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Oscars: Documentary Feature Film

Winners and nominees by ceremony year, newest first.

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  1. 2026
    Mr. Nobody Against Putin
    Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)
    GoodWatch score 80
    WonMr. Nobody Against Putin2025

    Nominated: The Perfect Neighbor, Cutting Through Rocks, The Alabama Solution, Come See Me in the Good Light

  2. 2025
    No Other Land
    No Other Land (2024)
    GoodWatch score 88
    WonNo Other Land2024

    Nominated: Sugarcane, Black Box Diaries, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

  3. 2024
    20 Days in Mariupol
    20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
    GoodWatch score 84
    Won20 Days in Mariupol2023
    WonFrontlineTV show · 1983

    Nominated: Four Daughters, The Eternal Memory, To Kill a Tiger, Bobi Wine: The People's President

  4. 2023
    Navalny
    Navalny (2022)
    GoodWatch score 78
    WonNavalny2022

    Nominated: Fire of Love, All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, A House Made of Splinters

  5. 2022
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
    GoodWatch score 89
    WonSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021

    Nominated: Writing with Fire, Attica, Flee, Ascension

  6. 2021
    My Octopus Teacher
    My Octopus Teacher (2020)
    GoodWatch score 80
    WonMy Octopus Teacher2020

    Nominated: Time, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, The Mole Agent, Collective

  7. 2020
    American Factory
    American Factory (2019)
    GoodWatch score 83
    WonAmerican Factory2019

    Nominated: The Edge of Democracy, For Sama, The Cave, Honeyland

  8. 2019
    Free Solo
    Free Solo (2018)
    GoodWatch score 81
    WonFree Solo2018

    Nominated: Of Fathers and Sons, Hale County This Morning, This Evening, RBG, Minding the Gap

  9. 2018
    Icarus
    Icarus (2017)
    GoodWatch score 72
    WonIcarus2017

    Nominated: Strong Island, Faces Places, Last Men in Aleppo, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

  10. 2017
    O.J.: Made in America
    O.J.: Made in America (2016)
    GoodWatch score 94
    WonO.J.: Made in America2016

    Nominated: I Am Not Your Negro, Fire at Sea, Life, Animated, 13th

  11. 2016
    Amy
    Amy (2015)
    GoodWatch score 81
    WonAmy2015

    Nominated: Cartel Land, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, The Look of Silence, What Happened, Miss Simone?

  12. 2015
    Citizenfour
    Citizenfour (2014)
    GoodWatch score 83
    WonCitizenfour2014

    Nominated: Virunga, The Salt of the Earth, Last Days in Vietnam, Finding Vivian Maier

  13. 2014
    20 Feet from Stardom
    20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
    GoodWatch score 83
    Won20 Feet from Stardom2013

    Nominated: The Act of Killing, Cutie and the Boxer, Dirty Wars, The Square

  14. 2013
    Searching for Sugar Man
    Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
    GoodWatch score 80
    WonSearching for Sugar Man2012

    Nominated: How to Survive a Plague, The Gatekeepers, Five Broken Cameras, POV, The Invisible War

  15. 2012
    Undefeated
    Undefeated (2011)
    GoodWatch score 81
    WonUndefeated2011

    Nominated: Hell and Back Again, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Pina

  16. 2011
    Inside Job
    Inside Job (2010)
    GoodWatch score 83
    WonInside Job2010

    Nominated: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Waste Land, Restrepo, Gasland

  17. 2010
    The Cove
    The Cove (2009)
    GoodWatch score 82
    WonThe Cove2009

    Nominated: Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, The Most Dangerous Man in America, Which Way Home, Food, Inc.

  18. 2009
    Man on Wire
    Man on Wire (2008)
    GoodWatch score 83
    WonMan on Wire2008
    WonThe Cove2009

    Nominated: Trouble the Water, The Garden, The Betrayal – Nerakhoon, Encounters at the End of the World

  19. 2008
    Taxi to the Dark Side
    Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)
    GoodWatch score 83
    WonTaxi to the Dark Side2008

    Nominated: War Dance, Sicko, No End in Sight, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

  20. 2007
    An Inconvenient Truth
    An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
    GoodWatch score 72
    WonAn Inconvenient Truth2006

    Nominated: Deliver Us from Evil, Iraq in Fragments, Jesus Camp, My Country, My Country

  21. 2006
    March of the Penguins
    March of the Penguins (2005)
    GoodWatch score 76
    WonMarch of the Penguins2005

    Nominated: Darwin's Nightmare, Street Fight, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Murderball

  22. 2005
    Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
    GoodWatch score 81
    WonBorn into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids2004

    Nominated: The Story of the Weeping Camel, Twist of Faith, Tupac: Resurrection, Super Size Me

  23. 2004
    The Fog of War
    The Fog of War (2003)
    GoodWatch score 86
    WonThe Fog of War2003

    Nominated: My Architect: A Son's Journey, Balseros, Capturing the Friedmans, The Weather Underground

  24. 2003
    Bowling for Columbine
    Bowling for Columbine (2002)
    GoodWatch score 74
    WonBowling for Columbine2002

    Nominated: Daughter from Danang, Winged Migration, Spellbound, Prisoner of Paradise

  25. 2002
    Bowling for Columbine
    Bowling for Columbine (2002)
    GoodWatch score 74
    WonBowling for Columbine2002
    WonMurder on a Sunday Morning2001

    Nominated: Children Underground, War Photographer, Promises, LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

  26. 2001
    Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
    Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
    GoodWatch score 81
    WonInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport2000

    Nominated: Legacy, Long Night's Journey into Day, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, Sound and Fury

  27. 2000
    One Day in September
    One Day in September (1999)
    GoodWatch score 84
    WonOne Day in September1999

    Nominated: Speaking in Strings, On the Ropes, Buena Vista Social Club, Genghis Blues

  28. 1999
    The Last Days
    The Last Days (1998)
    GoodWatch score 81
    WonThe Last Days1998

    Nominated: Regret to Inform, Dancemaker, The Farm: Angola, USA, Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

  29. 1998
    The Long Way Home
    The Long Way Home (1997)
    GoodWatch score 87
    WonThe Long Way Home1997

    Nominated: Waco: The Rules of Engagement, 4 Little Girls, Colors Straight Up, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

  30. 1997
    When We Were Kings
    When We Were Kings (1996)
    GoodWatch score 86
    WonWhen We Were Kings1996

    Nominated: Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press, Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse, Mandela, The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

  31. 1996
    Anne Frank Remembered
    Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
    GoodWatch score 87
    WonAnne Frank Remembered1995

    Nominated: Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern, Small Wonders, Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, The Battle Over Citizen Kane

  32. 1995
    Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
    Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1995)
    GoodWatch score 82
    WonMaya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision1995

    Nominated: Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter, A Great Day in Harlem, Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern, D-Day Remembered, Freedom on My Mind, The Battle Over Citizen Kane

  33. 1994
    I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
    I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993)
    GoodWatch score 66
    WonI Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School1993

    Nominated: For Better or for Worse, The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter, The War Room, Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family

  34. 1993
    The Panama Deception
    The Panama Deception (1992)
    GoodWatch score 86
    WonThe Panama Deception1992

    Nominated: Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, Fires of Kuwait, Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II, Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker

  35. 1992
    In the Shadow of the Stars
    In the Shadow of the Stars (1991)
    GoodWatch score 58
    WonIn the Shadow of the Stars1991

    Nominated: Death on the Job, The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945, Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House, Wild by Law

  36. 1991
    American Dream
    American Dream (1990)
    GoodWatch score 69
    WonAmerican Dream1990

    Nominated: Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, American Masters, Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Building Bombs, Berkeley in the Sixties

  37. 1990
    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989)
    GoodWatch score 89
    WonCommon Threads: Stories from the Quilt1989

    Nominated: For All Mankind, Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren, Adam Clayton Powell, Crack USA: County Under Siege

  38. 1989
    Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
    Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
    GoodWatch score 86
    WonHôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie1988

    Nominated: The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out, Let's Get Lost, Promises to Keep, Who Killed Vincent Chin?

  39. 1988
    The Ten-Year Lunch
    The Ten-Year Lunch (1987)
    GoodWatch score 65
    WonThe Ten-Year Lunch1987

    Nominated: A Stitch for Time, Eyes on the Prize, Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima, Radio Bikini

  40. 1987
    Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
    Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
    GoodWatch score 49
    WonArtie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got1985
    WonDown and Out in America1986

    Nominated: Witness to Apartheid, Chile: Hasta Cuando?, Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer

  41. 1986
    Broken Rainbow
    Broken Rainbow (1985)
    GoodWatch score 65
    WonBroken Rainbow1985

    Nominated: The Statue of Liberty, Soldiers in Hiding, Unfinished Business, The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

  42. 1985
    The Times of Harvey Milk
    The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
    GoodWatch score 89
    WonThe Times of Harvey Milk1984

    Nominated: High Schools, Streetwise, In the Name of the People, Marlene

  43. 1984
    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983)
    GoodWatch score 62
    WonHe Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'1983

    Nominated: High Schools, Children of Darkness, Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists, First Contact, The Profession of Arms

  44. 1983
    Just Another Missing Kid
    Just Another Missing Kid (1981)
    GoodWatch score 75
    WonJust Another Missing Kid1981
    WonThe Fifth EstateTV show · 1976

    Nominated: In Our Water, A Portrait of Giselle, Ben's Mill, After the Axe

  45. 1982
    Genocide
    Genocide (1982)
    GoodWatch score 74
    WonGenocide1982

    Nominated: Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey, Brooklyn Bridge, Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott, El Salvador: Another Vietnam

  46. 1981
    From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China
    From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1981)
    GoodWatch score 71
    WonFrom Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China1981

    Nominated: The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945, Front Line, The Day After Trinity, Agee

  47. 1980
    Best Boy
    Best Boy (1979)
    GoodWatch score 90
    WonBest Boy1979

    Nominated: The Killing Ground, Going the Distance, Generation on the Wind, The War at Home

  48. 1979
    Scared Straight!
    Scared Straight! (1978)
    GoodWatch score 72
    WonScared Straight!1978

    Nominated: With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade, The Lovers' Wind, Mysterious Castles of Clay, Raoni

  49. 1978
    Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
    Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977)
    GoodWatch score 67
    WonWho Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?1977

    Nominated: High Grass Circus, Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love, Union Maids, The Children of Theatre Street

  50. 1977
    Harlan County U.S.A.
    Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
    GoodWatch score 85
    WonHarlan County U.S.A.1976

    Nominated: Hollywood on Trial, Off the Edge, People of the Wind, Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

  51. 1976
    The Man Who Skied Down Everest
    The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)
    GoodWatch score 70
    WonThe Man Who Skied Down Everest1975

    Nominated: Fighting for Our Lives, The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, The California Reich, The Incredible Machine

  52. 1975
    The Man Who Skied Down Everest
    The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)
    GoodWatch score 70
    WonThe Man Who Skied Down Everest1975
    WonHearts and Minds1974

    Nominated: The 81st Blow, Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, The Wild and the Brave, The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

  53. 1974
    The Great American Cowboy
    The Great American Cowboy (1973)
    GoodWatch score 66
    WonThe Great American Cowboy1973

    Nominated: Journey to the Outer Limits, Always a New Beginning, Walls of Fire, Battle of Berlin

  54. 1973
    Marjoe
    Marjoe (1972)
    GoodWatch score 88
    WonMarjoe1972

    Nominated: Malcolm X, Ape and Super-Ape, Manson, The Silent Revolution

  55. 1972
    The Hellstrom Chronicle
    The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
    GoodWatch score 75
    WonThe Hellstrom Chronicle1971

    Nominated: On Any Sunday, Alaska Wilderness Lake, The Ra Expeditions, The Sorrow and the Pity

  56. 1971
    Woodstock
    Woodstock (1970)
    GoodWatch score 90
    WonWoodstock1970

    Nominated: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis, Say Goodbye, Jack Johnson, Chariots of the Gods

  57. 1970
    Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life
    Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life (1969)
    GoodWatch score 68
    WonArthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life1969

    Nominated: Before the Mountain Was Moved, The Olympics in Mexico, The Wolf Men, In the Year of the Pig

  58. 1969
    Journey Into Self
    Journey Into Self (1969)
    GoodWatch score 59
    WonJourney Into Self1969
    WonYoung Americans1967

    Nominated: A Few Notes on Our Food Problem, Legendary Champions, Other Voices

  59. 1968
    The Anderson Platoon
    The Anderson Platoon (1967)
    GoodWatch score 63
    WonThe Anderson Platoon1967

    Nominated: Harvest, A Time for Burning, Festival, A King's Story

  60. 1967
    The War Game
    The War Game (1966)
    GoodWatch score 87
    WonThe War Game1966

    Nominated: The Face of Genius, Helicopter Canada, The Really Big Family, The Forbidden Volcano

  61. 1966
    The War Game
    The War Game (1966)
    GoodWatch score 87
    WonThe War Game1966
    WonThe Eleanor Roosevelt Story1965

    Nominated: The Forth Road Bridge, To Die in Madrid, The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles, Let My People Go: The Story of Israel

  62. 1965
    World Without Sun
    World Without Sun (1964)
    GoodWatch score 75
    WonWorld Without Sun1964

    Nominated: The Finest Hours, Everyman, Four Days In November, The Eleanor Roosevelt Story, Over There, 1914-18

  63. 1964
    Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World
    Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963)
    GoodWatch score 60
    WonRobert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World1963

    Nominated: The Link and the Chain, The Yanks Are Coming

  64. 1959
    White Wilderness
    White Wilderness (1958)
    GoodWatch score 36
    WonWhite Wilderness1958

    Nominated: Psychiatric Nursing, Antarctic Crossing, The Hidden World

  65. 1958
    Albert Schweitzer
    Albert Schweitzer (1957)
    GoodWatch score 62
    WonAlbert Schweitzer1957

    Nominated: Torero!, On the Bowery

  66. 1957
    The Silent World
    The Silent World (1956)
    GoodWatch score 70
    WonThe Silent World1956

    Nominated: The Naked Eye, Where Mountains Float

  67. 1954
    The Living Desert
    The Living Desert (1953)
    GoodWatch score 61
    WonThe Living Desert1953

    Nominated: The Conquest of Everest, A Queen Is Crowned

  68. 1953
    The Sea Around Us
    The Sea Around Us (1953)
    GoodWatch score 61
    WonThe Sea Around Us1953

    Nominated: Navajo, The Hoaxters

  69. 1951
    Kon-Tiki
    Kon-Tiki (1950)
    GoodWatch score 76
    WonKon-Tiki1950
    WonThe Titan: Story of Michelangelo1950

    Nominated: With These Hands

  70. 1948
    Design for Death
    Design for Death (1948)
    GoodWatch score 60
    WonDesign for Death1948

    Nominated: The World Is Rich, Journey Into Medicine

  71. 1945
    The Fighting Lady
    The Fighting Lady (1944)
    GoodWatch score 68
    WonThe Fighting Lady1944

    Nominated: The Last Bomb, Resisting Enemy Interrogation

  72. 1944
    The Fighting Lady
    The Fighting Lady (1944)
    GoodWatch score 68
    WonThe Fighting Lady1944
    WonDesert Victory1943

    Nominated: Report from the Aleutians, Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia, Baptism of Fire, War Department Report