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. Oscar-utdelingen|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 allierte (andre verdenskrig)|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 (1942)|The White Eagle]]'' – [[Concanen Films]]
**''[[Winning Your Wings]]'' – [[United States Army Air Forces]]
***1943 (den 16.) – *[[December 7th (film)|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 (film)|New Americans]]''
***1945 (den 18.) – *[[Hitler Lives]]*** – [[Gordon Hollingshead]], produsent
**''[[Library of Congress (film)|Library of Congress]]''
**''[[To the Shores of Iwo Jima]]''
***1946 (den 19.) – *[[Seeds of Destiny]]*** – [[United States Department of War]]
**''[[Atomic Power (film)|Atomic Power]]''
**''[[Life at the Zoo]]''
**''[[Paramount News Issue#37]]''
**''[[Traffic with the Devil]]''
***1947 (den 20.) – *[[First Steps (1947)|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 (1948)|Heart to Heart]]''
**''[[Operation Vittles (film)|Operation Vittles]]''
***1949 (den 22.) – (empate):
*****[[A Chance To Live]]*** – Richard de Rochemont, produsent
*****[[So Much for So Little]]*** – Edward Selzer, produsent
***[[1848 (film)|1848]]*
***[[The Rising Tide (film)|The Rising Tide]]*

### 1950
***1950 ([[den 23. Oscar-utdelingen|den 23.]]) – ''[[Why Korea?]]*** – [[Edmund Reek]], produsent 
***The Fight: Science Against Cancer*
***The Stairs*
**'1951 (den 24.) – *[[Benjy]]*** – Dirixido por [[Fred Zinnemann]] coa cooperación de [[Paramount Pictures]] Corporation para [[Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital]] 
**''[[One Who Came Back]]''
**''[[The Seeing Eye (film)|The Seeing Eye]]''
***1952 (den 25.) – *[[Neighbours (1952)|Neighbours]]*** – [[Norman McLaren]], produsent – [[National Film Board of Canada]] 
**''[[Devil Take Us]]''
**''[[The Garden Spider|Epeira Diadema]]''
**''[[Man Alive! (film)|Man Alive!]]''
***1953 (den 26.) – *[[The Alaskan Eskimo]]*** – [[Walt Disney]], produsent – [[Walt Disney Productions]]
**''[[The Living City]]''
**''[[Operation Blue Jay (film)|Operation Blue Jay]]''
**''[[They Planted a Stone]]''
**''[[The Word (1953)|The Word]]''
***1954 (den 27.) – *[[Thursday's Children]]*** – [[World Wide Pictures and Morse Films]] 
**''[[Jet Carrier]]''
****'
***1955 ([[den 28. Oscar-utdelingen|den 28.]]) – ''[[Men against the Arctic]]*** – [[Walt Disney]], produsent – [[Walt Disney Productions]]
***The Battle of Gettysburg*
***The Face of Lincoln*
**'1956 (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 Name]]''
***1957 (den 30.)** – Non se entregou premio nesta categoría
***1958 (den 31.) – *[[Ama Girls]]*** – [[Ben Sharpsteen]], produsent 
**''[[Employees Only]]''
**''[[Journey Into Spring]]''
**''[[The Living Stone]]''
**''[[Overture (1958)|Oeuverture]]''
***1959 (den 32.) – *[[Glass (dokumentar)|Glass]]*** – [[Bert Haanstra]], produsent
**''[[Donald in Mathmagic Land]]''
**''[[From Generation to Generation]]''

=== 1960 ===
***1960 (den 33.) – *[[Giuseppina]]*** – [[James Hill (director británico)|James Hill]], produsent 
**''[[Beyond Silence (1960)|Beyond Silence]]''
**''[[En by ved navn København]]''
**''[[George Grosz' Interregnum]]''
**''[[Universe (1960)|Universe]]''
***1961 (den 34.) – *[[Project Hope (film)|Project Hope]]*** – [[Frank P. Bibas]], produsent 
**''[[Breaking the Language Barrier]]''
**''[[Cradle of Genius]]''
**''[[Kahl (film)|Kahl]]''
**''[[L'uomo in grigio]]''
***1962 (den 35.) – *[[Dylan Thomas (film)|Dylan Thomas]]*** – [[Jack Howells]], produsent 
**''[[The John Glenn Story]]''
**''[[The Road to the Wall]]''
***1963 (den 36.) – *[[Chagall (film)|Chagall]]*** – [[Simon Schiffrin]], produsent 
**''[[The Five Cities of June]]''
**''[[The Spirit of America]]''
**''[[Thirty Million Letters]]''
**''[[To Live Again (film)|To Live Again]]''
***1964 (den 37.) – *[[Nine from Little Rock]]*** – [[Charles Guggenheim]], produsent 
**''[[140 Days Under the World]]''
**''[[Breaking the Habit (film)|Breaking the Habit]]''
**''[[Children Without]]''
**''[[Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak]]''
***1965 (den 38.) – *[[To Be Alive!]]*** – [[Francis Thompson]], produsent 
**''[[Mural on Our Street]]''
**''[[Nyitany]]''
**''[[Point of View (film)|Point of View]]''
**''[[Yeats Country]]''
***1966 (den 39.) – *[[A Year Toward Tomorrow]]*** – [[Edmond A. Levy]], produsent 
**''[[Adolescence (film)|Adolescence]]''
**''[[Cowboy (1966)|Cowboy]]''
**''[[The Odds Against]]''
**''[[Saint Matthew Passion (film)|Részletek J.S. Bach Máté passiójából]]''
***1967 (den 40.) – *[[The Redwoods]]*** – [[Mark Jonathan Harris|Mark Harris]] og [[Trevor Greenwood]], produsenter 
**''[[Monument to the Dream]]''
**''[[A Place to Stand]]''
**''[[See You at the Pillar]]''
**''[[While I Run This Race]]''
***1968 (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 Wilderness]]''
***1969 (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 (film)|Oisin]]''
**''[[Time Is Running Out (film)|Time Is Running Out]]''
***1971 (den 44.) – *[[Sentinels of Silence]]*** – [[Manuel Arango]] og [[Robert Amram]], produsenter 
**''[[Adventures in Perception]]''
**''[[Art Is...]]''
**''[[The Numbers Start with the River]]''
**''[[Somebody Waiting]]''
***1972 (den 45.) – *[[This Tiny World]]*** – [[Charles Huguenot van der Linden]] og [[Martina Huguenot van der Linden]], produsenter 
**''[[Hundertwasser's Rainy Day|Hundertwassers Regentag]]''
**''[[K-Z]]''
**''[[Selling Out (film)|Selling Out]]''
**''[[The Tide of Traffic]]''
***1973 (den 46.) – ***'' – [[Julian Krainin]] og [[DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.]], produsenter 
**''[[Background (1973)|Background]]''
**''[[Christo's Valley Curtain]]''
**''[[Four Stones for Kanemitsu]]''
**''[[Children at Work|Paisti ag obair]]''
*'''1974 ([[den 47. Oscar-utdelingen|den 47.]]) – ''[[Don't (1974 film)|Don't]]*** – Robin Lehman, produsent 
***[[City Out of Wilderness]]*
***[[Exploratorium (film)|Exploratorium]]*
***[[John Muir's High Sierra]]*
***[[Naked Yoga (film)|Naked Yoga]]*
***1975 ([[den 48. Oscar-utdelingen|den 48.]]) – ''[[The End of the Game (film)|The End of the Game]]*** – [[Claire Wilbur]] og [[Robin Lehman]], produsenter 
***Arthur and Lillie*
***Millions of Years Ahead of Man*
***Probes in Space*
***Whistling Smith*
**'1976 (den 49.) – *[[Number Our Days]]*** – [[Lynne Littman]] og [[Barbara Myerhoff]], produsenter 
**''[[American Shoeshine]]''
**''[[Blackwood (film)|Blackwood]]''
**''[[The End of the Road (1976 film)|The End of the Road]]''
**''[[Universe (1976 film)|Universe]]''
***1977 (den 50.) – *[[Gravity Is My Enemy]]*** – [[John C. Joseph]] og [[Jan Stussy]], produsenter 
**''[[Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country]]''
**''[[First Edition (film)|First Edition]]''
**''[[Of Time, Tombs and Treasures]]''
**''[[The Shetland Experience]]''
***1978 (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 Quentin]]''
***1979 (den 52.) – *[[Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist]]*** – [[Saul J. Turell]], produsent
**''[[Dae (film)|Dae]]''
**''[[Koryo Celadon]]''
**''[[Nails (film)|Nails]]''
**''[[Remember Me (1979 film)|Remember Me]]''

=== 1980 ===
***1980 (den 53.) – *[[Karl Hess: Toward Liberty]]*** – [[Roland Hallé]] og [[Peter W. Ladue]], produsent 
**''[[Don't Mess with Bill (film)|Don't Mess with Bill]]''
**''[[The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!]]''
**''[[It's the Same World]]''
**''[[Luther Metke at 94]]''
***1981 (den 54.) – *[[Close Harmony (1981)|Close Harmony]]*** – [[Nigel Noble]], produsent 
**''[[Americas in Transition]]''
**''[[Journey for Survival]]''
**''[[See What I Say]]''
**''[[Urge to Build]]''
***1982 (den 55.) – *[[If You Love This Planet]]*** – [[Edward Le Lorrain]] og [[Terre Nash]], produsenter – [[National Film Board of Canada]] 
**''[[Gods of Metal (film)|Gods of Metal]]''
**''[[The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America]]''
**''[[To Live or Let Die]]''
**''[[Traveling Hopefully]]''
***1983 (den 56.) – *[[Flamenco at 5:15]]*** – [[Cynthia Scott]] og [[Adam Symansky]], produsenter – [[National Film Board of Canada]] 
**''[[You Are Free (film)|Ihr zent frei]]''
**''[[In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?]]''
**''[[Sewing Woman]]''
****'
***1984 ([[den 57. Oscar-utdelingen|den 57.]]) – ''[[The Stone Carvers (film)|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 Pavlovske*
**'1985 (den 58.) – *[[Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements]]*** – [[David Goodman (produsent)|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 Strings]]''
***1986 (den 59.) – *[[Women – for America, for the World]]*** – [[Vivienne Verdon-Roe]], produsent 
**''[[Sam (1986)|Sam]]''
**''[[Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse]]''
**''[[The Master of Disaster]]''
**''[[Debonair Dancers]]''
***1987 (den 60.) – *[[Young at Heart (1987)|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 Gold]]''
***1988 (den 61.) – *[[You Don't Have to Die]]*** – [[William Guttentag]] og [[Malcolm Clarke]], produsenter 
**''[[Gang Cops]]''
**''[[Family Gathering]]''
**''[[The Children's Storefront (film)|The Children's Storefront]]''
**''[[Portrait of Imogen]]''
***1989 (den 62.) – *[[The Johnstown Flood (1989)|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]]''
****'
***[[Burning Down Tomorrow]]*
***[[Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn]]*
***1991 ([[den 64. Oscar-utdelingen|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*
****
**'1992 (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 Bochner
***1993 (den 66.) – *[[Defending Our Lives]]*** – [[Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich]] 
**''[[Chicks in White Satin]]''
**''[[Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann]]''
***1994 (den 67.) – *[[A Time for Justice]]*** – [[Charles Guggenheim]] 
**''[[89 mm od Europy]]''
**''[[Blues Highway (film)|Blues Highway]]''
**''[[School of the Americas Assassins]]''
**''[[Straight from the Heart (1994)|Straight from the Heart]]''
***1995 (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 Zipper]]''
***1996 (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 Matisse]]''
***1997 (den 70.) – *[[A Story of Healing]]*** – [[Donna Dewey]],  [[Carol Pasternak]] 
****'
***[[Amazon (1997)|Amazon]]*
***[[Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride]]*
***[[Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies]]*
***1998 ([[den 71. Oscar-utdelingen|den 71.]]) – ''[[The Personals (1998)|The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years]]***  – [[Keiko Ibi]] 
***A Place in the Land*
***Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square* – [[National Film Board of Canada]]
**'1999 (den 72.) – *[[King Gimp]]*** – [[Susan Hannah Hadary]], [[William A. Whiteford]] 
**''[[Eyewitness (1999)|Eyewitness]]''
**''[[The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo]]''

=== 2000 ===
***2000 (den 73.) – *[[Big Mama (film)|Big Mama]]*** – [[Tracy Seretean]]
**''[[Curtain Call (2000)|Curtain Call]]''
**''[[Dolphins (2000)|Dolphins]]''
**''[[On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom]]''
**''[[The Man on Lincoln's Nose]]''
***2001 (den 74.) – *[[Thoth (film)|Thoth]]*** – [[Sarah Kernochan]] og [[Lynn Appelle]]
**''[[Artists and Orphans: A True Drama]]''
**''[[Sing!]]''
***2002 (den 75.) – *[[Twin Towers (film)|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 Hudson]], produsent – [[Robert Houston]], director
** ''[[Why Can't We Be a Family Again?]]'' – [[Roger Weisberg]], [[Murray Nossel]] directores
***2003 (den 76.) – *[[Chernobyl Heart]]*** – Maryann DeLeo
**''[[Asylum (2003)|Asylum]]'' – [[Sandy McLeod]] og [[Gini Reticker]]
**''[[Ferry Tales]]'' – [[Katja Esson]]
***2004 (den 77.) – *[[Mighty Times: The Children's March]]*** – [[Robert Houston]] og [[Robert Hudson (produsent)|Robert Hudson]]
** ''[[Autism Is a World]]'' – [[Gerardine Wurzburg]]
** ''[[The Children of Leningradsky]]'' – [[Hanna Polak]] og [[Andrzej Celinski (director)|Andrzej Celinski]]
** ''[[Hardwood (documental)|Hardwood]]'' – [[Hubert Davis]] og [[Erin Faith Young]]
** ''[[Sister Rose's Passion]]'' – [[Oren Jacoby]] og [[Steve Kalafer]]
***2005 (den 78.) – *[[A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin]]***
**''[[The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club]]''
**''[[God Sleeps in Rwanda]]''
**''[[The Mushroom Club]]''
***2006 (den 79.) – *[[The Blood of Yingzhou District]]***
**''[[Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story]]''
**''[[Recycled Life]]''
**''[[Rehearsing a Dream]]''
***2007 (den 80.) – *[[Freeheld]]***
**''[[La Corona (film)|La Corona]]''
**''[[Salim Baba]]''
**''[[Sari's Mother]]''
***2008 (den 81.) – *[[Smile Pinki]]*
***[[The Conscience of Nhem En]]*
***[[The Final Inch]]*
***[[The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306]]*
***2009 ([[den 82. Oscar-utdelingen|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]]*&nbsp;– Karen Goodman og Kirk Simon**
** ''[[Killing in the Name (film)|Killing in the Name]]''&nbsp;– [[Jed Rothstein]]
** ''[[Poster Girl]]''&nbsp;– [[Sara Nesson]]
** ''[[Sun Come Up]]''&nbsp;– [[Jennifer Redfearn]] og [[Tim Metzger]]
** ''[[The Warriors of Qiugang]]''&nbsp;– [[Ruby Yang]] og [[Thomas Lennon]]
***2011 (den 84.) – *[[Saving Face (documental)|Saving Face]]*&nbsp;– Daniel Junge og Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy**
** ''[[The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement]]''&nbsp;– [[Robin Fryday]] og [[Gail Dolgin]]
** ''[[God Is the Bigger Elvis]]''&nbsp;– [[Rebecca Cammisa]] og [[Julie Anderson]]
** ''[[Incident in New Baghdad]]''&nbsp;– [[James Spione]]
** ''[[The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom]]''&nbsp;– [[Lucy Walker (director)|Lucy Walker]] og [[Kira Carstensen]]
***2012 (den 85.) – *[[Inocente]]* – Sean Fine og Andrea Nix Fine**
** ''[[Kings Point (film)|Kings Point]]'' – Sari Gilman og Jedd Wider
** ''[[Mondays at Racine]]'' – [[Cynthia Wade]] og Robin Honan
** ''[[Open Heart (film)|Open Heart]]'' – Kief Davidson og Cori Shepherd Stern
** ''[[Redemption (2012)|Redemption]]'' – [[Jon Alpert]] og [[Matthew O'Neill]]
***2013 (den 86.) – *[[The Lady in Number 6|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 Barens]]
***2014 (den 87.) – *[[Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1]]* – Ellen Goosenberg Kent og Dana Perry**
** ''[[Joanna (2014)|Joanna]]'' – Aneta Kopacz
** ''[[Our Curse]]'' – Tomasz Śliwiński og Maciej Ślesicki
** ''[[La Parka]]'' – Gabriel Serra Arguello
** ''[[White Earth (film)|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 (film)|The White Helmets]]* – Orlando von Einsiedel og Joanna Natasegara**
** ''[[Extremis (film)|Extremis]]'' – Dan Krauss
** ''[[4.1 Miles]]'' – Daphne Matziaraki
** ''[[Joe's Violin]]'' – Kahane Cooperman og Raphaela Neihausen
** **' – Marcel Mettelsiefen og Stephen Ellis

## Se også
*Oscar for beste dokumentarfilm
*Oscar for beste kortfilm
*Oscar
*Dokumentarfilm
*Kortfilm