List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
This is a list of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since it started in 2001 (where DreamWorks Animation's Shrek was the inaugural winner.).[1][2] An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time.
The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award's inception. If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category, the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films, which has happened nine times, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist.[3] Additionally, eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.
Some submissions to the Best Animated Feature category were live-action/animation hybrids, but only three films were disqualified for not meeting the 75 percent threshold. This happened with Arthur and the Invisibles in 2006,[4] Yogi Bear in 2010,[5] and The Smurfs in 2011.[6] Consequently, the former two disqualifications reduced the shortlist from five films to three films in 2006 and 2010 respectively, while the latter in 2011 did not.
Only one submission was withdrawn from the competition. This happened in 2020 when The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was withdrawn for failing to complete qualification runs needed to be eligible.[7]
2000s
2001
Film | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Country | Result | Ref. |
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within[8] | Hironobu Sakaguchi | Square Pictures | ![]() ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | John A. Davis | Nickelodeon Movies O Entertainment DNA Productions |
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Nominated | |
Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu | Ron Merk | The Tooniversal Company | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Monsters, Inc. | Pete Docter | Pixar Animation Studios | ![]() |
Nominated | |
Osmosis Jones | Tom Sito Piet Kroon |
Warner Bros. Feature Animation | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
The Prince of Light | Yugo Sako | Nippon Ramayana Film Co. | ![]() ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Shrek | Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson |
DreamWorks Animation | ![]() |
Won Academy Award | |
The Trumpet of the Swan | Richard Rich Terry L. Noss |
RichCrest Animation Studios | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Waking Life | Richard Linklater | Thousand Words | ![]() |
Not nominated |
2002
2003
Film | Studio(s) | Director(s) | Country | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brother Bear[10] | Walt Disney Feature Animation | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | ![]() |
Nominated | |
Finding Nemo[10] | Pixar Animation Studios | Andrew Stanton | Won Academy Award | ||
Jester Till | Munich Animation | Eberhard Junkersdorf | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
The Jungle Book 2[10] | Disneytoon Studios | Steve Trenbirth | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Warner Bros. Feature Animation | Joe Dante | Not nominated | ||
Millennium Actress | Madhouse | Satoshi Kon | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Piglet's Big Movie[10] | Disneytoon Studios | Francis Glebas | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Pokémon Heroes | OLM, Inc. | Kunihiko Yuyama | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Rugrats Go Wild[10] | Nickelodeon Movies Klasky Csupo |
Norton Virgien and John Eng | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | DreamWorks Animation | Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Tokyo Godfathers[10] | Madhouse | Satoshi Kon | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
The Animatrix | Madhouse Silver Pictures | Kōji Morimoto | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
The Triplets of Belleville[10] | Les Armateurs | Sylvain Chomet | ![]() |
Nominated |
2004
Film | Studio(s) | Director(s) | Country | Result | Ref. |
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Clifford's Really Big Movie[11] | Scholastic Entertainment | Robert Ramirez and Steve Trenbirth | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence[11] | Production I.G Studio Ghibli |
Mamoru Oshii | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Home on the Range[11] | Walt Disney Feature Animation | Will Finn and John Sanford | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
The Incredibles[11] | Pixar Animation Studios | Brad Bird | Won Academy Award | ||
The Legend of Buddha[11] | Pentamedia Graphics Ltd | Shamboo Falke | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
The Polar Express[11] | ImageMovers | Robert Zemeckis | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Shrek 2[11] | DreamWorks Animation | Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon | Nominated | ||
Shark Tale[11] | DreamWorks Animation | Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron and Rob Letterman | Nominated | ||
Sky Blue[11] | Endgame Productions Inc. | Kim Moon-saeng | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie[11] | Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures |
Stephen Hillenburg | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Teacher's Pet[11] | Disney Television Animation | Timothy Björklund | Not nominated |
2005
Film | Studio(s) | Director(s) | Country | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chicken Little[12] | Walt Disney Feature Animation | Mark Dindal | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Gulliver's Travel[12] | Pentamedia Graphics | Anita Udeep | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Hoodwinked![12] | Kanbar Entertainment | Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards and Tony Leech | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Howl's Moving Castle[12] | Studio Ghibli | Hayao Miyazaki | ![]() |
Nominated | |
Madagascar[12] | DreamWorks Animation | Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Robots[12] | Blue Sky Studios | Chris Wedge | Not nominated | ||
Steamboy[12] | Sunrise | Katsuhiro Otomo | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride[12] | Tim Burton Productions Laika |
Mike Johnson and Tim Burton | ![]() |
Nominated | |
Valiant[12] | Vanguard Animation | Gary Chapman | ![]() ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit[12] | Aardman Animations | Nick Park and Steve Box | ![]() ![]() |
Won Academy Award |
2006
2007
Film | Studio(s) | Director(s) | Country | Result | Ref. |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks[15] | Regency Enterprises Bagdasarian Company |
Tim Hill | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters[15] | Adult Swim Williams Street |
Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis | Not nominated | ||
Bee Movie[15] | DreamWorks Animation | Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner | Not nominated | ||
Beowulf[15] | ImageMovers | Robert Zemeckis | Not nominated | ||
Meet the Robinsons[15] | Walt Disney Animation Studios | Stephen Anderson | Not nominated | ||
Persepolis[15] | Celluloid Dreams | Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud | ![]() |
Nominated | |
Ratatouille[15] | Pixar Animation Studios | Brad Bird | ![]() |
Won Academy Award | |
Shrek the Third[15] | DreamWorks Animation | Chris Miller and Raman Hui | Not nominated | ||
The Simpsons Movie[15] | Gracie Films Rough Draft Studios |
David Silverman | Not nominated | ||
Surf's Up[15] | Sony Pictures Animation | Ash Brannon and Chris Buck | Nominated | ||
Tekkonkinkreet[15] | Studio 4°C | Michael Arias | ![]() |
Not nominated | |
TMNT[15] | Imagi Animation Studios | Kevin Munroe | ![]() ![]() |
Not nominated |
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020s
2020
2021
See also
- Submissions for Best Animated Short Academy Award
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Notes
- ^ Arthur and the Invisibles was disqualified for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required 75% of the entire film to be animated[14]
- ^ Yogi Bear was disqualified for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required 75% of the entire film to be animated[19]
- ^ The Smurfs was disqualified for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required 75% of the entire film to be animated[21]
- ^ The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was withdrawn by the distributor for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required the film to complete qualification runs, whether in a theater, drive-in, steaming service or on VOD.[7]
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