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.
Year Film Award Recipient(s) Studio Result Ref. 1991(64th) Beauty and the Beast Don Hahn Disney 2009(82nd) Up Jonas Rivera Disney, Pixar 2010(83rd) Toy Story 3 Darla K. Anderson
Best Animated Feature
Best International Feature Film Year Film Award Recipient(s) Studio Result Ref. 2008(81st) Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman (Israel) Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion "Departures" Wins Foreign Language Film: 2009 Oscars 2021 (94th)Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Denmark) Neon 2024 (97th)Flow Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia) Baltic Content Media
Best Documentary Feature Year Film Award Recipient(s) Studio Result Ref. 2021 (94th)Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Charlotte De La Gournerie Neon
Writing (screenplay) categories Best Original Screenplay All films are distributed/produced by Disney/Pixar. Year Film Award Recipient(s) Result Ref. 1995(68th) Toy Story Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Joe Ranft (story) 2003(76th) Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (screenplay) 2004(77th) The Incredibles Brad Bird 2007(80th) Ratatouille Brad Bird (screenplay and story), Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco (story) 2008(81st) WALL-E Andrew Stanton (screenplay and story), Jim Reardon (screenplay), Pete Docter (story) 2009(82nd) Up Bob Peterson, Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Tom McCarthy (story) 2015(88th) Inside Out Pete Docter (screenplay and story), Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley (screenplay), Ronnie del Carmen (story)
Best Adapted Screenplay Year Film Award Recipient(s) Studio Result Ref. 2001(74th) Shrek Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images 2010(83rd) Toy Story 3 Michael Arndt (screenplay), John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (story) Disney, Pixar
Music categories Best Original Score Year Film Award Recipient(s) Studio Result Ref. 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 1939(12th) Gulliver's Travels Victor Young Fleischer Studios 1940(13th) Pinocchio Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith (composers); Ned Washington (lyricist) Disney 1941(14th) Dumbo Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace 1942(15th) Bambi Frank Churchill, Edward H. Plumb 1950(23rd) Cinderella Oliver Wallace, Paul Smith 1951(24th) Alice in Wonderland Oliver Wallace 1959(32nd) Sleeping Beauty George Bruns 1963(36th) The Sword in the Stone George Bruns 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 1989(62nd) The Little Mermaid Alan Menken Disney 1991(64th) Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken 1992(65th) Aladdin Alan Menken 1994(67th) The Lion King Hans Zimmer 1995(68th) Pocahontas Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Menken Toy Story Randy Newman Disney, Pixar 1996(69th) The Hunchback of Notre Dame Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestra Score by Menken Disney 1997(70th) Anastasia Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral Score by David Newman 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios 1998(71st) A Bug's Life Randy Newman Disney, Pixar Mulan Music by Matthew Wilder; Lyrics by David Zippel; Orchestral Score by Jerry Goldsmith Disney The Prince of Egypt Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer DreamWorks Animation 2001(74th) Monsters, Inc. Randy Newman Disney, Pixar 2003(76th) Finding Nemo Thomas Newman 2007(80th) Ratatouille Michael Giacchino 2008(81st) WALL-E Thomas Newman 2009(82nd) Up Michael Giacchino Fantastic Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat 20th Century Fox Animation, Indian Paintbrush, Regency Enterprises, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Dune Entertainment 2010(83rd) How to Train Your Dragon John Powell DreamWorks Animation 2011(84th) The Adventures of Tintin John Williams Nickelodeon Movies, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Hergé Foundation, WingNut Films, Média-Participations, Hemisphere Media Capital 2018(91st) Isle of Dogs Alexandre Desplat 20th Century Fox Animation, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Studio Babelsberg 2020(93rd) Soul Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste Disney, Pixar 2021(94th) Encanto Germaine Franco Disney 2024(97th) The Wild Robot Kris Bowers DreamWorks Animation
Best Original Song Since the category's inception in 1934, thirteen 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.
Gulliver's Travels was the first animated film to be nominated in this category with "Faithful/Forever", but eventually lost to "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz.
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. It is the only animated short subject to be nominated in a traditionally feature film category.
Outside of Disney and Pixar theatrical films, The Prince of Egypt (1998), the only film for DreamWorks Animation to win an award category, was also the only non-Disney animated feature to do so until KPop Demon Hunters (2025), the first Sony Pictures Animation feature to be nominated in this category, won with "Golden".
Year Film Song/Award Recipient(s) Studio Result Ref. 1939(12th) Gulliver's Travels "Faithful/Forever" Ralph Rainger (Music), Leo Robin (Lyrics) Fleischer Studios 1940(13th) Pinocchio "When You Wish Upon a Star" Leigh Harline (Music), Ned Washington (Lyrics) Disney 1941(14th) Dumbo "Baby Mine" Frank Churchill (Music), Ned Washington (Lyrics) 1942(15th) Bambi "Love Is a Song" Frank Churchill (Music), Larry Morey (Lyrics) 1950(23rd) Cinderella "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston 1967(40th) The Jungle Book "The Bare Necessities" Terry Gilkyson 1973(46th) Robin Hood "Love" George Bruns (Music), Floyd Huddleston (Lyrics) 1977(50th) The Rescuers "Someone's Waiting for You" Sammy Fain (Music), Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins (Lyrics) 1986(59th) An American Tail "Somewhere Out There" James Horner and Barry Mann (Music), Cynthia Weil (Lyrics) Sullivan Bluth Studios, Amblin Entertainment 1989(62nd) The Little Mermaid "Under the Sea" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyrics) Disney "Kiss the Girl" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyrics) 1991(64th) Beauty and the Beast "Beauty and the Beast" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyrics) "Be Our Guest" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyrics) "Belle" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyrics) 1992(65th) Aladdin "A Whole New World" Alan Menken (Music), Tim Rice (Lyrics) "Friend Like Me" Alan Menken (Music), Howard Ashman (Lyrics) 1994(67th) The Lion King "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyrics) "Circle of Life" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyrics) "Hakuna Matata" Elton John (Music), Tim Rice (Lyrics) 1995(68th) Pocahontas "Colors of the Wind" Alan Menken (Music), Stephen Schwartz (Lyrics) Toy Story "You've Got a Friend in Me" Randy Newman Disney, Pixar 1997(70th) Hercules "Go the Distance" Alan Menken (Music), David Zippel (Lyrics) Disney Anastasia "Journey to the Past" Stephen Flaherty (Music), Lynn Ahrens (Lyrics) 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Animation Studios 1998(71st) The Prince of Egypt "When You Believe" Stephen Schwartz (Music and Lyrics) DreamWorks Animation Quest for Camelot "The Prayer" David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager (Music), David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Tony Renis and Alberto Testa (Lyrics) Warner Bros. Feature Animation 1999(72nd) Tarzan "You'll Be in My Heart" Phil Collins (Music and Lyrics) Disney South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut "Blame Canada" Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (Music and Lyrics) Comedy Central Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Braniff Productions Toy Story 2 "When She Loved Me" Randy Newman (Music and Lyrics) Disney, Pixar 2000(73rd) The Emperor's New Groove "My Funny Friend and Me" David Hartley and Sting (Music), Sting (Lyrics) Disney 2001(74th) Monsters, Inc. "If I Didn't Have You" Randy Newman (Music and Lyrics) Disney, Pixar 2002(75th) The Wild Thornberrys Movie "Father and Daughter" Paul Simon (Music and Lyrics) Nickelodeon Movies, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Klasky Csupo 2003(76th) The Triplets of Belleville "Belleville Rendez-Vous" Benoît Charest (Music), Sylvain Chomet (Lyrics) Les Armateurs, Production Champion, Vivi Film, France 3 Cinéma 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 (Lyrics) DreamWorks Animation The Polar Express "Believe" Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri (Music and Lyrics) Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers 2006(79th) Cars "Our Town" Randy Newman (Music and Lyrics) Disney, Pixar 2008(81st) WALL-E "Down to Earth" Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (Music), Peter Gabriel (Lyrics) 2009(82nd) The Princess and the Frog "Almost There" Randy Newman (Music and Lyrics) Disney "Down in New Orleans" Randy Newman (Music and Lyrics) 2010(83rd) Toy Story 3 "We Belong Together" Randy Newman (Music and Lyrics) Disney, Pixar Tangled "I See the Light" Alan Menken (Music), Glenn Slater (Lyrics) Disney 2011(84th) Rio "Real in Rio" Carlinhos Brown and Sérgio Mendes (Music), Siedah Garrett (Lyrics) Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation 2013(86th) Frozen "Let It Go" Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Music and Lyrics) Disney Despicable Me 2 "Happy" Pharrell Williams (Music and Lyrics) Illumination Entertainment 2014(87th) The Lego Movie "Everything Is Awesome" Shawn Patterson (Music and Lyrics) Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Animation Group 2016(89th) Trolls "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster (Music and Lyrics) DreamWorks Animation Moana "How Far I'll Go" Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyrics) Disney 2017 (90th)Coco"Remember Me" Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez (Music and Lyrics)Disney, Pixar 2019 (92nd) Toy Story 4"I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" Randy Newman (Music and Lyrics) Frozen II"Into the Unknown" Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Music and Lyrics)Disney 2021 (94th) Encanto"Dos Oruguitas" Lin-Manuel Miranda (Music and Lyrics) 2025 (98th) KPop Demon Hunters"Golden" Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, 24, Ido, Teddy Park, Ian Eisendrath (Music and Lyrics) Sony Pictures Animation, Netflix
Sound categories Best Sound