Film Dokumenter Terbaik (National Board of Review Award)

Pemenang

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1980an

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Tahun (acara) Pemenang Sutradara
1987 (59) Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll Taylor Hackford
1988 (60) The Thin Blue Line Errol Morris
1989 (61) Roger & Me Michael Moore

1990an

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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

2000an

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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

2010an

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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