# Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Political Documentary

The Best Political Documentary is one of the annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. It is given to the outstanding political documentary of the year.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Film | Production companies |
| 2016 (1st) | 13th | Netflix and Kandoo Films |
| 2016 (1st) | Audrie & Daisy | Netflix and Actual Films |
| 2016 (1st) | Newtown | Abramorama, Mile 22, and Independent Television Service |
| 2016 (1st) | O.J.: Made in America | ESPN and Laylow Films |
| 2016 (1st) | Weiner | Sundance Selects, Motto Pictures, and Edgeline Films |
| 2016 (1st) | Zero Days | Magnolia, Jigsaw Productions, and Participant Media |
| 2017 (2nd) | Abacus: Small Enough to Jail | PBS, Blue Ice Films, Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, and Kartemquin Films Production |
| 2017 (2nd) | 11/8/16 | The Orchard and Cinetic Media |
| 2017 (2nd) | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | Paramount, Actual Films, and Participant Media |
| 2017 (2nd) | City of Ghosts | Amazon Studios, A&E IndieFilms, IFC Films, and Our Time Projects |
| 2017 (2nd) | Dolores | PBS Distribution and 5 Stick Films |
| 2017 (2nd) | The Reagan Show | Gravitas Ventures and CNN Films |
| 2018 (3rd) | RBG | Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media |
| 2018 (3rd) | Dark Money | PBS |
| 2018 (3rd) | Fahrenheit 11/9 | Briarcliff Entertainment |
| 2018 (3rd) | Flint Town | Netflix |
| 2018 (3rd) | The Fourth Estate | Showtime Networks |
| 2018 (3rd) | Hitler's Hollywood | Kino Lorber |
| 2018 (3rd) | John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls | HBO |
| 2019 (4th) | American Factory | Netflix |
| 2019 (4th) | The Edge of Democracy | Netflix |
| 2019 (4th) | Hail Satan? | Magnolia Pictures |
| 2019 (4th) | The Kingmaker | Showtime |
| 2019 (4th) | Knock Down the House | Netflix |
| 2019 (4th) | One Child Nation | Amazon Studios |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Production companies |
| 2020 (5th) | Boys State | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 (5th) | All In: The Fight for Democracy | Amazon Studios |
| 2020 (5th) | John Lewis: Good Trouble | Magnolia Pictures |
| 2020 (5th) | MLK/FBI | Field of Vision and IFC Films |
| 2020 (5th) | The Social Dilemma | Netflix |
| 2020 (5th) | Totally Under Control | Neon |
| 2020 (5th) | The Way I See It | Focus Features |
| 2021 (6th) | The Crime of the Century | HBO Documentary Films |
| 2021 (6th) | Enemies of the State | IFC Films |
| 2021 (6th) | Four Hours at the Capitol | HBO Documentary Films |
| 2021 (6th) | Influence | StoryScope and EyeSteelFilm |
| 2021 (6th) | Mayor Pete | Amazon Studios |
| 2021 (6th) | Missing in Brooks County | Giant Pictures |
| 2021 (6th) | Nasrin | Hulu |
| 2021 (6th) | Not Going Quietly | Greenwich Entertainment |
| 2022 (7th) | Navalny | HBO, CNN, and Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 2022 (7th) | Aftershock | Hulu |
| 2022 (7th) | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | HBO and Neon |
| 2022 (7th) | Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down | Briarcliff Entertainment |
| 2022 (7th) | The Janes | HBO |
| 2022 (7th) | Retrograde | National Geographic Documentary Films |
| 2022 (7th) | Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Netflix |
| 2023 (8th) | 20 Days in Mariupol | PBS |
| 2023 (8th) | Beyond Utopia | Roadside Attractions |
| 2023 (8th) | Bobi Wine: The People's President | National Geographic |
| 2023 (8th) | Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court | Showtime |
| 2023 (8th) | Every Body | Focus Features |
| 2023 (8th) | Lakota Nation vs. United States | IFC Films |
| 2023 (8th) | Silver Dollar Road | Amazon MGM Studios |
| 2024 (9th) | Bad River | 50 Eggs Films |
| 2024 (9th) | Girls State | Apple TV+ |
| 2024 (9th) | Porcelain War | Picturehouse |
| 2024 (9th) | Stopping the Steal | HBO/Max |
| 2024 (9th) | Sugarcane | National Geographic |
| 2024 (9th) | The Truth vs. Alex Jones | HBO/Max |