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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Award given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association
Award given by the Broadcast Film Critics Association
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature |
| awarded_for | Best animated feature film of the year |
| sponsor | Broadcast Film Critics Association |
| date | Annually |
| country | United States |
| year | 1998 |
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. The category returned to the main show in 2021.
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| *Toy Story 2* | John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, and Ash Brannon |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| *Chicken Run* | Peter Lord and Nick Park | |
| Dinosaur | Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton | |
| The Emperor's New Groove | Mark Dindal | |
| *Shrek* | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | |
| Monsters, Inc. | Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich, and David Silverman | |
| Waking Life | Richard Linklater | |
| *Spirited Away* | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Ice Age | Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha | |
| Lilo & Stitch | Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois | |
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook | |
| *Finding Nemo* | Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich | |
| Brother Bear | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | |
| The Triplets of Belleville | Sylvain Chomet | |
| *The Incredibles* | Brad Bird | |
| The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis | |
| Shrek 2 | Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon | |
| *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 | |
| *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 | |
| *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 | |
| *WALL-E* | Andrew Stanton | |
| 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 | |
| *Up* | Pete Docter and Bob Peterson | |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| *Toy Story 3* | Lee Unkrich | |
| 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 | |
| *Rango* | Gore Verbinski | |
| The Adventures of Tintin | Steven Spielberg | |
| Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith | |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson | |
| Puss in Boots | Chris Miller | |
| *Wreck-It Ralph* | Rich Moore | |
| 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 | |
| *Frozen* | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | |
| The Croods | Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders | |
| Despicable Me 2 | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud | |
| Monsters University | Dan Scanlon | |
| The Wind Rises | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| *The Lego Movie* | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | |
| 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 | |
| *Inside Out* | Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen | |
| 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 | |
| *Zootopia* | Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush | |
| 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 | |
| *Coco* | Lee Unkrich | |
| 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 | |
| *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman | |
| The Grinch | Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney | |
| Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird | |
| Isle of Dogs | Wes Anderson | |
| Mirai | Mamoru Hosoda | |
| Ralph Breaks the Internet | Rich Moore and Phil Johnston | |
| *Toy Story 4* | Josh Cooley | |
| Abominable | Jill Culton | |
| Frozen 2 | Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | |
| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Dean DeBlois | |
| I Lost My Body | ||
| Missing Link | Chris Butler |
2020s
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| *Soul* | Pete Docter | |
| 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 | |
| *The Mitchells vs. the Machines* | Mike Rianda | |
| Flee | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | |
| Luca | Enrico Casarosa | |
| Encanto | Jared Bush and Byron Howard | |
| Raya and the Last Dragon | Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada | |
| *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 | |
| *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 | |
| *The Wild Robot* | Chris Sanders | |
| Flow | Gints Zilbalodis | |
| Inside Out 2 | Kelsey Mann | |
| Memoir of a Snail | Adam Elliot | |
| Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham | |
| *KPop Demon Hunters* | Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans | |
| Arco | Ugo Bienvenu | |
| Elio | Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi and Adrian Molina | |
| In Your Dreams | Alex Woo | |
| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain | Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han | |
| Zootopia 2 | Jared Bush and Byron Howard |
References
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