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2019 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![American Factory](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-factory-steven-bognar-julia-reichert-image.jpg)
American Factory
2018 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Won't You Be My Neighbor?](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-morgan-neville-image.jpg)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
2017 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Abacus: Small Enough to Jail](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/abacus-small-enough-to-jail-steve-james-image.jpg)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
2016 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Eagle Huntress](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-eagle-huntress-otto-bell-image.jpg)
The Eagle Huntress
2015 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Amy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amy-image.jpg)
Amy
2014 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Kill Team](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-kill-team-dan-krauss-image.jpg)
The Kill Team
2013 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![20 Feet from Stardom](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20-feet-from-stardom-morgan-neville-image.jpg)
20 Feet from Stardom
2012 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Invisible War](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-invisible-war-kirby-dick-image.jpg)
The Invisible War
2011 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Born to Be Wild](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/born-to-be-wild-david-lickley-image.jpg)
Born to Be Wild
2010 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Waiting for 'Superman'](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/waiting-for-superman-davis-guggenheim-image.jpg)
Waiting for ‘Superman’
2009 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/burma-vj-reporting-from-a-closed-country-image.jpg)
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
2008 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Betrayal](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-betrayal-nerakhoon-ellen-kuras-thavisouk-phrasavath-image.jpg)
The Betrayal
2007 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Body of War](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/body-of-war-phil-donahue-ellen-spiro-image.jpg)
Body of War
2006 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Wordplay](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wordplay-patrick-creadon-image.jpg)
Wordplay
2005 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Ballets Russes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ballets-russes-daniel-geller-dayna-goldfine-image.jpg)
Ballets Russes
2004 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/z-channel-a-magnificent-obsession-xan-cassavetes-image.jpg)
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2002 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Bowling for Columbine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bowling-for-columbine-michael-moore-image.jpg)
Bowling for Columbine
2001 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Endurance](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-endurance-george-butler-image.jpg)
The Endurance
2000 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-life-and-times-of-hank-greenberg-image.jpg)
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
1999 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Buena Vista Social Club](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/buena-vista-social-club-wim-wenders-image.jpg)
Buena Vista Social Club
1998 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Wild Man Blues](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wild-man-blues-image.jpg)
Wild Man Blues
1997 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Fast, Cheap & Out of Control](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fast-cheap-and-out-of-control-errol-morris-image.jpg)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
1996 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills Joe Berlinger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/paradise-lost-the-child-murders-at-robin-hood-hills-joe-berlinger-bruce-sinofsky-image.jpg)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Joe Berlinger
1995 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Crumb](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/crumb-terry-zwigoff-image.jpg)
Crumb
1994 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Hoop Dreams](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hoop-dreams-steve-james-image.jpg)
Hoop Dreams
1993 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The War Room](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-war-room-chris-hegedus-d.a.-pennebaker-image.jpg)
The War Room
1992 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Brother's Keeper Joe Berlinger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brothers-keeper-joe-berlinger-bruce-sinofsky-image.jpg)
Brother’s Keeper
Joe Berlinger
1991 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmakers-apocalypse-fax-bahr-george-hickenlooper-eleanor-coppola-image.jpg)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
1989 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Roger & Me](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/roger-and-me-michael-moore-image.jpg)
Roger & Me
1988 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Thin Blue Line](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-thin-blue-line-errol-morris-image.jpg)
The Thin Blue Line
1987 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chuck-berry-hail-hail-rock-n-roll-taylor-hackford-image.jpg)
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll
1944 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Attack! Battle of New Britain](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/attack-battle-of-new-britain-image.jpg)
Attack! Battle of New Britain
1943 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Why We Fight](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/prelude-to-war-frank-capra-anatole-litvak-image.jpg)
Why We Fight
1942 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![Anzacs in Action](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-cover-1-image.jpg)
Anzacs in Action
1941 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Land](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-land-robert-j.-flaherty-image.jpg)
The Land
1940 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
![The Fight for Life](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-fight-for-life-pare-lorentz-image.jpg)