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
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.
The Fog of War [2004 film]
Errol Morris
DVD
Former Secretary of Defense, under President Kennedy and President Johnson, Robert S. McNamara was one of the most controversial and influential political figures of the 20th century. Now - for the first time ever - he sits down one on one with award-winning director Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line...
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.

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