National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film

The National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual awards given (since 1940) to the producer of the film by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.^[1]

Notes

• ≠ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominee
• ≈ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature winner
• ± Nominated in other Oscar categories
• ° Emmy winner
• × Sundance winner
• ÷ Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) winner/nominee
• § National Film Registry inductee

List of winners

• 1940: The Fight for Life
• 1941: Target for Tonight; The Forgotten Village; Ku Kan; The Land
• 1942: Moscow Strikes Back≈; Native Land; Anzacs in Action
• 1943: Desert Victory≈; The Battle of Russia≠; Prelude to War≈; Saludos Amigos±; The Silent Village
• 1944: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress§; Attack! The Battle for New Britain; With the Marines at Tarawa÷; Battle for the Marianas; Tunisian Victory

1980s

Year (ceremony)	Winner	Director(s)
1987 (59th)	Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll	Taylor Hackford
1988 (60th)	The Thin Blue Line§	Errol Morris
1989 (61st)	Roger & Me§	Michael Moore

1990s

Year (ceremony)	Winner	Director(s)
1990 (62nd)	—	—
1991 (63rd)	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse°	Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper
1992 (64th)	Brother's Keeper×	Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
1993 (65th)	The War Room≠	Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker
1994 (66th)	Hoop Dreams±×§	Steve James
1995 (67th)	Crumb×	Terry Zwigoff
1996 (68th)	Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills°	Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
1997 (69th)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Errol Morris
1998 (70th)	Wild Man Blues	Barbara Kopple
1999 (71st)	Buena Vista Social Club≠§	Wim Wenders

2000s

Year (ceremony)	Winner	Director(s)
2000 (72nd)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Aviva Kempner
2001 (73rd)	The Endurance	George Butler
2002 (74th)	Bowling for Columbine≈	Michael Moore
2003 (75th)	The Fog of WarŤ	Errol Morris
2004 (76th)	Born into Brothels≈	Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman
2005 (77th)	March of the Penguins (La marche de l’empereur)≈	Luc Jacquet
2006 (78th)	An Inconvenient Truth≈	Davis Guggenheim
2007 (79th)	Body of War	Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro
2008 (80th)	Man on Wire≈	James Marsh
2009 (81st)	The Cove≈	Louie Psihoyos

2010s

Year (ceremony)	Winner	Director(s)
2010 (82nd)	Waiting for “Superman”	Davis Guggenheim
2011 (83rd)	Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory≠	Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
2012 (84th)	Searching for Sugar Man≈	Malik Bendjelloul
2013 (85th)	Stories We Tell	Sarah Polley[2]
2014 (86th)	Life Itself	Steve James
2015 (87th)	Amy≈	Asif Kapadia
2016 (88th)	O.J.: Made in Americaš	Ezra Edelman
2017 (89th)	Jane°	Brett Morgen[3]
2018 (90th)	RBG≠°	Betsy West and Julie Cohen[4]
2019 (91st)	Maiden	Alex Holmes[5]

2020s

Year (ceremony)	Winner	Director(s)
2020 (92nd)	Time≠	Garrett Bradley[6]
2021 (93rd)	Summer of Soul≈	Questlove[7]
2022 (94th)	"Sr."[8]	Chris Smith
2023 (95th)	Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie°[9]	Davis Guggenheim

See also

• Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Documentary Feature
• Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries

References

1. "Best Documentary Archives – National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
2. National Board of Review Awards Announced|Hollywood Reporter
3. National Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners < < Rotten Tomatoes
4. National Board of Review 2018 Award Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter
5. National Board of Review Names "The Irishmen" the Year's Best Film - Yahoo Entertainment
6. 2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety
7. National Board of Review Winners 2021:|IndieWire
8. Top Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter
9. Hipes, Patrick (November 6, 2023). "'Killers Of The Flower Moon' Named Best Film By The National Board Of Review". Deadline. Retrieved November 6, 2023.

External links

• National Board of Review at the Internet Movie Database