Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film

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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.

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Winners

1980s

YearWinnerDirector(s)
1989 The Little Mermaid Ron Clements and John Musker

1990s

YearWinnerDirector(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 Park
1997 Hercules Ron Clements and John Musker
The Spirit of Christmas Trey Parker and Matt Stone
1998 A Bug's Life John Lasseter
T.R.A.N.S.I.T.Piet Kroon
1999 The Iron Giant Brad Bird

2000s

YearWinnerDirector(s)
2000 Chicken Run Peter Lord and Nick Park
2001
Shrek Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson
Runner-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 Miller
Runner-Up: Cars John Lasseter
2007 Persepolis Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
Ratatouille Brad Bird
2008 Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) Ari Folman
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson
Runner-Up: Up Pete Docter

2010s

YearWinnerDirector(s)
2010
Toy Story 3 Lee Unkrich
Runner-Up: The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) Sylvain Chomet
2011
Rango Gore Verbinski
Runner-Up: The Adventures of Tintin Steven Spielberg
2012
Frankenweenie Tim Burton
Runner-Up: It's Such a Beautiful Day Don Hertzfeldt
2013
Ernest & Celestine (Ernest et Célestine) Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner
Runner-Up: The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) Hayao Miyazaki
2014
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) Isao Takahata
Runner-Up: The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
2015
Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson
Runner-Up: Inside Out Pete Docter
2016
Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) Makoto Shinkai
Runner-Up: The Red Turtle (La Tortue rouge) Michaël Dudok de Wit
2017
The Breadwinner Nora Twomey [1]
Runner-Up: Coco Lee Unkrich
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman [2]
Runner-Up: Incredibles 2 Brad Bird
2019
I Lost My Body Jérémy Clapin [3]
Runner-Up: Toy Story 4 Josh Cooley

2020s

YearWinnerDirector(s)
2020
Wolfwalkers Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart [4]
Runner-Up: Soul Pete Docter
2021
Flee (Flugt) Jonas Poher Rasmussen [5]
Runner-Up: Belle (Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime) Mamoru Hosoda
2022
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson [6]
Runner-Up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
2023
The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) Hayao Miyazaki [7]
Runner-Up: Robot Dreams Pablo Berger

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