Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
The Critics' Choice Documentary Awards are accolades that are presented by the Critics Choice Association to honour the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. They were established in 2016, and the first ceremony was held on November 3, 2016.
Categories
Current categories
For the latest ceremony, the following categories were presented:- Best Documentary Feature
- Best Director
- Best New Documentary Film-maker
- Best Music Documentary
- Best Narration
- Best Archival Documentary
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Political Documentary
- Best Sports Documentary
- Best Historical Documentary
- Best Biographical Documentary
- Best Science/Nature Documentary
- Best True Crime Documentary
- Best Score
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Limited Documentary Series
- Best Ongoing Documentary Series
- D.A. Pennebaker Award
Discontinued categories
- Best Song in a Documentary
- Most Innovative Documentary
- Landmark Award
Ceremonies
| Ceremony | Date | Best Documentary Feature winner | Best Director winner | Best First Documentary Feature winner | Venue |
| 1st | November 3, 2016 | 30 for 30: O.J.: Made in America | Ezra Edelman – O.J.: Made in America | Weiner | BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| 2nd | November 2, 2017 | Jane | Evgeny Afineevsky – Cries from Syria | Kedi | BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| 3rd | November 11, 2018 | Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville – Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Science Fair | BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| 4th | November 10, 2019 | Apollo 11 | Peter Jackson – They Shall Not Grow Old / Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert – American Factory | Honeyland | BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| 5th | November 16, 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Dead | Kirsten Johnson – Dick Johnson Is Dead | Mr. Soul! | Virtual |
| 6th | November 14, 2021 | Summer of Soul | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin – The Rescue / Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson – Summer of Soul | Summer of Soul | BRIC, Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| 7th | November 13, 2022 | Good Night Oppy | Ryan White – Good Night Oppy | Bad Axe | Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States |
| 8th | November 12, 2023 | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Davis Guggenheim - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | 20 Days in Mariupol | Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States |
| 9th | November 10, 2024 | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story / Will & Harper | Ian Bonhôte & Peter Ettedgui – Superman: The Christopher Reeve Story | Daughters | Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States |
| 10th | November 9, 2025 | The Perfect Neighbor | Geeta Gandbhir – The Perfect Neighbor | My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay | Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States |