Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature is an award given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The award was introduced in 1998. Pixar's Toy Story franchise and Sony's Spider-Verse franchise are the only franchises with multiple wins, Toy Story won three times for Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019), Spider-Verse won for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

In 2020, the category and animated films were honored at the Critics' Choice Super Awards instead of the main Critics' Choice Awards.^[1] The category returned to the main show in 2021.^[2]

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1998	A Bug's Life (TIE)	John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton
	The Prince of Egypt (TIE)	Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells
	Antz	Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson
	The Rugrats Movie	Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien
1999	Toy Story 2	John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, and Ash Brannon

2000s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2000	Chicken Run	Peter Lord and Nick Park
	Dinosaur	Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton
	The Emperor's New Groove	Mark Dindal
2001	Shrek	Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
	Monsters, Inc.	Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, and David Silverman
	Waking Life	Richard Linklater
2002	Spirited Away	Hayao Miyazaki^[3]
	Ice Age	Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha
	Lilo & Stitch	Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook
2003	Finding Nemo	Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
	Brother Bear	Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
	The Triplets of Belleville	Sylvain Chomet
2004	The Incredibles	Brad Bird
	The Polar Express	Robert Zemeckis
	Shrek 2	Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon
2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Nick Park and Steve Box
	Chicken Little	Mark Dindal
	Corpse Bride	Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
	Howl's Moving Castle	Hayao Miyazaki
	Madagascar	Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
2006	Cars	John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
	Flushed Away	David Bowers and Sam Fell
	Happy Feet	George Miller, Warren Coleman, and Judy Morris
	Monster House	Gil Kenan
	Over the Hedge	Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick
2007	Ratatouille	Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava
	Bee Movie	Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith
	Beowulf	Robert Zemeckis
	Persepolis	Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
	The Simpsons Movie	David Silverman
2008	WALL-E	Andrew Stanton^[4]
	Bolt	Chris Williams and Byron Howard
	Kung Fu Panda	John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath
	Waltz with Bashir	Ari Folman
2009	Up	Pete Docter and Bob Peterson^[4]
	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
	Coraline	Henry Selick
	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Wes Anderson
	The Princess and the Frog	Ron Clements and John Musker

2010s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2010	Toy Story 3	Lee Unkrich^[4]
	Despicable Me	Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
	How to Train Your Dragon	Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
	The Illusionist	Sylvain Chomet
	Tangled	Nathan Greno and Byron Howard
2011	Rango	Gore Verbinski^[4]
	The Adventures of Tintin	Steven Spielberg
	Arthur Christmas	Sarah Smith
	Kung Fu Panda 2	Jennifer Yuh Nelson
	Puss in Boots	Chris Miller
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	Rich Moore^[4]
	Brave	Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
	Frankenweenie	Tim Burton
	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon
	ParaNorman	Chris Butler and Sam Fell
	Rise of the Guardians	Peter Ramsey
2013	Frozen	Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee^[5]
	The Croods	Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
	Despicable Me 2	Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
	Monsters University	Dan Scanlon
	The Wind Rises	Hayao Miyazaki
2014	The Lego Movie	Phil Lord and Chris Miller^[6]
	Big Hero 6	Don Hall and Chris Williams
	The Book of Life	Jorge Gutierrez
	The Boxtrolls	Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi
	How to Train Your Dragon 2	Dean DeBlois
2015	Inside Out	Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen^[7]
	Anomalisa	Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
	The Good Dinosaur	Peter Sohn
	The Peanuts Movie	Steve Martino
	Shaun the Sheep Movie	Richard Starzak and Mark Burton
2016	Zootopia	Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush^[8]
	Finding Dory	Andrew Stanton
	Kubo and the Two Strings	Travis Knight
	Moana	Ron Clements and John Musker
	The Red Turtle	Michaël Dudok de Wit
	Trolls	Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn
2017	Coco	Lee Unkrich^[9]
	The Breadwinner	Nora Twomey
	Despicable Me 3	Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda and Eric Guillon
	The Lego Batman Movie	Chris McKay
	Loving Vincent	Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
2018	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman^[10]
	Incredibles 2	Brad Bird
	Isle of Dogs	Wes Anderson
	Mirai	Mamoru Hosoda
	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Rich Moore and Phil Johnston
2019	Toy Story 4	Josh Cooley^[11]
	Frozen II	Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Dean DeBlois
	I Lost My Body	Jérémy Clapin [fr]
	Missing Link	Chris Butler

2020s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2020	Soul	Pete Docter^[12]
	Onward	Dan Scanlon
	Over the Moon	Glen Keane
	A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon	Richard Phelan and Will Becher
	The Willoughbys	Kris Pearn
	Wolfwalkers	Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
2021	The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Mike Rianda^[13]
	Flee	Jonas Poher Rasmussen
	Luca	Enrico Casarosa
	Encanto	Jared Bush and Byron Howard
	Raya and the Last Dragon	Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada
2022	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On	Dean Fleischer Camp
	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Joel Crawford
	Turning Red	Domee Shi
	Wendell & Wild	Henry Selick
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
	The Boy and the Heron	Hayao Miyazaki
	Elemental	Peter Sohn
	Nimona	Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	Jeff Rowe
	Wish	Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn

References

^ ""Critics Choice Association Announces Inaugural "CRITICS CHOICE SUPER AWARDS" Honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, Action, and Animation Movies and Series"". Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
^ Hammond, Pete (December 13, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
^ 'Spirited Away' voted top Best Animated Feature winner of 2000s - GoldDerby
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners (Archive)". Critics Choice Awards. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
^ 'Frozen' Wins Critics' Choice for Best Animated Feature|Animation World Network
^ The Lego Movie - Awards - IMDb
^ 2016 Critics' Choice Awards: Winners List|Hollywood Reporter
^ Zootopia - Awards - IMDb
^ Critics' Choice Awards 2018 Winners: Shape of Water, Big Little Lies – Variety
^ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Awards - IMDb
^ Critics’ Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List – Variety
^ ‘The Boys,’ ‘Palm Springs,’ ‘Soul’ Lead Winners at Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards - The Hollywood Reporter
^ Critics Choice Awards 2022: See the full list of winners

[1] ""Critics Choice Association Announces Inaugural "CRITICS CHOICE SUPER AWARDS" Honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, Action, and Animation Movies and Series"". Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

[2] Hammond, Pete (December 13, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 13, 2021.

[3] 'Spirited Away' voted top Best Animated Feature winner of 2000s - GoldDerby

[Winners-4] "Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners (Archive)". Critics Choice Awards. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2022.

[5] 'Frozen' Wins Critics' Choice for Best Animated Feature|Animation World Network

[6] The Lego Movie - Awards - IMDb

[7] 2016 Critics' Choice Awards: Winners List|Hollywood Reporter

[8] Zootopia - Awards - IMDb

[9] Critics' Choice Awards 2018 Winners: Shape of Water, Big Little Lies – Variety

[10] Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Awards - IMDb

[11] Critics’ Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List – Variety

[12] ‘The Boys,’ ‘Palm Springs,’ ‘Soul’ Lead Winners at Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards - The Hollywood Reporter

[13] Critics Choice Awards 2022: See the full list of winners

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v t e Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
1990s	A Bug's Life – John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton / The Prince of Egypt – Simon Wells, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Hickner (1998) Toy Story 2 – John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, and Ash Brannon (1999)
2000s	Chicken Run – Peter Lord and Nick Park (2000) Shrek – Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001) Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki (2002) Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (2003) The Incredibles – Brad Bird (2004) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park and Steve Box (2005) Cars – John Lasseter and Joe Ranft (2006) Ratatouille – Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava (2007) WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (2008) Up – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (2009)
2010s	Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich (2010) Rango – Gore Verbinski (2011) Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore (2012) Frozen – Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee (2013) The Lego Movie – Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (2014) Inside Out – Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen (2015) Zootopia – Byron Howard and Rich Moore (2016) Coco – Lee Unkrich (2017) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman (2018) Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley (2019)
2020s	Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray (2020) The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Mike Rianda (2021) Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson (2022) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, and Kemp Powers (2023)
In 2020, the category was transferred to the Critics' Choice Super Awards.

v t e Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Critics Choice Association (CCA)
Awards	Acting Ensemble Actor Actress Adapted Screenplay Animated Feature Cinematography Comedy Costume Design Director Editing Foreign Language Film Hair and Makeup Original Screenplay Picture Production Design Score Song Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects Young Performer
Retired	Action Movie (2008–2019) Actor in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actress in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actor in a Comedy (2012–2018) Actress in a Comedy (2012–2018) Documentary Feature (1995–2015) Family Film (1995–2007) Sci-Fi/Horror Movie (2012–2019) Sound (2009–2011)
Ceremonies	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)