National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Film

The National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the annual awards given (since 1940) to the producer of the film by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

Notes

• ≠ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominee
• ≈ Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature winner
• ± Nominated in other Oscar categories
• ° Emmy winner
• × Sundance winner
• ÷ Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) winner/nominee
• § National Film Registry inductee

List of winners

• 1940: The Fight for Life
• 1941: Target for Tonight; The Forgotten Village; Kukan; The Land
• 1942: Moscow Strikes Back≈; Native Land; Anzacs in Action
• 1943: Desert Victory≈; The Battle of Russia≠; Prelude to War≈; Saludos Amigos±; The Silent Village
• 1944: '§; Attack! The Battle for New Britain; With the Marines at Tarawa÷; Battle for the Marianas; Tunisian Victory