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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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  • Belly of the Beast

    101

  • Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

    102

  • Father Soldier Son

    103

  • Dads

    104

  • The Dog Doc

    105

  • The Go-Go's

    106

  • Ringside

    107

  • Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

    108

  • Red Penguins

    109

  • The Phenomenon

    110

  • The Walrus and the Whistleblower

    111

  • #UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump

    112

  • Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn

    113

  • Planet of the Humans

    114

  • Zappa

    115

  • Human Nature

    116

  • The Donut King

    117

  • Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado

    118

  • Athlete A

    119

  • Becoming

    120

  • Dope Is Death

    121

  • This Is Paris

    122

  • The Social Dilemma

    123

  • Circus of Books

    124

  • (In)Visible Portraits

    125

  • 17 Blocks

    126

  • We Don't Deserve Dogs

    127

  • Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something

    128

  • The American Sector

    129

  • A Most Beautiful Thing

    130

  • My Psychedelic Love Story

    131

  • Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words

    132

  • A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem

    133

  • Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

    134

  • Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story

    135

  • The Antidote

    136

  • Finding Yingying

    137

  • Escape from Extinction

    138

  • Strip Down, Rise Up

    139

  • You Cannot Kill David Arquette

    140

  • Find Your Groove

    141

  • Kingdom of Silence

    142

  • Spaceship Earth

    143

  • Miss Americana

    144

  • The Infiltrators

    145

  • The Painter and the Thief

    146

  • America's Forgotten

    147

  • Uncle Tom

    148

  • The Plot Against the President

    149

  • 9/11 Kids

    150

  • 915: Hunting Hispanics

    151

  • Aggie

    152

  • All I Can Say

    153

  • The Art of Living in Danger

    154

  • The Big Scary “S” Word

    155

  • Born to Be

    156

  • Bulletproof

    157

  • Chicago: America's Hidden War

    158

  • City Dream

    159

  • Colombia in My Arms

    160

  • Coming Clean

    161

  • The Curve

    162

  • Days of Cannibalism

    163

  • Death Protocol

    164

  • Descent

    165

  • Downstream to Kinshasa

    166

  • The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

    167

  • Elementa

    168

  • Ending Disease

    169

  • Epicentro

    170

  • Erased,___Ascent of the Invisible

    171

  • Everybody Flies

    172

  • F11 and Be There

    173

  • First Vote

    174

  • First We Eat

    175

  • Freak Power: The Ballot or the Bomb

    176

  • He Dreams of Giants

    177

  • I Am Not Alone

    178

  • I Owe You a Letter About Brazil

    179

  • In My Skin

    180

  • Indian Space Dreams

    181

  • Influence

    182

  • Irmi

    183

  • Irradiated

    184

  • Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl

    185

  • A Kid from Coney Island

    186

  • La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla

    187

  • Lance

    188

  • Last Call for Tomorrow

    189

  • The Letter

    190

  • Libelu: Down With The Dictatorship

    191

  • Life Is Deadly

    192

  • Lift Like a Girl

    193

  • Lost Course

    194

  • Lost in Face

    195

  • Love Child

    196

  • Man In The Arena

    197

  • The Monster Inside Me

    198

  • Mother to Earth

    199

  • My Darling Supermarket

    200