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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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There are 129 films in this list available on Amazon Video US.

  • The State of Texas vs. Melissa

    62

  • The Way I See It

    86

  • The Antidote

    136

  • The Painter and the Thief

    146

  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    7

  • Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll

    73

  • MLK/FBI

    55

  • Assassins

    94

  • The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

    30

  • Uncle Tom

    148

  • Welcome to Chechnya

    21

  • Desert One

    97

  • Human Nature

    116

  • My Psychedelic Love Story

    131

  • Belushi

    38

  • Collective

    1

  • This Is Not a Movie: Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth

    225

  • Coming Clean

    161

  • Pahokee

    207

  • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

    23

  • CoroNation

    72

  • Spaceship Earth

    143

  • Man In The Arena

    197

  • Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

    132

  • Totally Under Control

    44

  • Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

    134

  • WBCN and the American Revolution

    74

  • 915: Hunting Hispanics

    151

  • Zappa

    115