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A visual history · Golden Globes

The winners who defined Animated Feature.

19 ceremonies, 2007–2025. 19 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Flow in 2025.
  1. FlowJanus Films
  2. The Boy and the HeronGKIDS
  3. Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioNetflix
  4. EncantoWalt Disney Studios
  5. SoulWalt Disney Studios
  6. Missing LinkUnited Artists Releasing
Years explored
2007–2025
Different winners
19
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Animated Feature Film was first awarded in 2007, so it does not run the full 1944–2025 window.

The HFPA announced the category in 2006 and handed it out for the first time at the January 2007 ceremony, for the 2006 film year.

2007–2025

19 ceremonies

20072025

01 / The reigns

19 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2007–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited network / distributor.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by network / distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Cars'07
Ratatouille'08
WALL-E'09
Up'10
Toy Story 3'11
The Adventures of Tintin'12
Brave'13
Frozen'14
How to Train Your Dragon 2'15
Inside Out'16
Zootopia'17
Coco'18
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'19
Missing Link'20
Soul'21
Encanto'22
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio'23
The Boy and the Heron'24
Flow'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Disney leads the recorded network / distributor credits with 12 wins, 2007–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Disney12 wins
20th Century1 win
GKIDS1 win
Janus Films1 win
Netflix1 win
Paramount1 win
Wins by network / distributor
  1. Disney1263%
  2. 20th Century15%
  3. GKIDS15%
  4. Janus Films15%
  5. Netflix15%
  6. Paramount15%
  7. Other211%

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2007–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerNetwork / Distributor
2025Flow
beat 5 others
  • Inside Out 2
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Moana 2
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • The Wild Robot
Janus Films
2024The Boy and the Heron
beat 5 others
  • Elemental
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  • Suzume
  • Wish
GKIDS
2023Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
beat 4 others
  • Inu-Oh
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • Turning Red
Netflix
2022Encanto
beat 4 others
  • Flee
  • Luca
  • My Sunny Maad
  • Raya and the Last Dragon
Walt Disney Studios
2021Soul
beat 4 others
  • The Croods: A New Age
  • Onward
  • Over the Moon
  • Wolfwalkers
Walt Disney Studios
2020Missing Link
beat 4 others
  • Frozen 2
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
  • The Lion King
  • Toy Story 4
United Artists Releasing
2019Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
beat 4 others
  • Incredibles 2
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Mirai
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
Columbia/Sony
2018Coco
beat 4 others
  • The Boss Baby
  • The Breadwinner
  • Ferdinand
  • Loving Vincent
Walt Disney Studios
2017Zootopia
beat 4 others
  • Kubo and the Two Strings
  • Moana
  • My Life as a Zucchini
  • Sing
Walt Disney Studios
2016Inside Out
beat 4 others
  • Anomalisa
  • The Good Dinosaur
  • The Peanuts Movie
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie
Walt Disney Studios
2015How to Train Your Dragon 2
beat 4 others
  • Big Hero 6
  • The Book of Life
  • The Boxtrolls
  • The Lego Movie
20th Century Fox
2014Frozen
beat 2 others
  • The Croods
  • Despicable Me 2
Walt Disney Studios
2013Brave
beat 4 others
  • Frankenweenie
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • Rise of the Guardians
  • Wreck-It Ralph
Walt Disney Studios
2012The Adventures of Tintin
beat 4 others
  • Arthur Christmas
  • Cars 2
  • Puss in Boots
  • Rango
Paramount
2011Toy Story 3
beat 4 others
  • Despicable Me
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist
  • Tangled
Walt Disney Studios
2010Up
beat 4 others
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
  • Coraline
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Studios
2009WALL-E
beat 2 others
  • Bolt
  • Kung Fu Panda
Walt Disney Studios
2008Ratatouille
beat 2 others
  • Bee Movie
  • The Simpsons Movie
Buena Vista
2007Cars
beat 2 others
  • Happy Feet
  • Monster House
Buena Vista