The 5th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards were presented on November 16, 2020, honoring the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television; due to the COVID-19 pandemic the ceremony was held via online. The nominees were announced on October 26, 2020, with Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, Gunda and Mr. Soul! leading the nominations with five.
Winners and nominees Dick Johnson Is Dead (Netflix)Critics Choice Documentary Awards Push Dick Johnson Is Dead’ to Oscars|IndieWire Athlete A (Netflix) Belushi (Showtime) Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix) Feels Good Man (Wavelength Productions/PBS Independent Lens) The Fight (Magnolia Pictures) The Go-Go's (Showtime) Gunda (Neon) Mr. Soul! (Shoes in the Bed Productions) My Octopus Teacher (Netflix) The Painter and the Thief (Neon) A Secret Love (Netflix) The Social Dilemma (Netflix) Time (Amazon Studios) | valign="top" width="50%"| Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead Garrett Bradley – Time Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk – Athlete A Victor Kossakovsky – Gunda James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham – Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Dawn Porter – John Lewis: Good Trouble Benjamin Ree – The Painter and the Thief Melissa Haizlip – Mr. Soul! Robert S. Bader – Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes Chris Bolan – A Secret Love Arthur Jones – Feels Good Man Elizabeth Leiter and Kim Woodard – Jane Goodall: The Hope Elizabeth Lo – Stray Sasha Joseph Neulinger – Rewind David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet – David Attenborough, narrator and writer Dick Johnson Is Dead – Kirsten Johnson, narrator and writer Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds – Werner Herzog, narrator and writer Mr. Soul! – Blair Underwood, narrator; Ellis Haizlip, writer My Octopus Teacher – Craig Foster, narrator and writer Time – Fox Rich, narrator and writer Totally Under Control – Alex Gibney, narrator and writer |- | valign="top" width="50%"| MLK/FBI (Field of Vision/IFC Films) Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (HBO) Belushi (Showtime) Class Action Park (HBO Max) Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix) Mr. Soul! (Shoes in the Bed Productions) Spaceship Earth (Neon) | valign="top" width="50%"| St. Louis Superman (MTV Documentary Films) Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible (ESPN) The Claudia Kishi Club (Netflix) Crescendo! (Quibi) Elevator Pitch (Field of Vision) Hunger Ward (Spin Film/Vulcan Productions/RYOT Films) Into the Fire (National Geographic) My Father the Mover (MTV Documentary Films) The Rifleman (Field of Vision) The Speed Cubers (Netflix) Boys State (Apple) All In: The Fight for Democracy (Amazon Studios) John Lewis: Good Trouble (Magnolia Pictures) MLK/FBI (Field of Vision/IFC Films) The Social Dilemma (Netflix) Totally Under Control (Neon) The Way I See It (Focus Features) | valign="top" width="50%"| Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (HBO) Athlete A (Netflix) Be Water (ESPN) A Most Beautiful Thing (50 Eggs Films) Red Penguins (Universal Pictures) Rising Phoenix (Netflix) You Cannot Kill David Arquette (Super LTD) |- | valign="top" width="50%"| John Lewis: Good Trouble (Magnolia Pictures) Belushi (Showtime) Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Netflix) Howard (Disney+) Mr. Soul! (Shoes in the Bed Production) Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (Netflix) Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (HBO) | valign="top" width="50%"| My Octopus Teacher (Netflix) Coded Bias (7th Empire Media/PBS Independent Lens) Fantastic Fungi (Moving Art) Gunda (Neon) I Am Greta (Hulu) The Last Ice (National Geographic) Spaceship Earth (Neon) |- | valign="top" width="50%"| Beastie Boys Story (Apple) The Go-Go's (Showtime) Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (Magnolia Pictures) Laurel Canyon (Epix) Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (Magnolia Pictures) Other Music (Factory 25) Zappa (Magnolia Pictures) | valign="top" width="50%"| Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts and Buck Sanders – The Way I See It Ari Balouzian and Ryan Hope – Feels Good Man Tyler Durham, Sven Faulconer and Xander Rodzinski – The Last Ice Peter Nashel and Brian Deming – Totally Under Control Daniel Pemberton – Rising Phoenix Jeff Tweedy – Long Gone Summer Jeff Tweedy, Spencer Tweedy and Sammy Tweedy – Showbiz Kids Roger Horrocks – My Octopus Teacher Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw – The Truffle Hunters Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead Victor Kossakovsky and Egil Håskjold Larsen, Gunda (Neon) Scott Ressler, Neil Gelinas and Stefan Wiesen – The Last Ice Gianfranco Rosi – Notturno Ruben Woodin Dechamps – The Reason I Jump Lindy Jankura and Alex Keipper – Totally Under Control Don Bernier – Athlete A Eli Despres, Greg Finton and Kim Roberts – The Fight Helen Kearns – Assassins Victor Kossakovsky and Ainara Vera – Gunda Eileen Meyer and Andrew Gersh – Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Charlotte Munch Bengtsen – The Truffle Hunters Dr. Rick Bright – Totally Under Control Steven Garza – Boys State The Go-Go's – The Go-Go's Judith Heumann – Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Dick Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead Maggie Nichols, Rachael Denhollander, Jamie Dantzscher – Athlete A Fox Rich – Time Pete Souza – The Way I See It Taylor Swift – Miss Americana Greta Thunberg – I Am Greta
Films by multiple nominations and wins
The following films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 6 Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 5 Mr. Soul! Dick Johnson Is Dead Gunda Totally Under Control Athlete A 4 My Octopus Teacher Time 3 Feels Good Man The Go-Go's Belushi The Way I See It Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes The Last Ice John Lewis: Good Trouble 2 Rising Phoenix The Fight The Truffle Hunters MLK/FBI Boys State Spaceship Earth I Am Greta A Secret Love The Social Dilemma The Painter and the Thief
The following films received multiple awards:
Wins Film 3 Dick Johnson Is Dead 2 My Octopus Teacher The Go-Go's Athlete A The Way I See It Totally Under Control Boys State
See also 93rd Academy Awards
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