Film Dokumenter Terbaik (National Board of Review Award)

Pemenang

1940: The Fight for Life
1941: Target for Tonight; The Forgotten Village; Ku Kan; The Land
1942: Moscow Strikes Back; Native Land; Word in Action
1943: Desert Victory; Battle of Russia; Prelude to War; Saludos Amigos; The Silent Village
1944: Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress; Attack! The Battle for New Britain; With the Marines at Tarawa; Battle for the Marianas; Tunisian Victory

Tahun (acara)	Pemenang	Sutradara
1990 (62)	—	—
1991 (63)	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse	Fax Bahr dan George Hickenlooper
1992 (64)	Brother’s Keeper	Joe Berlinger dan Bruce Sinofsky
1993 (65)	The War Room	Chris Hegedus dan D. A. Pennebaker
1994 (66)	Hoop Dreams	Steve James
1995 (67)	Crumb	Terry Zwigoff
1996 (68)	Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills	Joe Berlinger dan Bruce Sinofsky
1997 (69)	Fast, Cheap & Out of Control	Errol Morris
1998 (70)	Wild Man Blues	Barbara Kopple
1999 (71)	Buena Vista Social Club	Wim Wenders

Tahun (acara)	Pemenang	Sutradara
2000 (72)	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	Aviva Kempner
2001 (73)	The Endurance	George Butler
2002 (74)	Bowling for Columbine	Michael Moore
2003 (75)	The Fog of War	Errol Morris
2004 (76)	Born into Brothels	Zana Briski dan Ross Kauffman
2005 (77)	March of the Penguins (La marche de l’empereur)	Luc Jacquet
2006 (78)	An Inconvenient Truth	Davis Guggenheim
2007 (79)	Body of War	Phil Donahue dan Ellen Spiro
2008 (80)	Man on Wire	James Marsh
2009 (81)	The Cove	Louie Psihoyos

Tahun (acara)	Pemenang	Sutradara
2010 (82)	Waiting for “Superman”	Davis Guggenheim
2011 (83)	Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory	Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
2012 (84)	Searching for Sugar Man	Malik Bendjelloul
2013 (85)	Stories We Tell	Sarah Polley
2014 (86)	Life Itself	Steve James
2015 (87)	Amy	Asif Kapadia
2016 (88)	O.J.: Made in America	Ezra Edelman
2017 (89)	Jane	Brett Morgen