| San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | San Francisco Film Critics Circle |
| First awarded | Thomas Riedelsheimer Rivers and Tides (2002) |
| Currently held by | Alexander Nanau Collective (2020) |
| Website | sffcc |
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Documentary Film is an award given by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle to honor an outstanding documentary film.
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rivers and Tides | Thomas Riedelsheimer |
| 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 | My Winnipeg | Guy Maddin |
| 2009 | Anvil! The Story of Anvil | Sacha Gervasi |
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Tillman Story | Amir Bar-Lev |
| 2011 | Tabloid | Errol Morris |
| 2012 | The Waiting Room | Peter Nicks |
| 2013 | The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| 2014 | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras |
| 2015 | Listen to Me Marlon | Stevan Riley |
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | Raoul Peck |
| 2017 | Faces Places | Agnès Varda and JR |
| 2018 | Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville |
| 2019 | Apollo 11 | Todd Douglas Miller |
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Collective | Alexander Nanau |
| 2021 | Summer of Soul[1] | Questlove (Ahmir Thompson) |