| Año
|
Película
|
Director
|
| 1997 (2nd) |
Cuatro Pequeñas Niñas |
Spike Lee
|
| 1998 (3rd) |
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life |
Michael Paxton
|
| 1999 (4th) |
Buena Vista Social Club |
Wim Wenders
|
| 2000 (5th) |
Reckless Indifference |
William Gazecki
|
| 2001 (6th) |
A Vida em Cana |
Jorge W. Atalla
|
| 2002 (7th) |
The Kid Stays in the Picture |
Nanette Burstein y Brett Morgen
|
| 2003 (8th) |
Amandla! |
Lee Hirsch
|
| 2004 (9th) |
Super Size Me |
Morgan Spurlock
|
| 2005 (10th) |
Mad Hot Ballroom |
Marilyn Agrelo
|
| 2006 (11th) |
Deliver Us from Evil |
Amy Berg
|
| 2007 (12th) |
Sicko |
Michael Moore
|
| 2008 (13th) |
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer |
Robbie Cavolina y Ian McCrudden
|
| Man on Wire |
James Marsh
|
| 2009 (14th) |
Every Little Step |
James D. Stern y Adam Del Deo
|
| 2010 (15th) |
Restrepo |
Sebastian Junger y Tim Hetherington
|
| 2011 (16th) |
Senna |
Asif Kapadia
|
| 2012 (17º) |
Persiguiendo el hielo |
Jeff Orlowski
|
| 2013 (18º) |
Blackfish |
Gabriela Cowperthwaite
|
| 2014 (19º)[1] |
Citizenfour |
Laura Poitras
|
| 2015 20º [2] |
The Look of Silence (La mirada del silencio) |
Joshua Oppenheimer
|
| Where to Invade Next (¿Qué invadimos ahora?) |
Michael Moore
|
| The Hunting Ground |
Kirby Dick
|
| He Named Me Malala (Él me llamó Malala) |
Davis Guggenheim
|
| Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief |
Alex Gibney
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