Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Winners

1980s Year Winner Director(s) 1989 The Little Mermaid Ron Clements and John Musker

1990s Year Winner Director(s) 1990 The Rescuers Down Under Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel 1991 Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise 1992 Aladdin Ron Clements and John Musker 1993 The Mighty River (Le fleuve aux grandes eaux) Frédéric Back 1994 The Lion King Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 1995 Toy Story John Lasseter 1996 A Close Shave, Creature Comforts, A Grand Day Out, and The Wrong Trousers Nick Park1997 Hercules Ron Clements and John MuskerThe Spirit of Christmas Trey Parker and Matt Stone 1998 A Bug's Life John LasseterT.R.A.N.S.I.T. Piet Kroon 1999 The Iron Giant Brad Bird

2000s Year Winner Director(s) 2000 Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park 2001 Shrek Andrew Adamson and Vicky JensonRunner-Up: Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter 2002 Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) Hayao Miyazaki 2003 The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) Sylvain Chomet 2004 The Incredibles Brad Bird 2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Steve Box and Nick Park 2006 Happy Feet George MillerRunner-Up: Cars John Lasseter2007 Persepolis Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane SatrapiRatatouille Brad Bird 2008 Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) Ari Folman 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes AndersonRunner-Up: Up Pete Docter

2010s Year Winner Director(s) 2010 Toy Story 3 Lee UnkrichRunner-Up: The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) Sylvain Chomet 2011Rango Gore VerbinskiRunner-Up: The Adventures of Tintin Steven Spielberg 2012 Frankenweenie Tim BurtonRunner-Up: It's Such a Beautiful Day Don Hertzfeldt 2013 Ernest & Celestine (Ernest et Célestine) Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin RennerRunner-Up: The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) Hayao Miyazaki 2014 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) Isao TakahataRunner-Up: The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 2015 Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman and Duke JohnsonRunner-Up: Inside Out Pete Docter 2016 Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) Makoto ShinkaiRunner-Up: The Red Turtle (La Tortue rouge) Michaël Dudok de Wit 2017 The Breadwinner Nora TwomeyRunner-Up: Coco Lee Unkrich 2018 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney RothmanLos Angeles Film Critics Association 2018 Winners|IndieWireRunner-Up: Incredibles 2 Brad Bird 2019 I Lost My Body Jérémy ClapinLos Angeles Film Critics Awards 2019 Winners — Full List — DeadlineRunner-Up: Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley

2020s Year Winner Director(s) 2020 Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - VarietyRunner-Up: Soul Pete Docter 2021 Flee (Flugt) Jonas Poher RasmussenLos Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - VarietyRunner-Up: Belle (Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime) Mamoru Hosoda 2022 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro and Mark GustafsonLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2022 Winners - VarietyRunner-Up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp 2023 The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) Hayao Miyazaki2023 LA Film Critics Awards Winners List - The Hollywood ReporterRunner-Up: Robot Dreams Pablo Berger 2024 Flow (Straume) Gints Zilbalodis50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Winners - DeadlineRunner-Up: Chicken for Linda! (Linda veut du poulet!) Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach 2025 Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes) Liane-Cho Han and Maïlys ValladeRunner-Up: KPop Demon Hunters Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang

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