The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | Errol Morris |
| 1999 | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders |
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | Aviva Kempner |
| 2001 | Startup.com | Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim |
| 2002 | Bowling for Columbine | Michael Moore |
| 2003 | Capturing the Friedmans | Andrew Jarecki |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | Michael Moore |
| 2005 | Grizzly Man | Werner Herzog |
| 2006 | An Inconvenient Truth | Davis Guggenheim |
| 2007 | No End in Sight | Charles Ferguson |
| 2008 | Man on Wire | James Marsh |
| 2009 | The Cove | Louie Psihoyos |
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Tillman Story | Amir Bar-Lev |
| 2011 | Project Nim | James Marsh |
| 2012 | The Queen of Versailles | Lauren Greenfield |
| 2013 | The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| 2014 | Life Itself | Steve James |
| 2015 | Amy | Asif Kapadia |
| 2016 | Cameraperson | Kirsten Johnson |
| 2017 | Jane | Brett Morgen |
| 2018 | Shirkers | Sandi Tan |
| 2019 | Apollo 11 | Todd Douglas Miller |
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | You Don't Nomi | Jeffrey McHale |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Questlove |
| 2022 | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed | Laura Poitras |
| 2023 | Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Frederick Wiseman |