Oscar Winning Documentaries

Academy Award winners for Best Documentary Feature Film since 2000.
Updated September 29, 2022
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Bowling for Columbine
Moore, Michael
DVD
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore takes aim at America's love affair with guns and violence. Featuring interviews with everyone from the NRA's Charlton Heston to shock-rocker Marilyn Manson. Winner of the 55th Anniversary Prize at Cannes Film Festival.
March of the penguins
Jacquet, Luc.
DVD
Emperor penguins overcome daunting obstacles in order to return to their breeding grounds for mating season. This tells the story of one year in the life of a flock -- focusing on one couple in particular -- as they trek across the Antarctic on an annual journey that invokes just about every major...
An inconvenient truth
Gore, Al
DVD
A passionate and inspiring look at former Vice President Al Gore's campaign to expose the myths and misconceptions of global warming, and to create public awareness on the subject.
Taxi to the Dark Side [2007 film]
Alex Gibney
Man on Wire [2008 film]
James Marsh
The Cove [2009 film]
Louie Psihoyos
Inside Job [2010 film]
Charles Ferguson
Searching for Sugar Man
Malik Bendjelloul
Twenty Feet from Stardom [2013 film]
Morgan Neville
Citizenfour [2014 film]
Laura Poitras
Amy [2015 film]
Asif Kapadia (director)
Free solo
Vasarhelyi, Elizabeth Chai
DVD

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