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The Oscar Documentary Feature Submissions of Film Year 2021 I’ve Seen, Ranked [Shortlist Completed]

This is the official list, and we seem to have a lower number of films long-listed for the 94th Academy Awards [138 films, down from last year's 238 eligible titles].

This is my ongoing personal record, and ranking, of those I've seen.

As of the last update, I've seen all shortlisted titles.

My Other Documentary Features Lists: [ 2024 ] [ 2023 ] [ 2022 ] [ 2021 ] [ 2020 ]

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  • Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness

    100

  • Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    53

  • Whirlybird

    90

  • Enemies of the State

    93

  • Finding Kendrick Johnson

    112

  • Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker

    15

  • LFG

    58

  • Jacinta

    79

  • Minnesota! The Modern Day Selma

    124

  • The Rescue

    11

  • Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

    30

  • A Cop Movie

    78

  • The Jesus Music

    28

  • Val

    73

  • All Light, Everywhere

    77

  • Convergence: Courage in a Crisis

    64

  • Qazaq

    131

  • The Real Charlie Chaplin

    9

  • President

    7

  • sco

    50

  • Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    2

  • Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

    6

  • Attica

    18

  • TINA

    61

  • Procession

    74

  • Dave Chappelle: Live in Real Life

    108

  • Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

    16

  • Faya Dayi

    4

  • Bring Your Own Brigade

    76

  • The Velvet Underground

    32

  • Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    31

  • The Paradigm of Money

    130

  • Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

    63

  • The Sparks Brothers

    70

  • Revolution of Our Times

    29

  • Ennio

    54

  • All About My Sisters

    97

  • Mr. Bachmann and His Class

    89