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.
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; Kukan; 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 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
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 PolleyNational Board of Review Awards Announced|Hollywood Reporter 2014 (86th) Life Itself Steve James 2015 (87th) Amy≈ Asif Kapadia 2016 (88th) O.J.: Made in America≈° Ezra Edelman 2017 (89th) Jane° Brett MorgenNational Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners < < Rotten Tomatoes 2018 (90th) RBG≠±° Betsy West and Julie CohenNational Board of Review 2018 Award Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter 2019 (91st) Maiden Alex HolmesNational Board of Review Names "The Irishmen" the Year's Best Film - Yahoo Entertainment
2020s Year (ceremony) Winner Director(s) 2020 (92nd) Time≠ Garrett Bradley2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety 2021 (93rd)Summer of Soul≈ QuestloveNational Board of Review Winners 2021:|IndieWire 2022 (94th)"Sr."Top Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter Chris Smith 2023 (95th) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie° Davis Guggenheim2024 (96th)Sugarcane≠Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie2025 (97th)Cover-UpLaura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
See also Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature BAFTA Award for Best Documentary Cinema Eye Honors Awards Critics' Choice Documentary Awards IDA Documentary Awards Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
References
External links National Board of Review at the Internet Movie Database