Critics' Choice Awards

22 films • 14 awards • 8 selections

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Awards

Citizenfour

2015•Award

In June 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents that revealed extensive NSA surveillance programs, sparking a global debate on privacy and civil liberties.

Citizenfour

2015 • Award

Waltz with Bashir

2008•Award

26 dogs are killed by soldiers during the 1982 Lebanon War, a memory that haunts a veteran and prompts Ari Folman to confront his own lost recollections.

Waltz with Bashir

2008 • Award

Searching for Sugar Man

2013•Award

Two superfans from Cape Town embarked on a quest to find a Detroit singer-songwriter whose music became anti-apartheid anthems in South Africa.

Searching for Sugar Man

2013 • Award

An Inconvenient Truth

2007•Award

Al Gore has presented his slide show on global warming over 1,000 times to audiences worldwide, aiming to raise awareness about the climate crisis.

An Inconvenient Truth

2007 • Award

13th

2016•Award

The United States, with 5% of the world's population, accounts for 25% of the world's prisoners, reflecting a significant issue of mass incarceration.

13th

2016 • Award

Kedi

2017•Award

Seven street cats roam Istanbul, interacting with local residents who provide care and companionship amid the city's bustling streets and markets.

Kedi

2017 • Award

Navalny

2022•Award

A near-fatal assassination attempt involving a lethal nerve agent occurred in August 2020, targeting Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Navalny

2022 • Award

4 Little Girls

1997•Award

Four girls, aged 11 to 14, were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963.

4 Little Girls

1997 • Award

Cries from Syria

2017•Award

Over 5 million Syrians have fled their homes due to the ongoing civil war, seeking safety and stability amid widespread violence and humanitarian crises.

Cries from Syria

2017 • Award

Whose Streets?

2017•Award

Seven main characters, including activists and community members, share their experiences during the Ferguson uprising following Michael Brown's death.

Whose Streets?

2017 • Award

David Crosby: Remember My Name

2019•Award

David Crosby reflects on his life as a musician, his struggles with addiction, and the influence of music, featuring insights from Graham Nash and Neil Young.

David Crosby: Remember My Name

2019 • Award

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

2022•Award

In 2010, Roman Polanski successfully avoided extradition to the United States, amid ongoing legal battles and media scrutiny.

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

2022 • Award

Monster Road

2004•Award

Bruce Bickford's childhood in a competitive household during the Cold War shapes his unique approach to underground clay animation.

Monster Road

2004 • Award

The Queen

2006•Award

Five actresses portray Queen Elizabeth II in a 2009 British drama-documentary series that aired over five nights on Channel 4.

The Queen

2006 • Award

Official Selections

Waltz with Bashir

2008•Official selection

26 dogs are killed by soldiers during the 1982 Lebanon War, a memory that haunts a veteran and prompts Ari Folman to confront his own lost recollections.

Waltz with Bashir

2008 • Official selection

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010•Official selection

Over several years, Thierry Guetta films numerous street artists, including Banksy, but never watches the footage he collects.

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010 • Official selection

Grizzly Man

2005•Official selection

Over 100 hours of footage recorded by Timothy Treadwell documents his interactions with grizzly bears before he and his girlfriend were killed by one in 2003.

Grizzly Man

2005 • Official selection

Flee

2021•Official selection

Amin Nawabi fled Afghanistan during the 1980s Soviet invasion, sharing his story of trauma and identity through animation in a documentary lasting 89 minutes.

Flee

2021 • Official selection

Navalny

2022•Official selection

A near-fatal assassination attempt involving a lethal nerve agent occurred in August 2020, targeting Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Navalny

2022 • Official selection

Project Nim

2011•Official selection

In 1973, a two-week-old chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky was taken from Oklahoma to New York City to participate in a language acquisition study.

Project Nim

2011 • Official selection

4 Little Girls

1997•Official selection

Four girls, aged 11 to 14, were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963.

4 Little Girls

1997 • Official selection

The Queen

2006•Official selection

Five actresses portray Queen Elizabeth II in a 2009 British drama-documentary series that aired over five nights on Channel 4.

The Queen

2006 • Official selection

The record, year by year

Every Critics' Choice Awards title we index, 1997 to 2022: 15 awards, 8 nominations and 0 official selections across 15 years.

2022

Awards

Nomination

Navalny

2021

Nomination

Flee

2019

Award

David Crosby: Remember My Name

2017

Awards

2016

Award

13th

2015

Award

Citizenfour

2013

Award

Searching for Sugar Man

2011

Nomination

Project Nim

2010

Nomination

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2008

Award

Waltz with Bashir

Nomination

Waltz with Bashir

2007

Award

An Inconvenient Truth

2006

Award

The Queen

Nomination

The Queen

2005

Nomination

Grizzly Man

2004

Award

Monster Road

1997

Award

4 Little Girls

Nomination

4 Little Girls

How this was compiled. Our editors assembled this record together with Wikidata's structured claims (award received P166, nominated for P1411, official selection P5072), festival names and years drawn from published Wikipedia articles, and our own web research. Some entries were extracted automatically and have not yet been independently corroborated.

It describes the films we index, not the festival: a year showing one award means one award-winning title in our index, not that the festival gave one award. A further 1 entry carries no year and is not shown above.