LIVE POLL: Oscars 2026 — Best Documentary Feature Film

Which of the 2026 Oscar nominees for 'Best Documentary Feature Film of the Year' at the 98th Academy Awards do you think should win?

* Oscar-eligible documentary feature films are non-fiction feature-length (> 40 minutes) motion pictures that creatively document via filming "... in actual occurance, or may employ partial reenactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and on fiction, ... but excludes those films that are instructional, promotional, or unfiltered records of a performance".

The Oscars (2026) honors excellence in films that debuted during the 2025 calendar year for their artistic and technical merit. The ceremony will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and be hosted by Conan O'Brien. The event will simultaneously broadcast live on the ABC network in the United States, its worldwide broadcast partners around the globe, and live stream over the internet on Hulu from the Dolby Theater, located in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California on March 15, 2025 @ 7 PM EST / 4PM PST. Get complete Oscars coverage @ IMDb's Award Central Oscars Guide.

Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/zigau4FSmVZLAM03y1qMrg/

Poll List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls4152981433/

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Best Documentary Feature

The Alabama Solution

Come See Me in the Good Light

Cutting Through Rocks

Mr Nobody Against Putin

The Perfect Neighbor

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Tsarstepan

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I've seen Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through Rocks, and will be seeing Mr Nobody Against Putin on Friday. Come See Me in the Good Light made my top ten favorite films from 2025 list.

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urbanemovies

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@Tsarstepan i have seen almost all the fifteen of the Oscar shortlisted docs, but have not seen 'Cutting Through Rocks' yet.

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Peter_pbn

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1 month ago

I doubt the statement about presenting "facts objectively without editorializing" has much to do with Oscar eligiblity, considering some of the films which have won.

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urbanemovies

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@Peter_pbn, I agree. I corrected it in the poll thread, and omitted it from the poll list altogether, for now.

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* Oscar-eligible documentary feature films are non-fiction feature-length (> 40 minutes) motion pictures that creatively present facts objectively without editorializing or inserting fictional matter, but excludes those films that are instructional, promotional, or unfiltered records of a performance.

I was pressed for time earlier and was using the generic definition as a placeholder, until I could transcribe part of the official AMAPS definition from the Oscars rules PDF into that section. www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/2025-04/98th_aa_doc_feature.pdf?VersionId=_8sOuyOgzEatssjNE528Ta_izDVut6Bw/

"It may photographed in actual occurance, or may employ parital reenactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact and on fiction."

The purpose is to show how the scope of this award is different from other awards. Also, I might limit that part to the poll thread introduction only, rather than include it there, as well as, adding it to the poll list and poll too.

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