Nominations & Winners by Category:
Documentary (Feature)

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Documentary (Feature). The symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the nominees and winners in that category.

1943  (16th)

(Feature)

Baptism of Fire, United States Army. [Fighting Men’s Series]

The Battle of Russia, United States Department of War Special Service Division; 20th Century-Fox.

Desert Victory, British Ministry of Information; 20th Century-Fox.

Report from the Aleutians, United States Army Pictorial Service. [Combat Film Series]

War Department Report, United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau. [NOTE: Not originally announced as a nominee, but title appeared on the final ballot. No documentation has been found as to why this occurred.]

1944  (17th)

(Feature)

The Fighting Lady, United States Navy; 20th Century-Fox.

Resisting Enemy Interrogation, United States Army Air Force.

1945  (18th)

(Feature)

The Last Bomb, United States Army Air Force.

The True Glory, United States Office of War Information; Columbia. The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America.

1947  (20th)

(Feature)

Design for Death, RKO Radio. Sid Rogell, Executive Producer; Theron Warth and Richard O. Fleischer, Producers.

Journey into Medicine, United States Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange.

The World Is Rich, British Information Services. Paul Rotha, Producer.

1948  (21st)

(Feature)

The Quiet One, Film Documents; Mayer-Burstyn. Janice Loeb, Producer.

The Secret Land, United States Navy; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Orville O. Dull, Producer.

1949  (22nd)

(Feature)

Daybreak in Udi, British Information Services. Crown Film Unit, Producer.

Kenji Comes Home, Protestant Film Commission. Paul F. Heard, Producer.

1950  (23rd)

(Feature)

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo, Michelangelo Company; Classic Pictures, Inc. Robert Snyder, Producer.

With These Hands, Promotional Films Company, Inc. Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers.

1951  (24th)

(Feature)

I Was a Communist for the F.B.I., Warner Bros. Bryan Foy, Producer.

Kon-Tiki, Artfilm Production; RKO Radio (Norwegian). Olle Nordemar, Producer.

1952  (25th)

(Feature)

The Hoaxters, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dore Schary, Producer.

Navajo, Bartlett-Foster Productions; Lippert Pictures, Inc. Hall Bartlett, Producer.

The Sea Around Us, RKO Radio. Irwin Allen, Producer.

1953  (26th)

(Feature)

The Conquest of Everest, Countryman Films, Ltd. & Group 3 Ltd.; United Artists. John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp, Producers.

The Living Desert, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventures Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

A Queen Is Crowned, J. Arthur Rank Organization, Ltd.; Universal-International. Castleton Knight, Producer.

1954  (27th)

(Feature)

The Stratford Adventure, National Film Board of Canada; Continental Distributing, Inc. Guy Glover, Producer.

The Vanishing Prairie, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventures Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

1955  (28th)

(Feature)

Heartbreak Ridge, Rene Risacher Production; Tudor Pictures. Rene Risacher, Producer.

Helen Keller in Her Story, Nancy Hamilton Presentation. Nancy Hamilton, Producer.

1956  (29th)

(Feature)

The Naked Eye, Camera Eye Pictures, Inc.; Film Representations, Inc. Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer.

The Silent World, Filmad-F.S.J.Y.C. Production; Columbia. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer.

Where Mountains Float, Arno Studios, Copenhagen; Brandon Films, Inc. The Government Film Committee of Denmark.

1957  (30th)

(Feature)

Albert Schweitzer, Hill and Anderson Production; Louis de Rochemont Associates. Jerome Hill, Producer.

On the Bowery, Lionel Rogosin Productions; Film Representations, Inc. Lionel Rogosin, Producer.

Torero!, Producciones Barbachano Ponce; Columbia. Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer.

1958  (31st)

(Feature)

Antarctic Crossing, World Wide Pictures; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films. James Carr, Producer.

The Hidden World, Small World Company. Robert Snyder, Producer.

Psychiatric Nursing, Dynamic Films, Inc. Nathan Zucker, Producer.

White Wilderness, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. [True Life Adventure Series] Ben Sharpsteen, Producer.

1959  (32nd)

(Feature)

The Race for Space, Wolper, Inc. David L. Wolper, Producer.

Serengeti Shall Not Die, Okapia-Film GmbH Production; Transocean-Film. Bernhard Grzimek, Producer.

1960  (33rd)

(Feature)

The Horse with the Flying Tail, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Larry Lansburgh, Producer.

Rebel in Paradise, Tiare Company. Robert D. Fraser, Producer.

1961  (34th)

(Feature)

La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960), dell Instituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade; Cineriz.

Le Ciel et la Boue (Sky Above and Mud Beneath), Ardennes Films and Michael Arthur Film Productions; Rank Film Distributors of America, Inc. Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers.

1962  (35th)

(Feature)

Alvorada (Brazil’s Changing Face), MW Filmproduktion. Hugo Niebeling, Producer.

Black Fox, Image Productions, Inc.; Heritage Films, Inc. Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer.

1963  (36th)

(Feature)

Le Maillon et la Chaine (The Link and the Chain), Films Du Centaure-Filmartic. Paul de Roubaix, Producer.

Robert Frost: A Lover’s Quarrel with the World, WGBH Educational Foundation; Holt, Reinhart and Winston, Inc. Robert Hughes, Producer.

Terminus, British Transport Films. Edgar Anstey, Producer. [NOTE: After the nominations were announced, it was discovered that this film was first released prior to the eligibility period, and the nomination was withdrawn.]

The Yanks Are Coming, David L. Wolper Productions. Marshall Flaum, Producer.

1964  (37th)

(Feature)

The Finest Hours, Le Vien Films, Ltd.; Columbia. Jack Le Vien, Producer.

Four Days in November, David L. Wolper Productions; United Artists. Mel Stuart, Producer.

The Human Dutch, Haanstra Filmproductie. Bert Haanstra, Producer.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau’s World Without Sun, Filmad-Les Requins Associes-Orsay-CEIAP; Columbia. Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer.

Over There, 1914-18, Zodiac Productions; Pathe Contemporary Films. Jean Aurel, Producer.

1965  (38th)

(Feature)

The Battle of the Bulge . . . The Brave Rifles, Mascott Productions. Laurence E. Mascott, Producer.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Story, Sidney Glazier Production; American International Pictures. Sidney Glazier, Producer.

The Forth Road Bridge, Random Film Productions, Ltd.; Shell-Mex and B.P. Film Library. Peter Mills, Producer.

Let My People Go, David L. Wolper Productions. Marshall Flaum, Producer.

To Die in Madrid, Ancinex Productions; Altura Films International. Frederic Rossif, Producer.

1966  (39th)

(Feature)

The Face of Genius, WBZ-TV, Group W, Boston. Alfred R. Kelman, Producer.

Helicopter Canada, National Film Board of Canada Centennial Commission; National Film Board of Canada. Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers.

Le Volcan Interdit (The Forbidden Volcano), Cine Documents Tazieff; Athos Films. Haroun Tazieff, Producer.

The Really Big Family, David L. Wolper Productions. Alex Grasshoff, Producer.

The War Game, BBC Production for the British Film Institute; Pathe Contemporary Films. Peter Watkins, Producer.

1967  (40th)

(Feature)

The Anderson Platoon, French Broadcasting System. Pierre Schoendoerffer, Producer.

Festival, Patchke Productions. Murray Lerner, Producer.

Harvest, United States Information Agency. Carroll Ballard, Producer.

A King’s Story, Jack Le Vien Production. Jack Le Vien, Producer.

A Time for Burning, Quest Productions for Lutheran Film Associates. William C. Jersey, Producer.

1968  (41st)

(Feature)

A Few Notes on Our Food Problem, United States Information Agency. James Blue, Producer.

Journey into Self, Western Behavioral Sciences Institute. Bill McGaw, Producer.

The Legendary Champions, Turn of the Century Flights. William Cayton, Producer.

Other Voices, DHS Films. David H. Sawyer, Producer.

Young Americans, The Young Americans Production. Robert Cohn and Alex Grasshoff, Producers. [Declared ineligible; see note below.]

1969  (42nd)

(Feature)

Arthur Rubinstein—The Love of Life, Midem Production. Bernard Chevry, Producer.

Before the Mountain Was Moved, Robert K. Sharpe Productions for The Office of Economic Opportunity. Robert K. Sharpe, Producer.

In the Year of the Pig, Emile de Antonio Production. Emile de Antonio, Producer.

The Olympics in Mexico, Comite Organizador de los Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada.

The Wolf Men, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Irwin Rosten, Producer.

1970  (43rd)

(Feature)

Chariots of the Gods, Terra-Filmkunst GmbH. Dr. Harold Reinl, Producer.

Jack Johnson, The Big Fights. Jim Jacobs, Producer.

King: A Filmed Record . . . Montgomery to Memphis, Commonwealth United Corporation Production. Ely Landau, Producer.

Say Goodbye, David L. Wolper Productions. David H. Vowell, Producer.

Woodstock, Wadleigh-Maurice Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. Bob Maurice, Producer.

1971  (44th)

(Feature)

Alaska Wilderness Lake, Alan Landsburg Productions. Alan Landsburg, Producer.

The Hellstrom Chronicle, David L. Wolper Productions; Cinema 5, Ltd. Walon Green, Producer.

On Any Sunday, Bruce Brown Films-Solar Productions; Cinema 5, Ltd. Bruce Brown, Producer.

The Ra Expeditions, Swedish Broadcasting Company; Interwest Film Corporation. Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl, Producers.

The Sorrow and the Pity, Television Rencontre-Norddeutscher Rundfunk-Television Swiss Romande; Cinema 5, LTd. Marcel Ophuls, Producer.

1972  (45th)

(Feature)

Ape and Super-Ape, Bert Haanstra Film Production; The Netherlands Ministry of Culture, Recreation and Social Welfare. Bert Haanstra, Producer.

Malcolm X, Marvin Worth Production; Warner Bros. Marvin Worth and Arnold Perl, Producers.

Manson, Merrick International Pictures. Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick, Producers.

Marjoe, Cinema X Production; Cinema 5, Ltd. Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan, Producers.

The Silent Revolution, Leonaris Film Production. Eckehard Munck, Producer.

1973  (46th)

(Feature)

Always a New Beginning, Goodell Motion Pictures. John D. Goodell, Producer.

Battle of Berlin, Chronos Film GmbH. Bengt von zur Muehlen, Producer.

The Great American Cowboy, Kieth Merrill Associates-Rodeo Film Productions. Kieth Merrill, Producer.

Journey to the Outer Limits, National Geographic Society and Wolper Productions. Alex Grasshoff, Producer.

Walls of Fire, Mentor Productions. Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney, Producers.

1974  (47th)

(Feature)

Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, Rocky Mountain Productions. Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, Producers.

The Challenge . . . A Tribute to Modern Art, World View Production. Herbert Kline, Producer.

The 81st Blow, Ghetto Fighters House Film. Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, Producers.

Hearts and Minds, Touchstone-Audjeff-BBS Production; Howard Zucker/Henry Jaglom-Rainbow Pictures Presentation. Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers.

The Wild and the Brave, E.S.J. Productions in association with Tomorrow Entertainment Inc. & Jones/Howard Ltd. Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones, Producers.

1975  (48th)

(Feature)

The California Reich, Yasny Talking Pictures. Walter F. Parkes and Keith F. Critchlow, Producers.

Fighting for Our Lives, Farm Worker Film. Glen Pearcy, Producer.

The Incredible Machine, National Geographic Society and Wolper Productions. Irwin Rosten, Producer.

The Man Who Skied down Everest, Crawley Films Presentation. F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, Producers.

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir, MacLaine Productions. Shirley MacLaine, Producer.

1976  (49th)

(Feature)

Harlan County, U.S.A., Cabin Creek Films. Barbara Kopple, Producer.

Hollywood on Trial, October Films/Cinema Associates Production. James Gutman and David Helpern, Jr., Producers.

Off the Edge, Pentacle Films. Michael Firth, Producer.

People of the Wind, Elizabeth E. Rogers Productions. Anthony Howarth and David Koff, Producers.

Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry, National Film Board of Canada. Donald Brittain and Robert Duncan, Producers.

1977  (50th)

(Feature)

The Children of Theatre Street, Mack-Vaganova Company. Robert Dornhelm and Earle Mack, Producers.

High Grass Circus, National Film Board of Canada. Bill Brind, Torben Schioler and Tony Ianzelo, Producers.

Homage to Chagall—The Colours of Love, CBC Production. Harry Rasky, Producer.

Union Maids, Klein, Reichert, Mogulescu Production. James Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu, Producers.

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, Korty Films and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates in association with Sanrio Films. John Korty, Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart, Producers.

1978  (51st)

(Feature)

The Lovers’ Wind, Ministry of Culture & Arts of Iran. Albert Lamorisse, Producer.

Mysterious Castles of Clay, Survival Anglia Ltd. Production. Alan Root, Producer.

Raoni, Franco-Brazilian Production. Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, Barry Williams and Michel Gast, Producers.

Scared Straight!, Golden West Television Production. Arnold Shapiro, Producer.

With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade, Women’s Labor History Film Project Production. Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb and Lorraine Gray, Producers.

1979  (52nd)

(Feature)

Best Boy, Only Child Motion Pictures, Inc. Ira Wohl, Producer.

Generation on the Wind, More Than One Medium. David A. Vassar, Producer.

Going the Distance, National Film Board of Canada. Paul Cowan and Jacques Bobet, Producers.

The Killing Ground, ABC News Closeup Unit. Steve Singer and Tom Priestley, Producers.

The War at Home, Catalyst Films/Madison Film Production Company. Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown, Producers.

1980  (53rd)

(Feature)

Agee, James Agee Film Project. Ross Spears, Producer.

The Day After Trinity, Jon Else Productions. Jon Else, Producer.

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China, The Hopewell Foundation. Murray Lerner, Producer.

Front Line, David Bradbury Productions. David Bradbury, Producer.

The Yellow Star—The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45, Chronos Film GmbH. Bengt von zur Muehlen and Arthur Cohn, Producers.

1981  (54th)

(Feature)

Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey, Seven League Productions, Inc. Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs, Producers.

Brooklyn Bridge, Florentine Films Production. Ken Burns, Producer.

Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott, The Caldicott Project. Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson and Boyd Estus, Producers.

El Salvador: Another Vietnam, Catalyst Media Productions. Glenn Silber and Tete Vasconcellos, Producers.

Genocide, Arnold Schwartzman Productions, Inc. Arnold Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier, Producers.

1982  (55th)

(Feature)

After the Axe, National Film Board of Canada. Sturla Gunnarsson and Steve Lucas, Producers.

Ben’s Mill, Public Broadcasting Associates—ODYSSEY. John Karol and Michel Chalufour, Producers.

In Our Water, Foresight Films Production. Meg Switzgable, Producer.

Just Another Missing Kid, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. John Zaritsky, Producer.

A Portrait of Giselle, ABC Video Enterprises, Inc. in association with Wishupon Productions, Inc. Joseph Wishy, Producer.

1983  (56th)

(Feature)

Children of Darkness, Children of Darkness Production. Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan, Producers.

First Contact, Arundel Production. Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, Producers.

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin’, Edgar J. Scherick Associates Production. Emile Ardolino, Producer.

The Profession of Arms, National Film Board of Canada. [War Series Film #3] Michael Bryans and Tina Viljoen, Producers.

Seeing Red, Heartland Production. James Klein and Julia Reichert, Producers.

1984  (57th)

(Feature)

High Schools, Guggenheim Productions. Charles Guggenheim and Nancy Sloss, Producers.

In the Name of the People, Pan American Films. Alex W. Drehsler and Frank Christopher, Producers.

Marlene, Zev Braun Pictures, Inc./OKO Film Produktion. Karel Dirka and Zev Braun, Producers.

Streetwise, Bear Creek Productions, Inc. Cheryl McCall, Producer.

The Times of Harvey Milk, Black Sand Educational Productions, Inc. Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, Producers.

1985  (58th)

(Feature)

Broken Rainbow, Earthworks Films Production. Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, Producers.

Las Madres—The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Sponsored by Film Arts Foundation. Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, Producers.

Soldiers in Hiding, Filmworks, Inc. Production. Japhet Asher, Producer.

The Statue of Liberty, Florentine Films Production. Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers.

Unfinished Business, Mouchette Films Production. Steven Okazaki, Producer.

1986  (59th)

(Feature)

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got, Bridge Film Production. Brigitte Berman, Producer.

Chile: Hasta Cuando?, David Bradbury Productions. David Bradbury, Producer.

Down and Out in America, Joseph Feury Production. Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, Producers.

Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, Film by Amram Nowak Associates. Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, Producers.

Witness to Apartheid, Production of Developing News Inc. Sharon I. Sopher, Producer.

1987  (60th)

(Feature)

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years/Bridge to Freedom 1965, Blackside, Inc Production. Callie Crossley and James A. DeVinney, Producers.

Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima, Muraki Film Project. John Junkerman and John W. Dower, Producers.

Radio Bikini, Production of Crossroads Film Project, Ltd. Robert Stone, Producer.

A Stitch for Time, Production of Peace Quilters Production Company, Inc. Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, Producers.

The Ten Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table, Aviva Films Production. Aviva Slesin, Producer.

1988  (61st)

(Feature)

The Cry of Reason—Beyers Naude: An Afrikaner Speaks Out, Worldwide Documentaries, Inc. Robert Bilheimer and Roland Mix, Producers.

Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie, The Memory Pictures Company. Marcel Ophuls, Producer.

Let’s Get Lost, Little Bear Films, Inc. Bruce Weber and Nan Bush, Producers.

Promises to Keep, Durrin Productions, Inc. Ginny Durrin, Producer.

Who Killed Vincent Chin?, Film News Now Foundation and Detroit Educational Television Foundation Production. Renee Tajima and Christine Choy, Producers.

1989  (62nd)

(Feature)

Adam Clayton Powell, RKB Productions. Richard Killberg and Yvonne Smith, Producers.

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Telling Pictures and The Couturie Company Production. Robert Epstein and Bill Couturie, Producers.

Crack USA: County Under Siege, Half-Court Productions, Ltd. Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers.

For All Mankind, Apollo Associates/FAM Productions Inc. Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers.

Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren, Quest Production. Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers.

1990  (63rd)

(Feature)

American Dream, Cabin Creek Films. Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, Producers.

Berkeley in the Sixties, Berkeley in the Sixties Production Partnership. Mark Kitchell, Producer.

Building Bombs, Mori/Robinson Production. Mark Mori and Susan Robinson, Producers.

Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Judith Montell Production. Judith Montell, Producer.

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter’s Journey, Waldo Productions, Inc. Production. Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, Producers.

1991  (64th)

(Feature)

Death on the Job, Half-Court Pictures, Ltd. Production. Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers.

Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House, Video Verité Production. Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers.

In the Shadow of the Stars, Light-Saraf Films Production. Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers.

The Restless Conscience, Hava Kohav Beller Production. Hava Kohav Beller, Producer.

Wild by Law, Florentine Films Production. Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, Producers.

1992  (65th)

(Feature)

Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker, Intrepid Production. David Haugland, Producer.

Fires of Kuwait, Black Sun Films, Ltd./IMAX Corporation Production. Sally Dundas, Producer.

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II, Miles Educational Film Productions, Inc. Production. William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, Producers.

Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, Alternate Current Inc./Les Films d’Ici Production. Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran, Producers.

The Panama Deception, Empowerment Project Production. Barbara Trent and David Kasper, Producers.

1993  (66th)

(Feature)

The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/HBO Films Production. David Paperny and Arthur Ginsberg.

Children of Fate, Young/Friedson Production. Susan Todd and Andrew Young.

For Better or for Worse, David Collier Production. David Collier and Betsy Thompson.

I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School, Verité Films Production. Susan Raymond and Alan Raymond.

The War Room, R. J. Cutler/Wendy Ettinger/Frazer Pennebacker Production. D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

1994  (67th)

(Feature)

Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter, D/D Production. Deborah Hoffmann.

D-Day Remembered, Guggenheim Productions, Inc. Production for the National D-Day Museum. Charles Guggenheim.

Freedom on My Mind, Clarity Film Production. Connie Field and Marilyn Mulford.

A Great Day in Harlem, Jean Bach Production; Castle Hill. Jean Bach.

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, American Film Foundation/Sanders and Mock Production. Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders.

1995  (68th)

(Feature)

Anne Frank Remembered, Jon Blair Film Company Limited Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Jon Blair.

The Battle over Citizen Kane, Lennon Documentary Group Producton for The American Experience. Thomas Lennon and Michael Epstein.

Fiddlefest—Roberta Tzavaras and Her East Harlem Violin Program, Four Oaks Foundation Production. Allan Miller and Walter Scheuer.

Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, Turner Original Production. Mike Tollin and Fredric Golding.

Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern, West City Films, Inc. Production. Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher.

1996  (69th)

(Feature)

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story, New York Times History Production; Castle Hill. Susan W. Dryfoos.

Mandela, Clinica Estetico, Ltd. Production; Island Pictures. Jo Menell and Angus Gibson.

Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse, Seahorse Films, Inc. Production. Anne Belle and Deborah Dickson.

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press, Never Tire Production. Rick Goldsmith.

When We Were Kings, DASFilms Ltd. Production; Gramercy Pictures. Leon Gast and David Sonenberg.

1997  (70th)

(Feature)

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, A G Media Corporation Limited Production; Strand Releasing. Michael Paxton.

Colors Straight Up, Echo Pictures Production. Michele Ohayon and Julia Schachter.

4 Little Girls, HBO Documentary Film/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production. Spike Lee and Sam Pollard.

The Long Way Home, Moriah Films Production at the Simon Wiesenthal Center; Seventh Art. Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank.

Waco: The Rules of Engagement, SomFord Entertainment/Fifth Estate Production. Dan Gifford and William Gazecki.

1998  (71st)

(Feature)

Dancemaker, Four Oaks Foundation Production. Matthew Diamond and Jerry Kupfer.

The Farm: Angola, U.S.A., Gabriel Films Production. Jonathan Stack and Liz Garbus.

The Last Days, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation Production; October Films. James Moll and Ken Lipper.

Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth, Whyaduck Productions. Robert B. Weide.

Regret to Inform, Sun Fountain Production. Barbara Sonneborn and Janet Cole.

1999  (72nd)

(Feature)

Buena Vista Social Club, Road Movies Production; Artisan. Wim Wenders and Ulrich Felsberg.

Genghis Blues, Wadi Rum Production; Roxie Releasing. Roko Belic and Adrian Belic.

On the Ropes, Highway Films Production; WinStar Cinema. Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen.

One Day in September, Arthur Cohn Production. Arthur Cohn and Kevin Macdonald.

Speaking in Strings, CounterPoint Films Production; Seventh Art. Paola di Florio and Lilibet Foster.

2000  (73rd)

(Feature)

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, Sabine Films Production; Warner Bros. Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer.

Legacy, Nomadic Pictures Production. Tod Lending.

Long Night’s Journey into Day, Iris Films Production; Seventh Art. Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffmann.

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, Social Media Production. Barak Goodman and Daniel Anker.

Sound and Fury, Production of Aronson Film Associates and Public Policy Productions; Artistic License Films. Josh Aronson and Roger Weisberg.

2001  (74th)

(Feature)

Children Underground, Belzberg Films Production. Edet Belzberg.

LaLee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton, Maysles Films Production. Susan Froemke and Deborah Dickson.

Murder on a Sunday Morning, Maha Productions/Pathé Doc/France 2/HBO Production. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Poncet.

Promises, Promises Film Project Production. Justine Shapiro and B. Z. Goldberg.

War Photographer, Christian Frei Filmproductions; Films Transit. Christian Frei.

2002  (75th)

(Feature)

Bowling for Columbine, Salter Street Films/VIF 2/Dog Eat Dog Films Production; United Artists and Alliance Atlantis. Michael Moore and Michael Donovan.

Daughter from Danang, Interfaze Educational Production; Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures. Gail Dolgin and Vincente Franco.

Prisoner of Paradise, Média Vérité/Café Production; Alliance Atlantis. Malcolm Clarke and Stuart Sender.

Spellbound, Blitz/Welch Production; THINKFilm. Jeffrey Blitz and Sean Welch.

Winged Migration, Galatée Films/France 2 Cinéma/France 3 Cinéma/Les Productions de la Guéville/Bac Films/Pandora Film/Les Productions JMH/Wanda Vision/Eyescreen Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Jacques Perrin.

2003  (76th)

(Feature)

Balseros, Bausan Films S.L. Production; Seventh Art. Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech.

Capturing the Friedmans, Hit the Ground Running Production; Magnolia Pictures. Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling.

The Fog of War, Globe Department Store Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Errol Morris and Michael Williams.

My Architect, Louis Kahn Project, Inc. Production; New Yorker Films. Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr.

The Weather Underground, Free History Project Production; Shadow Distribution. Sam Green and Bill Siegel.

2004  (77th)

(Feature)

Born into Brothels, Red Light Films, Inc. Production; THINKFilm. Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski.

The Story of the Weeping Camel, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München Production; THINKFilm. Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa.

Super Size Me, Kathbur Productions/The Con Production; Roadside Attractions/Samuel Goldwyn Films. Morgan Spurlock.

Tupac: Resurrection, MTV - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Production; Paramount. Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali.

Twist of Faith, Chain Camera Pictures Production. Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt.

2005  (78th)

(Feature)

Darwin’s Nightmare, Mille et Une Production; International Film Circuit. Hubert Sauper.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, HDNet Films Production; Magnolia Pictures. Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot.

March of the Penguins, Bonne Pioche Production; Warner Independent Pictures. Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau.

Murderball, Eat Films Production; THINKFilm. Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro.

Street Fight, Marshall Curry Production. Marshall Curry.

2006  (79th)

(Feature)

Deliver Us from Evil, Disarming Films Production; Lionsgate. Amy Berg and Frank Donner.

An Inconvenient Truth, Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production; Paramount Classics and Participant Productions. Davis Guggenheim.

Iraq in Fragments, Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production; Typecast Releasing in association with HBO Documentary Films. James Longley and John Sinno.

Jesus Camp, Loki Films Production; Magnolia Pictures. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady.

My Country, My Country, Praxis Films Production; Zeitgeist Films. Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer.

2007  (80th)

(Feature)

No End in Sight, Representational Pictures Production; Magnolia Pictures. Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs.

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, The Documentary Group Production; The Documentary Group. Richard E. Robbins.

Sicko, Dog Eat Dog Films Production; Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company. Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara.

Taxi to the Dark Side, X-Ray Production; THINKFilm. Alex Gibney and Eva Orner.

War/Dance, Shine Global and Fine Films Production; THINKFilm. Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine.

2008  (81st)

(Feature)

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon), Pandinlao Films Production; Cinema Guild. Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath.

Encounters at the End of the World, Creative Differences Production; THINKFilm and Image Entertainment. Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser.

The Garden, Black Valley Films Production. Scott Hamilton Kennedy.

Man on Wire, Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films Production; Magnolia Pictures. James Marsh and Simon Chinn.

Trouble the Water, Elsewhere Films Production; Zeitgeist Films. Tia Lessin and Carl Deal.

2009  (82nd)

(Feature)

Burma VJ, Magic Hour Films Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller.

The Cove, Oceanic Preservation Society Production; Roadside Attractions. Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens.

Food, Inc., Robert Kenner Films Production; Magnolia Pictures. Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Kovno Communications Production. Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith.

Which Way Home, Mr. Mudd Production. Rebecca Cammisa.

2010  (83rd)

(Feature)

Exit Through the Gift Shop, Paranoid Pictures Production; Producers Distribution Agency. Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz.

Gasland, Gasland Production. Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic.

Inside Job, Representational Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs.

Restrepo, Outpost Films Production; National Geographic Entertainment. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger.

Waste Land, Almega Projects and O2 Filmes Production; Arthouse Films. Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley.

2011  (84th)

(Feature)

Hell and Back Again, Roast Beef Limited Production; Docurama Films. Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner.

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Marshall Curry Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman.

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, @radical.media Production. Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.

Pina, Neue Road Movies Production; Sundance Selects. Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel.

Undefeated, Spitfire Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas.

2012  (85th)

(Feature)

5 Broken Cameras, Guy DVD Films/Burnat Films Palestine; Kino Lorber. Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi.

The Gatekeepers, Les Films du Poisson/Dror Moreh/Cinephil; Sony Pictures Classics. Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon.

How to Survive a Plague, How to Survive a Plague Production; Sundance Selects. David France and Howard Gertler.

The Invisible War, Chain Camera Pictures Production; Cinedigm/Docurama Films. Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering.

Searching for Sugar Man, Red Box Films and Passion Pictures in association with Canfield Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn.

2013  (86th)

(Feature)

The Act of Killing, A Final Cut for Real Production; Drafthouse Films. Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen.

Cutie and the Boxer, An Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic Production; RADiUS-TWC. Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher.

Dirty Wars, A Civic Bakery Production; IFC Films. Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill.

The Square, A Noujaim Films and Maktube Production; Netflix in association with Worldview Entertainment and Participant Media. Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer.

20 Feet from Stardom, A Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Production; RADiUS-TWC. Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers.

2014  (87th)

(Feature)

CitizenFour, a Praxis Films Production; Radius. Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky.

Finding Vivian Maier, a Ravine Pictures Production; Sundance Selects. John Maloof and Charlie Siskel.

Last Days in Vietnam, a Moxie Firecracker Films Production; American Experience Films. Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester.

The Salt of the Earth, a Decia Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier.

Virunga, a Grain Media Production; Netflix. Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara.

2015  (88th)

(Feature)

Amy, an On the Corner Films Production; A24. Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees.

Cartel Land, an Our Time Projects/The Documentary Group Production; The Orchard. Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin.

The Look of Silence, a Final Cut for Real Production; Drafthouse Films/Participant Media. Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen.

What Happened, Miss Simone?, a RadicalMedia/Moxie Firecracker Production; Netflix. Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes.

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom, a Pray for Ukraine Production; Netflix. Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor.

2016  (89th)

(Feature)

Fire at Sea, 01 Distribution. Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo.

I Am Not Your Negro, Magnolia Pictures. Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck.

Life, Animated, A Motto Pictures/A&E IndieFilms/Roger Ross Williams Productions production; The Orchard. Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman.

O.J.: Made in America, An ESPN Films/Laylow Films production; ESPN Films. Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow.

13th, A Kandoo Films production; Netflix. Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish.

2017  (90th)

(Feature)

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, A Mitten Media/Motto Pictures/Kartemquin Educational Films/WGBH/FRONTLINE Production; PBS Distribution. Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman.

Faces Places, A Ciné Tamaris Production; Cohen Media Group. Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda

Icarus, A Netflix Documentary in assoc. with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago Media Project and Alex Production; Netflix. Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan.

Last Men in Aleppo, A Larm Film and Aleppo Media Center Production; Grasshopper Film. Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen.

Strong Island, A Yanceville Films and Louverture Films Production; Netflix. Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes.

2018  (91st)

(Feature)

Free Solo, A National Geographic Documentary Films/Little Monster Films/Itinerant Media/Parkes+MacDonald/Image Nation Production; National Geographic. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill.

Hale County This Morning, This Evening, A Louverture Films Production; Cinema Guild. RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim.

Minding the Gap, A Hulu in assoc. with Kartemquin/American Documentary | POV/ITVS Production; Magnolia Pictures. Bing Liu and Diane Quon.

Of Fathers and Sons, A BASIS BERLIN Production; Kino Lorber. Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert.

RBG, A Storyville Films/CNN Films Production; Magnolia Pictures/Participant Media/CNN Films. Betsy West and Julie Cohen.

2019  (92nd)

(Feature)

American Factory, A Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media Production; Netflix. Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert.

The Cave, National Geographic Documentary Films. Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær.

The Edge of Democracy, A Busca Vida Filmes in association with Violet Films Production; Netflix. Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan.

For Sama, A Channel 4 News/ITN Productions/Channel 4/Frontline/PBS Production; PBS Distribution/Channel 4/Frontline. Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts.

Honeyland, A Pharmachem/Apolo Media/Trice Films Production; Neon. (North Macedonia) Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevksa and Atanas Georgiev.

2020  (93rd)

(Feature)

Collective, An Alexander Nanau Production/Samsa Film/HBO Europe Production; Magnolia Pictures/Participant. (Romania) Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana.

Crip Camp, A Higher Ground and Rusted Spoke in assoc. with Little Punk, JustFilms, Ford Foundation Production; Netflix. Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder.

The Mole Agent, A Micromundo Producciones/Motto Pictures/Sutor Kolonko/Volya Films/Malvalanda Production; Gravitas Ventures. Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez.

My Octopus Teacher, A Netflix Original Documentary in assoc. with Off the Fence and The Sea Change Project Production; Netflix. Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster.

Time, A Concordia Studio in assoc. with The New York Times, Outer Piece and Hedgehog Films Production; Amazon Studios. Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn.

2021  (94th)

(Feature)

Ascension, A Mouth Numbing Spicy Crab/XTR/Visit Films Production; MTV Documentary Films. Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell.

Attica, A Firelight Films Production; Showtime. Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry.

Flee, A Final Cut for Real/Sun Creature/Vivement Lundi !/MostFilm/Mer Film/VICE/Left HandFilms Production; Neon. (Denmark) Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sorensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie.

Summer of Soul, A Vulcan Productions/Concordia Studio/Play/Action Pictures/LarryBilly Productions/Mass Distraction; Searchlight/Onyx Collective/Hulu. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein.

Writing with Fire, A Black Ticket Films Production; Music Box Films. Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.

2022  (95th)

(Feature)

All That Breathes, Kiterabbit Films and Rise Films in collab. with HHMI Tangled Bank Studios Prod.; Submarine Deluxe and Sideshow in assoc. with HBO Doc. Films. Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Participant Production; Neon. Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov.

Fire of Love, National Geographic Doc. Films/Sandbox Films/Intuitive Pictures & Cottage M Prod.; National Geographic. Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman.

A House Made of Splinters, Final Cut For Real Prod. Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström.

Navalny, Fishbowl Films/RaeFilm Studios/Cottage M Prod.; Warner Bros./CNN Films/HBO Max. Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris.

2023  (96th)

(Feature Film)

Bobi Wine: The People’s President, National Geographic Documentary Films/Southern Films and Ventureland Production; National Geographic. Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek.

The Eternal Memory, Micromundo/Fabula Production; MTV Documentary Films.

Four Daughters, Tanit Films Production; Kino Lorber. Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha.

To Kill a Tiger, Notice Pictures/National Film Board of Canada Production; Notice Pictures. Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim.

20 Days in Mariupol, Frontline/The Associated Press Production; PBS Distribution. Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath.

2024  (97th)

(Feature Film)

Black Box Diaries, Hanashi Films/Cineric Creative/Star Sands Production; MTV Documentary Films. Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin.

No Other Land, Antipode Films Production. Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham.

Porcelain War, Songbird Studios/Imaginary Lane Production; Picturehouse. Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre’ Pesmen.

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Onomatopee Films/Warboys Films Production; Kino Lorber. Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety.

Sugarcane, Hedgehog Films/Kassie Films/Impact Partners/Fit Via Vi Production; National Geographic Documentary Films. Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn.

2025  (98th)

(Feature)

The Alabama Solution, An HBO Documentary Films/Alabama Film Project Production; HBO Documentary Films. Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman.

Come See Me in the Good Light, An Apple Original Films/Tripod Media/Amplify Pictures in assoc. with Treat Media/Something Fierce Production; Apple. Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen.

Cutting Through Rocks, A Gandom Films Production. Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin, A PINK Production; PINK. David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková.

The Perfect Neighbor, A Netflix Documentary/Message Pictures in assoc. with SO’B/Park Pictures Production; Netflix. Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee.