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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Non-Fiction Film is the award given for best feature documentary film at the annual National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Awards. The category was introduced in 1985 and was originally named Best Documentary.

Director Agnès Varda at the Berlinale 201
Director Agnès Varda at the Berlinale 201

List of winning films

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Year (ceremony) Film Director(s)
1984 (19th)Stop Making SenseJonathan Demme[1]
1985 (20th)ShoahClaude Lanzmann
1986 (21st)MarleneMaximilian Schell
1987 (22nd)N/A
1988 (23rd)The Thin Blue LineErrol Morris
1989 (24th)Roger & MeMichael Moore
1990 (25th)Berkeley in the SixtiesMark Kitchell
1991 (26th)Paris Is BurningJennie Livingston
1992 (27th)American DreamBarbara Kopple
1993 (28th)Visions of LightArnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy and Stuart Samuels
1994 (29th)Hoop DreamsSteve James
1995 (30th)CrumbTerry Zwigoff[2]
1996 (31st)When We Were KingsLeon Gast
1997 (32nd)Fast, Cheap & Out of ControlErrol Morris
1998 (33rd)The Farm: Angola, USALiz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau and Jonathan Stack
1999 (34th)Buena Vista Social ClubWim Wenders
2000 (35th)The Life and Times of Hank GreenbergAviva Kempner
2001 (36th)The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)Agnès Varda
2002 (37th)Standing in the Shadows of MotownPaul Justman
2003 (38th)To Be and to Have (Être et avoir)Nicolas Philibert
2004 (39th)TarnationJonathan Caouette
2005 (40th)Grizzly ManWerner Herzog
2006 (41st)An Inconvenient TruthDavis Guggenheim
2007 (42nd)No End in SightCharles H. Ferguson
2008 (43rd)Man on WireJames Marsh
2009 (44th)The Beaches of Agnès (Les plages d'Agnès)Agnès Varda[3]
2010 (45th)Inside JobCharles H. Ferguson[4]
2011 (46th)Cave of Forgotten DreamsWerner Herzog
2012 (47th)The GatekeepersDror Moreh[5]
2013 (48th)The Act of KillingJoshua Oppenheimer[6]
At BerkeleyFrederick Wiseman
2014 (49th)CitizenfourLaura Poitras
2015 (50th)AmyAsif Kapadia[7]
2016 (51st)O.J.: Made in AmericaEzra Edelman
2017Faces Places (Visages Villages)Agnès Varda and JR[8]
2018Minding the GapBing Liu[9][10]
2019 (54th)HoneylandTamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov[11][12]
2020TimeGarrett Bradley[13]
2021FleeJonas Poher Rasmussen[14]
2022All the Beauty and the BloodshedLaura Poitras[15]
2023 (58th)Menus-Plaisirs – Les TroisgrosFrederick Wiseman[16]
2024 (59th) No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor[17]
2025 (60th) My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev[18]

Multiple winners

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Past Awards|National Society of Film Critics
  2. ↑ Babe' Is Chosen as Best Film By National Society of Critics - The New York Times
  3. ↑ National Society of Film Critics give top awards to 'The Hurt Locker' - Pop Matters
  4. ↑ Social Network' dominates the National Society of Film Critics awards (Updated)|Awards Tracker|Los Angeles Times
  5. ↑ National Society of Film Critics awards top honors to Israeli documentary ‘The Gatekeepers’|The Times of Israel
  6. ↑ National Society of Film Critics Awards 2013: Winners: INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS|FilmBook
  7. ↑ ‘Spotlight’ Shines at National Society of Film Critics Awards|IndieWire
  8. ↑ ‘Lady Bird’ Named Best Picture By National Society Of Film Critics – Complete List – Deadline
  9. ↑ "Chinese director Chloe Zhao's 'The Rider' picked best picture of 2018 by US film critics". The SCMP/News/World. 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  10. ↑ National Society of Film Critics Names ‘The Rider’ Best Picture — Variety
  11. ↑ Nyren, Erin (January 4, 2020). "National Society of Film Critics Names 'Parasite' Best Picture". Variety. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  12. ↑ Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Parasite’ wins best picture at National Society of Film Critics awards - Los Angeles Times
  13. ↑ ‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap
  14. ↑ National Society of Film Critics 2022 Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter
  15. ↑ ‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWire
  16. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (2024-01-06). "National Society of Film Critics Voting Underway". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  17. ↑ "'Nickel Boys' voted best picture of 2024". National Society of Film Critics. 2025-01-04. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  18. ↑ Schwartz, Missy (January 3, 2026). "'One Battle After Another' Wins Best Film, Director From National Society of Film Critics". TheWrap. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
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