Academy Awards
Best Documentary Feature
355 nominations · 81 winners · 81 years
20 Days in Mariupol
20 Days in Mariupol
Bobi Wine: The People's President
Bobi Wine: The People's President
Four Daughters
Four Daughters
The Eternal Memory
The Eternal Memory
To Kill a Tiger
To Kill a Tiger
Navalny
Navalny
A House Made of Splinters
A House Made of Splinters
All That Breathes
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Fire of Love
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Ascension
Ascension
Attica
Attica
Flee
Flee
Writing with Fire
Writing with Fire
My Octopus Teacher
My Octopus Teacher
Collective
Collective
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
The Mole Agent
The Mole Agent
Time
Time
American Factory
American Factory
For Sama
For Sama
Honeyland
Honeyland
The Cave
The Cave
The Edge of Democracy
The Edge of Democracy
Free Solo
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG
RBG
Icarus
Icarus
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Faces Places
Last Men in Aleppo
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island
Strong Island
O.J.: Made in America
O.J.: Made in America
13th
13th
Fire at Sea
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
Life, Animated
Amy
Amy
Cartel Land
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
Citizenfour
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Virunga
20 Feet from Stardom
20 Feet from Stardom
Cutie and the Boxer
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
Dirty Wars
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
The Square
The Square
Searching for Sugar Man
Searching for Sugar Man
Five Broken Cameras
5 Broken Cameras
How to Survive a Plague
How to Survive a Plague
The Gatekeepers
The Gatekeepers
The Invisible War
The Invisible War
Undefeated
Undefeated
Hell and Back Again
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Pina
Inside Job
Inside Job
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Gasland
Restrepo
Restrepo
Waste Land
Waste Land
The Cove
The Cove
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Food, Inc.
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Which Way Home
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
Encounters at the End of the World
Encounters at the End of the World
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
The Garden
The Garden
Trouble the Water
Trouble the Water
Taxi to the Dark Side
Taxi to the Dark Side
No End in Sight
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Sicko
War Dance
War Dance
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth
Deliver Us from Evil
Deliver Us from Evil
Iraq in Fragments
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country
My Country, My Country
March of the Penguins
March of the Penguins
Darwin's Nightmare
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Murderball
Murderball
Street Fight
Street Fight
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Super Size Me
Super Size Me
The Story of the Weeping Camel
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Tupac: Resurrection
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist of Faith
Twist of Faith
The Fog of War
The Fog of War
Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans
My Architect: A Son's Journey
My Architect: A Son's Journey
Cuban Rafters
Rafters
The Weather Underground
The Weather Underground
Bowling for Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
Daughter from Danang
Daughter From Danang
Prisoner of Paradise
Prisoner of Paradise
Spellbound
Spellbound
Winged Migration
Winged Migration
Murder on a Sunday Morning
Murder on a Sunday Morning
Children Underground
Children Underground
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
Promises
Promises
War Photographer
War Photographer
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Legacy
Legacy
Long Night's Journey Into Day
Long Night's Journey Into Day
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Sound and Fury
Sound and Fury
One Day in September
One Day in September
Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
Genghis Blues
Genghis Blues
On the Ropes
On the Ropes
Speaking in Strings
Speaking in Strings
The Last Days
The Last Days
Dancemaker
Dancemaker
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
Regret to Inform
Regret to Inform
The Farm: Angola, USA
The Farm: Angola, USA
The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home
4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
Colors Straight Up
Colors Straight Up
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
When We Were Kings
When We Were Kings
Mandela
Mandela
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Anne Frank Remembered
Anne Frank Remembered
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
Small Wonders
Small Wonders
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
D-Day Remembered
D-Day Remembered
Freedom on My Mind
Freedom on My Mind
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
For Better or for Worse
For Better or for Worse
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter
The War Room
The War Room
The Panama Deception
The Panama Deception
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
Fires of Kuwait
Fires of Kuwait
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
In the Shadow of the Stars
In the Shadow of the Stars
Death on the Job
Death on the Job
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House
The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945
The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945
Wild by Law
Wild by Law
American Dream
American Dream
Berkeley in the Sixties
Berkeley in the Sixties
Building Bombs
Building Bombs
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Adam Clayton Powell
Adam Clayton Powell
Crack USA: County Under Siege
Crack USA: County Under Siege
For All Mankind
For All Mankind
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Let's Get Lost
Let's Get Lost
Promises to Keep
Promises to Keep
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
The Ten-Year Lunch
The Ten-Year Lunch
A Stitch for Time
A Stitch for Time
Eyes on the Prize
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
Radio Bikini
Radio Bikini
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Chile: Hasta Cuando?
Chile: Hasta Cuando?
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Witness to Apartheid
Witness to Apartheid
Broken Rainbow
Broken Rainbow
Soldiers in Hiding
Soldiers in Hiding
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business
The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk
High Schools
High Schools
In the Name of the People
In the Name of the People
Marlene
Marlene
Streetwise
Streetwise
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Children of Darkness
Children of Darkness
First Contact
First Contact
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
The Profession of Arms
The Profession of Arms
Just Another Missing Kid
Just Another Missing Kid
A Portrait of Giselle
A Portrait of Giselle
After the Axe
After the Axe
Ben's Mill
Ben's Mill
In Our Water
In Our Water
Genocide
Genocide
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
El Salvador: Another Vietnam
El Salvador: Another Vietnam
Fantozzi Against the Wind
Fantozzi Against the Wind
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
Agee
Agee
Front Line
Front Line
The Day After Trinity
The Day After Trinity
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945
Best Boy
Best Boy
Generation on the Wind
Generation on the Wind
Going the Distance
Going the Distance
The Killing Ground
The Killing Ground
The War at Home
The War at Home
Scared Straight!
Scared Straight!
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Raoni
Raoni
The Lovers' Wind
The Lovers' Wind
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
High Grass Circus
High Grass Circus
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
The Children of Theatre Street
The Children of Theatre Street
Union Maids
Union Maids
Harlan County U.S.A.
Harlan County U.S.A.
Hollywood on Trial
Hollywood on Trial
Off the Edge
Off the Edge
People of the Wind
People of the Wind
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
The Man Who Skied Down Everest
Fighting for Our Lives
Fighting for Our Lives
The California Reich
The California Reich
The Incredible Machine
The Incredible Machine
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Hearts and Minds
Hearts and Minds
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
The 81st Blow
The 81st Blow
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
The Wild and the Brave
The Wild and the Brave
The Great American Cowboy
The Great American Cowboy
Always a New Beginning
Always a New Beginning
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Berlin
Journey to the Outer Limits
Journey to the Outer Limits
Walls of Fire
Walls of Fire
Marjoe
Marjoe
Ape and Super-Ape
Ape and Super-Ape
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Manson
Manson
The Silent Revolution
The Silent Revolution
The Hellstrom Chronicle
The Hellstrom Chronicle
Alaska Wilderness Lake
Alaska Wilderness Lake
On Any Sunday
On Any Sunday
The Ra Expeditions
The Ra Expeditions
The Sorrow and the Pity
Woodstock
Woodstock
Chariots of the Gods
Chariots of the Gods
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Say Goodbye
Say Goodbye
Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life
Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life
Before the Mountain Was Moved
Before the Mountain Was Moved
In the Year of the Pig
In the Year of the Pig
The Olympics in Mexico
The Olympics in Mexico
The Wolf Men
The Wolf Men
Young Americans
Young Americans
A Few Notes on Our Food Problem
A Few Notes on Our Food Problem
Legendary Champions
Legendary Champions
Other Voices
Other Voices
The Anderson Platoon
The Anderson Platoon
A King's Story
A King's Story
A Time for Burning
A Time for Burning
Festival
Festival
Harvest
Harvest
The War Game
The War Game
Helicopter Canada
Helicopter Canada
The Face of Genius
The Face of Genius
The Forbidden Volcano
The Forbidden Volcano
The Really Big Family
The Really Big Family
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
The Forth Road Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge
To Die in Madrid
To Die in Madrid
World Without Sun
World Without Sun
Everyman
Everyman
Four Days In November
Four Days In November
Over There, 1914-18
Over There, 1914-18
The Finest Hours
The Finest Hours
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
Terminus
Terminus
The Link and the Chain
The Link and the Chain
The Yanks Are Coming
The Yanks Are Coming
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Alvorada: Brazil's Changing Face
Alvorada: Brazil's Changing Face
Sky Above and Mud Beneath
Sky Above and Mud Beneath
The Grand Olympics
The Grand Olympics
The Horse with the Flying Tail
The Horse with the Flying Tail
Rebel in Paradise
Rebel in Paradise
Serengeti Shall Not Die
Serengeti Shall Not Die
The Race for Space
The Race for Space
White Wilderness
White Wilderness
Antarctic Crossing
Antarctic Crossing
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing
The Hidden World
The Hidden World
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
On the Bowery
On the Bowery
Torero!
Torero!
The Silent World
The Silent World
The Naked Eye
The Naked Eye
Where Mountains Float
Where Mountains Float
The Unconquered
The Unconquered
Heartbreak Ridge
Heartbreak Ridge
The Vanishing Prairie
The Vanishing Prairie
The Stratford Adventure
The Stratford Adventure
The Living Desert
The Living Desert
A Queen Is Crowned
A Queen Is Crowned
The Conquest of Everest
The Conquest of Everest
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki
I Was a Communist for the FBI
I Was a Communist for the FBI
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
With These Hands
With These Hands
Daybreak in Udi
Daybreak in Udi
Kenji Comes Home
Kenji Comes Home
The Secret Land
The Secret Land
The Quiet One
The Quiet One
Design for Death
Design for Death
Journey Into Medicine
Journey Into Medicine
The World Is Rich
The World Is Rich
The True Glory
The True Glory
The Last Bomb
The Last Bomb
The Fighting Lady
The Fighting Lady
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Desert Victory
Desert Victory
Baptism of Fire
Baptism of Fire
Report from the Aleutians
Report from the Aleutians
War Department Report
War Department Report
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway
A Ship Is Born
A Ship Is Born
Africa, Prelude to Victory
Africa, Prelude to Victory
High Over the Borders
High Over the Borders
Little Belgium
Little Belgium