Oscar for beste kortdokumentar

Oscar for beste kortdokumentar (på engelsk: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)) er den mest prestisjetunge prisen til dokumentarfilmer i kortfilmlengde, utdelt av Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) som en del av den årlige Oscar-utdelingen.

 Vinnere og nominerte 
 1940 
1941 (den 14.) – Churchill's Island – National Film Board of Canada
Adventure in the Bronx
Bomber
Christmas Under Fire
A Letter from Home
Life of a Thoroughbred
Norway in Revolt
A Place to Live
Russian Soil
Soldiers of the Sky
Warclouds in the Pacific
1942 (den 15.) – under den 15. Oscar-utdelingen ble 25 filmer nominert i kortdokumentar-kategorien, og fire spesialpriser ble tildelt dokumentarfilmer som hedret de alliertes innsats under andre verdenskrig.
 The Battle of Midway – United States Navy
Kokoda Front Line! – Australian News & Information Bureau
Moscow Strikes Back – Artkino
Prelude to War – United States Army Special Services
Africa, Prelude to Victory – The March of Time
Combat Report – United States Army Signal Corps
Conquer by the Clock – Frederic Ullman, Jr., produsent
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
Henry Browne, Farmer – United States Department of Agriculture
High over the Borders – National Film Board of Canada
High Stakes in the East – The Netherlands Information Bureau
Inside Fighting China – National Film Board of Canada
It's Everybody's War – United States Office of War Information
Listen to Britain – British Ministry of Information
Little Belgium – Belgian Ministry of Information
Little Isles of Freedom – Victor Stoloff og Edgar Loew, produsenter
Mr. Blabbermouth!—United States Office of War Information
Mr. Gardenia Jones—United States Office of War Information
The New Spirit – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
The Price of Victory – William H. Pine, produsent
A Ship Is Born – United States Merchant Marine
Twenty-One Miles—British Ministry of Information
We Refuse to Die – William C. Thomas, produsent
The White Eagle – Concanen Films
Winning Your Wings – United States Army Air Forces
1943 (den 16.) – December 7th – United States Navy
Children of Mars
Plan for Destruction
Swedes in America
To the People of the United States
Tomorrow We Fly
Youth in Crisis
1944 (den 17.) – With the Marines at Tarawa – United States Marine Corps
Hymn of the Nations
New Americans
1945 (den 18.) – Hitler Lives – Gordon Hollingshead, produsent
Library of Congress
To the Shores of Iwo Jima
1946 (den 19.) – Seeds of Destiny – United States Department of War
Atomic Power
Life at the Zoo
Paramount News Issue#37
Traffic with the Devil
1947 (den 20.) – First Steps – United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information
Passport to Nowhere
School in the Mailbox
1948 (den 21.) – Toward Independence – United States Army
Heart to Heart
Operation Vittles
1949 (den 22.) – (empate):A Chance To Live – Richard de Rochemont, produsentSo Much for So Little – Edward Selzer, produsent
1848
The Rising Tide

 1950 1950 (den 23.) – Why Korea? – Edmund Reek, produsent 
The Fight: Science Against Cancer
The Stairs1951 (den 24.) – Benjy – Dirixido por Fred Zinnemann coa cooperación de Paramount Pictures Corporation para Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital 
One Who Came Back
The Seeing Eye1952 (den 25.) – Neighbours – Norman McLaren, produsent – National Film Board of Canada 
Devil Take Us
Epeira Diadema
Man Alive!1953 (den 26.) – The Alaskan Eskimo – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
The Living City
Operation Blue Jay
They Planted a Stone
The Word1954 (den 27.) – Thursday's Children – World Wide Pictures and Morse Films 
Jet Carrier
Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait1955 (den 28.) – Men against the Arctic – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions
The Battle of Gettysburg
The Face of Lincoln1956 (den 29.) – The True Story of the Civil War – Louis Clyde Stoumen, produsent 
Man in Space
A City Decides
The Dark Wave
The House Without a Name1957 (den 30.) – Non se entregou premio nesta categoría1958 (den 31.) – Ama Girls – Ben Sharpsteen, produsent 
Employees Only
Journey Into Spring
The Living Stone
Oeuverture1959 (den 32.) – Glass – Bert Haanstra, produsent
Donald in Mathmagic Land
From Generation to Generation

 1960 1960 (den 33.) – Giuseppina – James Hill, produsent 
Beyond Silence
En by ved navn København
George Grosz' Interregnum
Universe1961 (den 34.) – Project Hope – Frank P. Bibas, produsent 
Breaking the Language Barrier
Cradle of Genius
Kahl
L'uomo in grigio1962 (den 35.) – Dylan Thomas – Jack Howells, produsent 
The John Glenn Story
The Road to the Wall1963 (den 36.) – Chagall – Simon Schiffrin, produsent 
The Five Cities of June
The Spirit of America
Thirty Million Letters
To Live Again1964 (den 37.) – Nine from Little Rock – Charles Guggenheim, produsent 
140 Days Under the World
Breaking the Habit
Children Without
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak1965 (den 38.) – To Be Alive! – Francis Thompson, produsent 
Mural on Our Street
Nyitany
Point of View
Yeats Country1966 (den 39.) – A Year Toward Tomorrow – Edmond A. Levy, produsent 
Adolescence
Cowboy
The Odds Against
Részletek J.S. Bach Máté passiójából1967 (den 40.) – The Redwoods – Mark Harris og Trevor Greenwood, produsenter 
Monument to the Dream
A Place to Stand
See You at the Pillar
While I Run This Race1968 (den 41.) – Why Man Creates – Saul Bass, produsent 
The House That Ananda Built
The Revolving Door
A Space to Grow
A Way Out of the Wilderness1969 (den 42.) – Czechoslovakia 1968 – Denis Sanders og Robert M. Fresco, produsenter
An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
Jenny Is a Good Thing
Leo Beuerman
The Magic Machines

 1970 1970 (den 43.) – Interviews with My Lai Veterans – Joseph Strick, produsent 
The Gifts
A Long Way from Nowhere
Oisin
Time Is Running Out1971 (den 44.) – Sentinels of Silence – Manuel Arango og Robert Amram, produsenter 
Adventures in Perception
Art Is...
The Numbers Start with the River
Somebody Waiting1972 (den 45.) – This Tiny World – Charles Huguenot van der Linden og Martina Huguenot van der Linden, produsenter 
Hundertwassers Regentag
K-Z
Selling Out
The Tide of Traffic1973 (den 46.) – Princeton: A Search for Answers – Julian Krainin og DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., produsenter 
Background
Christo's Valley Curtain
Four Stones for Kanemitsu
Paisti ag obair1974 (den 47.) – Don't – Robin Lehman, produsent 
City Out of Wilderness
Exploratorium
John Muir's High Sierra
Naked Yoga1975 (den 48.) – The End of the Game – Claire Wilbur og Robin Lehman, produsenter 
Arthur and Lillie
Millions of Years Ahead of Man
Probes in Space
Whistling Smith1976 (den 49.) – Number Our Days – Lynne Littman og Barbara Myerhoff, produsenter 
American Shoeshine
Blackwood
The End of the Road
Universe1977 (den 50.) – Gravity Is My Enemy – John C. Joseph og Jan Stussy, produsenter 
Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
First Edition
Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
The Shetland Experience1978 (den 51.) – The Flight of the Gossamer Condor – Jacqueline Phillips Shedd og Ben Shedd, produsenter 
The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
An Encounter with Faces
Goodnight Miss Ann
Squires of San Quentin1979 (den 52.) – Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist – Saul J. Turell, produsent
Dae
Koryo Celadon
Nails
Remember Me

 1980 1980 (den 53.) – Karl Hess: Toward Liberty – Roland Hallé og Peter W. Ladue, produsent 
Don't Mess with Bill
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!
It's the Same World
Luther Metke at 941981 (den 54.) – Close Harmony – Nigel Noble, produsent 
Americas in Transition
Journey for Survival
See What I Say
Urge to Build1982 (den 55.) – If You Love This Planet – Edward Le Lorrain og Terre Nash, produsenter – National Film Board of Canada 
Gods of Metal
The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
To Live or Let Die
Traveling Hopefully1983 (den 56.) – Flamenco at 5:15 – Cynthia Scott og Adam Symansky, produsenter – National Film Board of Canada 
Ihr zent frei
In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
Sewing Woman
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph1984 (den 57.) – The Stone Carvers – Marjorie Hunt og Paul Wagner, produsenter 
The Children of Soong Ching Ling
Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
The Garden of Eden
Vospominaniye o Pavlovske1985 (den 58.) – Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements – David Goodman, produsent 
The Courage to Care
Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
The Wizard of the Strings1986 (den 59.) – Women – for America, for the World – Vivienne Verdon-Roe, produsent 
Sam
Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
The Master of Disaster
Debonair Dancers1987 (den 60.) – Young at Heart – Sue Marx og Pamela Conn, produsenter 
Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller
In the Wee Wee Hours...
Language Says It All
Silver Into Gold1988 (den 61.) – You Don't Have to Die – William Guttentag og Malcolm Clarke, produsenter 
Gang Cops
Family Gathering
The Children's Storefront
Portrait of Imogen1989 (den 62.) – The Johnstown Flood – Charles Guggenheim, produsent 
Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future

 1990 1990 (den 63.) – Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo – Steven Okazaki, produsent 
Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
Chimps: So Like Us
Burning Down Tomorrow
Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn1991 (den 64.) – Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment – Debra Chasnoff, produsent 
A Little Vicious
The Mark of the Maker
Birdnesters of Thailand
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers1992 (den 65.) – Educating Peter – Thomas C. Goodwin og Gerardine Wurzburg 
When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories – Dorothy Fadiman
At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai – Geoffrey O'Connor
Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' – Wendy L. Weinberg
The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein – Richard Elson og Sally Bochner1993 (den 66.) – Defending Our Lives – Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich 
Chicks in White Satin
Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann1994 (den 67.) – A Time for Justice – Charles Guggenheim 
89 mm od Europy
Blues Highway
School of the Americas Assassins
Straight from the Heart1995 (den 68.) – One Survivor Remembers – Kary Antholis 
Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
The Shadow of Hate
The Living Sea
Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper1996 (den 69.) – Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien – Jessica Yu directora, produsenta, guionista og montadora 
Cosmic Voyage
Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
An Essay on Matisse1997 (den 70.) – A Story of Healing – Donna Dewey,  Carol Pasternak 
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
Amazon
Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride
Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies1998 (den 71.) – The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years  – Keiko Ibi 
A Place in the Land
Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square – National Film Board of Canada1999 (den 72.) – King Gimp – Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford 
Eyewitness
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

 2000 2000 (den 73.) – Big Mama – Tracy Seretean
Curtain Call
Dolphins
On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
The Man on Lincoln's Nose2001 (den 74.) – Thoth – Sarah Kernochan og Lynn Appelle
Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
Sing!2002 (den 75.) – Twin Towers – Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port, directores
 The Collector of Bedford Street – Welcome Change Productions – Alice Elliott, produsent og director
 Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks – Tell the Truth Pictures – Robert Hudson, produsent – Robert Houston, director
 Why Can't We Be a Family Again? – Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel directores2003 (den 76.) – Chernobyl Heart – Maryann DeLeo
Asylum – Sandy McLeod og Gini Reticker
Ferry Tales – Katja Esson2004 (den 77.) – Mighty Times: The Children's March – Robert Houston og Robert Hudson
 Autism Is a World – Gerardine Wurzburg
 The Children of Leningradsky – Hanna Polak og Andrzej Celinski
 Hardwood – Hubert Davis og Erin Faith Young
 Sister Rose's Passion – Oren Jacoby og Steve Kalafer2005 (den 78.) – A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman CorwinThe Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Mushroom Club2006 (den 79.) – The Blood of Yingzhou DistrictTwo Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story
Recycled Life
Rehearsing a Dream2007 (den 80.) – FreeheldLa Corona
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother2008 (den 81.) – Smile Pinki
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306
2009 (den 82.) – Music by Prudence
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Rabbit à la Berlin

 2010 2010 (den 83.) – Strangers No More – Karen Goodman og Kirk Simon Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
 Poster Girl – Sara Nesson
 Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn og Tim Metzger
 The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang og Thomas Lennon2011 (den 84.) – Saving Face – Daniel Junge og Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday og Gail Dolgin
 God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa og Julie Anderson
 Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
 The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker og Kira Carstensen2012 (den 85.) – Inocente – Sean Fine og Andrea Nix Fine Kings Point – Sari Gilman og Jedd Wider
 Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade og Robin Honan
 Open Heart – Kief Davidson og Cori Shepherd Stern
 Redemption – Jon Alpert og Matthew O'Neill2013 (den 86.) – The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke og Nicholas Reed CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff 
 Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
 Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
 Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens2014 (den 87.) – Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent og Dana Perry Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
 Our Curse – Tomasz Śliwiński og Maciej Ślesicki
 La Parka – Gabriel Serra Arguello
 White Earth – J. Christian Jensen
 2015 (den 88.) – A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Body Team 12 - David Darg og Bryn Mooser
 Chau, Beyond the Lines - Courtney Marsh og Jerry Franck 
 Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah - Adam Benzine 
 Last Day of Freedom - Dee Hibbert-Jones og Nomi Talisman
 2016 (den 89.) – The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel og Joanna Natasegara' Extremis – Dan Krauss
 4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki
 Joe's Violin – Kahane Cooperman og Raphaela Neihausen
 Watani: My Homeland'' – Marcel Mettelsiefen og Stephen Ellis

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Oscar for beste kortfilm
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