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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.
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- Was Nominated: Beauty and the Beast (1991) The very first animated film to receive a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars was Disney’s 1991 classic Beauty and the Beast.
- Was Nominated: Up (2009) There was a major shakeup in the Best Picture landscape for the Oscars in 2010 (recognizing films from 2009), as the list of nominees was expanded from five to ten.
- Was Nominated: Toy Story 3 (2010) The following year saw the third animated film nominated for Best Picture; another Pixar movie, Toy Story 3. The expansion to ten nominees was still showing promising results, with other genre films such as Inception and True Grit receiving nominations as well.
- Should’ve Been Nominated: The Wind Rises. There is an argument to be made that pretty much every one of director Hayao Miyazaki’s films should have received a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.
There have been years when multiple animated films from the same studio were nominated. They are: 2002 – Disney's Lilo & Stitch and Treasure Planet; 2004 – DreamWorks' Shrek 2 and Shark Tale; 2011 – DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots; 2016 – Disney's Zootopia and Moana; 2020 – Pixar's Onward and Soul
- 2001: Shrek. Studio: PDI/DreamWorks Production; DreamWorks. Oscar Went to: Aron Warner. Film’s Other Oscar Wins: none. Other Oscar Nods: adapted screenplay (written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S.H.
- 2002: Spirited Away. Studio: Studio Ghibli Production; Buena Vista [Japan] Oscar Went to: Hayao Miyazaki. Film’s Other Oscar Wins: none. Other Oscar Nods: none.
- 2003: Finding Nemo. Studio: Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. Oscar Went to: Andrew Stanton. Film’s Other Oscar Wins: none. Other Oscar Nods: original score (Thomas Newman); sound editing (Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers); original screenplay (screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; original story by Andrew Stanton).
- 2004: The Incredibles. Studio: Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. Oscar Went to: Brad Bird. Film’s Other Oscar Wins: sound editing (Michael Silvers and Randy Thom)
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- Soul (2020) Soul. Release Date. December 25, 2020. Director. Pete Docter , Kemp Powers. Cast. Jamie Foxx , Tina Fey , Graham Norton , Rachel House , Alice Braga , Richard Ayoade.
- Toy Story 4 (2019) Toy Story 4. G. Release Date. June 19, 2019. Director. Josh Cooley. Cast. Tom Hanks , Joan Cusack , Patricia Arquette , Kristen Schaal , Laurie Metcalf , Annie Potts.
- Coco (2017) Coco. PG. Release Date. October 27, 2017. Director. Adrian Molina , Lee Unkrich. Cast. Alanna Ubach , Benjamin Bratt , Edward James Olmos , Gael García Bernal , Jaime Camil , Gabriel Iglesias.
- Inside Out (2015) Inside Out. PG. Release Date. June 9, 2015. Director. Pete Docter , Ronaldo Del Carmen. Cast. Amy Poehler , Phyllis Smith , Richard Kind , Bill Hader , Lewis Black , Mindy Kaling.
Mar 13, 2023 · Every animated movie that's won an Oscar. Jacob Shamsian and Kirsten Acuna. Updated. Mar 12, 2023, 5:41 PM PDT. Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation of "Pinocchio" won best animated picture for ...
Winner (82nd Academy Awards) The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, making it the second animated film in history to receive such a nomination (and Pixar's first Best Picture nomination), following Beauty and the Beast (1991).
