10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
Date	November 9, 2025
Site	Edison Ballroom, New York City, United States
Hosted by	Aasif Mandvi
Most wins	The Perfect Neighbor (5)
Most nominations	Orwell: 2+2=5 (7)
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The 10th Critics Choice Documentary Awards, presented by the Critics Choice Association, were held on November 9, 2025, at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, to honor the finest achievements in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction television. British-American comedian Aasif Mandvi hosted the ceremony.^[1]

DateNovember 9, 2025

SiteEdison Ballroom, New York City, United States

Hosted byAasif Mandvi

Most winsThe Perfect Neighbor (5)

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Nominations were announced on October 14, 2025.^[2] Orwell: 2+2=5 led the nominations with seven, followed by The Perfect Neighbor with six; 2000 Meters to Andriivka and The Alabama Solution, both with five each; and Apocalypse in the Tropics and Deaf President Now!, with four nods each.^[3]

American filmmaker Ken Burns was honored with the Critics Choice Impact Award, while American filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady received the Pennebaker Award.^[4]

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Best Documentary Feature The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline Features / The Associated Press) The Alabama Solution (HBO Max) Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix) Cover-Up (Netflix) Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+) Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon) Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max) Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber) The Tale of Silyan (National Geographic)	Best Director *Geeta Gandbhir â The Perfect Neighbor* (Netflix)** Mstyslav Chernov â 2000 Meters to Andriivka (Frontline Features / The Associated Press) Petra Costa â Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix) Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim â Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+) Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman â The Alabama Solution (HBO Max) Raoul Peck â Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
Best First Documentary Feature My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay â Mariska Hargitay (HBO Max) Art for Everybody â Miranda Yousef (Tremolo Productions) Grand Theft Hamlet â San Crane and Pinny Grylls (Mubi) Seeds â Brittany Shyne (Interior Films) Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost â Ben Stiller (Apple TV+) Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror â Linus O'Brien (Margot Station)	Best True Crime Documentary The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) The Alabama Solution (HBO Max) Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (Netflix) Predators (MTV Documentary Films / Paramount+) Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (Netflix) The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO Max)
Best Archival Documentary The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix) One to One: John & Yoko (Magnolia Pictures) Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon) Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber) Trains (EPF Media / Drygas Film Production) WTO/99 (Foghorn Features)	Best Biographical Documentary Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV+) John Candy: I Like Me (Prime Video) Love+War (National Geographic) My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay (HBO Max) Pee-wee as Himself (HBO Max) Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (Apple TV+)
Best Political Documentary The Alabama Solution (HBO Max) Apocalypse in the Tropics (Netflix) Deaf President Now! (Apple TV+) The Librarians (Independent Lens) My Undesirable Friends: Part I â Last Air in Moscow (Marminchilla) Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)	Best Sports Documentary America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix) America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix) Big Dreams: Little League World Series 2024 (ESPN Films) Full Court Press (ESPN+) Southpaw: The Life and Legacy of Jim Abbott (ESPN) We Beat the Dream Team (HBO Max)
Best Historical Documentary The American Revolution (PBS) Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (National Geographic) Cover-Up (Netflix) Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 (HBO Max) Number One on the Call Sheet (Apple TV+) Riefenstahl (Kino Lorber)	Best Science/Nature Documentary Ocean with David Attenborough (National Geographic) The Americas (NBC) Checkpoint Zoo (Abramorama) The Last Rhinos: A New Hope (National Geographic) Octopus! (Prime Video) Pangolin: Kulu's Journey (Netflix)
Best Music Documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin (Sony Pictures Classics) Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) (Hulu) Billy Joel: And So It Goes (HBO Max) Bono: Stories of Surrender (Apple TV+) It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Magnolia Pictures) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (NBC)	Best Short Documentary Saving Superman (Switchboard) All the Empty Rooms (Netflix) Classroom 4 (PBS) The Devil Is Busy (HBO Max) Exodus (Park County) Fiddler on the Moon: Judaism in Space (Ironbound Films) Sallie's Ashes (Robi Creative) Shanti Rides Shotgun (Voyager)
Best Ongoing Documentary Series 30 for 30 (ESPN Films) American Masters (PBS) The Reluctant Traveler (Apple TV+) Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross (Roku Channel) Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic) Trainwreck (Netflix)	Best Limited Documentary Series Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV+) The American Revolution (PBS) Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 (HBO Max) Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (Netflix) Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (National Geographic) Magic City: An American Fantasy (Starz) SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (Peacock) The Yogurt Shop Murders (HBO Max)
Best Narration Orwell: 2+2=5 â Written by George Orwell; Adapted by Raoul Peck; Performed by Damian Lewis (Neon) 2000 Meters to Andriivka â Written and performed by Mstyslav Chernov (Frontline Features / The Associated Press) The American Revolution â Written by Geoffrey C. Ward; Performed by Peter Coyote (PBS) The Americas â Written by Michael Gunton, Holly Spearing, Steve Cole, Kathryn Jeffs, Matt Richards, Giles Badger, Victoria Buckley, Alex Griffiths, Hannah Hoare, Poppy Riddle, Gillian Taylor, Nikki Waldron, Evie Wright, Charlotte Bostock, Victoria Bobin, and Ingrid Kvale; Performed by Tom Hanks (NBC) Apocalypse in the Tropics â Written and performed by Petra Costa (Netflix) Octopus! â Written by Gabriel Bisset-Smith; Performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Prime Video)	Best Score Orwell: 2+2=5 â Alexei Aigui (Neon) The Eyes of Ghana â Kris Bowers (Breakwater Studios / Higher Ground Media) The Perfect Neighbor â Laura Heinzinger (Netflix) Love+War â Claudia Sarne (National Geographic) 2000 Meters to Andriivka â Sam Slater (Frontline Features / The Associated Press) Trains â PaweÅ SzymaÅski (EPF Media / Drygas Film Production)
Best Cinematography Ocean with David Attenborough â Toby Strong and Doug Anderson (National Geographic) Architecton â Ben Bernhard (A24) The Tale of Silyan â Jean Dakar (National Geographic) Mistress Dispeller â Elizabeth Lo (Oscilloscope) Folktales â Lars Erlend Tubaas Ãymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen (Magnolia Pictures) Seeds â Brittany Shyne (Interior Films)	Best Editing The Perfect Neighbor â Viridiana Lieberman (Netflix) Deaf President Now! â Michael Harte (Apple TV+) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music â James Lester, Oz RodrÃguez, and John MacDonald (NBC) The Alabama Solution â Page Marsella (HBO Max) 2000 Meters to Andriivka â Michelle Mizner (Frontline Features / The Associated Press) Orwell: 2+2=5 â Alexandra Strauss (Neon)

Wins	Film
5	The Perfect Neighbor
2	Ocean with David Attenborough
2	Orwell: 2+2=5
2	Mr. Scorsese

Nominations	Film	Production company(ies)
7	Orwell: 2+2=5	Neon
6	The Perfect Neighbor	Netflix
5	2000 Meters to Andriivka	Frontline Features / The Associated Press
5	The Alabama Solution	HBO Max
4	Apocalypse in the Tropics	Netflix
4	Deaf President Now!	Apple TV+
3	Riefenstahl	Kino Lorber
3	The American Revolution	PBS
2	Cover-Up	Netflix
	Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer	Netflix
	Pee-wee as Himself	HBO Max
	My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay
	Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
	The Yogurt Shop Murders
	The Tale of Silyan	National Geographic
	Ocean with David Attenborough
	Love+War
	Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
	Seeds	Interior Films
	Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost	Apple TV+
	Mr. Scorsese	Apple TV+
	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	NBC
	The Americas	NBC
	Trains	EPF Media / Drygas Film Production
	Octopus!	Prime Video

10th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

Winners and nominees

Pennebaker Award

Critics Choice Impact Award

Films with multiple wins and nominations

References

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