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2019 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
American Factory
2018 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
2017 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
2016 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Eagle Huntress
2015 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Amy
2014 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Kill Team
2013 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
20 Feet from Stardom
2012 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Invisible War
2011 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Born to Be Wild
2010 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Waiting for ‘Superman’
2009 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
2008 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Betrayal
2007 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Body of War
2006 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Wordplay
2005 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Ballets Russes
2004 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2002 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Bowling for Columbine
2001 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Endurance
2000 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
1999 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Buena Vista Social Club
1998 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Wild Man Blues
1997 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
1996 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Joe Berlinger
1995 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Crumb
1994 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Hoop Dreams
1993 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The War Room
1992 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Brother’s Keeper
Joe Berlinger
1991 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
1989 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Roger & Me
1988 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Thin Blue Line
1987 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll
1944 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Attack! Battle of New Britain
1943 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Why We Fight
1942 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
Anzacs in Action
1941 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
The Land
1940 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries
