Happy Feet (2006)

Miller won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for this musical about Mumble, an emperor penguin voiced by Elijah Wood who cannot sing but can tap dance. The dances were performed by real dancers through motion capture, with Savion Glover supplying Mumble's feet, which is why the movement feels so alive. Beneath the jukebox songs there is a pointed story about overfishing in Antarctica, a dimension Miller said any story about penguins had to include. It is the easiest Miller film to share with kids, and the big dance numbers are choreographed with the same precision as his chases.