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Best Documentary Feature

The Documentary Feature category is one of several where the nominees are chosen from a shortlist of contenders, voted on by the Documentary branch, and announced in December.

Erik Anderson

Updated February 9, 2026 11:47am

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Sonny Bunch

Updated October 13, 2025 11:47am

1

Cover-Up

Netflix

2

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

3

Architecton

A24

4

Orwell 2+2=5

Neon

5

Love+War

Nat Geo

David Canfield

Updated January 15, 2026 7:14pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Argot Pictures

3

Cover-Up

Netflix

4

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

5

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Netflix

Sophia Ciminello

Updated January 29, 2026 1:17pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

4

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Tyler Coates

Updated January 29, 2026 1:02pm

1

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

2

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

3

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

4

Cutting Through Rocks

5

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

Gregory Ellwood

Updated

1

2

3

4

5

Joyce Eng

Updated February 13, 2026 8:20am

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Chris Feil

Updated January 29, 2026 12:55pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Brian Formo

Updated January 10, 2026 7:19am

1

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Argot Pictures

2

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

5

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

Tomris Laffly

Updated January 16, 2026 1:35pm

1

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

2

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Argot Pictures

5

Cover-Up

Netflix

Richard Lawson

Updated January 15, 2026 5:32am

1

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

2

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

3

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Argot Pictures

4

Cover-Up

Netflix

5

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Netflix

Shirley Li

Updated January 21, 2026 9:32pm

1

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

2

Cover-Up

Netflix

3

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

4

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Argot Pictures

5

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Netflix

Ryan McQuade

Updated January 30, 2026 10:19am

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

4

Cutting Through Rocks

5

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

Drew McWeeny

Updated September 22, 2025 3:23pm

1

Orwell 2+2=5

Neon

2

Cover-Up

Netflix

3

Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost

Apple

4

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

5

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

Matt Neglia

Updated February 6, 2026 4:46pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Joe Reid

Updated January 15, 2026 4:45pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

Cover-Up

Netflix

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

Katey Rich

Updated January 29, 2026 12:52pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

3

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

4

Cutting Through Rocks

5

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

Joanna Robinson

Updated October 30, 2025 1:34pm

1

Cover-Up

Netflix

2

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

3

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Kino Lorber

4

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Netflix

5

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

Christopher Rosen

Updated January 29, 2026 12:48pm

1

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

2

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Richard Rushfield

Updated January 29, 2026 1:26pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Cutting Through Rocks

5

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

Michael Schulman

Updated January 30, 2026 4:31pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

3

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

Cutting Through Rocks

David Sims

Updated October 14, 2025 8:00am

1

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

2

Cover-Up

Netflix

3

Orwell 2+2=5

Neon

4

Predators

MTV Documentary Films

5

The Librarians

8 Above

Katie Walsh

Updated February 2, 2026 6:54pm

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Steven Weintraub

Updated

1

2

3

4

5

Jada Yuan

Updated January 17, 2026 1:26am

1

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

2

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

3

Cover-Up

Netflix

4

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

5

Apocalypse in the Tropics

Netflix

Esther Zuckerman

Updated January 29, 2026 12:51pm

1

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

2

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

3

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

4

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Made in Copenhagen

5

Cutting Through Rocks

Best Documentary Feature Leaderboard

Films sorted by the percentage of pundits predicting a win in this category

54%

The Perfect Neighbor

Netflix

13%

2000 Meters to Andriivka

PBS Distribution

8%

The Alabama Solution

HBO Max

8%

Come See Me in the Good Light

Apple

8%

Cover-Up

Netflix

4%

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Argot Pictures

4%

Orwell 2+2=5

Neon

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