10th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Edison Ballroom, Manhattan, NY
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Hosted by Aasif Mandvi

— 10th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards —

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

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The Perfect Neighbor • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


2000 Meters to Andriivka • Frontline Features / The Associated Press
The Alabama Solution • HBO Max
Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix
Cover-Up • Netflix
Deaf President Now! • Apple TV
Orwell: 2+2=5 • NEON
Pee-wee as Himself • HBO Max
Riefenstahl • Kino Lorber
The Tale of Silyan • National Geographic

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BEST DIRECTOR

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Geeta Gandbhir | Director
The Perfect Neighbor • Netflix

Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


Mstyslav Chernov | 2000 Meters to Andriivka • Frontline Features / The Associated Press
Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman | The Alabama Solution • HBO Max
Petra Costa | Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix
Nyle DiMarco & Davis Guggenheim | Deaf President Now! • Apple TV
Raoul Peck | Orwell: 2+2=5 • NEON

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BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay • HBO Max

Mariska Hargitay | Director
Trish Adlesic, Mariska Hargitay | Producers


Art for Everybody • Tremolo Productions
Grand Theft Hamlet • MUBI
Seeds • Interior Films
Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost • Apple TV
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror • Margot Station

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ocean with David Attenborough
National Geographic

Toby Strong, Doug Anderson (Underwater Photography) | Cinematographer

Toby Nowlan, Colin Butfield, Keith Scholey | Directors
Toby Nowlan | Producer


Architecton • A24 | Ben Bernard
Folktales • Magnolia Pictures | Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo & Tor Edvin Eliassen
Mistress Dispeller • Oscilloscope | Elizabeth Lo
Seeds • Interior Films | Brittany Shyne
The Tale of Silyan • National Geographic | Jean Dakar

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BEST EDITING

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The Perfect Neighbor • Netflix

Viridiana Lieberman | Editor

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


2000 Meters to Andriivka • Frontline Features / The Associated Press | Michelle Mizner
The Alabama Solution • HBO Max | Page Marsella
Deaf President Now! • Apple TV | Michael Harte
Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music • NBC | James Lester & Oz Rodríguez, John MacDonald
Orwell: 2+2=5 • NEON | Alexandra Strauss

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BEST SCORE

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Orwell: 2+2=5 • NEON

Alexei Aigui | Composer

Raoul Peck | Director
Raoul Peck, Alex Gibney, Blair Foster, Tamara Rosenberg, Nick Shumaker, George Chignell | Producers


2000 Meters to Andriivka • Frontline Features / The Associated Press | Sam Slater
The Eyes of Ghana • Breakwater Studios / Higher Ground Media | Kris Bowers
Love + War • National Geographic | Claudia Sarne
The Perfect Neighbor • Netflix | Laura Heinzinger
Trains • EPF Media / Drygas Film Production | Paweł Szymański

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BEST NARRATION

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Orwell: 2+2=5 • NEON

Written by George Orwell, Adapted by Raoul Peck
Performed by Damian Lewis

Raoul Peck | Director
Raoul Peck, Alex Gibney, Blair Foster, Tamara Rosenberg, Nick Shumaker, George Chignell | Producers


2000 Meters to Andriivka • Frontline Features / The Associated Press | Mstyslav Chernov
The American Revolution • PBS | Peter Coyote
The Americas • NBC | Tom Hanks
Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix | Petra Costa
Octopus! • Prime Video | Phoebe Waller-Bridge

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BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

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The Perfect Neighbor • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


One to One: John & Yoko • Magnolia Pictures
Orwell: 2+2=5 • Neon
Riefenstahl • Kino Lorber
Trains • EPF Media / Drygas Film Production
WTO/99 • Foghorn Features

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BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY
(TIE)

The American Revolution • PBS

Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, David Schmidt | Directors
Geoffrey Ward | Producer

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time • National Geographic

Traci Curry | Director
Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn, Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian | Producers


Cover-Up • Netflix
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 • HBO Max
Number One on the Call Sheet • Apple TV
Riefenstahl • Kino Lorber

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BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY

Mr. Scorsese • Apple TV

Rebecca Miller | Director
Rebecca Miller, Damon Cardasis, Cindy Tolan, Rick Yorn, Chris Donnelly, Julie Yorn, Robert Fernandez, Patrick Walmsley | Producers


John Candy: I Like Me • Prime Video
Love + War • National Geographic
My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay • HBO Max
Pee-wee as Himself • HBO Max
Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost • Apple TV

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BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY
(TIE)

Becoming Led Zeppelin • Sony Pictures Classics

Bernard MacMahon | Director
Allison McGourty, Bernard MacMahon | Producer

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) • Hulu

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson | Director
Joseph Patel, Derik Murray | Producers


Billy Joel: And So It Goes • HBO Max
Bono: Stories of Surrender • Netflix
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley • Magnolia Pictures
Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music • NBC

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BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

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The Alabama Solution • HBO Max

Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman | Director/Producers


Apocalypse in the Tropics • Netflix
Deaf President Now! • Apple TV
The Librarians • Independent Lens
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow • Marminchilla
Orwell: 2+2=5 • Neon

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BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

Ocean with David Attenborough • National Geographic

Toby Nowlan, Colin Butfield, Keith Scholey | Directors
Toby Nowlan | Producer


The Americas • NBC
Checkpoint Zoo • Abramorama
The Last Rhinos: A New Hope • National Geographic
Octopus! • Prime Video
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey • Netflix

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BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders • Netflix

Greg Whiteley | Director/Executive Producer


America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys • Netflix
Big Dreams: Little League World Series 2024 • ESPN Films
Full Court Press • ESPN+
Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott • ESPN
We Beat the Dream Team • HBO Max

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BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

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The Perfect Neighbor • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


The Alabama Solution • HBO Max
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer • Netflix
Predators • MTV Documentary Films / Paramount+
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish • Netflix
The Yogurt Shop Murders • HBO Max

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BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Saving Superman • Switchboard

Sam Mirpoorian, Adam Oppenheim | Directors
Sam Mirpoorian, Adam Oppenheim, Julie Spiller | Producers


All the Empty Rooms • Netflix
Classroom 4 • PBS
The Devil is Busy • HBO Max
Exodus • Message Pictures
Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in Space • Ironbound Films
Sallie’s Ashes • Robi Creative
Shanti Rides Shotgun • Voyager

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BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Mr. Scorsese • Apple TV

Rebecca Miller | Director
Rebecca Miller, Damon Cardasis, Cindy Tolan, Rick Yorn, Chris Donnelly, Julie Yorn, Robert Fernandez, Patrick Walmsley | Producers


The American Revolution • PBS
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 • HBO Max
Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer • Netflix
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time • National Geographic
Magic City: An American Fantasy • Starz
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night • Peacock
The Yogurt Shop Murders • HBO Max

— 10th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards —

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

30 for 30 • ESPN Films

Marsha Cooke, John Dahl, Kathleen Jayme, Rob King, Brian Lockhart, Burke Magnus, Asia Youngman | Executive Producers


American Masters • PBS
The Reluctant Traveler • Apple TV
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross • Roku Channel
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller • National Geographic
Trainwreck • Netflix

About the Critics Choice Awards

The Critics Choice Documentary Awards are an offshoot of the Critics Choice Awards, which are bestowed annually by the CCA to honor the finest in cinematic and television achievement. Historically, the Critics Choice Awards are the most accurate predictor of Academy Award nominations.

The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing more than 600 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the intersection between film, television, and streaming content.

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