For the first time in its history, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association named an animated film as the year’s best picture when it chose Pixar’s “WALL-E” in its annual voting Tuesday.

The runner-up spot was given to The Dark Knight. Batman might have cast a shadow over the sweet little garbage collector at the box office, but Wall-E finally got the honor that he deserved.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

• Film: WALL-E
• Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
• Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
• Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
• Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
• Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
• Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Elegy and Vicky Christina Barcelona
• Foreign Language Film: Still Life
• Documentary/Non-fiction Film: Man on Wire
• Production Design: Mark Friedberg, Synecdoche, New York
• Animation: Waltz With Bashir
• Music/Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
• Cinematography: Yu Lik Wai, Still Life
• New Generation: Steve McQueen, Hunger
• Career Achievement: John Calley
• Douglas E. Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video: James Benning, RR and Casting a Glance

Congratulations to all the winners!