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2020s | 2010s | 2000s

2020s

2023 (96th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
Elemental – Peter Sohn, Denise Ream
Nimona – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan, Julie Zackary
Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, Sandra Tapia Díaz
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal

2022 (95th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Joel Crawford, Mark Swift
The Sea Beast – Chris Williams, Jed Schlanger
Turning Red – Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins

2021 (94th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Encanto – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clark Spencer
Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Charlotte De La Gournerie
Luca – Enrico Casarosa, Andrea Warren
The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kurt Albrecht
Raya and the Last Dragon – Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer, Peter Del Vecho

2020/21 (93rd)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Onward – Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae
Over the Moon – Glen Keane, Gennie Rim, Peilin Chou
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Richard Phelan, Will Becher, Paul Kewley
Soul – Pete Docter, Dana Murray
Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young, Stéphan Roelants

2010s

2019 (92nd)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Dean DeBlois, Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold
I Lost My Body – Jéréemy Clapin, Marc du Pontavice
Klaus – Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh, Marisa Román
Missing Link – Chris Butler, Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
Toy Story 4 – Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera

2018 (91st)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Incredibles 2 – Brad Bird, John Walker, Nicole Paradis Grindle
Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
Mirai – Mamoru Hosoda, Yuichiro Saito
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Rich Moore, Phil Johnston, Clark Spencer
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

2017 (90th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Boss Baby – Tom McGrath, Ramsey Naito
The Breadwinner – Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo
Coco – Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson
Ferdinand – Carlos Saldanha
Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart

2016 (89th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner
Moana – John Musker, Ron Clements, Osnat Shurer
My Life as a Zucchini – Claude Barras, Max Karli
The Red Turtle – Michael Dudok de Wit, Toshio Suzuki
Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer

2015 (88th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson, Rosa Tran
Boy and the World – Alê Abreu
Inside Out – Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
When Marnie Was There – Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiaki Nishimura

2014 (87th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli
The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable, Travis Knight
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold
Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore, Paul Young
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Nishimura

2013 (86th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Croods – Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco, Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner, Didier Brunner
Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vechio
The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki

2012 (85th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Brave – Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie – Tim Burton
ParaNorman – Sam Fell, Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore

2011 (84th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

A Cat in Paris – Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
Chico & Rita – Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Kung Fu Panda 2 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Puss in Boots – Chris Miller
Rango – Gore Verbinski

2010 (83rd)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich

2000s

2009 (82nd)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Coraline – Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – John Musker, Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Up – Pete Docter

2008 (81st)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Bolt – Chris Williams, Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda – John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton

2007 (80th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Ratatouille – Brad Bird
Surf’s Up – Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

2006 (79th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Cars – John Lasseter
Happy Feet – George Miller
Monster House – Gil Kenan

2005 (78th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Howl’s Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride – Mike Johnson, Tim Burton
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Nick Park, Steve Box

2004 (77th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

The Incredibles – Brad Bird
Shark Tale – Bill Damaschke
Shrek 2 – Andrew Adamson

2003 (76th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Brother Bear – Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker
Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton
The Triplets of Belleville – Sylvain Chomet

2002 (75th)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Ice Age – Chris Wedge
Lilo & Stitch – Chris Sanders
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron – Jeffrey Katzenberg
Spirited Away – Hayao Miyazaki
Treasure Planet – Ron Clements