The Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the awards presented annually by Critics Choice Association since the awards debuted in 2016.
History In 2022, the top three documentaries of the year were honored, with gold, silver, and bronze awards in the category.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Film Production companies and distributors 2016O.J.: Made in AmericaESPN and Laylow Films 13th Netflix and Kandoo Films Cameraperson Janus Films, Fork Films, and Big Mouth Productions Fire at Sea Kino Lorber, Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, Cinecittà Luce, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici, and Arte France Cinéma Gleason Open Road Films, Amazon Studios, and Exhibit A Life, Animated A&E IndieFilms, The Orchard, Motto Pictures, and Roger Ross Williams Productions Tickled Magnolia Pictures, A Ticklish Tale, Fumes Production, and Horseshoe Films Tower Kino Lorber, ITVS, Meredith Vieira Productions, GTS Films, and Diana DiMenna Film Weiner Sundance Selects, Motto Pictures, and Edgeline Films The Witness FilmRise and Five More Minutes Productions2017JaneNational Geographic Documentary Films, National Geographic Studios, and Public Road Productions Abacus: Small Enough to Jail PBS, Blue Ice Films, Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, and Kartemquin Films Production Beware the Slenderman HBO, Warner Bros. Television Distribution, HBO Documentary Films, and Vermilion Films Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds HBO, Bloomfish Pictures, HBO Documentary Films, Insurgent Docs, and RatPac Documentary Films California Typewriter Gravitas Ventures and American Buffalo Pictures Chasing Coral Netflix and Exposure Labs City of Ghosts Amazon Studios, A&E IndieFilms, IFC Films, and Our Time Projects Cries from Syria HBO, Afineevsky – Tolmor Production, Cinepost Barrandov, Levy Entertainment Group, and Studio Malibu Dawson City: Frozen Time Kino Lorber, Hypnotic Pictures, and Picture Palace Pictures Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) HBO, Live Nation Productions, and Company Name Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Zipporah Films Faces Places Cohen Media Group, Ciné Tamaris, Social Animals, Rouge International, Arte France Cinéma, and Arches Films Kedi Oscilloscope Laboratories, YouTube Red, and Termite Films One of Us Netflix and Loki Films Spettacolo Grasshopper Film and Open Face Strong Island Netflix, Yanceville Films, and Louverture Films2018Won't You Be My Neighbor?Focus Features Crime + Punishment Hulu Dark Money PBS Free Solo National Geographic Documentary Films Hal Oscilloscope Hitler's Hollywood Kino Lorber Minding the Gap Hulu RBG Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media Three Identical Strangers Neon and CNN Films Wild Wild Country Netflix2019Apollo 11Neon American Factory Netflix The Biggest Little Farm Neon The Cave National Geographic Honeyland Neon The Kingmaker Showtime Knock Down the House Netflix Leaving Neverland HBO Maiden Sony Pictures Classics One Child Nation Amazon Studios They Shall Not Grow Old Warner Bros.
2020s Year Film Production companies and distributors2020Dick Johnson Is DeadNetflix Athlete A Netflix Belushi Showtime Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Netflix Feels Good Man Giant Pictures The Fight Magnolia Pictures The Go-Go's Showtime Gunda Neon Mr. Soul! Shoes in the Bed Productions My Octopus Teacher Netflix The Painter and the Thief Neon A Secret Love Netflix The Social Dilemma Time Amazon Studios2021Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Searchlight Pictures and Hulu Ascension MTV Documentary Films Attica Showtime Becoming Cousteau Picturehouse and National Geographic Documentary Films The Crime of the Century HBO Documentary Films A Crime on the Bayou Shout! Studios Flee Neon and Participant Introducing, Selma Blair Discovery+ The Lost Leonardo Sony Pictures Classics My Name Is Pauli Murray Amazon Studios Procession Netflix The Rescue National Geographic Documentary Films2022Good Night Oppy (gold)Amazon Studios Fire of Love (silver) National Geographic Documentary Films and Neon Navalny (bronze) HBO and CNN and Warner Bros. Pictures Aftershock Hulu The Automat A Slice of Pie Productions Descendant Netflix Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down Briarcliff Entertainment The Janes HBO Moonage Daydream HBO and Neon Sidney Apple TV+2023Still: A Michael J. Fox MovieApple TV+ 20 Days in Mariupol PBS American Symphony Netflix Beyond Utopia Roadside Attractions The Deepest Breath Netflix The Eternal Memory MTV Documentary Films Judy Blume Forever Amazon Studios Kokomo City Magnolia Pictures The Mission National Geographic Stamped from the Beginning Netflix2024Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve StoryWarner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films Will & HarperNetflix Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story National Geographic Daughters NetflixThe Greatest Night in Pop Jim Henson Idea Man Disney+ Music by John Williams Piece by Piece Focus Features The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Netflix Sugarcane National Geographic2025 (10th)The Perfect NeighborNetflix2000 Meters to AndriivkaFrontline Features / The Associated PressThe Alabama Solution HBO MaxApocalypse in the Tropics NetflixCover-UpDeaf President Now! Apple TV+Orwell: 2+2=5NeonPee-wee as Himself HBO MaxRiefenstahl Kino LorberThe Tale of Silyan National Geographic
See also Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary International Documentary Association Cinema Eye Honors
References
External links Official website