Year |
Film |
Production companies and distributors |
Ref. |
2016
(1st) |
O.J.: Made in America |
ESPN and Laylow Films |
[1][2] |
13th |
Netflix and Kandoo Films |
Cameraperson |
Janus Films, Fork Films, and Big Mouth Productions |
Fire at Sea |
Kino Lorber, Stemal Entertainment, 21 Unofilm, Cinecittà Luce, Rai Cinema, Les Films d'Ici, and Arte France Cinéma |
Gleason |
Open Road Films, Amazon Studios, and Exhibit A |
Life, Animated |
A&E IndieFilms, The Orchard, Motto Pictures, and Roger Ross Williams Productions |
Tickled |
Magnolia Pictures, A Ticklish Tale, Fumes Production, and Horseshoe Films |
Tower |
Kino Lorber, ITVS, Meredith Vieira Productions, GTS Films, and Diana DiMenna Film |
Weiner |
Sundance Selects, Motto Pictures, and Edgeline Films |
The Witness |
FilmRise and Five More Minutes Productions |
2017
(2nd) |
Jane |
National Geographic Documentary Films, National Geographic Studios, and Public Road Productions |
[3] |
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail |
PBS, Blue Ice Films, Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, and Kartemquin Films Production |
Beware the Slenderman |
HBO, Warner Bros. Television Distribution, HBO Documentary Films, and Vermilion Films |
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds |
HBO, Bloomfish Pictures, HBO Documentary Films, Insurgent Docs, and RatPac Documentary Films |
California Typewriter |
Gravitas Ventures and American Buffalo Pictures |
Chasing Coral |
Netflix and Exposure Labs |
City of Ghosts |
Amazon Studios, A&E IndieFilms, IFC Films, and Our Time Projects |
Cries from Syria |
HBO, Afineevsky – Tolmor Production, Cinepost Barrandov, Levy Entertainment Group, and Studio Malibu |
Dawson City: Frozen Time |
Kino Lorber, Hypnotic Pictures, and Picture Palace Pictures |
Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) |
HBO, Live Nation Productions, and Company Name |
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library |
Zipporah Films |
Faces Places |
Cohen Media Group, Ciné Tamaris, Social Animals, Rouge International, Arte France Cinéma, and Arches Films |
Kedi |
Oscilloscope Laboratories, YouTube Red, and Termite Films |
One of Us |
Netflix and Loki Films |
Spettacolo |
Grasshopper Film and Open Face |
Strong Island |
Netflix, Yanceville Films, and Louverture Films |
2018
(3rd) |
Won't You Be My Neighbor? |
Focus Features |
[4][5] |
Crime + Punishment |
Hulu |
Dark Money |
PBS |
Free Solo |
National Geographic Documentary Films |
Hal |
Oscilloscope |
Hitler's Hollywood |
Kino Lorber |
Minding the Gap |
Hulu |
RBG |
Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media |
Three Identical Strangers |
Neon and CNN Films |
Wild Wild Country |
Netflix |
2019
(4th) |
Apollo 11 |
Neon |
[6][7] |
American Factory |
Netflix |
The Biggest Little Farm |
Neon |
The Cave |
National Geographic |
Honeyland |
Neon |
The Kingmaker |
Showtime |
Knock Down the House |
Netflix |
Leaving Neverland |
HBO |
Maiden |
Sony Pictures Classics |
One Child Nation |
Amazon Studios |
They Shall Not Grow Old |
Warner Bros. |