The Best Political Documentary is one of the annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. It is given to the outstanding political documentary of the year.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Film Production companies201613thNetflix and Kandoo Films Audrie & Daisy Netflix and Actual Films Newtown Abramorama, Mile 22, and Independent Television Service O.J.: Made in America ESPN and Laylow Films Weiner Sundance Selects, Motto Pictures, and Edgeline Films Zero Days Magnolia, Jigsaw Productions, and Participant Media2017Abacus: Small Enough to JailPBS, Blue Ice Films, Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, and Kartemquin Films Production 11/8/16 The Orchard and Cinetic Media An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Paramount, Actual Films, and Participant Media City of Ghosts Amazon Studios, A&E IndieFilms, IFC Films, and Our Time Projects Dolores PBS Distribution and 5 Stick Films The Reagan Show Gravitas Ventures and CNN Films2018RBGMagnolia Pictures and Participant Media Dark Money PBS Fahrenheit 11/9 Briarcliff Entertainment Flint Town Netflix The Fourth Estate Showtime Networks Hitler's Hollywood Kino Lorber John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls HBO2019American FactoryNetflix The Edge of Democracy Netflix Hail Satan? Magnolia Pictures The Kingmaker Showtime Knock Down the House Netflix One Child Nation Amazon Studios
2020s Year Film Production companies2020Boys StateApple TV+ All In: The Fight for Democracy Amazon Studios John Lewis: Good Trouble Magnolia Pictures MLK/FBI Field of Vision and IFC Films The Social Dilemma Netflix Totally Under Control Neon The Way I See It Focus Features2021The Crime of the CenturyHBO Documentary Films Enemies of the State IFC Films Four Hours at the Capitol HBO Documentary Films Influence StoryScope and EyeSteelFilm Mayor Pete Amazon Studios Missing in Brooks County Giant Pictures Nasrin Hulu Not Going Quietly Greenwich Entertainment2022NavalnyHBO, CNN, and Warner Bros. Pictures Aftershock Hulu All the Beauty and the Bloodshed HBO and Neon Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down Briarcliff Entertainment The Janes HBO Retrograde National Geographic Documentary Films Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom Netflix202320 Days in MariupolPBS Beyond Utopia Roadside AttractionsBobi Wine: The People's President National Geographic Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court Showtime Every Body Focus Features Lakota Nation vs. United States IFC Films Silver Dollar Road Amazon MGM Studios2024SugarcaneNational Geographic Bad River 50 Eggs Films Girls State Apple TV+Porcelain War Picturehouse Stopping the Steal HBO/Max The Truth vs. Alex Jones HBO/Max2025 The Alabama Solution HBO Max Apocalypse in the Tropics Netflix Deaf President Now! Apple TV+ The Librarians Independent Lens My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Marminchilla Orwell: 2+2=5 Neon
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