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A visual history · Oscars

The winners who defined Animated Feature.

24 ceremonies, 2002–2025. 24 different winners.

Who won most recently?
Flow in 2025.
  1. FlowBaltic Content Media
  2. The Boy and the HeronToho
  3. Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioNetflix
  4. EncantoWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  5. SoulWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  6. Toy Story 4Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Years explored
2002–2025
Different winners
24
Category leader
No leader
About this record

Best Animated Feature was first awarded in 2002, so it does not run the full 1929–2025 window.

2002–2025

24 ceremonies

20022025

01 / The reigns

24 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2002–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited distributor.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Shrek'02
Spirited Away'03
Finding Nemo'04
The Incredibles'05
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'06
Happy Feet'07
Ratatouille'08
WALL-E'09
Up'10
Toy Story 3'11
Rango'12
Brave'13
Frozen'14
Big Hero 6'15
Inside Out'16
Zootopia'17
Coco'18
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'19
Toy Story 4'20
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 distributor credits with 15 wins, 2002–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Disney15 wins
Toho2 wins
Universal2 wins
Baltic Content Media1 win
Netflix1 win
Paramount1 win
Wins by distributor
  1. Disney1563%
  2. Toho28%
  3. Universal28%
  4. Baltic Content Media14%
  5. Netflix14%
  6. Paramount14%
  7. Other28%

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2002–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerDistributor
2025Flow
beat 4 others
  • Inside Out 2
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
  • The Wild Robot
Baltic Content Media
2024The Boy and the Heron
beat 4 others
  • Elemental
  • Nimona
  • Robot Dreams
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Toho
2023Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
beat 4 others
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
  • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  • The Sea Beast
  • Turning Red
Netflix
2022Encanto
beat 4 others
  • Flee
  • Luca
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines
  • Raya and the Last Dragon
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2021Soul
beat 4 others
  • Onward
  • Over the Moon
  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
  • Wolfwalkers
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2020Toy Story 4
beat 4 others
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
  • I Lost My Body
  • Klaus
  • Missing Link
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2019Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
beat 4 others
  • Incredibles 2
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Mirai
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
Sony Pictures Releasing
2018Coco
beat 4 others
  • The Boss Baby
  • The Breadwinner
  • Ferdinand
  • Loving Vincent
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2017Zootopia
beat 4 others
  • Kubo and the Two Strings
  • Moana
  • My Life as a Courgette
  • The Red Turtle
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2016Inside Out
beat 4 others
  • Anomalisa
  • Boy and the World
  • Shaun the Sheep Movie
  • When Marnie Was There
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2015Big Hero 6
beat 4 others
  • The Boxtrolls
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • Song of the Sea
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2014Frozen
beat 4 others
  • The Croods
  • Despicable Me 2
  • Ernest & Celestine
  • The Wind Rises
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2013Brave
beat 4 others
  • Frankenweenie
  • ParaNorman
  • The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
  • Wreck-It Ralph
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2012Rango
beat 4 others
  • A Cat in Paris
  • Chico and Rita
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Puss in Boots
Paramount Pictures
2011Toy Story 3
beat 2 others
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2010Up
beat 4 others
  • Coraline
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Princess and the Frog
  • The Secret of Kells
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2009WALL-E
beat 2 others
  • Bolt
  • Kung Fu Panda
Walt Disney Pictures
2008Ratatouille
beat 2 others
  • Persepolis
  • Surf's Up
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
2007Happy Feet
beat 2 others
  • Cars
  • Monster House
Warner Bros. Pictures
2006Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
beat 2 others
  • Corpse Bride
  • Howl's Moving Castle
DreamWorks Pictures
2005The Incredibles
beat 2 others
  • Shark Tale
  • Shrek 2
Walt Disney Pictures
2004Finding Nemo
beat 2 others
  • Brother Bear
  • The Triplets of Belleville
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
2003Spirited Away
beat 4 others
  • Ice Age
  • Lilo & Stitch
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
  • Treasure Planet
Toho
2002Shrek
beat 2 others
  • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
  • Monsters, Inc.
DreamWorks Pictures