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Only one submission was withdrawn from the competition. This happened in 2020 when The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was withdrawn for failing to complete qualification runs needed to be eligible.^[7]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.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise	Walt Disney Feature Animation		Not nominated
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within[8]	Hironobu Sakaguchi	Square Pictures		Not nominated
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	John A. Davis	Nickelodeon Movies O Entertainment		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
Recess: School's Out	Chuck Sheetz	Disney Television Animation		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[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights[9]	Happy Madison Productions	Seth Kearsley		Not nominated
Alibaba & the Forty Thieves[9]	Pentamedia Graphics	Usha Ganesarajah		Not nominated
Eden[9]	Unknown	Andrzej Czeczot		Not nominated
Hey Arnold!: The Movie[9]	Nickelodeon Movies Snee-Oosh	Tuck Tucker		Not nominated
Ice Age[9]	Blue Sky Studios	Chris Wedge		Nominated
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie[9]	Big Idea Entertainment	Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki		Not nominated
Lilo & Stitch[9]	Walt Disney Feature Animation	Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois		Nominated
The Living Forest	Dygra Films	Manolo Gómez, and Ángel de la Cruz		Not nominated
Mutant Aliens[9]	Plymptoons	Bill Plympton		Not nominated
The Powerpuff Girls Movie[9]	Cartoon Network Studios	Craig McCracken and Genndy Tartakovsky		Not nominated
The Princess and the Pea[9]	Swan Productions	Mark Swan		Not nominated
Return to Never Land[9]	Disneytoon Studios	Donovan Cook and Robin Budd		Not nominated
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron[9]	DreamWorks Animation	Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook		Nominated
Spirited Away[9]	Studio Ghibli	Hayao Miyazaki		Won Academy Award
Stuart Little 2[9]	Columbia Pictures	Rob Minkoff		Not nominated
Treasure Planet[9]	Walt Disney Feature Animation	Ron Clements and John Musker		Nominated
The Wild Thornberrys Movie[9]	Nickelodeon Movies Klasky Csupo	Cathy Malkasian and Jeff McGrath		Not nominated

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.
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 Animation	Nick Park and Steve Box		Won Academy Award

2006[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
The Ant Bully[13]	Legendary Pictures DNA Productions	John A. Davis		Not nominated
Arthur and the Invisibles[N 1]	EuropaCorp	Luc Besson		Disqualified
Barnyard[13]	Nickelodeon Movies O Entertainment	Steve Oedekerk		Not nominated
Cars[13]	Pixar Animation Studios	John Lasseter		Nominated
Curious George[13]	Imagine Entertainment Universal Animation Studios	Matthew O'Callaghan		Not nominated
Everyone's Hero[13]	IDT Entertainment	Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre and Colin Brady		Not nominated
Flushed Away[13]	Aardman Animations DreamWorks Animation	David Bowers and Sam Fell		Not nominated
Happy Feet[13]	Animal Logic Village Roadshow Pictures	George Miller		Won Academy Award
Ice Age: The Meltdown[13]	Blue Sky Studios	Carlos Saldanha		Not nominated
Monster House[13]	ImageMovers	Gil Kenan		Nominated
Open Season[13]	Sony Pictures Animation	Jill Culton and Roger Allers		Not nominated
Over the Hedge[13]	DreamWorks Animation	Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick		Not nominated
Paprika[13]	Madhouse	Satoshi Kon		Not nominated
Renaissance[13]	Onyx Films Millimages LuxAnimation	Christian Volckman		Not nominated
A Scanner Darkly[13]	Thousand Words	Richard Linklater		Not nominated
The Wild[13]	C.O.R.E. Feature Animation	Steve "Spaz" Williams		Not nominated

2007[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
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[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Bolt [16]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Chris Williams and Byron Howard		Nominated
Delgo[16]	Electric Eye Entertainment Corporation	Marc F. Adler and Jason Maurer		Not nominated
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who![16]	Blue Sky Studios	Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino		Not nominated
Dragon Hunters[16]	Futurikon LuxAnimation Trixter Mac Guff Ligne	Guillaume Ivernel and Arthur Qwak		Not nominated
Fly Me to the Moon[16]	nWave Pictures	Ben Stassen		Not nominated
Igor[16]	Exodus Film Group	Tony Leondis		Not nominated
Kung Fu Panda[16]	DreamWorks Animation	John Stevenson and Mark Osborne		Nominated
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa[16]	DreamWorks Animation	Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath		Not nominated
$9.99[16]	Lama Films	Tatia Rosenthal		Not nominated
The Sky Crawlers[16]	Production I.G	Mamoru Oshii		Not nominated
Sword of the Stranger[16]	Bones	Masahiro Andō		Not nominated
The Tale of Despereaux[16]	Framestore Feature Animation Universal Animation Studios	Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen		Not nominated
WALL-E [16]	Pixar Animation Studios	Andrew Stanton		Won Academy Award
Waltz with Bashir[16]	Bridgit Folman Film Gang Les Films d'Ici Razor Film Produktion	Ari Folman		Not nominated

2009[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel[17]	Regency Enterprises Bagdasarian Company	Betty Thomas		Not nominated
Astro Boy[17]	Imagi Animation Studios	David Bowers		Not nominated
Battle for Terra[17]	Roadside Attractions	Aristomenis Tsirbas		Not nominated
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs[17]	Sony Pictures Animation	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller		Not nominated
Coraline[17]	Laika	Henry Selick		Nominated
Disney's A Christmas Carol[17]	ImageMovers Digital	Robert Zemeckis		Not nominated
The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer[17]	Passworld Dolphin Films	Eduardo Schuldt		Not nominated
Fantastic Mr. Fox[17]	American Empirical Pictures Indian Paintbrush	Wes Anderson		Nominated
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs[17]	Blue Sky Studios	Carlos Saldanha		Not nominated
Mary and Max[17]	Melodrama Pictures	Adam Elliot		Not nominated
The Missing Lynx[17]	Kandor Graphics	Raul Garcia and Manuel Sicilia		Not nominated
Monsters vs. Aliens[17]	DreamWorks Animation	Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman		Not nominated
9[17]	Focus Features	Shane Acker		Not nominated
Planet 51[17]	Ilion Animation Studios	Jorge Blanco		Not nominated
Ponyo[17]	Studio Ghibli	Hayao Miyazaki		Not nominated
The Princess and the Frog[17]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Ron Clements and John Musker		Nominated
The Secret of Kells[17]	Cartoon Saloon	Tomm Moore		Nominated
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure[17]	Disneytoon Studios	Klay Hall		Not nominated
A Town Called Panic[17]	La Parti Productions Coproduction Office	Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar		Not nominated
Up[17]	Pixar Animation Studios	Pete Docter		Won Academy Award

2010s[]

2010[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Alpha and Omega[18]	Crest Animation Productions	Anthony Bell		Not nominated
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore	Village Roadshow Pictures	Brad Peyton		Not nominated
Despicable Me[18]	Illumination Entertainment	Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud		Not nominated
The Dreams of Jinsha[18]	Hangzhou C&L Digital Prod. Co.	Daming Chen		Not nominated
How to Train Your Dragon[18]	DreamWorks Animation	Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois		Nominated
Idiots and Angels[18]	Plymptoons Studio	Bill Plympton		Not nominated
The Illusionist[18]	Pathé Django Films	Sylvain Chomet		Nominated
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole[18]	GOG Productions	Zack Snyder		Not nominated
Megamind[18]	DreamWorks Animation	Tom McGrath		Not nominated
My Dog Tulip[18]	Axiom Films	Paul Fierlinger		Not nominated
Shrek Forever After[18]	DreamWorks Animation	Mike Mitchell		Not nominated
Summer Wars[18]	Madhouse	Mamoru Hosoda		Not nominated
Tangled[18]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Nathan Greno and Byron Howard		Not nominated
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue[18]	Disneytoon Studios	Bradley Raymond		Not nominated
Toy Story 3[18]	Pixar Animation Studios	Lee Unkrich		Won Academy Award
Yogi Bear[N 2]	Sunswept Entertainment De Line Pictures Rhythm and Hues Studios	Eric Brevig		Disqualified

2011[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
The Adventures of Tintin[20]	Nickelodeon Movies Amblin Entertainment	Steven Spielberg		Not nominated
Alois Nebel[20]	Negativ	Tomáš Luňák		Not nominated
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked[20]	Regency Enterprises Bagdasarian Company	Mike Mitchell		Not nominated
Arthur Christmas[20]	Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Animation	Sarah Smith		Not nominated
Cars 2[20]	Pixar Animation Studios	John Lasseter		Not nominated
A Cat in Paris[20]	Digit Anima Folimage France 3 Cinéma Emage Animation Studios	Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol		Nominated
Chico & Rita[20]	Fernando Trueba PC Estudio Mariscal Magic Light Pictures	Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando		Nominated
Gnomeo & Juliet[20]	Touchstone Pictures Rocket Pictures	Kelly Asbury		Not nominated
Happy Feet Two[20]	Village Roadshow Pictures Kennedy Miller Mitchell Dr. D Studios	George Miller		Not nominated
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil[20]	Kanbar Entertainment Kanbar Animation Arc Productions	Mike Disa		Not nominated
Kung Fu Panda 2[20]	DreamWorks Animation	Jennifer Yuh Nelson		Nominated
Mars Needs Moms[20]	ImageMovers Digital	Simon Wells		Not nominated
Puss in Boots[20]	DreamWorks Animation	Chris Miller		Nominated
Rango[20]	Nickelodeon Movies Blind Wink Productions GK Films Industrial Light & Magic	Gore Verbinski		Won Academy Award
Rio[20]	Blue Sky Studios	Carlos Saldanha		Not nominated
The Smurfs[20][N 3]	Sony Pictures Animation Kerner Entertainment Company	Raja Gosnell		Disqualified
Winnie the Pooh[20]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall		Not nominated
Wrinkles[20]	Perro Verde Films	Ignacio Ferreras		Not nominated

2012[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Adventures in Zambezia[22]	Triggerfish Animation Studios	Wayne Thornley		Not nominated
Brave[22]	Pixar Animation Studios	Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman		Won Academy Award
Delhi Safari[22]	Krayon Pictures	Nikkhil Advani		Not nominated
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax[22]	Illumination Entertainment	Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda		Not nominated
Frankenweenie[22]	Tim Burton Productions	Tim Burton		Nominated
From Up on Poppy Hill[22]	Studio Ghibli	Goro Miyazaki		Not nominated
Hey Krishna[22]	Reliance Entertainment	Vikram Veturi		Not nominated
Hotel Transylvania[22]	Sony Pictures Animation	Genndy Tartakovsky		Not nominated
Ice Age: Continental Drift[22]	Blue Sky Studios	Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier		Not nominated
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman[22]	Bill and Ben Productions	Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett		Not nominated
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted[22]	DreamWorks Animation	Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, and Conrad Vernon		Not nominated
The Mystical Laws[22]	Happy Science	Isamu Imakake		Not nominated
The Painting[22]	Blue Spirit Be-Films	Jean-François Laguionie		Not nominated
ParaNorman[22]	Laika	Sam Fell and Chris Butler		Nominated
The Pirates! Band of Misfits[22]	Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Animation	Peter Lord		Nominated
The Rabbi's Cat[22]	Autochenille Production	Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux		Not nominated
Rise of the Guardians[22]	DreamWorks Animation	Peter Ramsey		Not nominated
Secret of the Wings[22]	Disneytoon Studios	Peggy Holmes		Not nominated
Walter & Tandoori's Christmas[22]	Image Entertainment Corporation	Sylvain Viau		Not nominated
Wreck-It Ralph[22]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Rich Moore		Nominated
Zarafa[22]	Pathé Prima Linea Productions France 3 Cinéma	Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie		Not nominated

2013[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2[23]	Sony Pictures Animation	Cody Cameron and Kris Pearn		Not nominated
The Croods[23]	DreamWorks Animation	Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders		Nominated
Despicable Me 2[23]	Illumination Entertainment	Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud		Nominated
Epic[23]	Blue Sky Studios	Chris Wedge		Not nominated
Ernest & Celestine[23]	La Parti Productions Les Armateurs	Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner		Nominated
The Fake[23]	Studio Dada Show	Yeon Sang-ho		Not nominated
Free Birds[23]	Reel FX Creative Studios	Jimmy Hayward		Not nominated
Frozen[23]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee		Won Academy Award
Khumba[23]	Triggerfish Animation Studios	Anthony Silverston		Not nominated
The Legend of Sarila[23]	10th Ave Productions	Nancy Florence Savard		Not nominated
A Letter to Momo[23]	Production I.G	Hiroyuki Okiura		Not nominated
Monsters University[23]	Pixar Animation Studios	Dan Scanlon		Not nominated
O Apóstolo[23]	Rosp Coruña	Fernando Cortizo		Not nominated
Planes[23]	Disneytoon Studios	Klay Hall		Not nominated
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie: Rebellion [23]	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbo and Yukihiro Miyamoto		Not nominated
Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury [23]	Buriti Filmes Gullane	Luiz Bolognesi		Not nominated
The Smurfs 2[23]	Sony Pictures Animation Kerner Entertainment Company	Raja Gosnell		Not nominated
Turbo[23]	DreamWorks Animation	David Soren		Not nominated
The Wind Rises [23]	Studio Ghibli	Hayao Miyazaki		Nominated

2014[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Big Hero 6[24]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Don Hall and Chris Williams		Won Academy Award
The Book of Life[24]	Reel FX Creative Studios	Jorge R. Gutierrez		Not nominated
The Boxtrolls[24]	Laika	Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi		Nominated
Cheatin'[24]	Plymptoons Studio	Bill Plympton		Not nominated
Giovanni's Island[24]	Production I.G	Mizuho Nishikubo		Not nominated
Henry & Me[24]	Reveal Animation Studios	Barrett Esposito		Not nominated
The Hero of Color City[24]	Exodus Film Group	Frank Gladstone		Not nominated
How to Train Your Dragon 2[24]	DreamWorks Animation	Dean DeBlois		Nominated
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart[24]	Duran EuropaCorp France 3 Cinéma	Stéphane Berla and Mathias Malzieu		Not nominated
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return[24]	Prana Studios	Will Finn and Dan St. Pierre		Not nominated
The Lego Movie[24]	Warner Animation Group Animal Logic	Phil Lord and Christopher Miller		Not nominated
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants[24]	Futurikon	Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo		Not nominated
Mr. Peabody & Sherman[24]	DreamWorks Animation	Rob Minkoff		Not nominated
The Nut Job[24]	Endgame Entertainment Open Road Films	Peter Lepeniotis		Not nominated
Penguins of Madagascar[24]	DreamWorks Animation	Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith		Not nominated
The Pirate Fairy[24]	Disneytoon Studios	Peggy Holmes		Not nominated
Planes: Fire & Rescue[24]	Disneytoon Studios	Roberts Gannaway		Not nominated
Rio 2[24]	Blue Sky Studios	Carlos Saldanha		Not nominated
Rocks in My Pockets[24]	Locomotive Productions	Signe Baumane		Not nominated
Song of the Sea[24]	Cartoon Saloon	Tomm Moore		Nominated
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya[24]	Studio Ghibli	Isao Takahata		Nominated

2015[]

Film	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Anomalisa	Charlie Kaufman Duke Johnson	HanWay Films Starburns Industries Snoot Films	United States	Nominated	[25]
The Boy and the Beast	Mamoru Hosoda	Studio Chizu	Japan	Not nominated
Boy and the World	Alê Abreu	Filme de Papel	Brazil	Nominated
The Good Dinosaur	Peter Sohn	Pixar Animation Studios	United States	Not nominated
Home	Tim Johnson	DreamWorks Animation	United States	Not nominated
Hotel Transylvania 2	Genndy Tartakovsky	Sony Pictures Animation	United States	Not nominated
Inside Out	Pete Docter	Pixar Animation Studios	United States	Won Academy Award
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet	Roger Allers	Ventanarosa	Canada France United States	Not nominated
The Laws of the Universe: Part 0	Isamu Imakake	HS Pictures Studio	Japan	Not nominated
Minions	Pierre Coffin Kyle Balda	Illumination	United States	Not nominated
Moomins on the Riviera	Xavier Picard	Handle Productions Pictak Cie Moomin Characters	Finland France	Not nominated
The Peanuts Movie	Steve Martino	Blue Sky Studios	United States	Not nominated
Regular Show: The Movie	J. G. Quintel	Cartoon Network Studios	United States	Not nominated
Shaun the Sheep Movie	Mark Burton Richard Starzak	Aardman Animations	United Kingdom	Nominated
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Paul Tibbit	Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures	United States	Not nominated
Un gallo con muchos huevos	Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste.	Huevocartoon Producciones Videocine	Mexico	Not nominated
When Marnie Was There	Hiromasa Yonebayashi	Studio Ghibli	Japan	Nominated

2016[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
The Angry Birds Movie[26]	Rovio Animation	Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly	|	Not nominated
April and the Extraordinary World[26]	StudioCanal	Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci		Not nominated
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero[26]	Barajoun Entertainment	Khurram H. Alavi and Ayman Jamal		Not nominated
Finding Dory[26]	Pixar Animation Studios	Andrew Stanton		Not nominated
Ice Age: Collision Course[26]	Blue Sky Studios	Mike Thurmeier		Not nominated
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV [26]	Visual Works Digic Pictures Image Engine	Takeshi Nozue		Not nominated
Kubo and the Two Strings[26]	Laika	Travis Knight		Nominated
Kung Fu Panda 3[26]	DreamWorks Animation	Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni		Not nominated
The Little Prince[26]	On Animation Studios Orange Studio LPPTV M6 Films	Mark Osborne		Not nominated
Long Way North[26]	Sacrebleu Productions Maybe Movies France 3 Cinéma 2 Minutes Nørlum	Rémi Chayé		Not nominated
Miss Hokusai[26]	Production I.G	Keiichi Hara		Not nominated
Moana[26]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Ron Clements and John Musker		Nominated
Monkey King: Hero Is Back[26]	Beijing Weiyingshidai Culture & Media Hengdian Chinese Film Production Co. October Animation Studio S&C Pictures	Tian Xiaopeng		Not nominated
Mune: Guardian of the Moon[26]	On Animation Studios Onyx Films Kinology Orange Studio	Alexandre Heboyan and Benoît Philippon		Not nominated
Mustafa and the Magician[26]	Pentamedia	V. Chandrasekaran		Not nominated
My Life as a Zucchini[26]	Rita Productions Blue Spirit Productions Gebeka Films KNM	Claude Barras	|	Nominated
Phantom Boy[26]	Folimage Lunanime France 3 Cinema Rhone-Alpes Cinema	Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol		Not nominated
The Red Turtle[26]	Wild Bunch Studio Ghibli	Michaël Dudok de Wit		Nominated
Sausage Party[26]	Annapurna Pictures Point Grey Pictures Nitrogen Studios	Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan		Not nominated
The Secret Life of Pets[26]	Illumination Entertainment	Chris Renaud		Not nominated
Sing[26]	Illumination Entertainment	Garth Jennings		Not nominated
Snowtime![26]	CarpeDiem Film & TV Singing Frog Studio	Jean-François Pouliot		Not nominated
Storks[26]	Warner Animation Group	Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland		Not nominated
Trolls[26]	DreamWorks Animation	Mike Mitchell		Not nominated
25 April[26]	Unknown	Leanne Pooley		Not nominated
Your Name[26]	CoMix Wave Films	Makoto Shinkai		Not nominated
Zootopia[26]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Byron Howard and Rich Moore		Won Academy Award

2017[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales...[27]	Folivari Panique! Production	Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert		Not nominated
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children[27]	ZircoZine Basque Films Abrakam Estudio La Competencia Producciones Studio 4°C	Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero		Not nominated
The Boss Baby[27]	DreamWorks Animation	Tom McGrath		Nominated
The Breadwinner[27]	Cartoon Saloon	Nora Twomey		Nominated
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie[27]	DreamWorks Animation	David Soren		Not nominated
Cars 3[27]	Pixar Animation Studios	Brian Fee		Not nominated
Cinderella the Cat[27]	Rai Cinema	Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri and Dario Sansone		Not nominated
Coco[27]	Pixar Animation Studios	Lee Unkrich		Won Academy Award
Despicable Me 3[27]	Illumination	Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda		Not nominated
The Emoji Movie[27]	Sony Pictures Animation	Tony Leondis		Not nominated
Ethel & Ernest[27]	Lupus Films Cloth Cat Animation	Roger Mainwood		Not nominated
Ferdinand[27]	Blue Sky Studios	Carlos Saldanha		Nominated
The Girl Without Hands[27]	Les Films Sauvages Les Films Pelléas	Sébastien Laudenbach		Not nominated
In This Corner of the World[27]	MAPPA	Sunao Katabuchi		Not nominated
The Lego Batman Movie[27]	Warner Animation Group	Chris McKay		Not nominated
The Lego Ninjago Movie[27]	Warner Animation Group	Charlie Bean, Paul Fisher and Bob Logan		Not nominated
Loving Vincent[27]	BreakThru Productions Trademark Films	Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman		Nominated
Mary and the Witch's Flower[27]	Studio Ponoc	Hiromasa Yonebayashi		Not nominated
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland[27]	Oy Filmkompaniet Alpha Ab Animoon	Ira Carpelan and Jakub Wronski		Not nominated
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea[27]	Washington Square Films Electric Chinoland Low Spark Films	Dash Shaw		Not nominated
Napping Princess[27]	Signal.MD	Kenji Kamiyama		Not nominated
A Silent Voice[27]	Kyoto Animation	Naoko Yamada		Not nominated
Smurfs: The Lost Village[27]	Sony Pictures Animation The Kerner Entertainment Company	Kelly Asbury		Not nominated
The Star[27]	Sony Pictures Animation The Jim Henson Company	Timothy Reckart		Not nominated
Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale[27]	A-1 Pictures	Tomohiko Itō		Not nominated
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming[27]	Stickgirl Productions	Ann Marie Fleming		Not nominated

2018[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Ana y Bruno[28]	Discreet Arts Productions	Carlos Carrera		Not nominated
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch[28]	Illumination	Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney		Not nominated
Early Man[28]	Aardman Animations	Nick Park		Not nominated
Fireworks[28]	Shaft	Akiyuki Shinbō		Not nominated
Have a Nice Day[28]	Nezha Bros. Pictures Le-joy Animation Studio	Liu Jian		Not nominated
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation[28]	Sony Pictures Animation	Genndy Tartakovsky		Not nominated
Incredibles 2[28]	Pixar Animation Studios	Brad Bird		Nominated
Isle of Dogs[28]	Indian Paintbrush American Empirical Pictures	Wes Anderson		Nominated
The Laws of the Universe: Part 1[28]	HS Pictures Studio	Isamu Imakake		Not nominated
Liz and the Blue Bird[28]	Kyoto Animation	Naoko Yamada		Not nominated
Lu Over the Wall [28]	Science Saru	Masaaki Yuasa		Not nominated
MFKZ[28]	Ankama Animations Studio 4°C	Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume "Run" Renard		Not nominated
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms[28]	P.A.Works	Mari Okada		Not nominated
Mirai[28]	Studio Chizu	Mamoru Hosoda		Nominated
Night Is Short, Walk on Girl[28]	Science Saru	Masaaki Yuasa		Not nominated
On Happiness Road[28]	Ifilm	Hsin Yin Sung		Not nominated
Ralph Breaks the Internet[28]	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Rich Moore and Phil Johnston		Nominated
Ruben Brandt, Collector[28]	Mozinet	Milorad Krstić		Not nominated
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero[28]	Fun Academy Motion Pictures Mikros Image	Richard Lanni		Not nominated
Sherlock Gnomes[28]	Paramount Animation Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Rocket Pictures	John Stevenson		Not nominated
Smallfoot[28]	Warner Animation Group	Karey Kirkpatrick		Not nominated
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse[28]	Sony Pictures Animation Marvel Entertainment	Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman		Won Academy Award
Tall Tales[28]	France 3 Onyx Films	Antoon Krings and Arnaud Bouron		Not nominated
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies[28]	Warner Bros. Animation DC Entertainment	Peter Rida Michail and Aaron Horvath		Not nominated
Tito and the Birds[28]	Bits Produções	Gustavo Steinberg, André Catoto and Gabriel Bitar		Not nominated

2019[]

Film	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Abominable	Jill Culton	DreamWorks Animation Pearl Studio	United States China	Not nominated	[29]
The Addams Family	Conrad Vernon Greg Tiernan	Nitrogen Studios	United States	Not nominated
The Angry Birds Movie 2	Thurop Van Orman	Rovio Animation Sony Pictures Animation	Finland United States	Not nominated
Another Day of Life	Raúl de la Fuente Damian Nenow	Platige Image	Poland Spain Belgium Germany Hungary	Not nominated
Away	Gints Zilbalodis	Bilibaba	Latvia	Not nominated
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles	Salvador Simó Busom	Sygnatia	Spain	Not nominated
Children of the Sea	Ayumu Watanabe	Studio 4 °C	Japan	Not nominated
Dilili in Paris	Michel Ocelot	Wild Bunch Mac Guff	France Germany Belgium	Not nominated
Frozen II	Chris Buck Jennifer Lee	Walt Disney Animation Studios	United States	Not nominated
Funan	Denis Do	Bac Films	France Luxembourg Belgium	Not nominated
Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Primal’ – Tales of Savagery	Genndy Tartakovsky	Cartoon Network Studios Williams Street	United States	Not nominated
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Dean DeBlois	DreamWorks Animation	United States	Nominated
I Lost My Body	Jérémy Clapin	Xilam		Nominated
Klaus	Sergio Pablos	Sergio Pablos Animation Studios Atresmedia Cine Aniventure		Nominated
The Last Fiction	Ashkan Rahgozar	Hoorakhsh Studio	Iran	Not nominated
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part	Mike Mitchell	Warner Animation Group Lego System A/S Animal Logic		Not nominated
Marona's Fantastic Tale	Anca Damian	Aparte Film		Not nominated
Missing Link	Chris Butler	Annapurna Pictures Laika		Nominated
Ne Zha	Jiaozi	Chengdu Coco Cartoon		Not nominated
Okko's Inn	Kitaro Kosaka	DLE Madhouse		Not nominated
Pachamama	Juan Antin	Folivari O2B Films Doghouse Films		Not nominated
Promare	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Trigger XFLAG Sanzigen		Not nominated
Rezo	Levan Gabriadze	Bazelevs Production		Not nominated
The Secret Life of Pets 2	Chris Renaud	Illumination		Not nominated
Spies in Disguise	Nick Bruno Troy Quane	Blue Sky Studios		Not nominated
The Swallows of Kabul	Zabou Breitman Eléa Gobé Mévellec	Les Armateurs		Not nominated
This Magnificent Cake!	Emma De Swaef Marc James Roels	Beast Animation Vivement Lundi Pedri Animation		Not nominated
The Tower	Mats Grorud	Tenk.tv Les Contes Modernes Cinenic Film	Norway	Not nominated
Toy Story 4	Josh Cooley	Pixar Animation Studios	United States	Won Academy Award
Upin & Ipin: The Lone Gibbon Kris	Adam B Amiruddin Syed Nurfaiz Khalid B Syed Ibrahim Ahmad Razuri B Roseli	Les' Copaque Production	Malaysia	Not nominated
Weathering With You	Makoto Shinkai	CoMix Wave Films Story Inc.	Japan	Not nominated
White Snake	Amp Wong Zhao Ji	Light Chaser Animation	China	Not nominated

2020s[]

2020[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus	Kaos	Dalibor Barić		Not nominated	[30]
Bombay Rose	Cinestaan Film Company Netflix	Gitanjali Rao		Not nominated
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary	Maybe Movies vNoerlum Studios	Rémi Chayé		Not nominated
The Croods: A New Age	DreamWorks Animation	Joel Crawford		Not nominated
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train	Ufotable Toho Aniplex	Haruo Sotozaki		Not nominated
Dreambuilders	First Lady Film	Kim Hagen Jensen		Not nominated
Earwig and the Witch	Studio Ghibli NHK Enterprises	Gorō Miyazaki		Not nominated
Kill It and Leave This Town	Bombonierka	Mariusz Wilczynski		Not nominated
Lupin III: The First	TMS Entertainment Marza Animation Planet Toho	Takashi Yamazaki		Not nominated
Mosley	Huhu Studios China Film Animation	Kirby Atkins		Not nominated
My Favorite War	Bivrost Film Ego Media	Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen		Not nominated
The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks	School-Studio "Shar"	Andrei Khrzhanovsky		Not nominated
No.7 Cherry Lane	Far Sun Film Co. Ltd.	Yonfan		Not nominated
On-Gaku: Our Sound	Rock’n Roll Mountain Tip Top	Kenji Iwaisawa		Not nominated
Onward	Pixar Animation Studios	Dan Scanlon		Nominated
Over the Moon	Netflix Animation Pearl Studio Sony Pictures Imageworks Glen Keane Productions	Glen Keane		Nominated
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs	Locus Corporation	Sung-ho Hong		Not nominated
Ride Your Wave	Science Saru Toho	Masaaki Yuasa		Not nominated
Scoob!	Warner Animation Group Atlas Entertainment 1492 Pictures	Tony Cervone		Not nominated
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon	Aardman Animations Creative Europe MEDIA Anton Capital Entertainment	Richard Phelan Will Becher		Nominated
Soul	Pixar Animation Studios	Pete Docter		Won Academy Award
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run[20][N 4]	Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Movies United Plankton Pictures MRC	Tim Hill		Withdrawn
Terra Willy	TAT Productions	Éric Tosti		Not nominated
Trolls World Tour	DreamWorks Animation	Walt Dohrn		Not nominated
A Whisker Away	Studio Colorido Toho Animation Twin Engine	Junichi Sato Tomotaka Shibayama		Not nominated
The Willoughbys	Netflix Animation Bron Animation Creative Wealth Media	Kris Pearn		Not nominated
Wolfwalkers	Cartoon Saloon Mélusine	Tomm Moore Ross Stewart		Nominated

2021[]

Film	Studio(s)	Director(s)	Country	Result	Ref.
The Addams Family 2	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bron Creative Cinesite Studios Nitrogen Studios The Jackal Group Glickmania	Greg Tiernan Conrad Vernon	United States	TBA	[31]
The Ape Star	Lee Film	Linda Hambäck	Sweden  Norway  Denmark	TBA
Back to the Outback	Netflix Animation Reel FX Animation Studios Weed Road Pictures	Clare Knight Harry Cripps	Australia  United States	TBA
Belle	Studio Chizu	Mamoru Hosoda	Japan	TBA
Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People		Cesar Cabral	Brazil	TBA
The Boss Baby: Family Business	DreamWorks Animation	Tom McGrath	United States	TBA
Cryptozoo	Fit Via Fi Electro Chinoland Washington Square Films Low Spark Films Cinereach	Dash Shaw	United States	TBA
Encanto	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Byron Howard Jared Bush	United States	TBA
Flee	Vice Studios Sun Creature Studio Danish Film Institute	Jonas Poher Rasmussen	Denmark  Norway  Sweden  France  United Kingdom  United States	TBA
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko	Studio 4°C	Ayumu Watanabe	Japan	TBA
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Bones	Kotaro Tamura	Japan	TBA
The Laws of the Universe – The Age of Elohim	HS Pictures Studio	Isamu Imakake	Japan	TBA
Luca	Pixar Animation Studios	Enrico Casarosa	United States	TBA
The Mitchells vs. the Machines	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Lord Miller Productions One Cool Films	Mike Rianda	United States	TBA
My Sunny Maad	Negativ Film Sacrebleu Productions	Michaela Pavlátová	Czech Republic  France  Slovakia	TBA
PAW Patrol: The Movie	Spin Master Entertainment Mikros Image Nickelodeon Movies	Cal Brunker	Canada  United States	TBA
Pompo the Cinephile	Kadokawa Productions	Takayuki Hirao	Japan	TBA
Poupelle of Chimney Town	Studio 4°C Yoshimoto Kogyo Company	Yusuke Hirota	Japan	TBA
Raya and the Last Dragon	Walt Disney Animation Studios	Don Hall Carlos López Estrada	United States	TBA
Ron's Gone Wrong	DNEG TSG Entertainment Locksmith Animation 20th Century Animation	Sarah Smith Jean-Philippe Vine	United Kingdom  United States	TBA
Sing 2	Illumination	Garth Jennings	United States	TBA
The Spine of Night	Gorgonaut Reno Productions	Philip Gelatt Morgan Galen King	United States	TBA
Spirit Untamed	DreamWorks Animation	Elaine Bogan	United States	TBA
The Summit of the Gods	Folivari Mélusine Productions	Patrick Imbert	France  Luxembourg	TBA
Vivo	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation One Cool Films Laurence Mark Productions	Kirk DeMicco	United States	TBA
Wish Dragon	Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Beijing Sparkle Roll Media Corporation Tencent Pictures Base FX	Chris Appelhans	China  United States	TBA

See also[]

• Submissions for Best Animated Short Academy Award
• Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
• Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Notes[]

References[]