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The Oscar Documentary Feature Submissions of Film Year 2020 I've Seen, Ranked [Shortlist Completed]

An amazing record of 238 feature-length documentaries made it to the 2020 Oscar long-list. [See here: bit.ly/3atLXNx.]

This is my ongoing personal record, and ranking, of those I've seen.

As of the last update, I have seen all fifteen shortlisted titles.

My Other Documentary Features Lists: [ 2024 ] [ 2023 ] [ 2022 ] [ 2021 ] [ 2020 ]

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Collective

1.2019

★★★★★

NOMINATED FOR THE OSCARS, 15 MARCH 2021.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

Gunda

2.2020

★★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

Slay the Dragon

3.2019

★★★★½
All In: The Fight for Democracy

4.2020

★★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

Aswang

5.2019

★★★★½
Mayor

6.2020

★★★★½
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

8.2019

★★★★½
The Booksellers

9.2019

★★★★½
The Reason I Jump

10.2020

★★★★
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words

11.2019

★★★★
Stars and Strife

12.2020

★★★★
76 Days

13.2020

★★★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

Coded Bias

14.2020

★★★★
Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint

15.2019

★★★★
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets

16.2020

★★★★
My Octopus Teacher

17.2020

★★★★

WON THE OSCAR, 25 APRIL 2021.
NOMINATED FOR THE OSCARS, 15 MARCH 2021.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

City Hall

18.2020

★★★★
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

19.2020

★★★★

NOMINATED FOR THE OSCARS, 15 MARCH 2021.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

A Thousand Cuts

20.2020

★★★★
Welcome to Chechnya

21.2020

★★★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

The Human Factor

22.2019

★★★★
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

23.2019

★★★★
Olympia

24.2018

★★★★
My Rembrandt

25.2019

★★★★
Giving Voice

26.2020

★★★★
The Art of Political Murder

27.2020

★★★★
Lessons of Love

28.2019

★★★★
Some Kind of Heaven

29.2020

★★★★
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

30.2020

★★★★
Childhood 2.0

31.2020

★★★★
40 Years a Prisoner

32.2020

★★★★
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

33.2019

★★★★
Time

34.2020

★★★½

NOMINATED FOR THE OSCARS, 15 MARCH 2021.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

9to5: The Story of a Movement

35.2020

★★★★
Landfall

36.2020

★★★½
Rising Phoenix

37.2020

★★★½
Belushi

38.2020

★★★★
Dear Santa

39.2020

★★★½
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

40.2019

★★★½
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

41.2020

★★★½
Feels Good Man

42.2020

★★★★
House of Cardin

43.2019

★★★½
Totally Under Control

44.2020

★★★½
I Am Greta

45.2020

★★★½
Mr. SOUL!

46.2018

★★★½
The Times of Bill Cunningham

47.2018

★★★½
Boys State

48.2020

★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

Beastie Boys Story

49.2020

★★★½
The Last Blockbuster

50.2020

★★★½
Rewind

51.2019

★★★½
Bedlam

52.2019

★★★½
Acasă, My Home

53.2020

★★★½
Transhood

54.2020

★★★½
MLK/FBI

55.2020

★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

The Truffle Hunters

56.2020

★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

Dick Johnson Is Dead

57.2020

★★★½

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

Soros

58.2019

★★★½
iHuman

59.2019

★★★½
Apocalypse '45

60.2020

★★★½
Mighty Ira

61.2020

★★★½
The State of Texas vs. Melissa

62.2020

★★★½
Women in Blue

65.2021

★★★½
Black Boys

66.2020

★★★½
White Noise

67.2020

★★★½
American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself

68.2020

★★★½
Coup 53

69.2019

★★★½
Fandango at the Wall

70.2020

★★★½
Stray

71.2020

★★★½
CoroNation

72.2020

★★★½
Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

73.2018

★★★½
WBCN and the American Revolution

74.2019

★★★½
Kiss the Ground

75.2020

★★★½
For They Know Not What They Do

76.2019

★★★½
On the Record

77.2020

★★★½
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band

78.2019

★★★½
Flannery

79.2019

★★★½
Down a Dark Stairwell

80.2020

★★★½
Notturno

81.2020

★★★

SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

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The Mole Agent

89.2020

★★★

NOMINATED FOR THE OSCARS, 15 MARCH 2021.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OSCARS, 9 FEBRUARY 2021.

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Billie

100.2019

★★★