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]
Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
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1987 (59th) | Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll | Taylor Hackford |
1988 (60th) | The Thin Blue Line § | Errol Morris |
1989 (61st) | Roger & Me § | Michael Moore |
Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
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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 |
Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
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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 War ≈ | 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 |
Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
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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 America š | Ezra Edelman |
2017 (89th) | Jane ° | Brett Morgen [3] |
2018 (90th) | RBG ≠° | Betsy West and Julie Cohen [4] |
2019 (91st) | Maiden | Alex Holmes [5] |
Year (ceremony) | Winner | Director(s) |
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2020 (92nd) | Time ≠ | Garrett Bradley [6] |
2021 (93rd) | Summer of Soul ≈ | Questlove [7] |
2022 (94th) | "Sr." | Chris Smith [8] |
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