Trouble the Water 2008

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (Winners & Nominees)

All the Oscar nominees in the Documentary (Feature) category (1943 - to date, reverse chronological order display).
Winners list > https://trakt.tv/users/oropher_e/lists/academy-awards-best-documentary-feature-winners?sort=rank,desc

Standalone movies I want to watch...

Rotten Tomatoes - Best of year

List of Academy Award-winning since 1994 in:
- Best Picture - Best Director
- Best Actor/Actress - Best Supporting Actor/Actress
- Best Original Screenplay - Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Animated Feature Film - Best Animated Short Film
- Best Documentary Feature - Best Documentary Short Subject
- Best Live Action Short Film - Best International Feature Film
- Best Original Score - Best Original Song
- Best Sound Editing - Best Sound Mixing
- Best Production Design - Best Cinematography
- Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Best Costume Design
- Best Film Editing - Best Visual Effects

The list includes also nominations in the same categories.

List of documentaries (movies/TV series) I plan to watch or I watched and I think it's worth seeing. If I watched must have at least 7 (my rate) to remain on the list. Updated regularly.

If you are looking for Oscar`s, check the below lists with all nominees and winners in Documentary (feature/short) category
Just winners (feature) > https://trakt.tv/users/oropher_e/lists/academy-awards-oscar-winners-documentary-feature?sort=rank,desc
Just nominees (feature) > https://trakt.tv/users/oropher_e/lists/academy-awards-oscar-nominees-documentary-feature?sort=rank,desc
Just winners (short) > https://trakt.tv/users/oropher_e/lists/academy-awards-oscar-winners-documentary-short?sort=rank,desc
Just nominees (short) > https://trakt.tv/users/oropher_e/lists/academy-awards-oscar-nominees-documentary-short?sort=rank,desc

All the movies with "Must-See" badge on Metacritic. Movie gets the badge when it has a score of 81 or higher and has been reviewed by at least 15 pro critics.

All credits go to IMDb user: RDLongoria

https://www.imdb.com/user/ur37216974

The culmination of the Sundance Film Festival is the Awards Ceremony. The competition juries, comprised of individuals from the worldwide film community with original and diverse points of view, select films from both the documentary and dramatic categories to receive a range of awards.

(This award is for U.S. titles, not world cinema)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sundance_Film_Festival_award_winners

The culmination of the Sundance Film Festival is the Awards Ceremony. The competition juries, comprised of individuals from the worldwide film community with original and diverse points of view, select films from both the documentary and dramatic categories to receive a range of awards.

This award is for U.S. titles, not world cinema.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sundance_Film_Festival_award_winners

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotham_Independent_Film_Award_for_Best_Documentary

Academy award winners and nominees best film all catagories,

2009 - Movies nominated for most major Oscar categories (Picture, Director, Cinematography, Actor and Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress, Feature Documentary, Animated Feature, Foreign Feature, Score, and Film Editing)

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll

https://www.indiewire.com/feature/female-directors-best-movies-directed-by-women-1202045399/

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-directed-by-women-of-the-21st-century/