Academy Award (Oscar) Winners for Best Documentary (Feature)
Historical Note:
The Academy Award for Best Documentary began as a Special Award during World War II (1942–1945) and became a fully competitive category from 1946 onward. All officially recognized winners are included below.
The Academy Award for Best Documentary began as a Special Award during World War II (1942–1945) and became a fully competitive category from 1946 onward. All officially recognized winners are included below.
| Ceremony Year | Winning Documentary | Award Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 Days in Mariupol | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2024 | Navalny | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2023 | Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2022 | My Octopus Teacher | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2021 | American Factory | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2020 | Free Solo | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2019 | Icarus | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2018 | O.J.: Made in America | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2017 | Citizenfour | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2016 | Amy | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2015 | Finding Vivian Maier | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2014 | 20 Feet from Stardom | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2013 | Searching for Sugar Man | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2012 | Undefeated | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2011 | Inside Job | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2010 | The Cove | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2009 | Man on Wire | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2008 | Taxi to the Dark Side | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2007 | An Inconvenient Truth | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2006 | March of the Penguins | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2005 | Born Into Brothels | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2004 | The Fog of War | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2003 | Bowling for Columbine | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2002 | Murder on a Sunday Morning | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2001 | Into the Arms of Strangers | Best Documentary Feature |
| 2000 | One Day in September | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1999 | The Last Days | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1998 | When We Were Kings | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1997 | The Long Way Home | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1996 | Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1995 | Anne Frank Remembered | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1994 | The Panama Deception | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1993 | Deadly Deception | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1992 | American Dream | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1991 | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1990 | Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1989 | The Thin Blue Line | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1988 | Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1987 | The Times of Harvey Milk | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1986 | Hearts and Minds | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1985 | From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1984 | Genocide | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1983 | Close Harmony | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1982 | Best Boy | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1981 | Scared Straight! | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1980 | The Wobblies | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1979 | Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1978 | Harlan County, U.S.A. | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1977 | Hearts and Minds | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1976 | Marjoe | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1975 | Visions of Eight | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1974 | The Hellstrom Chronicle | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1973 | Woodstock | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1972 | Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1971 | Journey into Self | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1970 | Why Man Creates | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1969 | A Year Toward Tomorrow | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1968 | The War Game | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1967 | World Without Sun | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1966 | Robert Kennedy Remembered | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1965 | Day of the Painter | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1964 | Project Hope | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1963 | Glass | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1962 | White Wilderness | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1961 | Albert Schweitzer | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1960 | Torero! | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1959 | The Silent World | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1958 | Thursday’s Children | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1957 | With the Marines at Tarawa | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1956 | The Sea Around Us | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1955 | Kon-Tiki | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1954 | Daybreak in Udi | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1953 | Louisiana Story | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1952 | Seeds of Destiny | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1951 | First Steps | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1950 | Design for Death | Best Documentary Feature |
| 1945 | Target for Tonight | Special Documentary Award |
| 1944 | Desert Victory | Special Documentary Award |
| 1943 | Prelude to War | Special Documentary Award |
| 1942 | Kukan | Special Documentary Award |
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