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All winners in the Best Documentary Feature category. The first year it was awarded, 1942, it was given to four films and half of those were shorts - so only the two feature-lengths are included here. In 1946 there was no award in the category.

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  1. 29 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 25 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 62 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 35 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 43 -

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 33 -

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 76 -

    O.J.: Made in America

    2016, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 56 -

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 63 -

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 48 -

    Hôtel Terminus

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 68 -

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 72 -

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 70 -

    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 2 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 81 -

    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution...

    2021, in 4 top lists
    Check
  16. 38 -

    Best Boy

    1979, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 74 -

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 30 -

    The Hellstrom Chronicle

    1971, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 66 -

    An Inconvenient Truth

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 10 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 65 -

    La marche de l'empereur

    2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check
  22. 31 -

    Marjoe

    1972, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 15 -

    Le monde du silence

    1956 — a.k.a. The Silent World, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 26 -

    La section Anderson

    1967 — a.k.a. The Anderson Platoon, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 5 -

    The True Glory

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 50 -

    American Dream

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 75 -

    Amy

    2015, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 61 -

    Un coupable idéal

    2001 — a.k.a. Murder on a Sunday Morning, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 69 -

    The Cove

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 24 -

    The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

    1965, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 60 -

    Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the...

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 58 -

    The Last Days

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 12 -

    The Living Desert

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 54 -

    Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 82 -

    Navalny

    2022, in 2 top lists
    Check
  36. 67 -

    Taxi to the Dark Side

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 73 -

    Twenty Feet from Stardom

    2013 — a.k.a. 20 Feet from Stardom, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 14 -

    The Unconquered

    1954 — a.k.a. Helen Keller in Her Story, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 83 new

    20 Days in Mariupol

    2023, in 1 top list
    Check
  40. 16 -

    Albert Schweitzer

    1957, in 1 top list Check
  41. 79 -

    American Factory

    2019, in 1 top list
    Check
  42. 47 -

    American Masters: The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit...

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  43. 55 -

    Anne Frank Remembered

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  44. 45 -

    Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  45. 21 -

    Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler

    1962, in 1 top list Check
  46. 64 -

    Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  47. 44 -

    Broken Rainbow

    1985, in 1 top list Check
  48. 20 -

    Le ciel et la boue

    1961 — a.k.a. Sky Above and Mud Beneath, in 1 top list Check
  49. 49 -

    Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  50. 8 -

    Daybreak in Udi

    1949, in 1 top list Check
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