A selection of the best cartoons of the 21st century that won an Oscar (22 photos)

Not only children, but also adults love to watch cartoons. Especially adults! After all, sometimes you don’t want to watch something “heavy”. But in Watching Shrek for the hundredth time is a completely different matter! Not even I believe that the first part came out back in 2001. Of course, a cartoon about The green and harmful ogre collected all possible rewards. Including the most the first cartoon "Oscar" in the category "Best Animated feature film." Since then, this award has become one of the most desired and expected. So let's take a look at a selection of the best cartoons of the 21st century that deserve this prestigious award. you all They've probably already been seen. But watching them for the 101st time is definitely not unnecessary will.

2001 - Shrek





Shrek 2 was also nominated in 2005 but did not win.

2003 - Spirited Away



The only feature-length cartoon from Asia to win an Oscar.

2004 - Finding Nemo





Pixar's animated films often win best awards at the Oscars. There are 11 of them on this list - exactly half.

2005 - The Incredibles



"Incredibles 2" was nominated in 2019 but did not win. In general, there are only two sequels among the winners. And this is the third and the fourth part of some series of cartoons. Of course, from the studio Pixar.

2006 - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit



One of the surprise winners on the list. But that year with it competed with Miyazak's Howl's Moving Castle and Burton's The Corpse brides." But the plasticine turned out to be stronger.

2007 - Happy Feet



Oscar-winning cartoon with the lowest audience rating among all the winners. Did you even remember its existence? That year the competitors of the cartoon about penguins were “Cars” and the experimental "Monster House"

2008 - Ratatouille



From 2007 to 2011 - a time of continuous dominance by Pixar.

2009 - WALL-E



The studio churned out masterpiece after masterpiece.

2010 - Up



A cartoon with one of the saddest opening scenes in history. Somewhere here at Pixar they decided that cartoons could show quite dark sides of life.

2011 - Toy Story: The Great Escape



Here it is, the only sequel (even a threequel) that received an Oscar. In addition, it was nominated for Best Adapted script and, most incredibly, as the best film of the year. Cartoon! That that is, it was put on a par with “Inception”, “Black Swan” and "The King speaks!" Only Pixar can do this.

2012 - Rango



Animated collaboration between Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp.

2013 - Brave



One of the lowest rated Pixar films. And he still won the Oscar!

2014 - Frozen



This cartoon began the revival of the Disney studio after the recession. in the mid-1990s. "Frozen" also became the highest grossing cartoon throughout history.

2015 - City of Heroes



Another rather unexpected winner. The cartoon characters were taken from Marvel comics.

2016 - Puzzle



The cartoon marked a new round of demonstration of the boundless imagination of the authors of the Pixar studio.

2017 - Zootopia



A Disney cartoon (only second on the list) that deserved an Oscar for this scene alone.

2018 - The Mystery of Coco



Do the dead have feelings? Pixar wondered and again submitted the cartoon to the Oscars.

2019 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse



Someone other than Pixar had to revolutionize animation, and this cartoon did it.

2020 - Toy Story 4



And again "Oscar". Already the fourth in the collection.

2021 - Soul



Representatives of some studio liked the theme of death, and they continued to dig deeper, creating a most interesting version of the afterlife.

2022 - Encanto



Disney released its "The Secret of Coco" (from the point of view of Latin American flavor) and was right.

2023 - Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro



Director Guillermo del Toro earned an Oscar with his extraordinary performance of Pinocchio.