La Academia ha revelado el listado completo de todos los documentales que aspiran a obtener una nominación para la próxima edición de los Oscars. La lista, comprendida por 120 documentales, será reducida en Diciembre cuando se llegue a 15 pre-seleccionadas. En Enero se darán a conocer cuáles serán los cinco trabajos que reciban una nominación.
En la larga lista, las realizaciones que más destacan son el documental de la vida de Kurt Cobain, Cobain: Montage of Heck, la conversación jamás antes vista entre los legendarios Alfred Hitcock y François Truffaut, Hitchcock/Truffaut, la secuela de The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence, el nuevo trabajo de Michael Moore, Where to Invade Next, y la aclamada de Sundance, The Wolfpack.
- Above and Beyond
- All Things Must Pass
- Amy
- The Armor of Light
- Ballet 422
- Batkid Begins
- Becoming Bulletproof
- Begin Evel
- Beltrachi – The Art of Forgery
- Best of Enemies
- The Black Panther: Vanguard of Revolution
- Bolshoi Babylon
- Brand: A Second Coming
- Call Me Lucky
- Cartel Land
- Censored Voices
- Champs
- CodeGirl
- Coming Home
- Dark Horse
- Deli Man
- Dior and I
- The Diplomat
- (Dis) Honesty – The Truth About Lies
- Don´t Think I´ve Forgotten: Cambodia´s Lost Rock and Roll
- Dreamcatcher
- dream/killer
- Drunk, Stoned, Brillant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
- Eating Happiness
- Every Last Child
- Evidence of Harm
- The Forecaster
- Frame by Frame
- Gardeners of Eden
- A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile
- Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
- He Named Me Malala
- Heart of a Dog
- Hitchcock/Truffaut
- How to Change the World
- Human
- The Hunting Ground
- I Am Chris Farley
- In Jackson Heights
- In My Father’s House
- India’s Daughter
- Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words
- Iraqui Odyssey
- Iris
- Janis: Little Girl Blue
- Karski & the Lords of Humanity
- Killing Them Safely
- Cobain: Montage of Heck
- Lambert & Stamp
- A Lego Brickumentary
- Listen to Me Marlon
- Live From New York!
- The Look of Silence
- Meet the Patels
- Meru
- The Mind of Mark DeFriest
- Misery Loves Comedy
- Money Kingdom
- A Murder in the Park
- My Italian Secret
- My Voice, My Life
- 1971
- Of Men and War
- One Cut, One Life
- Only the Dead See the End of War
- The Outrageous Sophie Tucker
- Peace Officer
- The Pearl Button
- Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer
- Poached
- Polyfaces
- The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers
- Prophet’s Prey
- Racing Extinction
- The Resurrection of Jake the Snake
- Ride the Thunder – A Vietnam Story of Victory & Betrayal
- Rosenwald
- The Russian Woodpecker
- Searching From Home: Coming Back From War
- Seeds of Time
- Sembene!
- The Seven Five
- Seymour: An Introduction
- Sherpa
- A Sinner in Merca
- Something Better to Come
- Song From the Forest
- Song of Lahore
- Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
- Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
- Stray Dog
- Sunshine Superman
- Sweet Mickey for President
- Tab Hunter Confidential
- The Tainted Veil
- Tap World
- (T)error
- Thao’s Library
- Those Who Feel the Fire Burning
- 3 1 ⁄ 2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
- The Touch of an Angel
- TransFatty Lives
- The True Cost
- Twinsters
- Very Semi-Serious
- The Wanted 18
- We Are Many
- We Come as Friends
- We Were Not Just… Bicycle Thieves. Neorealism
- Welcome to Leith
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
- What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy
- Where to Invade Next
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
- The Wolpack
