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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film is the award given for best feature documentary film at the annual New York Film Critics Circle Awards. The category was originally named Best Documentary and was awarded as such between 1980 and 1996. In 1997 it was discontinued and in 1998 it was relaunched under its current name.

List of winning films

=Best Documentary (1980–1997)=

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!width="300"|Winner

!width="300"|Director(s)

style="text-align:center;"|1980 (46th)Best BoyIra Wohl
style="text-align:center;"|1981 (47th){{N/A}}{{N/A}}
style="text-align:center;"|1982 (48th){{N/A}}{{N/A}}
style="text-align:center;"|1983 (49th){{N/A}}{{N/A}}
style="text-align:center;"|1984 (50th)The Times of Harvey MilkRob Epstein
style="text-align:center;"|1985 (51st)ShoahClaude Lanzmann
style="text-align:center;"|1986 (52nd)MarleneMaximilian Schell
style="text-align:center;"|1987 (53rd){{N/A}}{{N/A}}
style="text-align:center;"|1988 (54th)The Thin Blue LineErrol Morris
style="text-align:center;"|1989 (55th)Roger & MeMichael Moore
style="text-align:center;"|1990 (56th){{N/A}}{{N/A}}
style="text-align:center;"|1991 (57th)Paris Is BurningJennie Livingston
style="text-align:center;"|1992 (58th)Brother's KeeperJoe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
style="text-align:center;"|1993 (59th)Visions of LightArnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, and Stuart Samuels
style="text-align:center;"|1994 (60th)Hoop DreamsSteve James
style="text-align:center;"|1995 (61st)CrumbTerry Zwigoff
style="text-align:center;"|1996 (62nd)When We Were KingsLeon Gast
style="text-align:center;"|1997 (63rd)Fast, Cheap & Out of ControlErrol Morris

=Best Non-Fiction Film (1998–present)=

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width="80"|Year (ceremony)

!width="300"|Winner

!width="300"|Director(s)

style="text-align:center;"|1998 (64th)The Farm: Angola, USALiz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, and Jonathan Stack
style="text-align:center;"|1999 (65th)Buena Vista Social ClubWim Wenders
style="text-align:center;"|2000 (66th)The Life and Times of Hank GreenbergAviva Kempner
style="text-align:center;"|2001 (67th)The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)Agnès Varda
style="text-align:center;"|2002 (68th)Standing in the Shadows of MotownPaul Justman
style="text-align:center;"|2003 (69th)Capturing the FriedmansAndrew Jarecki
style="text-align:center;"|2004 (70th)Fahrenheit 9/11Michael Moore
style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2005 (71st)Grizzly Man (TIE)rowspan="2"|Werner Herzog
The White Diamond (TIE)
style="text-align:center;"|2006 (72nd)Deliver Us from EvilAmy J. Berg
style="text-align:center;"|2007 (73rd)No End in SightCharles H. Ferguson
style="text-align:center;"|2008 (74th)Man on WireJames Marsh
style="text-align:center;"|2009 (75th)Of Time and the CityTerence Davies
style="text-align:center;"|2010 (76th)Inside JobCharles H. Ferguson
style="text-align:center;"|2011 (77th)Cave of Forgotten DreamsWerner Herzog
style="text-align:center;"|2012 (78th)The Central Park FiveKen Burns, David McMahon, and Sarah Burns
style="text-align:center;"|2013 (79th)Stories We TellSarah Polley
style="text-align:center;"|2014 (80th)CitizenfourLaura Poitras
style="text-align:center;"|2015 (81st)In Jackson HeightsFrederick Wiseman
style="text-align:center;"|2016 (82nd)O.J.: Made in AmericaEzra Edelman
style="text-align:center;"|2017 (83rd)Faces PlacesAgnès Varda and JR[https://ew.com/awards/2017/11/30/2017-new-york-film-critics-circle-winners-list/ 2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list|EW.com]
style="text-align:center;"|2018 (84th)Minding the GapBing Liu[https://www.indiewire.com/2018/11/new-york-film-critics-circle-2018-awards-winners-1202023917/ 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire]
style="text-align:center;"|2019 (85th)HoneylandTamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov[https://deadline.com/2019/12/new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-2019-winners-list-nyfcc-movies-1202800026/ 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Winners - Full List|Deadline]
style="text-align:center;"|2020 (86th)TimeGarrett Bradley{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-2020-winners-1234605471/|title=New York Film Critics Circle Awards Winners (Updating Live)|website=IndieWire|first1=Chris|last1=Lindahl|first2=Christian|last2=Blauvelt|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=December 18, 2020}}
style="text-align:center;"|2021 (87th)FleeJonas Poher Rasmussen[https://deadline.com/2021/12/new-york-film-critics-circle-awards-winners-2021-nyfcc-1234883931/ New York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline]
style="text-align:center;"|2022 (88th)All the Beauty and the BloodshedLaura Poitras[https://twitter.com/nyfcc/status/1598699563874807808?s=20&t=QF0lEwXvK8jRKipjb4TlXw Official Twitter account]
style="text-align:center;"|2023 (89th)Menus-Plaisirs – Les TroisgrosFrederick Wiseman
style="text-align:center;"|2024(90th)No Other LandBasel Adra[https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/new-york-film-critics-winners-list-2024-1236225435/ New York Film Critics Winners 2024: Full List - Variety]

References

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External links

  • [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000484/overview New York Film Critics Circle Awards] at the Internet Movie Database

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Category:American documentary film awards

Category:Awards established in 1980