsters, Inc. | "If I Didn't Have You" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Won |
| 2002 (75th) |
The Wild Thornberrys Movie | "Father and Daughter" Paul Simon (Music and Lyric) |
Nickelodeon Movies, Klasky Csupo | Nominated |
| 2003 (76th) |
The Triplets of Belleville | "Belleville Rendez-Vous" Benoît Charest (Music), Sylvain Chomet (Lyric) |
Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma | Nominated |
| 2004 (77th) |
Shrek 2 | "Accidentally in Love" Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charlie Gillingham, David Immerglück and Matthew Malley (Music), Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey (Lyric) |
DreamWorks Animation | Nominated |
| The Polar Express | "Believe" Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri (Music and Lyric) |
Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers | Nominated | |
| 2006 (79th) |
Cars | "Our Town" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) |
WALL-E | "Down to Earth" Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (Music), Peter Gabriel (Lyric) |
Nominated | |
| 2009 (82nd) |
The Princess and the Frog | "Almost There" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated |
| "Down in New Orleans" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
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| 2010 (83rd) |
Toy Story 3 | "We Belong Together" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Won |
| Tangled | "I See the Light" Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | |
| 2011 (84th) |
Rio | "Real in Rio" Carlinhos Brown and Sérgio Mendes (Music), Siedah Garrett (Lyric) |
Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation | Nominated |
| 2013 (86th) |
Frozen | "Let It Go" Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Won |
| Despicable Me 2 | "Happy" Pharrell Williams (Music and Lyric) |
Illumination Entertainment | Nominated | |
| 2014 (87th) |
The Lego Movie | "Everything Is Awesome" Shawn Patterson (Music and Lyric) |
Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Animation Group | Nominated |
| 2016 (89th) |
Trolls | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster (Music and Lyric) |
DreamWorks Animation | Nominated |
| Moana | "How Far I'll Go" Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | |
| 2017 (90th) |
Coco | "Remember Me" Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez (Music and Lyric) |
Disney, Pixar | Won |
| 2019 (92nd) |
Toy Story 4 | "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric) |
Nominated | |
| Frozen II | "Into the Unknown" Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Music and Lyric) |
Disney | Nominated | |
| 2021 (94th) |
Encanto | "Dos Oruguitas" Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyric) |
Nominated | |
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Best Sound Editing
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 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[3][4] | |
| 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 |
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Best Sound Mixing
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Best Sound
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 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 |
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With the nomination of The Lion King in 2019, three animated films are nominated for Best Visual Effects.
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| Year | Film | Award Recipient(s) | Studio | Result |
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| 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 Veldez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman | Disney | Nominated |
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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.
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| Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation |
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| 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..." |
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Special Achievement Awards
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| 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] |
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Live-action animated film blends various traditional animation or computer animation in live action films.
Competitive awards
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Honorary awards
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| Year | Award Recipient(s) | Citation |
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| 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) |
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- Beauty and the Beast (1991) and WALL-E (2008) have 6 nominations, both shares their most nominations for an animated film.
- Are the first and only animated films to be nominated in each categories (and sometimes win) without Disney and Pixar's involvement.
- The Polar Express (2004) nominates two technical nominations, especially Best Sound Editing and Mixing and the only non-Disney animated film to be nominated in the Sound Design categories.
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) win Best Original Song and is the only non-Disney animated film to win Best Original Song.
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) nominates Best Visual Effects.
- Shrek (2001) nominates Best Adapted Screenplay.
- Also some of the first adult animated films to be nominated in each categories.
- The Triplets of Belleville (2003) is rated PG-13 by the MPAA, the first PG-13 rated to be nominated for Best Animated Feature and Original Song.
- Isle of Dogs (2018) is rated PG-13 by the MPAA, the first PG-13 rated to be nominated for Best Original Score.
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) is rated R by the MPAA, the first R-rated to be nominated for Best Original Song.
- Waltz with Bashir (2008) is rated R by the MPAA, the first to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, representing Israel.
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- King, Susan (September 30, 2015). "How 'Toy Story' changed the face of animation, taking off 'like an explosion'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- "Three Pixar execs get special Oscars". San Francisco Chronicle. February 1, 1996. Retrieved March 12, 2009.