List of animated feature films nominated for Academy Awards
This page highlights the animated feature films nominated for or won Academy Awards aside from the Best Animated Feature category.
Feature film categories
Best Picture
Animated feature films were nominated for Best Picture in only three cases: 1991, 2009 and 2010. Beauty and the Beast is the only animated-feature film Best Picture nominee before the inception of Best Animated Feature and in the five-nominee format. Up and Toy Story 3 were both nominated after the inception of the animated feature category and in the expanded ten-nominee format.
Best International Feature Film
Only two animated films have been nominated in the Best International Feature Film category.
Best Documentary Feature
Only one animated film has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category.
Writing (screenplay) categories
Best Original Screenplay
All films are distributed/produced by Disney/Pixar.
Year
Film
Award Recipient(s)
Result
1995 (68th)
Toy Story
Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon , Joel Cohen , Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Joe Ranft (story)
Nominated
2003 (76th)
Finding Nemo
Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Bob Peterson , David Reynolds (screenplay)
Nominated
2004 (77th)
The Incredibles
Brad Bird
Nominated
2007 (80th)
Ratatouille
Brad Bird (screenplay and story), Jan Pinkava , Jim Capobianco (story)
Nominated
2008 (81st)
WALL-E
Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story)
Nominated
2009 (82nd)
Up
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Tom McCarthy (story)
Nominated
2015 (88th)
Inside Out
Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Meg LeFauve , Josh Cooley (screenplay), Ronnie del Carmen (story)
Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay
Music categories
Best Original Score
Year
Film
Award Recipient(s)
Studio
Result
1937 (10th)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline , head of department (Score by Frank Churchill , Harline and Paul Smith )
Disney
Nominated
1939 (12th)
Gulliver's Travels
Victor Young
Fleischer Studios
Nominated
1940 (13th)
Pinocchio
Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith (composers); Ned Washington (lyricist)
Disney
Won
1941 (14th)
Dumbo
Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace
Won
1942 (15th)
Bambi
Frank Churchill, Edward H. Plumb
Nominated
1950 (23rd)
Cinderella
Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith
Nominated
1951 (24th)
Alice in Wonderland
Oliver Wallace
Nominated
1959 (32nd)
Sleeping Beauty
George Bruns
Nominated
1963 (36th)
The Sword in the Stone
George Bruns
Nominated
1970 (43rd)
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
music by Rod McKuen , John Scott Trotter ; lyrics by Rod McKuen , Bill Melendez ; Al Shean ; adaptation score by Vince Guaraldi
Cinema Center Films , Lee Mendelson Films , Melendez Features , United Feature Syndicate
Nominated
1989 (62nd)
The Little Mermaid
Alan Menken
Disney
Won
1991 (64th)
Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken
Won
1992 (65th)
Aladdin
Alan Menken
Won
1994 (67th)
The Lion King
Hans Zimmer
Won
1995 (68th)
Pocahontas
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz ; Orchestral Score by Menken
Won
Toy Story
Randy Newman
Disney, Pixar
Nominated
1996 (69th)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestra Score by Menken
Disney
Nominated
1997 (70th)
Anastasia
Music by Stephen Flaherty ; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens ; Orchestral Score by David Newman
20th Century Fox Animation , Fox Animation Studios
Nominated
1998 (71st)
A Bug's Life
Randy Newman
Disney, Pixar
Nominated
Mulan
Music by Matthew Wilder ; Lyrics by David Zippel ; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Disney
Nominated
The Prince of Egypt
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
DreamWorks Animation
Nominated
2001 (74th)
Monsters, Inc.
Randy Newman
Disney, Pixar
Nominated
2003 (76th)
Finding Nemo
Thomas Newman
Nominated
2007 (80th)
Ratatouille
Michael Giacchino
Nominated
2008 (81st)
WALL-E
Thomas Newman
Nominated
2009 (82nd)
Up
Michael Giacchino
Won
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Alexandre Desplat
20th Century Fox Animation , Indian Paintbrush , Regency Enterprises, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Dune Entertainment
Nominated
2010 (83rd)
How to Train Your Dragon
John Powell
DreamWorks Animation
Nominated
2011 (84th)
The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams
Nickelodeon Movies , Amblin Entertainment , The Kennedy/Marshall Company , WingNut Films , Hemisphere Media Capital
Nominated
2018 (91st)
Isle of Dogs
Alexandre Desplat
20th Century Fox Animation , Indian Paintbrush , American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Babelsberg
Nominated
2020 (93rd)
Soul
Trent Reznor , Atticus Ross , Jon Batiste
Disney, Pixar
Won
2021 (94th)
Encanto
Germaine Franco
Disney
Nominated
Best Original Song
Since the category's inception in 1934 , twelve animated films have won this music category, with Disney winning eleven (three with Pixar), and DreamWorks winning one. Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994) both had three nominations in this category, the first and second films to do so.
Wet Blanket Policy , a 1948 Woody Woodpecker short cartoon, was also nominated for Best Original Song. "The Woody Woodpecker" song was written by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriess and was nominated for the 21st Academy Awards (21st) . It is the only animated short subject to be nominated in a traditionally feature film category.
In addition of outside of Disney and Pixar theatrical films, The Prince of Egypt (1998) marks their first time and is the only film for DreamWorks Animation to win an award category as of 2023.
Year
Film
Song/Award Recipient(s)
Studio
Result
1939 (12th)
Gulliver's Travels
"Faithful/Forever" Ralph Rainger (Music), Leo Robin (Lyric)
Fleischer Studios
Nominated
1940 (13th)
Pinocchio
"When You Wish Upon a Star " Leigh Harline (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric)
Disney
Won
1941 (14th)
Dumbo
"Baby Mine " Frank Churchill (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric)
Nominated
1942 (15th)
Bambi
"Love Is a Song" Frank Churchill (Music), Larry Morey (Lyric)
Nominated
1950 (23rd)
Cinderella
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo "" Mack David , Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
Nominated
1967 (40th)
The Jungle Book
"The Bare Necessities "" Terry Gilkyson
Nominated
1973 (46th)
Robin Hood
"Love " George Bruns (Music), Floyd Huddleston (Lyric)
Nominated
1977 (50th)
The Rescuers
"Someone's Waiting for You" Sammy Fain (Music), Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins (Lyric)
Nominated
1986 (59th)
An American Tail
"Somewhere Out There " James Horner and Barry Mann (Music), Cynthia Weil (Lyric)
Sullivan Bluth Studios , Amblin Entertainment
Nominated
1989 (62nd)
The Little Mermaid
"Under the Sea " Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Disney
Won
"Kiss the Girl " Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1991 (64th)
Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast " Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Won
"Be Our Guest " Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
"Belle " Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1992 (65th)
Aladdin
"A Whole New World " Alan Menken (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
"Friend Like Me " Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyric)
Nominated
1994 (67th)
The Lion King
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight " Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Won
"Circle of Life " Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Nominated
"Hakuna Matata " Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyric)
Nominated
1995 (68th)
Pocahontas
"Colors of the Wind " Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Won
Toy Story
"You've Got a Friend in Me " Randy Newman
Disney, Pixar
Nominated
1997 (70th)
Hercules
"Go the Distance " Alan Menken (Music), David Zippel (Lyric)
Disney
Nominated
Anastasia
"Journey to the Past " Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyric)
20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios
Nominated
1998 (71st)
The Prince of Egypt
"When You Believe " Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics)
DreamWorks Animation
Won
Quest for Camelot
"The Prayer " David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager (Music), David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager and Alberto Testa (Lyric)
Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Nominated
1999 (72nd)
Tarzan
"You'll Be in My Heart " Phil Collins (Music and Lyrics)
Disney
Won
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
"Blame Canada " Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyric)
Comedy Central Films , Scott Rudin Productions , Braniff Productions
Nominated
Toy Story 2
"When She Loved Me " Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, Pixar
Nominated
2000 (73rd)
The Emperor's New Groove
"My Funny Friend and Me " David Hartley and Sting (Music), Sting (Lyric)
Disney
Nominated
2001 (74th)
Monsters, Inc.
"If I Didn't Have You " Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, Pixar
Won
2002 (75th)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
"Father and Daughter " Paul Simon (Music and Lyric)
Nickelodeon Movies , Klasky Csupo
Nominated
2003 (76th)
The Triplets of Belleville
"Belleville Rendez-Vous " Benoît Charest (Music), Sylvain Chomet (Lyric)
Les Armateurs , Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma
Nominated
2004 (77th)
Shrek 2
"Accidentally in Love " Jim Bogios , David Bryson , Adam Duritz , Charlie Gillingham , David Immerglück and Matthew Malley (Music), Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey (Lyric)
DreamWorks Animation
Nominated
The Polar Express
"Believe " Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri (Music and Lyric)
Castle Rock Entertainment , Shangri-La Entertainment , ImageMovers
Nominated
2006 (79th)
Cars
"Our Town " Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, Pixar
Nominated
2008 (81st)
WALL-E
"Down to Earth " Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (Music), Peter Gabriel (Lyric)
Nominated
2009 (82nd)
The Princess and the Frog
"Almost There " Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney
Nominated
"Down in New Orleans " Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
2010 (83rd)
Toy Story 3
"We Belong Together " Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Disney, Pixar
Won
Tangled
"I See the Light " Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyric)
Disney
Nominated
2011 (84th)
Rio
"Real in Rio" Carlinhos Brown and Sérgio Mendes (Music), Siedah Garrett (Lyric)
Blue Sky Studios , 20th Century Fox Animation
Nominated
2013 (86th)
Frozen
"Let It Go " Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Music and Lyric)
Disney
Won
Despicable Me 2
"Happy " Pharrell Williams (Music and Lyric)
Illumination Entertainment
Nominated
2014 (87th)
The Lego Movie
"Everything Is Awesome " Shawn Patterson (Music and Lyric)
Village Roadshow Pictures , Lego System A/S , Vertigo Entertainment , Warner Animation Group
Nominated
2016 (89th)
Trolls
"Can't Stop the Feeling! " Justin Timberlake , Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster (Music and Lyric)
DreamWorks Animation
Nominated
Moana
"How Far I'll Go " Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyric)
Disney
Nominated
2017 (90th)
Coco
"Remember Me " Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez (Music and Lyric)
Disney, Pixar
Won
2019 (92nd)
Toy Story 4
"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" Randy Newman (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
Frozen II
"Into the Unknown " Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Music and Lyric)
Disney
Nominated
2021 (94th)
Encanto
"Dos Oruguitas " Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
Sound categories
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound
Visual Effects
With the nomination of The Lion King in 2019, three animated films are nominated for Best Visual Effects .
Year
Film
Award Recipient(s)
Studio
Result
1993 (66th)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Pete Kozachik, Eric Leighton, Ariel Velasco Shaw and Gordon Baker
Disney, Skellington Productions
Nominated
2016 (89th)
Kubo and the Two Strings
Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff
Laika , Focus Features
Nominated
2019 (92nd)
The Lion King
Robert Legato, Adam Veldez, Andrew R. Jones, and Elliot Newman
Disney
Nominated
Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Awards
Honorary Awards and Special Achievement Award are given to celebrate noted achievements in motion picture arts.
Honorary Awards
A handful of the honorary award recipients are awarded in their achievements in animated feature films.
Special Achievement Awards
Live-action/animated films
Live-action animated film blends various traditional animation or computer animation in live action films.
Competitive awards
Year
Film
Category
Award Recipient(s)
Result
1943 (16th)
Saludos Amigos
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Edward H. Plumb , Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott
Nominated
Best Song
"Saludos Amigos" Charles Wolcott (Music), Ned Washington (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Sound Recording
C. O. Slyfield , Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
Nominated
Victory Through Air Power
Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Oliver Wallace
Nominated
1945 (18th)
Anchors Aweigh
Best Motion Picture
Joe Pasternak
Nominated
Best Actor
Gene Kelly
Nominated
Best Cinematography, Color
Robert Planck and Charles P. Boyle
Nominated
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Georgie Stoll
Won
Best Song
"I Fall in Love Too Easily " Jule Styne (Music), Sammy Cahn (Lyric)
Nominated
The Three Caballeros
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott
Nominated
Best Sound Recording
C. O. Slyfield , Walt Disney Studio Sound Department
Nominated
1947 (20th)
Song of the South
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Daniele Amfitheatrof , Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott
Nominated
Best Song
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah "Allie Wrubel (Music), Ray Gilbert (Lyric)
Won
1948 (22nd)
So Dear to My Heart
Best Song
"Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly) " Eliot Daniel (Music), Larry Morey (Lyric)
Nominated
1964 (37th)
Mary Poppins
Best Picture
Walt Disney and Bill Walsh
Nominated
Best Director
Robert Stevenson
Nominated
Best Actress
Julie Andrews
Won
Best Screenplay - Based on Material from Another Medium
Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi
Nominated
Best Art Direction, Color
Carroll Clark and William H. Tuntke (Art Direction), Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman (Set Decoration)
Nominated
Best Cinematography, Color
Edward Colman
Nominated
Best Costume Design, Color
Tony Walton
Nominated
Best Film Editing
Cotton Warburton
Won
Best Original Song
"Chim Chim Cher-ee " Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (Music and Lyric)
Won
Best Music Score - Substantially Original
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Won
Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment
Irwin Kostal
Nominated
Best Sound
Robert O. Cook
Nominated
Best Special Visual Effects
Peter Ellenshaw , Hamilton Luske and Eustace Lycett
Won
1971 (44th)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Best Art Direction
John B. Mansbridge and Peter Ellenshaw (Art Direction), Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman (Set Decoration)
Nominated
Best Costume Design
Bill Thomas
Nominated
Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score
Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (songs) Irwin Kostal (adaptation score)
Nominated
Best Original Song
"The Age of Not Believing " Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
Best Special Visual Effects
Alan Maley , Eustace Lycett , Danny Lee
Won
1977(50th )
Pete's Dragon
Best Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score
Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha (songs), Irwin Kostal (adaptation score)
Nominated
Best Original Song
"Candle on the Water " Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha (Music and Lyric)
Nominated
1988 (61st)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Best Art Direction
Elliot Scott (Art Decoration), Peter Howitt (Set Decoration)
Nominated
Best Cinematography
Dean Cundey
Nominated
Best Film Editing
Arthur Schmidt
Won
Best Sound
Robert Knudson , John Boyd , Don Digirolamo and Tony Dawe
Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing
Charles L. Campbell and Louis Edemann
Won
Best Visual Effects
Ken Ralston , Richard Williams , Ed Jones and George Gibbs
Won
1996 (69th)
James and the Giant Peach
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Randy Newman
Nominated
2007 (80th )
Enchanted
Best Original Song
"Happy Working Song " Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
"So Close " Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyric)
Nominated
"That's How You Know " Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyrics)
Nominated
2013 (86th )
Saving Mr. Banks
Best Original Score
Thomas Newman
Nominated
2018 (91st)
Mary Poppins Returns
Best Costume Design
Sandy Powell
Nominated
Best Original Score
Marc Shaiman
Nominated
Best Original Song
"The Place Where Lost Things Go " Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyric), Scott Wittman (Lyric)
Nominated
Best Production Design
John Myhre (Production Design), Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)
Nominated
Honorary awards
Notes
Beauty and the Beast (1991) and WALL-E (2008) have 6 nominations, both shares their most nominations for an animated film.
Are the first and only animated films to be nominated in each categories (and sometimes win) without Disney and Pixar's involvement.
Also some of the first adult animated films to be nominated in each categories.
The Triplets of Belleville (2003) is rated PG-13 by the MPAA, the first PG-13 rated to be nominated for Best Animated Feature and Original Song.
Isle of Dogs (2018) is rated PG-13 by the MPAA, the first PG-13 rated to be nominated for Best Original Score.
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) is rated R by the MPAA, the first R-rated to be nominated for Best Original Song.
Waltz with Bashir (2008) is rated R by the MPAA, the first to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, representing Israel .
References
Combined major Academy Awards Acting Directing Film Countries of the nominees Nominees demographics Other Combined major awards