The National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given (since 2000) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1] Every year from 2001 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2011 and in 2020 and 2021, the award was given to the film that would eventually receive the Academy Award counterpart.
| Year | Film | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Peter Lord and Nick Park | |
| 2001 | Shrek | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | |
| 2002 | Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton | |
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Brad Bird | |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride | Tim Burton and Mike Johnson | |
| 2006 | Cars | John Lasseter | |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird | |
| 2008 | WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | |
| 2009 | Up | Pete Docter |
| Year | Film | Director(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Lee Unkrich | |
| 2011 | Rango | Gore Verbinski | |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Rich Moore | |
| 2013 | The Wind Rises (Kaze tachinu) | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Dean DeBlois | |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Pete Docter | |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Travis Knight | |
| 2017 | Coco | Lee Unkrich | |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | Brad Bird[2] | |
| 2019 | Dean DeBlois[3] |
| Year | Film | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Soul | Pete Docter[4] |
| 2021 | Encanto | Byron Howard[5] |
| 2022 | Marcel the Shell with Shoes On | Dean Fleischer Camp[6] [7] |
| 2023 | Kemp Powers and Joaquim Dos Santos[8] | |