The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film is a Golden Globe Award category that was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment. The nominations are announced in January and an awards ceremony is held later in the month. Initially, only three films were nominated for best animated film, in contrast to five nominations for the majority of other awards. The Pixar film Cars was the first recipient of the award.
Eligibility English-language films may be nominated in only one feature category. Therefore, films nominated in this category are ineligible to be nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Motion Picture – Drama if their principal dialogue is in English. However, films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film are eligible for Best Animated Feature; the only Golden Globe film awards for which they are ineligible are the aforementioned two Best Motion Picture awards. This has led to much confusion leading many to believe animated films are snubbed in the Best Motion Picture categories, specifically Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy where animated films have won and/or were nominated before, but in reality (since 2006) they simply are not eligible to be nominated; until 2023 prior of the now-defunct Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the rule is amended by Dick Clark Productions following controversies of splitting votes and snub between the main categories, which animated films are still allowed to be eligible in Comedy or Drama as well as Animated at the same time in similar vein to Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and recently-established Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.
On November 17, 2009, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, there will be five nominees for Best Animated Feature Film, as its members voted to amend its rules: eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If fewer than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. If fewer than twelve animated films qualify, the category will be limited to three nominations per year.
Winners and nominees 2000s Year Film Nominee(s) Studio(s) 2006 Cars John Lasseter Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosHappy Feet George Miller Village Roadshow Pictures, Animal Logic, Kennedy Miller Productions, Warner Animation GroupMonster House Gil Kenan ImageMovers, Amblin Entertainment, Relativity Media 2007 Ratatouille Brad Bird Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosBee Movie Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner DreamWorks AnimationThe Simpsons Movie David Silverman 20th Century Fox Animation, Gracie Films 2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosBolt Chris Williams and Byron Howard Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation StudiosKung Fu Panda Mark Osborne and John Stevenson DreamWorks Animation 2009 Up Pete Docter Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Sony Pictures Animation Coraline Henry Selick Laika, Pandemonium, Focus FeaturesFantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson 20th Century Fox Animation, American Empirical Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Indian PaintbrushThe Princess and the Frog Ron Clements and John Musker Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios
2010s Year Film Nominee(s) Studio(s) 2010 Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosDespicable Me Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud Illumination EntertainmentHow to Train Your Dragon Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois DreamWorks AnimationThe Illusionist Sylvain Chomet Pathé, Django FilmsTangled Nathan Greno and Byron Howard Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios 2011 The Adventures of Tintin Steven Spielberg Nickelodeon Movies, Amblin Entertainment, WingNut Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Weta Digital, Hemisphere MediaArthur Christmas Sarah Smith Aardman Animations, Sony Pictures AnimationCars 2 John Lasseter Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosPuss in Boots Chris Miller DreamWorks AnimationRango Gore Verbinski Nickelodeon Movies, GK Films, Industrial Light & Magic 2012 Brave Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosFrankenweenie Tim Burton Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton ProductionsHotel Transylvania Genndy Tartakovsky Sony Pictures AnimationRise of the Guardians Peter Ramsey DreamWorks Animation Wreck-It Ralph Rich Moore Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios 2013 Frozen Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios The Croods Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders DreamWorks AnimationDespicable Me 2 Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud Illumination Entertainment 2014 How to Train Your Dragon 2 Dean DeBlois DreamWorks Animation Big Hero 6 Don Hall and Chris Williams Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios The Book of Life Jorge Gutierrez Reel FX Creative Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation The Boxtrolls Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi Laika, Focus Features The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Village Roadshow Pictures, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures, Animal Logic, Warner Animation Group 2015 Inside Out Pete Docter Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Starburns Industries, Snoot Films, Paramount Animation The Good Dinosaur Peter Sohn Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios The Peanuts Movie Steve Martino Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation, Peanuts Worldwide, Feigco Entertainment Shaun the Sheep Movie Richard Starzak and Mark Burton Aardman Animations 2016 Zootopia Byron Howard and Rich Moore Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios Kubo and the Two Strings Travis Knight Laika, Focus Features Moana Ron Clements and John Musker Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios My Life as a Zucchini Claude Barras Rhône-Alpes Studios Sing Garth Jennings Illumination Entertainment 2017 Coco Lee Unkrich Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios The Boss Baby Tom McGrath DreamWorks Animation The Breadwinner Nora Twomey Cartoon Saloon, Telefilm Canada, Irish Film Board, Melusine Productions, Jolie Pas, Guru Studio, Aircraft Pictures Ferdinand Carlos Saldanha Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation, Davis Entertainment Loving Vincent Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman BreakThru Productions, Trademark Films 2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures AnimationIncredibles 2 Brad Bird Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosIsle of Dogs Wes Anderson Studio Babelsberg, Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical PicturesMirai Mamoru Hosoda Studio ChizuRalph Breaks the Internet Rich Moore and Phil Johnston Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios 2019 Missing Link Chris Butler Annapurna Pictures, LaikaFrozen 2 Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation StudiosHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Dean DeBlois DreamWorks AnimationThe Lion King Jon Favreau Walt Disney Pictures, Fairview EntertainmentToy Story 4 Josh Cooley Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
2020s Year Film Nominee(s) Studio(s) 2020 Soul Pete Docter Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosThe Croods: A New Age Joel Crawford DreamWorks AnimationOnward Dan Scanlon Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosOver the Moon Glen KeaneNetflix (Netflix Animation), Pearl Studio, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Glen Keane ProductionsWolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross StewartCartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions 2021 Encanto Jared Bush and Byron Howard Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation StudiosFlee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Vice Studios, NEONLuca Enrico Casarosa Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosMy Sunny Maad Michaela Pavlátová Negativ Film, Sacrebleu ProductionsRaya and the Last Dragon Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson Netflix (Netflix Animation), Double Dare You!, ShadowMachine, The Jim Henson Company, Taller del ChuchoInu-Oh Masaaki Yuasa Science SaruMarcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp Cinereach, You Want I Should LLC., Human Woman Inc., Sunbeam TV & Films, Chiodo Bros. Productions, A24Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Joel Crawford DreamWorks AnimationTurning Red Domee Shi Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios 2023 The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli, GKIDSElemental Peter Sohn Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Sony Pictures AnimationThe Super Mario Bros. Movie Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic Universal Pictures, Illumination, NintendoSuzume Makoto Shinkai CoMix Wave Films, Studio, Inc., TohoWish Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios 2024 Flow Gints Zilbalodis Janus Films, Sacrebleu ProductionsInside Out 2 Kelsey Mann Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation StudiosMemoir of a Snail Adam Elliot IFC Films, Snails Pace FilmsMoana 2 David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation StudiosWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham Aardman Animations, NetflixThe Wild Robot Chris Sanders DreamWorks Animation 2025 KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans Sony Pictures Animation, NetflixArco Ugo Bienvenu Fit Via Vi Film Productions, NEONDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle Haruo SotozakiToho, CrunchyrollElio Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, and Adrian MolinaPixar Animation StudiosLittle Amélie or the Character of RainMaïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho HanIkki FilmsZootopia 2Jared Bush and Byron HowardWalt Disney Animation Studios
Breakdown Pixar Animation Studios - 9 wins, 19 nominations Walt Disney Animation Studios - 3 wins, 15 nominations Sony Pictures Animation - 2 wins, 7 nominations DreamWorks Animation - 1 win, 13 nominations Laika - 1 win, 4 nominations Nickelodeon Movies - 1 win, 2 nominations Netflix - 1 win, 3 nominations Sacrebleu Productions - 1 win, 2 nominations Studio Ghibli - 1 win, 1 nomination Illumination Entertainment - no wins, 4 nominations Aardman Animations - no wins, 3 nominations Blue Sky Studios - no wins, 2 nominations Warner Bros. Pictures - no wins, 2 nominations Cartoon Saloon - no wins, 2 nominations Indian Paintbrush/American Empirical Pictures - no wins, 2 nominations Melusine Productions - no wins, 2 nominations
See also BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Annie Award for Best Animated Feature — Independent Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Kobe Tokyo Anime Award Saturn Award for Best Animated Film List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
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