Academy Award for Best Documentary

Academy Award for Best Documentary

Awarded since 1942, this list contains the Oscar winners for the category of Best Documentary. Documentaries are films, digital and video, which attempt to document reality, including opinions and facts. In 1943 the Documentary category was split into two separate categories, features and short films.

YearFilm 
2009 Man on Wire Man on Wire 
2008 Taxi to the Dark Side Taxi to the Dark Side 
2007 An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth 
2006 March of the Penguins March of the Penguins 
2005 Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids 
2004 The Fog of War The Fog of War 
2003 Bowling for Columbine Bowling for Columbine 
2002 Murder on a Sunday Morning Murder on a Sunday Morning 
2001 Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 
2000 One Day in September One Day in September 
1999 The Last Days The Last Days 
1998 The Long Way Home The Long Way Home 
1997 When We Were Kings When We Were Kings 
1996 Anne Frank Remembered Anne Frank Remembered 
1995 Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision 
1994 I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School 
1993 The Panama Deception The Panama Deception 
1992 In the Shadow of the Stars In the Shadow of the Stars 
1991 American Dream American Dream 
1990 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt 
1989 Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 
1988 The Ten-Year Lunch The Ten-Year Lunch 
1987 Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got 
1986 Broken Rainbow Broken Rainbow 
1986 Down and Out in America Down and Out in America 
1985 The Times of Harvey Milk The Times of Harvey Milk 
1984 He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' 
1983 Just Another Missing Kid Just Another Missing Kid 
1982 Genocide Genocide 
1981 From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China 
1980 Best Boy Best Boy 
1979 Scared Straight! Scared Straight! 
1978 Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? 
1977 Harlan County, USA Harlan County, USA 
1976 The Man Who Skied Down Everest The Man Who Skied Down Everest 
1975 Hearts and Minds Hearts and Minds 
1974 The Great American Cowboy The Great American Cowboy 
1973 Marjoe Marjoe 
1972 The Hellstrom Chronicle The Hellstrom Chronicle 
1971 Woodstock Woodstock 
1970 Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life Arthur Rubinstein - The Love of Life 
1969 Journey Into Self Journey Into Self 
1968 The Anderson Platoon The Anderson Platoon 
1967 The War Game The War Game 
1966 The Eleanor Roosevelt Story The Eleanor Roosevelt Story 
1965 World Without Sun World Without Sun 
1964 Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel With the World 
1963 Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler 
1962 Sky Above and Mud Beneath Sky Above and Mud Beneath 
1961 The Horse with the Flying Tail The Horse with the Flying Tail 
1960 Serengeti Shall Not Die Serengeti Shall Not Die 
1959 White Wilderness White Wilderness 
1958 Albert Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer 
1957 The Silent World The Silent World 
1956 Helen Keller in Her Story Helen Keller in Her Story 
1955 The Vanishing Prairie The Vanishing Prairie 
1954 The Living Desert The Living Desert 
1953 The Sea Around Us The Sea Around Us 
1952 Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki 
1951 The Titan: Story of Michelangelo The Titan: Story of Michelangelo 
1950 Daybreak in Udi Daybreak in Udi 
1949 The Secret Land The Secret Land 
1948 Design for Death Design for Death 
1947 Award not given this year. Award not given this year. 
1946 The True Glory The True Glory 
1945 The Fighting Lady The Fighting Lady 
1944 Desert Victory Desert Victory 
1943 Kokoda Front Line Kokoda Front Line 
1943 Moscow Strikes Back Moscow Strikes Back 
1943 Prelude to War Prelude to War 
1943 The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway 
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