Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Music Documentary

The Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Music Documentary is an accolade presented annually by the Critics Choice Association (CCA) as part of the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. Established in 2016, the award honors exceptional achievement in music-related documentary filmmaking. It is one of the categories recognizing outstanding documentaries released theatrically, on television, or across streaming platforms. The Critics Choice Documentary Awards themselves were launched in 2016.

Winners and nominees

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2010s Year Director(s) Film2016Ron HowardThe Beatles: Eight Days a Week Jim Jarmusch Gimme Danger Morgan Neville Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble Barbara Kopple Miss Sharon Jones! Stephen Kijak We Are X Ido Haar Presenting Princess Shaw2017Chris PerkelClive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Amir Bar-Lev Long Strange Trip Kasper Collin I Called Him Morgan Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV Contemporary Color Colin Hanks Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) Catherine Bainbridge Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World2018Alan HicksRashida JonesQuincy Kevin Macdonald Whitney Francis Whately David Bowie: The Last Five Years Kevin Kerslake Bad Reputation Thom Zimny Elvis Presley: The Searcher Stephen Nomura Schible Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Stephen Kijak If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd2019Rob EpsteinJeffrey FriedmanLinda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Alan ElliottSydney Pollack Amazing Grace Martin Scorsese Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese A. J. Eaton David Crosby: Remember My Name Stanley Nelson Jr. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Ron Howard Pavarotti Bruce SpringsteenThom ZimnyWestern Stars

2020s Year Director(s) Film2020Spike JonzeBeastie Boys StoryAlison EllwoodThe Go-Go's Julien Temple Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan Lisa Cholodenko Laurel Canyon Daniel Roher Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band Alex Winter Zappa Puloma BasuRob Hatch-MillerOther Music2021QuestloveSummer of Soul R. J. Cutler Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry Todd Haynes The Velvet Underground Edgar Wright The Sparks Brothers Daniel LindsayT. J. Martin Tina Penny Lane Listening to Kenny GSacha JenkinsBitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James2022Peter JacksonThe Beatles: Get Back Brett Morgen Moonage Daydream Daniel GellerDayna Goldfine Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song Sacha Jenkins Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues Kathryn Ferguson Nothing Compares Mary McCartney If These Walls Could Sing Kathlyn Horan The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile2023 Matthew Heineman American Symphony Sam Wrench Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Lisa Cortés Little Richard: I Am Everything John Scheinfeld What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? Rudy Valdez Carlos Hannah BeachlerDream HamptonRaeshem NijhonGiselle BaileyCarri Twig Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop Roger Ross WilliamsBrooklyn SudanoLove to Love You, Donna Summer2024 Laurent Bouzereau Music by John Williams Bao Nguyen The Greatest Night in Pop Irene Taylor I Am: Celine Dion Morgan Neville Piece by Piece Thom ZimnyRoad Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Johan Grimonprez Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat2025Bernard MacMahonBecoming Led ZeppelinQuestlove Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Amy J. Berg It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley Susan LacyJessica Levin Billy Joel: And So It Goes Andrew Dominik Bono: Stories of Surrender QuestloveOz Rodriguez Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Critics' Choice Documentary Award for Best Music Documentary

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