Which 1991 Disney movie was the first animated film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for other categories, but have rarely been so; "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) was the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture. "Up" (2009) and "Toy Story 3" (2010) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees from five to ten. "Waltz with Bashir" (2008) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film (though it did not receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature). "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) and "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016) are the only two animated films to ever be nominated for Best Visual Effects.
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 81st Academy Awards, in which "WALL-E" won the award but was not nominated for Best Picture, despite receiving widespread acclaim from critics and audiences and being generally considered one of the best films of 2008. This led to controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of the nomination by the Academy. Film critic Peter Travers commented that "If there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, it's "WALL-E"." However, official Academy Award regulations state that any movie nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture. There