6 Best Oscar Best Animated Feature Winners

By Vlad Zakh · April 2, 2026

The Oscars’ animated category has celebrated everything from hand-drawn masterpieces to groundbreaking computer animation. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Zootopia are recent winners, Up has a widower floating his house away on balloons, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit chases a monstrous rabbit through a vegetable contest. Spirited Away and Shrek round out the six.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 97% Metacritic 87

A teenager from an alternate dimension teams up with several other Spider-People to stop a threat to the multiverse.

Directed by Bob Persichetti & Peter Ramsey · 1h 57m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar85 wins & 60 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Zootopia (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 98% Metacritic 78

A rookie rabbit cop and a con-artist fox uncover a conspiracy threatening their whole city.

Directed by Byron Howard & Rich Moore · 1h 49m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar50 wins & 75 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Up (2009)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 98% Metacritic 88

A grieving widower ties thousands of balloons to his house to fulfil a lifelong promise of adventure.

Directed by Pete Docter · 1h 36m · Rated PG

Won 2 Oscars81 wins & 88 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 95% Metacritic 87

An inventor's pest-control business is threatened by a giant, vegetable-devouring monster.

Directed by Steve Box & Nick Park · 1h 25m · Rated G

Won 1 Oscar41 wins & 25 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Spirited Away (2001)

IMDb ★ 8.6 RT 96% Metacritic 96

A young girl trapped in a spirit world must work in a bathhouse to save her transformed parents.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki · 2h 05m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar58 wins & 31 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Shrek (2001)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 89% Metacritic 84

A grumpy ogre's swamp is invaded by fairy-tale refugees, forcing him into an unlikely rescue mission.

Directed by Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson · 1h 30m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar40 wins & 60 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Oscar Best Animated Feature Winners

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Zootopia (2016)

Up (2009)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Spirited Away (2001)

Shrek (2001)

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