Documentary Feature Film — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Documentary Feature Film category in CineRoll's records: 20 films across 4 years, 4 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2026); the earliest on record is Navalny (2023).

The last three winners were Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2026), No Other Land (2025) and 20 Days in Mariupol (2024).

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

2026

Mr. Nobody Against Putin(2025)
David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin, Helle Faber and Alžběta Karásková
Winner
Come See Me in the Good Light(2025)
Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro and Stef Willen
Cutting Through Rocks(2025)
Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni
The Alabama Solution(2025)
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
The Perfect Neighbor(2025)
Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee

2025

No Other Land(2024)
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham
Winner
Black Box Diaries(2024)
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin
Porcelain War(2024)
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat(2024)
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety
Sugarcane(2024)
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn

2024

20 Days in Mariupol(2023)
Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath
Winner
Bobi Wine: The People's President(2023)
Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek
Four Daughters(2023)
Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha
The Eternal Memory(2023)
Maite Alberdi
To Kill a Tiger(2023)
Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim

2023

Navalny(2022)
Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Winner
A House Made of Splinters(2023)
Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
All That Breathes(2022)
Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed(2022)
Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
Fire of Love(2022)
Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman

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