Documentary (Feature)

1992 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerIn the Shadow of the StarsAllie LightWinner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, this film is a hilarious and affectionate look at the path to stardom inside the competitive world of opera.Amazon1992 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesDeath on the JobVince DiPersioAmazonDoing Time: Life Inside the Big HouseAlan RaymondAmazonThe Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945Hava Kohav BellerAmazonWild by LawLawrence R. HottAmazon

2001 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the KindertransportMark Jonathan HarrisThe secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied Germany in the late 1930s.Amazon2001 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesLegacyTod LendingAmazonLong Night's Journey Into DayFrances ReidAmazonScottsboro: An American TragedyBarak GoodmanAmazonSound and FuryJosh AronsonAmazon

2000 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerOne Day in SeptemberArthur CohnThe Palestinian terrorist group Black September holds Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich.Amazon2000 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesBuena Vista Social ClubWim WendersAmazonGenghis BluesRoko BelicAmazonOn the RopesNanette BursteinAmazonSpeaking in StringsPaola di FlorioAmazon

1999 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerThe Last DaysJames MollIn late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary...Amazon1999 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesDancemakerMatthew DiamondAmazonLenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the TruthRobert B. WeideAmazonRegret to InformBarbara SonnebornAmazonThe Farm: Angola, USAJonathan StackAmazon

1998 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerThe Long Way HomeMarvin HierThe story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.Amazon1998 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) Nominees4 Little GirlsSpike LeeAmazonAyn Rand: A Sense of LifeMichael PaxtonAmazonColors Straight UpMichèle OhayonAmazonWaco: The Rules of EngagementWilliam GazeckiAmazon

1997 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerWhen We Were KingsLeon GastA documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle," between champion George Foreman and underdog challenger Muhammad Ali.Amazon1997 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesMandelaJo MenellAmazonSuzanne Farrell: Elusive MuseAnne BelleAmazonTell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American PressRick GoldsmithAmazonThe Line King: The Al Hirschfeld StorySusan Warms DryfoosAmazon

1996 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerAnne Frank RememberedJon BlairUsing previously unreleased archival material in addition to contemporary interviews, this academy award-winning documentary tells the story of the Frank family and presents the first ...Amazon1996 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesHank Aaron: Chasing the DreamMichael TollinAmazonSmall WondersAllan MillerAmazonThe Battle Over Citizen KaneThomas LennonAmazonTroublesome Creek: A MidwesternSteven AscherAmazon

1995 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerMaya Lin: A Strong Clear VisionFreida Lee MockA film about the work of the artist most famous for her monuments such as the Vietnam Memorial Wall and the Civil Rights Fountain Memorial.Amazon1995 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesA Great Day in HarlemJean BachAmazonAmerican ExperienceCharles GuggenheimAmazonComplaints of a Dutiful DaughterDeborah HoffmannAmazonFreedom on My MindConnie FieldAmazon

1994 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerI Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary SchoolSusan RaymondFilmmakers Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond document Philadelphia teachers facing challenges at an inner-city school.Amazon1994 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesChildren of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian FamilySusan ToddAmazonFor Better or for WorseDavid CollierAmazonThe Broadcast Tapes of Dr. PeterDavid PapernyAmazonThe War RoomD.A. PennebakerAmazon

1993 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) WinnerThe Panama DeceptionBarbara TrentA film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.Amazon1993 Academy Awards - Documentary (Feature) NomineesChanging Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn HookerDavid HauglandAmazonFires of KuwaitSally DundasAmazonLiberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War IIWilliam MilesAmazonMusic for the Movies: Bernard HerrmannMargaret SmilowAmazon