En İyi Belgesel Film Akademi Ödülü

Aşağıdaki listede filmler Akademi ödülleri kuralları takip edilerek ödül aldıkları yıllara göre sıralanmıştır (Akademi kurallarına göre şeçilebilir oldukları yıla göre). Uygulamada ise belgesel filmlerinin dağıtımındaki sıkıntılar sebebi ile bazen üretim yılından sonraki yıllar olmak üzere farklı yerlerde farklı yıllarda yayımlanabilmektedir.
1940'lar
1942'de bir Belgesel kategorisi ve 4 kazanan bulunmaktadır.
1942
The Battle of Midway
Kokoda Front Line
Moscow Strikes Back
Prelude to War
1943'te Belgesel kategorisi En İyi Belgesel Film ve En İyi Kısa Belgesel Fim olmak üzere ikiye ayrılmıştır.
1943 - Desert Victory
Baptism of Fire
The Battle of Russia
Report from the Aleutians
War Department Report
1944 - The Fighting Lady
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1945 - The True Glory
The Last Bomb
1946 - Verilmedi
1947 - Design for Death
Journey Into Medicine
The World Is Rich
1948 - The Secret Land
The Quiet One
1949 - Daybreak in Udi
Kenji Comes Home
1950'ler
1950 - The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
With These Hands
1951 - Kon-Tiki
I Was a Communist for the FBI
1952 - The Sea Around Us
The Hoaxters
Navajo
1953 - The Living Desert
The Conquest of Everest
A Queen Is Crowned
1954 - The Vanishing Prairie
The Stratford Adventure
1955 - Helen Keller in Her Story (The Unconquered olarak da bilinir)
Crèvecoeur
1956 - The Silent World
Where Mountains Float ()
The Naked Eye
1957 - Albert Schweitzer
On the Bowery
Torero
1958 - White Wilderness
Antarctic Crossing
The Hidden World
Psychiatric Nursing
1959 - Serengeti Shall Not Die
The Race for Space
1960'lar
1960 - The Horse with the Flying Tail
Rebel in Paradise
1961 - Sky Above and Mud Beneath Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau
La grande olimpiade Romolo Marcellini
1962 - Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
Alvorada
1963 - Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World
Le Maillon et la chaine
The Yanks Are Coming
1964 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun
14-18
Alleman
The Finest Hours
Four Days in November
1965 - The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles
The Forth Road Bridge
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
Mourir à Madrid
1966 - The War Game
The Face of a Genius
Helicopter Canada
The Really Big Family
Le Volcan interdit
1967 - The Anderson Platoon
Festival
Harvest
A King's Story
A Time for Burning
1968 - Journey Into Self Not: 14 Nisan 1969'daki ödül töreninde Young Americans filmi bu kategorideki kazanan olarak açıklanmasına karşın 7 Mayıs 1969'da filmin Ekim 1967'de gösterildiğinin ortaya çıkması üzerine 1968 yılı ödülleri için seçilemiyeçeği açıklanmıştır. 8 Mayıs 1969'da ikinciliği kazanan aday Journey Into Self bu kategorideki kazanan olarak ilan edilmiştir.
A Few Notes on Our Food Problem
Legendary Champions
Other Voices
1969 - Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life
Before the Mountain Was Moved
In the Year of the Pig
Olimpiada en México
The Wolf Men
1970'ler
1970 - Woodstock
Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (İngilizce adıyla "Chariots Of The Gods?")
Jack Johnson
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Say Goodbye
1971 - The Hellstrom Chronicle
Alaska Wilderness Lake
Le chagrin et la pitié
On Any Sunday
Ra
1972 - Marjoe
Bij de beesten af
Malcolm X
Manson
The Silent Revolution
1973 - The Great American Cowboy
Always a New Beginning
Journey to the Outer Limits
Schlacht um Berlin
Walls of Fire
1974 - Hearts and Minds
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
The 81st Blow
The Wild and the Brave
1975 - The Man Who Skied Down Everest
The California Reich
Fighting for Our Lives
The Incredible Machine
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1976 - Harlan County, USA
Hollywood on Trial
Off the Edge
People of the Wind
Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
1977 - Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
The Children of Theatre Street
High Grass Circus
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Union Maids
1978 - Scared Straight!
Mysterious Castles of Clay
Raoni
Le vent des amoureux
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
1979 - Best Boy
Generation on the Wind
Going the Distance
The Killing Ground
The War at Home
1980'ler
1980 From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China Murray Lerner
Agee
The Day After Trinity
Front Line
The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45
1981 Genocide Arnold Schwartzman
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey
Brooklyn Bridge
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott
El Salvador: Another Vietnam
1982 Just Another Missing Kid John Zaritsky
A Portrait of Giselle
After the Axe
Ben's Mill
In Our Water
1983 He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' Emile Ardolino
Children of Darkness
First Contact
The Profession of Arms
Seeing Red
1984 The Times of Harvey Milk Robert Epstein ve Richard Schmiechen
High Schools
In the Name of the People
Marlene
Streetwise
1985 Broken Rainbow Maria Florio ve Victoria Mudd
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Soldiers in Hiding
The Statue of Liberty
Unfinished Business
1986 - (beraberlik): Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got ve Down and Out in America
Chile: Hasta Cuando?
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer
Witness to Apartheid
1987 The Ten-Year Lunch
Eyes on the Prize
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
Radio Bikini
A Stitch for Time
1988 Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude - An Afrikaner Speaks Out
Let's Get Lost
Promises to Keep
Who Killed Vincent Chin?
1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Adam Clayton Powell
Crack USA: County Under Siege
For All Mankind
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren
1990'lar
1990 American Dream Barbara Kopple Berkeley in the Sixties Building Bombs Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey 1991 In the Shadow of the Stars Allie Light ve Irving Saraf
Death on the Job Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945 Wild by Law 1992 The Panama Deception Barbara Trent ve David Kasper
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker Fires of Kuwait Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann 1993 I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School Susan Raymond
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter Children of Fate For Better or For Worse The War Room 1994 Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Freida Lee Mock
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter D-Day Remembered Freedom on My Mind A Great Day in Harlem 1995 Anne Frank Remembered Jon Blair
The Battle Over Citizen Kane Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream Small Wonders Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern 1996 When We Were Kings Leon Gast
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story Mandela Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press 1997 The Long Way Home Mark Jonathan Harris
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life Colors Straight Up 4 Little Girls Waco: The Rules of Engagement 1998 The Last Days James Moll
The Dancemaker The Farm: Angola, U. S. A. Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth Regret to Inform 1999 One Day in September by Kevin MacDonald
Buena Vista Social Club Genghis Blues On the Ropes Speaking in Strings 2000'ler
2000: Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport Mark Jonathan Harris ve Deborah Oppenheimer
Legacy Tod Lending
Long Night's Journey into Day Deborah Hoffmann ve Frances Reid
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy Daniel Anker ve Barak Goodman
Sound and Fury Josh Aronson ve Roger Weisberg2001: Murder on a Sunday Morning (Un coupable idéal) Jean-Xavier de Lestrade ve Denis Poncet
Children Underground Edet Belzberg
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton Deborah Dickson ve Susan Frömke
Promises B. Z. Goldberg ve Justine Shapiro
War Photographer Christian Frei
2002: Bowling for Columbine Michael Donovan ve Michael Moore
Daughter from Danang Gail Dolgin ve Vicente Franco
Prisoner of Paradise Malcolm Clarke ve Stuart Sender
Spellbound Jeffrey Blitz ve Sean Welch
Kanatlı Uygarlık Jacques Perrin2003: The Fog of War Errol Morris
Balseros
Capturing the Friedmans
My Architect
The Weather Underground2004: Born into Brothels Ross Kauffman ve Zana Briski
The Story of the Weeping Camel (Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel) Byambasuren Davaa ve Luigi Falorni
Super Size Me Morgan Spurlock
Tupac: Resurrection Karolyn Ali ve Lauren Lazin
Twist of Faith Kirby Dick ve Eddie Schmidt
2005: March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur) Luc Jacquet
Darwin's Nightmare Hubert Sauper
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney ve Jason Kliot
Murderball Henry Alex Rubin ve Dana Adam Shapiro
Street Fight Marshall Curry2006: An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim
Deliver Us from Evil Amy Berg ve Frank Donner
Iraq in Fragments James Longley ve Yahya Sinno
Jesus Camp Heidi Ewing ve Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country Jocelyn Glatzer ve Laura Poitras
2007: Taxi to the Dark Side Alex Gibney ve Eva Orner
No End in Sight Charles Ferguson ve Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Richard Robbins
Sicko Michael Moore ve Meghan O'Hara
War/Dance Sean Fine ve Andrea Nix2008: Man on Wire Simon Chinn ve James Marsh
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Ellen Kuras ve Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog ve Henry Kaiser
The Garden Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Trouble the Water Carl Deal ve Tia Lessin
2009: The Cove Louie Psihoyos
Burma VJ Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa
2010'lar
2010: 'Inside Job Charles H. Ferguson ve Audrey Marrs Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy ve Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland Josh Fox ve Trish Adlesic
Restrepo Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land Lucy Walker ve Angus Aynsley2011: Undefeated TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay ve Richard Middlemas Hell and Back Again Danfung Dennis ve Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Marshall Curry ve Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Joe Berlinger ve Bruce Sinofsky
Pina Wim Wenders ve Gian-Piero Ringel2012: Searching for Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul ve Simon Chinn 5 Broken Cameras Emad Burnat ve Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers - Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky, ve Estelle Fialon
How to Survive a Plague - David France ve Howard Gertler
The Invisible War - Kirby Dick ve Amy Ziering2013: 20 Feet from Stardom - Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen ve Cveaitrin Rogers
The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer ve Signe Byre Sorenson
Cutie and The Boxer Zachary Heinzerling ve Kydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars Richard Rowley ve Jeremy Scahill
The Square Jehane Nouaim ve Karim Amer
2014 : Citizenfour - Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy ve Dirk Wilutzky Finding Vivian Maier John Mallof ve Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam Rory Kennedy ve Kevin McAlester
The Salt of The Eart Win Wnders, Julianı Ribeiro Salgado ve David Rosier
Virunga Orlando Won Einsiedel ve Joanna Natasegara
2015 Amy - Asif Kapadia ve James Gay Ress Cartel Land Matthew Heineman ve Tom Yellin
The Look Of Silence Joshua Oppenheimer ve Signe Byre Sorenson
What Happened, Miss Simone? Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby ve Justin Wilkes
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom Evgeny Afineevsky ve Den Tolmor2016 O. J.: Made in America - Ezra Edelman ve Caroline Waterlow'''
Fire at Sea - Gianfranco Rosi ve Donatella Palermo
I Am Not Your Negro - Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety ve Hébert Peck
Life, Animated - Roger Ross Williams ve Julie Goldman
13th Ava DuVernay, - Spencer Averick ve Howard Barish
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