01) When We Were Kings (1996, Leon Gast)
02) Visions of Light (1992, Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy)
03) Hoop Dreams (1994, Steve James)
04) The Fog of War (2003, Errol Morris)
05) Bowling For Columbine (2002, Michael Moore)
06) One Day in September (1999, Kevin Macdonald)
07) Crumb (1994, Terry Zwigoff)
08) American Movie (1999, Chris Smith, Sarah Price)
09) Lessons of Darkness (1992, Werner Herzog)
10) Microcosmos (1996, Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou)

Honorable Mention: Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr. (1999), Manufacturing Consent (1992), Bus 174 (2002), Farenheit 9/11, The Civil War (1990), New York: A Documentary Film (1999), 9/11 (2002), Outfoxed – Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism (2004), Super Size Me (2004), Spellbound (2002), The War Room (1992), Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997), Grizzly Man (2005)

Undiscovered: Paris Is Burning (1991), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996), My Best Fiend (1999), My Flesh and Blood (2002), Brother’s Keeper (1992), The Corporation (2003), Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Capturing the Friedmans (2002), Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001), DiG! (2004), Step Into Liquid (2003)