What is the best Oscar-winning animated movie of all time?

From tear-jerking Pixar classics to dialogue-free indie darlings and a K-pop monster-hunting phenomenon, a quarter-century of Academy winners spans every style of animation imaginable. Which one deserves the crown?

1

Spirited Away

Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli masterpiece that won the 2002 award.

1000pts

2

WALL-E

Pixar's post-apocalyptic robot love story that won the 2008 award.

964pts

3

KPop Demon Hunters

Netflix's K-pop girl group monster-hunting hit that won the 2025 Oscar.

923pts

4

Up

Pixar's balloon-house adventure that won the 2009 Oscar.

857pts

5

Finding Nemo

Pixar's underwater adventure that won the 2003 Oscar.

856pts

6

Zootopia

Disney's buddy-cop animal city film that won the 2016 award.

856pts

7

The Boy and the Heron

Hayao Miyazaki's introspective fantasy that won the 2023 Oscar.

856pts

8

Brave

Pixar's Scottish archery tale that won the 2012 award.

807pts

9

Inside Out

Pixar's emotions-in-the-mind story that won the 2015 Oscar.

807pts

10

Toy Story 4

Pixar's fourth chapter that won the 2019 Oscar.

749pts

11

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Del Toro's dark stop-motion retelling that won the 2022 award.

749pts

12

Flow

The dialogue-free indie cat adventure that won the 2024 award.

749pts

13

Toy Story 3

Pixar's emotional trilogy closer that won the 2010 award.

681pts

14

Ratatouille

Pixar's Parisian cooking tale that won the 2007 Oscar.

681pts

15

The Incredibles

Pixar's superhero family film that won the 2004 award.

681pts

16

Rango

Gore Verbinski's western-tinged chameleon tale that won the 2011 Oscar.

681pts

17

Big Hero 6

Disney's superhero robot buddy film that won the 2014 award.

681pts

18

Encanto

Disney's magical Colombian family musical that won the 2021 Oscar.

681pts

19

Frozen

Disney's blockbuster sister story that won the 2013 Oscar.

599pts

20

Coco

Pixar's Day of the Dead family story that won the 2017 Oscar.

599pts

21

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Sony's genre-redefining multiverse film that won the 2018 award.

599pts

22

Shrek

The 2001 fairy-tale spoof that won the very first Best Animated Feature Oscar.

599pts

23

Happy Feet

The tap-dancing penguin musical that won the 2006 award.

599pts

24

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Aardman's stop-motion comedy that won the 2005 Oscar.

499pts

25

Soul

Pixar's jazz-musician afterlife story that won the 2020 award.

499pts