Joey Magidson
July is here! Summer vacation for students and teachers. This category isn’t taking a break, but I hope those of you who can are. You all deserve it. Now, on to business, since it’s time for another one, ladies and gentlemen. Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated to the Honorable Mention category. Who knows, maybe one or two won’t even make the cut? It’s a list series that I’ll do each and every single year, in the weeks after the ceremony concludes. So, while this is a fun way to think about the Oscars in the aftermath of the latest telecast, it’s also a beginning for another column here on the site. Of course, definitely show us your own lists as well, in the comments section below. We’re definitely keen to know what you think!
Today’s category is Best Animated Feature. As you all know, for better or (to a select few) worse, Pixar has dominated this category, almost since its inception. A full twelve of the twenty Animated Feature winners have been Pixar offerings. Among those dozen, they’re very well spaced out on the list you’re about to see. For my money, they have the top two spots in Toy Story 3 and WALL-E, with a non Disney/Pixar effort next in line with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Other things that make the top tier slots include Coco, Frozen, Inside Out, Shrek, and Up. Where did the latest winner in The Boy and the Heron wind up placing? What about the previous one in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio? Read on below to find out…
Here are what I consider to be the 23 (since there aren’t yet 25) best winners of the Best Animated Feature Oscar, to date:
23. Encanto
22. The Boy and the Heron
21. Brave
20. Spirited Away
19. Soul
18. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
17. Rango
16. Ratatouille
15. Happy Feet
14. Big Hero 6
13. Zootopia
12. Finding Nemo
11. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
10. The Incredibles
9. Inside Out
8. Shrek
7. Toy Story 4
6. Coco
5. Up
4. Frozen
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2. WALL-E
1. Toy Story 3
Stay tuned for another category early next week!
I have rewatched everything at least once since last year. Some I hadn’t watched since they first came out . Good to revisit them.
23. The Boy and The Heron
22. Spirited Away
21.Happy Feet
20. Soul
19. Spider Man Into The Spider Verse
18. Big Hero 6
17. The Incredibles
16. Brave
15. Inside Out
14. Frozen
13. Wallace & Gromit the case of the Were Rabbit
12 .Coco
11. Ratatouille
10. WALL-E
9 . Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
8. Encanto
7. Toy Story 5
6. Rango
5. Finding Nemo
4. Shrek
3. Zootopia
2. Up
1. Toy Story 3
Definitely good to revisit!
I obviously meant Toy Story 4 . I’m jumping ahead! 😂
All good!