Oscar Winning Documentaries

Academy Award winners for Best Documentary Feature Film since 2000.
Updated September 29, 2022
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Bowling for Columbine [2002 film]
Michael Moore
DVD
Filmmaker, author, and political activist Michael Moore trains his satirical eye on America's obsession with guns and violence in his third feature-length documentary, which gets its title from a pair of loosely related incidents. On April 20, 1999, shortly before they began their infamous killing...
March of the Penguins [2005 film]
Luc Jacquet
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 [2006 documentary film]
Davis Guggenheim
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.
Free Solo [2018 film]
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
DVD

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