Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Every winner and nominee of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film since 1943, newest first.
2026🏆 WinnerAlžběta Karásková
Mr. Nobody Against Putin4 nominees
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2025🏆 Winner
Yuval Abraham
No Other Land4 nominees
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Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie+1SugarcaneNominee
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev+1Porcelain WarNominee
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari+1Black Box DiariesNominee
Johan Grimonprez, Rémi Grellety+1Soundtrack to a Coup d'EtatNominee2024🏆 Winner
Mstyslav Chernov
20 Days in Mariupol4 nominees
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Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe+1To Kill a TigerNominee
2023🏆 Winner
Daniel Roher
Navalny4 nominees
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Sara Dosa, Shane BorisFire of LoveNominee
Shaunak SenAll That BreathesNominee
2022
Jessica Kingdon
Ascension3 nominees
2021🏆 WinnerCraig Foster
My Octopus Teacher4 nominees
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Alexander Nanau, Bianca OanăCollectiveNominee
Garrett BradleyTimeNominee
Maite AlberdiThe Mole AgentNominee
2020🏆 WinnerJeff Reichert
American Factory4 nominees
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Feras FayyadThe CaveNominee
Waad al-KateabFor SamaNominee2019🏆 Winner
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Free Solo4 nominees
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Julie CohenRBGNominee
Bing LiuMinding the GapNominee2018🏆 Winner
Bryan Fogel
Icarus4 nominees
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JR, Agnès Varda+1Faces PlacesNominee
Steve James, Mark Mitten+1Abacus: Small Enough to JailNominee
Yance Ford, Joslyn BarnesStrong IslandNominee
Kareem Abeed, Søren Steen Jespersen+1Last Men in AleppoNominee2017🏆 Winner
Ezra Edelman
O.J.: Made in America4 nominees
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Roger Ross Williams, Julie GoldmanLife, AnimatedNominee
Gianfranco RosiFire at SeaNominee
Spencer Averick, Ava DuVernay13thNominee2016🏆 Winner
Asif Kapadia
Amy4 nominees
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Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby+1What Happened, Miss Simone?Nominee
Matthew Heineman, Tom YellinCartel LandNominee
Evgeny Afineevsky, Den TolmorWinter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for FreedomNominee2015🏆 Winner
Mathilde Bonnefoy
Citizenfour4 nominees
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Orlando von EinsiedelVirungaNominee
2014🏆 Winner
Morgan Neville
20 Feet from Stardom4 nominees
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2013🏆 Winner
Searching for Sugar Man4 nominees
🏆 WinnerSearching for Sugar Man
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2012🏆 Winner
Daniel Lindsay
Undefeated4 nominees
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PinaNominee
Paradise Lost 3: PurgatoryNominee2011🏆 Winner
Inside Job4 nominees
🏆 WinnerInside Job
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2010🏆 Winner
The Cove4 nominees
2009🏆 Winner
Man on Wire3 nominees
2008🏆 WinnerEva Orner
Taxi to the Dark Side4 nominees
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Andrea Nix Fine, Sean FineWar DanceNominee
Michael Moore, Meghan O'HaraSickoNominee
2007🏆 Winner
Davis Guggenheim
An Inconvenient Truth4 nominees
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Amy J. Berg, Frank DonnerDeliver Us from EvilNominee
Heidi Ewing, Rachel GradyJesus CampNominee
James Longley, John SinnoIraq in FragmentsNominee
Laura Poitras, Jocelyn GlatzerMy Country, My CountryNominee2006🏆 Winner
SNL4 nominees
2005🏆 Winner
Ross Kauffman
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids4 nominees
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Eddie SchmidtTwist of FaithNominee
Super Size MeNominee2004🏆 Winner
The Fog of War4 nominees
2003🏆 Winner
Bowling for Columbine3 nominees
🏆 WinnerBowling for Columbine
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2002🏆 Winner
Murder on a Sunday Morning4 nominees
2001🏆 Winner
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport4 nominees
2000🏆 Winner
One Day in September4 nominees
🏆 WinnerOne Day in September
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1999🏆 WinnerKen Lipper
The Last Days3 nominees
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Matthew DiamondDancemakerNominee1998🏆 WinnerRichard Trank
The Long Way Home4 nominees
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Sam Pollard, Spike Lee4 Little GirlsNominee
1997Jo Menell
Mandela4 nominees
1996🏆 Winner
Anne Frank Remembered4 nominees
1995🏆 Winner
Freida Lee Mock
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision6 nominees
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The Battle Over Citizen KaneNominee1994🏆 Winner
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School4 nominees
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The War RoomNominee1993🏆 WinnerBarbara Trent
The Panama Deception4 nominees
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Fires of KuwaitNominee
1992🏆 WinnerIrving Saraf
In the Shadow of the Stars4 nominees
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Diane GareyWild by LawNominee
Death on the JobNominee1991🏆 Winner
Arthur Cohn
American Dream4 nominees
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1990🏆 Winner
Rob Epstein
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt4 nominees
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For All MankindNominee1989🏆 Winner
Marcel Ophüls
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie4 nominees
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Nan Bush, Bruce WeberLet's Get LostNominee
Ginny DurrinPromises to KeepNominee
Who Killed Vincent Chin?Nominee
1988🏆 WinnerAviva Slesin
The Ten-Year Lunch4 nominees
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1987🏆 Winner
Brigitte Berman
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got3 nominees
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Chile: Hasta Cuando?Nominee1986🏆 WinnerVictoria Mudd
Broken Rainbow4 nominees
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1985🏆 WinnerRob Epstein
The Times of Harvey Milk4 nominees
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High SchoolsNominee
StreetwiseNominee
1984🏆 Winner
Emile Ardolino
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'5 nominees
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1983🏆 Winner
Just Another Missing Kid4 nominees
🏆 WinnerJust Another Missing Kid
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1982🏆 Winner
Genocide4 nominees
1981🏆 Winner
From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China4 nominees
1980🏆 Winner
Best Boy4 nominees
1979🏆 WinnerArnold Shapiro
Scared Straight!4 nominees
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1978🏆 Winner
John Korty
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?4 nominees
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Julia Reichert, Miles Mogulescu+1Union MaidsNominee
1977David Helpern
Hollywood on Trial4 nominees
1976🏆 Winner
Dale Hartleben
The Man Who Skied Down Everest4 nominees
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Fighting for Our LivesNominee
The Incredible MachineNominee
1975🏆 Winner
Bert Schneider
Hearts and Minds4 nominees
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1974🏆 Winner
The Great American Cowboy4 nominees
1973🏆 Winner
Howard Smith
Marjoe4 nominees
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1972🏆 Winner
The Hellstrom Chronicle3 nominees
1971
Jack Johnson4 nominees
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Jack JohnsonNominee
Say GoodbyeNominee
1970🏆 Winner
Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life4 nominees
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The Olympics in MexicoNominee
The Wolf MenNominee1969🏆 WinnerRobert Cohn
Young Americans3 nominees
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1968🏆 Winner
The Anderson Platoon4 nominees
🏆 WinnerThe Anderson Platoon
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1967🏆 Winner
The War Game4 nominees
1966🏆 Winner
Peter WatkinsThe War Game4 nominees
1965🏆 Winner
World Without Sun5 nominees
🏆 WinnerWorld Without Sun
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Four Days In NovemberNominee
The Eleanor Roosevelt StoryNominee
The Finest HoursNominee
EverymanNominee1964🏆 Winner
Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World2 nominees
1963🏆 WinnerLouis Clyde Stoumen
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler1 nominee
1962🏆 WinnerArthur Cohn
Sky Above and Mud Beneath1 nominee
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The Grand OlympicsNominee1961🏆 WinnerLarry Lansburgh
The Horse with the Flying Tail1 nominee
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Robert D. FraserRebel in ParadiseNominee1960🏆 WinnerBernhard Grzimek
Serengeti Shall Not Die1 nominee
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1959🏆 Winner
Ben Sharpsteen
White Wilderness3 nominees
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Nathan ZuckerPsychiatric NursingNominee
James CarrAntarctic CrossingNominee
1958🏆 Winner
Jerome Hill
Albert Schweitzer2 nominees
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Lionel RogosinOn the BoweryNominee
Manuel Barbachano PonceTorero!Nominee1957🏆 Winner
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
The Silent World2 nominees
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Where Mountains FloatNominee1956🏆 WinnerNancy Hamilton
The Unconquered1 nominee
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René RisacherHeartbreak RidgeNominee1955🏆 Winner
Walt Disney
The Vanishing Prairie1 nominee
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Guy GloverThe Stratford AdventureNominee1954🏆 WinnerWalt Disney
The Living Desert2 nominees
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John Taylor, Leon Clore+1The Conquest of EverestNominee1953🏆 Winner
Irwin Allen
The Sea Around Us2 nominees
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Hall BartlettNavajoNominee
Dore ScharyThe HoaxtersNominee1952Bryan Foy
I Was a Communist for the FBI1 nominee
1951🏆 WinnerOlle Nordemar
Kon-Tiki1 nominee
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1950🏆 Winner
Daybreak in Udi1 nominee
1949🏆 WinnerOrville O. Dull
The Secret Land1 nominee
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Janice LoebThe Quiet OneNominee1948🏆 WinnerSid Rogell
Design for Death2 nominees
1946🏆 Winner
The True Glory1 nominee
1945🏆 Winner
The Fighting Lady1 nominee
🏆 WinnerThe Fighting Lady
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1944🏆 Winner
Desert Victory4 nominees
🏆 WinnerDesert Victory
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1943🏆 Winner
Why We Fight: Prelude to War21 nominees
🏆 WinnerWhy We Fight: Prelude to War
🏆 WinnerKokoda Front Line!
🏆 WinnerThe Battle of Midway
🏆 WinnerMoscow Strikes Back
Nominees (21)
Inside Fighting ChinaNominee
Mr. Gardenia JonesNominee
It's Everybody's WarNominee
Little BelgiumNominee
High Stakes in the EastNominee
High Over the BordersNominee
Africa, Prelude to VictoryNominee
The White EagleNominee
Twenty-One MilesNominee
Winning Your WingsNominee
Walt DisneyThe New SpiritNominee
Combat ReportNominee
A Ship Is BornNominee
Mr. Blabbermouth!Nominee
Henry Browne, FarmerNominee
Listen to BritainNominee
—All That Breathes2 nominees
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All That BreathesNominee
Ken BurnsNominee
