Joey Magidson
A new week and a new column for you all! 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 eleven of the now 25 Animated Feature winners have been Pixar offerings. Among those near 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 K-Pop Demon Hunters wind up placing? What about the other most recent ones in The Boy and the Heron, Flow, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio? Read on below to find out…
Here are what I consider to be the 25 (at last) best winners of the Best Animated Feature Oscar, to date:
25. Encanto
24. The Boy and the Heron
23. Brave
22. K-Pop Demon Hunters
21. Spirited Away
20. Soul
19. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
18. Rango
17. Ratatouille
16. Happy Feet
15. Big Hero 6
14. Zootopia
13. Finding Nemo
12. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
11. The Incredibles
10. Inside Out
9. Shrek
8. Toy Story 4
7. Flow
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 rewatched most of them this past year and honestly I don’t strongly dislike any of them . So ranking them proves to be a challenge and my opinion can change . My favorites though haven’t changed much.
25. The Boy and The Heron
24. K- Pop Demon Hunters
23. Happy Feet
22. Soul
21. Brave
20. Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were Rabbit
19. Spider Man Into The Spider Verse
18. Frozen
17. Spirited Away
16. Finding Nemo
15.Big Hero 6
14. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
13. Ratatouille
12. Encanto
11. Inside Out
10. Toy Story 4
9. Wall.E
8. The Incredibles
7. Shrek
6. Coco
5. Zootopia
4. Flow
3. Rango
2 . Up
1. Toy Story 3
For sure. There isn’t one I dislike here, either.