Oscar Winning Animated Movies From 2001 To 2023 & Where To Watch?

June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 Gaurav Manral

So far 22 animated films have won the Oscar Awards and here we are sharing with you the information of All Oscar Award Winning Animated Films, which you can easily watch at your home on the OTT platform.

From the year 2001, the animated film category was brought an Academy Award and since then every best animated film in the world is awarded with Oscar Award.

Many animated movies are nominated every year in this biggest award function of the film industry, but the film with the best story and animation wins this award.

Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, Shrek (2001) is the first animated film to win an Academy Award.

Nowadays Academy Award-winning animated movies are easily available on OTT platforms like Disney Plus Hotstar, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.

Oscar Award-Winning Animated Movies With Trailer & Where To Watch?

1- Movie: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

OTT Platform: Netflix

Box Office Collection: $108,967

Budget: $35 million

A man magically brings a wooden boy to life and raises him as his own child in this dark fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson.

The story of the film is very emotional and heart touching which keeps you glued to the screen till the end.

2- Movie: Encanto

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $256.8 million

Budget: $120–150 million

Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush, this animated magical family drama film follows the Madrigals family living in a charming place called Encanto in the mountains of Colombia.

Everyone in this family has unique magic except for one child, but unknown forces put the magic around them at risk.

3- Movie: Soul

OTT Platform: Direct released on Disney Plus Hotstar

This computer-animated fantasy comedy-drama film was released on the direct-to platform Disney Plus Hotstar due to covid-19 and was declared the winner after being nominated for the 93rd Academy Awards on the basis of its story, animation, and screenplay.

4- Movie: Toy Story 4

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $1.073 billion

Budget: $200 million

Toy Story is the first animated film series whose 3rd part in 2010 and the fourth part in 2019 have won the Oscar Award.

Toy Story 4 had competition from blockbuster movies like How to Train Your Dragon, I Lost My Body, Klaus, and Missing Link at the Academy Awards, but it beat them all to win the Academy Award.

5- Movie: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $384.3 million

Budget: $90 million

The animated film based on Marvel Comics’ most popular character, Spider-Man, opened to rave reviews from audiences and critics after the theatrical release.

More than one Spiderman and villains from all the earlier parts are also seen in the film.

6- Movie: Coco

OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Box Office Collection: $814.3 million

Budget: $175–225 million

Ghosts, music, pain, and love are seen in the story of this family drama animated movie directed by Lee Unkrich.

Mexican culture is seen in the film and the makers have shown the characters very well.

7- Movie: Zootopia

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $1.025 billion

Budget: $150 million

The story of film is about a rabbit whose dream is to be the first rabbit police officer in the urban city of Zootopia.

In the film, the characters of all the animals living like humans have been shown, who have many rules of their own.

8- Movie: Inside Out

OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $858.8 million

Budget: $175 million

The story of this comedy animated film directed by Pete Docter is very unique which keeps you excited till the end.

The animated characters in the film are well portrayed and each character has its own important role to play.

The sequel of the film is also coming in 2024 and it will be interesting to see whether Inside Out 2 also wins the Academy Award or not.

9- Movie: Big Hero 6

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $657.8 million

Budget: $165 million

In this animated film, a boy teams up with a robot built by his brother to form a superhero team and along with his friends avenge his brother’s death from a super villain.

Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, it is the highest-grossing animated film of 2014.

10- Movie: Frozen

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video

Box Office Collection: $1.285 billion

Budget: $150 million

Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, this computer-animated musical fantasy film tells the story of how a girl goes on a long journey to find her sorceress sister.

11- Movie: Brave

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $540.4 million

Budget: $185 million

Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, this film shows how a girl saves her mother from hunters who has become a bear under the influence of magic and helps to get back to human form.

12- Movie: Rango

OTT Platform: Netflix

Box Office Collection: $245.7 million

Budget: $135 million

Directed by Gore Verbinski, this comedy animated film features many different animal characters, in which Rango is the main character.

The story of the film shows how Rango becomes a hero in the eyes of the public by supplying water to a dry village.

13- Movie: Toy Story 3

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $1.067 billion

Budget: $200 million

Even before this two parts Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999) were released but not as successful as the third part.

Toy Story 3 is included in the list of highest-grossing animated movies by collecting $1.067 billion at the box office.

14- Movie: Up

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $735.1 million

Budget: $175 million

An aging Carl Fredricksen travels to South America with a wilderness explorer to fulfill a promise to his late wife in this computer-animated film directed by Pete Docter.

On the journey, Carl Fredricksen meets a talking dog and a bird, with whom he completes the difficult and fun journey ahead.

15- Movie: WALL-E

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $532.5 million

Budget: $180 million

This animated film is based on the future’s solitary robot, Wall-E, who comes to earth and starts loving from here.

The characters of the film mostly use body language to talk to each other and the audience can easily understand it.

16- Movie: Ratatouille

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $623.7 million

Budget: $150 million

After The Incredibles, Brad Bird’s other animated Ratatouille won the Academy Award for its beautiful story, screenplay, animation & humor.

The film is based on a mouse who has great senses of taste and smell and his dream is to become a chef like humans.

17- Movie: Happy Feet

OTT Platform: Youtube

Box Office Collection: $384.3 million

Budget: $100 million

Directed by George Miller, this Oscar Award-winning animated film follows the ups and downs in the life of a penguin and his family.

After the success of the first part, the sequel of the film was also released in 2011 but failed to impress the audience and critics.

18- Movie: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Box Office Collection: $192.6 million

Budget: $30 million

It is a family drama-comedy and horror movie which won the 78th Academy Award in the category of Animated Film by defeating Corpse Bride and Howl’s Moving Castle.

19- Movie: The Incredibles

OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Box Office Collection: $631.6 million

Budget: $92–145 million

Directed by Brad Bird, this is a superhero animated film in which all members of a family have superpowers and they fight with villains to save their city.

Its second part has also come in 2018, which was highly appreciated by the audience and critics.

20- Movie: Finding Nemo

OTT Platform: Disney Plus Hotstar

Box Office Collection: $940.3 million

Budget: $94 million

Directed by Andrew Stanton and produced by Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Pictures, this comedy film features an animated underwater world and characters.

21- Movie: Spirited Away

OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Box Office Collection: $491.8 million

Budget: $19.2 million

Spirited Away is a Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki and won the Academy Award in 2002, beating out Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch, Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron, and Treasure Planet.

22- Movie: Shrek

OTT Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Boxoffice Collection: $491.8 million

Budget: $60 million

Shrek is a comedy film based on the 1990 children’s picture book of the same name. Directors Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson get credit for bringing the book’s characters to the screen.

According to media reports, the 5th part of the film will also be ready to hit the theaters in 2025.