Documentary (Feature) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Documentary (Feature) category in CineRoll's records: 338 films across 78 years, 81 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2022); the earliest on record is Desert Victory (1944).

The last three winners were Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2022), My Octopus Teacher (2021) and American Factory (2020).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2022

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)(2021)
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein
Winner
Ascension(2021)
Attica(2021)
Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry
Flee(2021)
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie
Writing with Fire(2021)
Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

2021

My Octopus Teacher(2020)
Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster
Winner
Collective(2019)
Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution(2020)
Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
The Mole Agent(2020)
Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
Time(2020)

2020

American Factory(2019)
Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert
Winner
For Sama(2019)
Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Honeyland(2019)
Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska and Atanas Georgiev
The Cave(2019)
Feras Fayyad, Kirstine Barfod and Sigrid Dyekjær
The Edge of Democracy(2019)
Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Shane Boris and Tiago Pavan

2019

Free Solo(2018)
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill
Winner
Hale County This Morning, This Evening(2018)
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim
Minding the Gap(2018)
Bing Liu and Diane Quon
Of Fathers and Sons(2017)
Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert
RBG(2018)
Betsy West and Julie Cohen

2018

Icarus(2017)
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
Winner
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail(2017)
Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
Faces Places(2017)
Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
Last Men in Aleppo(2017)
Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
Strong Island(2017)
Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes

2017

O.J.: Made in America(2016)
Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
Winner
13th(2016)
Fire at Sea(2016)
Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
I Am Not Your Negro(2017)
Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
Life, Animated(2016)
Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman

2016

Amy(2015)
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Winner
Cartel Land(2015)
Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
The Look of Silence(2014)
Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
What Happened, Miss Simone?(2015)
Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom(2015)
Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

2015

Citizenfour(2014)
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Winner
Finding Vivian Maier(2014)
John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam(2014)
Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth(2014)
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
Virunga(2014)
Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

2014

20 Feet from Stardom(2013)
Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
Winner
Cutie and the Boxer(2013)
Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars(2013)
Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Act of Killing(2012)
Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Square(2013)

2013

Searching for Sugar Man(2012)
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn
Winner
5 Broken Cameras(2011)
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
How to Survive a Plague(2012)
David France and Howard Gertler
The Gatekeepers(2012)
Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
The Invisible War(2012)
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering

2012

Undefeated(2011)
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas
Winner
Hell and Back Again(2011)
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front(2011)
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory(2012)
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Pina(2011)
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel

2011

Inside Job(2010)
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Winner
Exit Through the Gift Shop(2010)
Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland(2010)
Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Restrepo(2010)
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land(2010)
Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

2010

The Cove(2009)
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Winner
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country(2008)
Burma VJ
Food, Inc.(2008)
Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America(2009)
Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home(2009)
Rebecca Cammisa

2009

Man on Wire(2008)
James Marsh and Simon Chinn
Winner
Encounters at the End of the World(2007)
Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
The Betrayal – Nerakhoon(2008)
Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
The Garden(2008)
Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Trouble the Water(2008)
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

2008

Taxi to the Dark Side(2008)
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Winner
No End in Sight(2007)
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience(2007)
Richard E. Robbins
Sicko(2007)
Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
War Dance(2007)
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

2007

An Inconvenient Truth(2006)
Davis Guggenheim
Winner
Deliver Us from Evil(2006)
Amy Berg and Frank Donner
Iraq in Fragments(2006)
James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp(2006)
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country(2006)
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

2006

March of the Penguins(2005)
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
Winner
Darwin's Nightmare(2005)
Hubert Sauper
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room(2005)
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
Murderball(2005)
Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Street Fight(2005)
Marshall Curry

2005

Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids(2004)
Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Winner
Super Size Me(2004)
Morgan Spurlock
The Story of the Weeping Camel(2004)
Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa
Tupac: Resurrection(2003)
Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
Twist of Faith(2004)
Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt

2004

The Fog of War(2003)
Errol Morris and Michael Williams
Winner
Balseros(2002)
Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech
Capturing the Friedmans(2003)
Andrew Jarecki and Marc Smerling
My Architect: A Son's Journey(2003)
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan R. Behr
The Weather Underground(2002)
Sam Green and Bill Siegel

2003

Bowling for Columbine(2002)
Michael Moore, Michael Donovan
Winner
Daughter from Danang(2002)
Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Prisoner of Paradise(2003)
Malcolm Clarke, Stuart Sender
Spellbound(2002)
Jeffrey Blitz, Sean Welch
Winged Migration(2001)
Jacques Perrin

2002

Murder on a Sunday Morning(2001)
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Denis Poncet
Winner
Children Underground(2001)
Edet Belzberg
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton(2001)
Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson
Promises(2001)
Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg
War Photographer(2001)
Christian Frei

2001

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport(2000)
Mark Jonathan Harris, Deborah Oppenheimer
Winner
Legacy(2000)
Tod Lending
Long Night's Journey into Day(2000)
Frances Reid, Deborah Hoffmann
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy(2000)
Barak Goodman, Daniel Anker
Sound and Fury(2000)
Josh Aronson, Roger Weisberg

2000

One Day in September(1999)
Arthur Cohn, Kevin Macdonald
Winner
Buena Vista Social Club(1999)
Wim Wenders, Ulrich Felsberg
Genghis Blues(1999)
Roko Belic, Adrian Belic
On the Ropes(1999)
Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Speaking in Strings(1999)
Paola di Florio, Lilibet Foster

1999

The Last Days(1998)
James Moll, Ken Lipper
Winner
Dancemaker(1998)
Matthew Diamond, Jerry Kupfer
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth(1998)
Robert B. Weide
Regret to Inform(1999)
Barbara Sonneborn, Janet Cole
The Farm: Angola, USA(1998)
Jonathan Stack, Liz Garbus

1998

The Long Way Home(1997)
Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank
Winner
4 Little Girls(1997)
Spike Lee, Sam Pollard
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life(1998)
Michael Paxton
Colors Straight Up(1997)
Michèle Ohayon, Julia Schachter
Waco: The Rules of Engagement(1997)
Dan Gifford, William Gazecki

1997

When We Were Kings(1996)
Leon Gast, David Sonenberg
Winner
Mandela(1996)
Jo Menell, Angus Gibson
Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse(1996)
Anne Belle, Deborah Dickson
Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press(1996)
Rick Goldsmith
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story(1996)
Susan W. Dryfoos

1996

Anne Frank Remembered(1995)
Jon Blair
Winner
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream(1995)
Mike Tollin, Fredric Golding
Small Wonders(1996)
Allan Miller, Walter Scheuer
The Battle Over Citizen Kane(1996)
Thomas Lennon, Michael Epstein
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern(1995)
Jeanne Jordan, Steven Ascher

1995

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision(1995)
Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders
Winner
A Great Day in Harlem(1994)
Jean Bach
Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter(1994)
Deborah Hoffmann
D-Day Remembered(1994)
Charles Guggenheim
Freedom on My Mind(1994)
Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford

1994

I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School(1993)
Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond
Winner
Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family(1993)
Susan Todd, Andrew Young
For Better or for Worse(1993)
David Collier, Betsy Thompson
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter(1993)
David Paperny, Arthur Ginsberg
The War Room(1993)
D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus

1993

The Panama Deception(1992)
Barbara Trent and David Kasper, Producers
Winner
Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker(1992)
David Haugland, Producer
Fires of Kuwait(1992)
Sally Dundas, Producer
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II(1992)
William Miles and Nina Rosenblum, Producers
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann(1992)
Margaret Smilow and Roma Baran, Producers

1992

In the Shadow of the Stars(1991)
Allie Light and Irving Saraf, Producers
Winner
Death on the Job(1991)
Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
Doing Time: Life Inside the Big House(1991)
Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond, Producers
The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945(1991)
Hava Kohav Beller, Producer
Wild by Law(1991)
Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey, Producers

1991

American Dream(1990)
Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn, Producers
Winner
Berkeley in the Sixties(1990)
Mark Kitchell, Producer
Building Bombs(1989)
Mark Mori and Susan Robinson, Producers
Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade(1990)
Judith Montell, Producer
Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey(1990)
Robert Hillmann and Eugene Corr, Producers

1990

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt(1989)
Robert Epstein and Bill Couturié, Producers
Winner
Adam Clayton Powell(1989)
Richard Kilberg and Yvonne Smith, Producers
Crack USA: County Under Siege(1989)
Vince DiPersio and William Guttentag, Producers
For All Mankind(1989)
Al Reinert and Betsy Broyles Breier, Producers
Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren(1989)
Judith Leonard and Bill Jersey, Producers

1989

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie(1988)
Marcel Ophuls, Producer
Winner
Let's Get Lost(1988)
Bruce Weber and Nan Bush, Producers
Promises to Keep(1988)
Ginny Durrin, Producer
The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out(1988)
Robert Bilheimer and Ronald Mix, Producers
Who Killed Vincent Chin?(1987)
Renee Tajima and Christine Choy, Producers

1988

The Ten-Year Lunch(1987)
Aviva Slesin, Producer
Winner
A Stitch for Time(1987)
Barbara Herbich and Cyril Christo, Producers
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima(1986)
John Junkerman and John W. Dower, Producers
Radio Bikini(1988)
Robert Stone, Producer

1987

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got(1985)
Brigitte Berman, Producer
Winner
Down and Out in America(1985)
Joseph Feury and Milton Justice, Producers
Winner
Chile: Hasta Cuando?(1986)
David Bradbury, Producer
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer(1986)
Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak, Producers
Witness to Apartheid(1986)
Sharon I. Sopher, Producer

1986

Broken Rainbow(1985)
Maria Florio and Victoria Mudd, Producers
Winner
Soldiers in Hiding(1985)
Japhet Asher, Producer
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo(1985)
"Las Madres -- The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo, Producers
The Statue of Liberty(1985)
Ken Burns and Buddy Squires, Producers
Unfinished Business(1985)
Steven Okazaki, Producer

1985

The Times of Harvey Milk(1984)
Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen, Producers
Winner
High Schools(1984)
Charles Guggenheim and Nancy Sloss, Producers
In the Name of the People(1985)
Alex W. Drehsler and Frank Christopher, Producers
Marlene(1984)
Karel Dirka and Zev Braun, Producers
Streetwise(1984)
Cheryl McCall, Producer

1984

He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'(1983)
Emile Ardolino, Producer
Winner
Children of Darkness(1983)
Richard Kotuk and Ara Chekmayan, Producers
First Contact(1982)
Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, Producers
Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists(1983)
James Klein and Julia Reichert, Producers
The Profession of Arms(1983)
Michael Bryans and Tina Viljoen, Producers

1983

Just Another Missing Kid(1981)
John Zaritsky, Producer
Winner
A Portrait of Giselle(1982)
Joseph Wishy, Producer
After the Axe(1981)
Sturla Gunnarsson and Steve Lucas, Producers
Ben's Mill(1982)
John Karol and Michel Chalufour, Producers
In Our Water(1982)
Meg Switzgable, Producer

1982

Genocide(1982)
Arnold Schwartzman and Rabbi Marvin Hier, Producers
Winner
Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey(1981)
Suzanne Bauman, Paul Neshamkin and Jim Burroughs, Producers
Brooklyn Bridge(1981)
Ken Burns, Producer
Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott(1981)
Mary Benjamin, Susanne Simpson and Boyd Estus, Producers
El Salvador: Another Vietnam(1981)
Glenn Silber and Tete Vasconcellos, Producers

1981

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China(1981)
Murray Lerner, Producer
Winner
Agee(1980)
Ross Spears, Producer
Front Line(1979)
David Bradbury, Producer
The Day After Trinity(1980)
Jon Else, Producer
The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945(1981)
Bengt von zur Muehlen and Arthur Cohn, Producers

1980

Best Boy(1979)
Ira Wohl, Producer
Winner
Generation on the Wind(1979)
David A. Vassar, Producer
Going the Distance(1979)
Paul Cowan and Jacques Bobet, Producers
The Killing Ground(1979)
Steve Singer and Tom Priestley, Producers
The War at Home(1979)
Glenn Silber and Barry Alexander Brown, Producers

1979

Scared Straight!(1978)
Arnold Shapiro, Producer
Winner
Mysterious Castles of Clay(1978)
Alan Root, Producer
Raoni(1978)
Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, Barry Williams and Michel Gast, Producers
The Lovers' Wind(1978)
Albert Lamorisse, Producer
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade(1978)
Anne Bohlen, Lyn Goldfarb and Lorraine Gray, Producers

1978

Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?(1977)
John Korty, Dan McCann and Warren L. Lockhart, Producers
Winner
High Grass Circus(1976)
Bill Brind, Torben Schioler and Tony Ianzelo, Producers
Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love(1977)
Harry Rasky, Producer
The Children of Theatre Street(1977)
Robert Dornhelm and Earle Mack, Producers
Union Maids(1976)
James Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu, Producers

1977

Harlan County U.S.A.(1976)
Barbara Kopple, Producer
Winner
Hollywood on Trial(1976)
James Gutman and David Helpern, Jr., Producers
Off the Edge(1976)
Michael Firth, Producer
People of the Wind(1976)
Anthony Howarth and David Koff, Producers
Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry(1976)
Donald Brittain and Robert Duncan, Producers

1976

The Man Who Skied Down Everest(1975)
F. R. Crawley, James Hager and Dale Hartleben, Producers
Winner
Fighting for Our Lives(1975)
Glen Pearcy, Producer
The California Reich(1975)
Walter F. Parkes and Keith F. Critchlow, Producers
The Incredible Machine(1975)
Irwin Rosten, Producer
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir(1975)
Shirley MacLaine, Producer

1975

Hearts and Minds(1974)
Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers
Winner
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman(1974)
Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, Producers
The 81st Blow(1974)
Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, Producers
The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art(1974)
Herbert Kline, Producer
The Wild and the Brave(1974)
Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones, Producers

1974

The Great American Cowboy(1974)
Kieth Merrill, Producer
Winner
Always a New Beginning(1974)
John D. Goodell, Producer
Battle of Berlin(1973)
Bengt von zur Muehlen, Producer
Journey to the Outer Limits(1973)
Alex Grasshoff, Producer
Walls of Fire(1971)
Gertrude Ross Marks and Edmund F. Penney, Producers

1973

Marjoe(1972)
Howard Smith and Sarah Kernochan, Producers
Winner
Ape and Super-Ape(1972)
Bert Haanstra, Producer
Malcolm X(1972)
Marvin Worth and Arnold Perl, Producers
Manson(1973)
Robert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick, Producers
The Silent Revolution(1972)
Eckehard Munck, Producer

1972

The Hellstrom Chronicle(1971)
Walon Green, Producer
Winner
Alaska Wilderness Lake(1971)
Alan Landsburg, Producer
On Any Sunday(1971)
Bruce Brown, Producer
The Ra Expeditions(1972)
Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl, Producers
The Sorrow and the Pity(1969)

1971

Woodstock(1970)
Bob Maurice, Producer
Winner
Chariots of the Gods(1970)
Dr. Harald Reinl, Producer
Jack Johnson(1970)
Jim Jacobs, Producer
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis(1970)
Ely Landau, Producer
Say Goodbye(1971)
David H. Vowell, Producer

1970

Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life(1969)
Bernard Chevry, Producer
Winner
Before the Mountain Was Moved(1970)
Robert K. Sharpe, Producer
In the Year of the Pig(1968)
Emile de Antonio, Producer
The Olympics in Mexico(1969)
Comite Organizador de los Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada
The Wolf Men(1969)
Irwin Rosten, Producer

1969

Journey Into Self(1969)
Bill McGaw, Producer
Winner
A Few Notes on Our Food Problem(1968)
James Blue, Producer
Legendary Champions(1968)
William Cayton, Producer
Other Voices(1970)
David H. Sawyer, Producer

1968

The Anderson Platoon(1967)
Pierre Schoendoerffer, Producer
Winner
A King's Story(1965)
Jack Le Vien, Producer
A Time for Burning(1967)
William C. Jersey, Producer
Festival(1967)
Murray Lerner, Producer
Harvest(1967)
Carroll Ballard, Producer

1967

The War Game(1966)
Peter Watkins, Producer
Winner
Helicopter Canada(1966)
Peter Jones and Tom Daly, Producers
The Face of Genius(1966)
Alfred R. Kelman, Producer
The Really Big Family(1967)
Alex Grasshoff, Producer

1966

The Eleanor Roosevelt Story(1965)
Sidney Glazier, Producer
Winner
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel(1965)
Marshall Flaum, Producer
Mourir à Madrid (To Die in Madrid)(1963)
To Die in Madrid
The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles(1965)
Laurence E. Mascott, Producer
The Forth Road Bridge(1965)
Peter Mills, Producer

1965

World Without Sun (Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun)(1964)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
Winner
World Without Sun (Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun)(1964)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World without Sun
Winner
Alleman (The Human Dutch)(1963)
Bert Haanstra, Producer
Alleman (The Human Dutch)(1963)
The Human Dutch
Four Days In November(1964)
Mel Stuart, Producer
Over There, 1914-18(1963)
Jean Aurel, Producer
The Finest Hours(1964)
Jack Le Vien, Producer

1964

Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World(1963)
Robert Hughes, Producer
Winner
The Link and the Chain(1963)
Paul de Roubaix, Producer
The Yanks Are Coming(1963)
Marshall Flaum, Producer

1963

The Black Fox(1962)
Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
Winner
Alvorada: Brazil's Changing Face(1962)
Hugo Niebeling, Producer

1962

Sky Above and Mud Beneath(1961)
Arthur Cohn and Rene Lafuite, Producers
Winner
La Grande Olimpiade (La Grande Olimpiade (Olympic Games 1960))(1961)
dell Istituto Nazionale Luce, Comitato Organizzatore Del Giochi Della XVII Olimpiade

1961

The Horse with the Flying Tail(1960)
Larry Lansburgh, Producer
Winner
Rebel in Paradise(1960)
Robert D. Fraser, Producer

1960

Serengeti Shall Not Die(1959)
Bernhard Grzimek, Producer
Winner
The Race for Space(1959)
David L. Wolper, Producer

1959

White Wilderness(1958)
Ben Sharpsteen, Producer
Winner
Antarctic Crossing(1959)
James Carr, Producer
Psychiatric Nursing(1958)
Nathan Zucker, Producer
The Hidden World(1958)
Robert Snyder, Producer

1958

Albert Schweitzer(1957)
Jerome Hill, Producer
Winner
On the Bowery(1956)
Lionel Rogosin, Producer
Torero!(1956)
Manuel Barbachano Ponce, Producer

1957

The Silent World(1956)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Producer
Winner
The Naked Eye(1956)
Louis Clyde Stoumen, Producer
Where Mountains Float(1955)
The Government Film Committee of Denmark

1956

The Unconquered (Helen Keller in Her Story)(1954)
Nancy Hamilton, Producer
Winner
The Unconquered (Helen Keller in Her Story)(1954)
Helen Keller in Her Story
Winner
Heartbreak Ridge(1955)
Rene Risacher, Producer

1955

The Vanishing Prairie(1954)
Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
The Stratford Adventure(1954)
Guy Glover, Producer

1954

The Living Desert(1953)
Walt Disney, Producer
Winner
A Queen Is Crowned(1953)
Castleton Knight, Producer
The Conquest of Everest(1953)
John Taylor, Leon Clore and Grahame Tharp, Producers

1953

The Sea Around Us(1953)
Irwin Allen, Producer
Winner
Navajo(1952)
Hall Bartlett, Producer
The Hoaxters(1952)
Dore Schary, Producer

1952

Kon-Tiki(1950)
Olle Nordemar, Producer
Winner
I Was a Communist for the FBI(1951)
Bryan Foy, Producer

1951

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo(1950)
Robert Snyder, Producer
Winner
With These Hands(1950)
Jack Arnold and Lee Goodman, Producers

1950

Daybreak in Udi(1949)
Crown Film Unit
Winner
Kenji Comes Home(1949)
Paul F. Heard, Producer

1949

The Secret Land(1948)
Orville O. Dull, Producer
Winner
The Quiet One(1948)
Janice Loeb, Producer

1948

Design for Death(1947)
Sid Rogell, Executive Producer; Theron Warth and Richard O. Fleischer, Producers
Winner
Journey Into Medicine(1947)
United States Department of State Office of Information and Educational Exchange
The World Is Rich(1947)
Paul Rotha, Producer

1946

The True Glory(1945)
The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America
Winner
The Last Bomb(1945)
United States Army Air Force

1945

The Fighting Lady(1944)
United States Navy
Winner
Resisting Enemy Interrogation(1944)
United States Army Air Force

1944

Desert Victory(1943)
British Ministry of Information
Winner
Baptism of Fire(1943)
United States Army
Report from the Aleutians(1943)
United States Army Pictorial Service
War Department Report(1943)
United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia(1943)
United States Department of War Special Service Division