Best animated Oscar winners

Shrek (2002) wins 60% of its duels and tops the Oscar ranking ahead of Spirited Away (2003).

The gap tightens at the podium, where just 2 ELO points separate Spirited Away (2003) from Toy Story 3 (2011) in third place, each scoring 1324 and 1322 points respectively. The sharpest drop comes between the top three and the rest: 30 ELO points separate Toy Story 3 (2011) from Ratatouille (2008), marking the ranking's most significant divide. That a franchise opener edges out Studio Ghibli and Pixar sequels suggests voters favor the films that introduced them to new worlds. The Incredibles (2005) rounds out the top five with 1278 ELO points after 431 duels, demonstrating consistent support across a substantial vote count. At the bottom, Happy Feet (2007) lands last with 1028 ELO points, reflecting a community that remembers the category's more divisive winners. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2023) sits just above at 1087 points, showing that recent winners face skepticism against established favorites.

This Oscar ranking took shape over 4363 duels, with 56 players comparing 23 contenders head-to-head. The vote closed on 12 October 2026. VAINKEURZ builds its TopList from these binary choices: every duel shifts the ELO score, surfacing the films voters return to rather than the ones they respect from a distance. Cast your own vote and see which Best Animated Feature winners hold up under direct comparison.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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