The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, introduced in 2002 at the 74th Academy Awards, is presented annually for the best achievement in filmmaking of an animated feature film from the previous year.
An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time.
Sorted Chronologically by Awards Year. Winners in BOLD. Acceptance speech linked in Notes (where available).
UPDATED: May 2026
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AWARD RECORDS:
Most Awards: Pete Docter (3)
Most Nominations: Pete Docter & Hayao Miyazaki (4)
Most Nominations Without a Win: Ron Clements, Dean DeBlois, Travis Knight, Tomm Moore, & Chris Sanders (3)
