Film Dokumenter Pendek Terbaik Oscar (The Academy Award for Best Documentary [Short Subject]) adalah penghargaan Oscar yang diberikan setiap tahun untuk Film Dokumenter Pendek Terbaik.

• 1941 - Churchill's Island
  • Adventure in the Bronx
  • Bomber
  • Christmas Under Fire
  • A Letter from Home
  • Life of a Thoroughbred
  • Norway in Revolt
  • Soldiers of the Sky
  • War Clouds in the Pacific
• 1942 - tidak diberikan
• 1943 - December 7th
  • Children of Mars
  • Plan for Destruction
  • Swedes in America
  • To the People of the United States
  • Tomorrow We Fly
  • Youth in Crisis
• 1944 - With the Marines at Tarawa
  • Hymn of the Nations
  • New Americans
• 1945 - Hitler Lives - Gordon Hollingshead
  • Library of Congress
  • To the Shores of Iwo Jima
• 1946 - Seeds of Destiny
  • Atomic Power
  • Life at the Zoo
  • Paramount News Issue#37
  • Traffic with the Devil
• 1947 - First Steps
  • Passport to Nowhere
  • School in the Mailbox
• 1948 - Toward Independence - United States Army
  • Heart to Heart
  • Operation Vittles
• 1949 - (seri):
  • A Chance To Live - Richard de Rochemont
  • So Much for So Little - Edward Selzer
  • 1848
  • The Rising Tide

• 1950 - Why Korea? - Edmund Reek
  • The Fight: Science Against Cancer
  • The Stairs
• 1951 - Benjy - Fred Zinnemann
  • One Who Came Back
  • The Seeing Eye
• 1952 - Neighbours - Norman McLaren
  • Devil Take Us
  • Epeira Diadema
  • Man Alive!
• 1953 - The Alaskan Eskimo - Walt Disney
  • The Living City
  • Operation Blue Jay
  • They Planted a Stone
  • The Word
• 1954 - Thursday's Children
  • Jet Carrier
  • Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait
• 1955 - Men against the Arctic - Walt Disney
  • The Battle of Gettysburg
  • The Face of Lincoln
• 1956 - The True Story of the Civil War - Louis Clyde Stoumen
  • Man in Space
  • A City Decides
  • The Dark Wave
  • The House Without a Name
• 1957 - tidak diberikan
• 1958 - Ama Girls - Ben Sharpsteen
  • Employees Only
  • Journey Into Spring
  • The Living Stone
  • Oeuverture
• 1959 - Glass - Bert Haanstra
  • Donald in Mathmagic Land
  • From Generation to Generation

• 1960 - Giuseppina - James Hill
  • Beyond Silence
  • En by ved navn København
  • George Grosz' Interregnum
  • Universe
• 1961 - Project Hope - Frank P. Bibas
  • Breaking the Language Barrier
  • Cradle of Genius
  • Kahl
  • L'uomo in grigio
• 1962 - Dylan Thomas - Jack Howells
  • The John Glenn Story
  • The Road to the Wall
• 1963 - Chagall - Simon Schiffrin
  • The Five Cities of June
  • The Spirit of America
  • Thirty Million Letters
  • To Live Again
• 1964 - Nine from Little Rock - Charles Guggenheim
  • 140 Days Under the World
  • Breaking the Habit
  • Children Without
  • Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
• 1965 - To Be Alive! - Francis Thompson
  • Mural on Our Street
  • Nyitany
  • Point of View
  • Yeats Country
• 1966 - A Year Toward Tomorrow - Edmond A. Levy
  • Adolescence
  • Cowboy
  • The Odds Against
  • Részletek J.S. Bach Máté passiójából
• 1967 - The Redwoods - Mark Harris dan Trevor Greenwood
  • Monument to the Dream
  • A Place to Stand
  • See You at the Pillar
  • While I Run This Race
• 1968 - Why Man Creates - Saul Bass
  • The House That Ananda Built
  • The Revolving Door
  • A Space to Grow
  • A Way Out of the Wilderness
• 1969 - Czechoslovakia 1968 - Denis Sanders dan Robert M. Fresco
  • An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer
  • Jenny Is a Good Thing
  • Leo Beuerman
  • The Magic Machines

• 1970 - Interviews with My Lai Veterans - Joseph Strick
  • The Gifts
  • A Long Way from Nowhere
  • Oisin
  • Time Is Running Out
• 1971 - Sentinels of Silence - Manuel Arango dan Robert Amram
  • Adventures in Perception
  • Art Is...
  • The Numbers Start with the River
  • Somebody Waiting
• 1972 - This Tiny World - Charles Huguenot van der Linden dan Martina Huguenot van der Linden
  • Hundertwassers Regentag
  • K-Z
  • Selling Out
  • The Tide of Traffic
• 1973 - Princeton: A Search for Answers - Julian Krainin dan DeWitt L. Sage, Jr.
  • Background
  • Christo's Valley Curtain
  • Four Stones for Kanemitsu
  • Paisti ag obair
• 1974 - Don't - Robin Lehman
  • City Out of Wilderness
  • Exploratorium
  • John Muir's High Sierra
  • Naked Yoga
• 1975 - The End of the Game - Claire Wilbur dan Robin Lehman
  • Arthur and Lillie
  • Millions of Years Ahead of Man
  • Probes in Space
  • Whistling Smith
• 1976 - Number Our Days - Lynne Littman dan Barbara Myerhoff
  • American Shoeshine
  • Blackwood
  • The End of the Road
  • Universe
• 1977 - Gravity Is My Enemy - John Joseph dan Jan Stussy
  • Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country
  • First Edition
  • Of Time, Tombs and Treasures
  • The Shetland Experience
• 1978 - The Flight of the Gossamer Condor - Jacqueline Phillips Shedd dan Ben Shedd
  • The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey
  • An Encounter with Faces
  • Goodnight Miss Ann
  • Squires of San Quentin
• 1979 - Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist - Saul J. Turell
  • Dae
  • Koryo Celadon
  • Nails
  • Remember Me

• 1980 - Karl Hess: Toward Liberty - Roland Hallé dan Peter W. Ladue
  • Don't Mess with Bill
  • The Eruption of Mount St. Helens!
  • It's the Same World
  • Luther Metke at 94
• 1981 - Close Harmony - Nigel Noble
  • Americas in Transition
  • Journey for Survival
  • See What I Say
  • Urge to Build
• 1982 - If You Love This Planet - Edward Le Lorrain dan Terri Nash
  • Gods of Metal
  • The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America
  • To Live or Let Die
  • Traveling Hopefully
• 1983 - Flamenco at 5:15 - Cynthia Scott dan Adam Symansky
  • Ihr zent frei
  • In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?
  • Sewing Woman
  • Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
• 1984 - The Stone Carvers - Marjorie Hunt dan Paul Wagner
  • The Children of Soong Ching Ling
  • Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
  • The Garden of Eden
  • Vospominaniye o Pavlovske
• 1985 - Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements - David Goodman
  • The Courage to Care
  • Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date
  • Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra
  • The Wizard of the Strings
• 1986 - Women--for America, for the World - Vivienne Verdon-Roe
  • Sam
  • Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse
  • The Master of Disaster
  • Debonair Dancers
• 1987 - Young at Heart - Sue Marx dan Pamela Conn
  • Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller
  • In the Wee Wee Hours...
  • Language Says It All
  • Silver Into Gold
• 1988 - You Don't Have to Die - William Guttentag dan Malcolm Clarke
  • Gang Cops
  • Family Gathering
  • The Children's Storefront
  • Portrait of Imogen
• 1989 - The Johnstown Flood - Charles Guggenheim
  • Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9
  • Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future

• 1990 - Days of Waiting - Steven Okazaki
  • Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember
  • Chimps: So Like Us
  • Burning Down Tomorrow
  • Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn
• 1991 - Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment - Debra Chasnoff
  • A Little Vicious
  • The Mark of the Maker
  • Birdnesters of Thailand
  • Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
• 1992 - Educating Peter - Thomas C. Goodwin dan Gerardine Wurzburg
  • When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories - Dorothy Fadiman
  • At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai - Geoffrey O'Connor
  • Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the 'Little Review' - Wendy L. Weinberg
  • The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein - Richard Elson dan Sally Bochner
• 1993 - Defending Our Lives - Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich
  • Chicks in White Satin
  • Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
• 1994 - A Time for Justice - Charles Guggenheim
  • 89 mm od Europy
  • Blues Highway
  • School of the Americas Assassins
  • Straight from the Heart
• 1995 - One Survivor Remembers - Kary Antholis
  • Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls
  • The Shadow of Hate
  • The Living Sea
  • Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
• 1996 - Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien - Jessica Yu
  • Cosmic Voyage
  • Special Effects: Anything Can Happen
  • The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
  • An Essay on Matisse
• 1997 - A Story of Healing - Donna Dewey, Carol Pasternak
  • Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
  • Amazon
  • Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride
  • Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
• 1998 - The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years - Keiko Ibi
  • A Place in the Land
  • Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square - National Film Board of Canada
• 1999 - King Gimp - Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford
  • Eyewitness
  • The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo

• 2000 - Big Mama - Tracy Seretean
  • Curtain Call
  • Dolphins
  • On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom
  • The Man on Lincoln's Nose
• 2001 - Thoth - Sarah Kernochan dan Lynn Appelle
  • Artists and Orphans: A True Drama
  • Sing!
• 2002 - Twin Towers - Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port, Robert Port
  • The Collector of Bedford Street - Welcome Change Productions - Alice Elliott
  • Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks - Tell the Truth Pictures - Robert Hudson - Robert Houston
  • Why Can't We Be a Family Again? - Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel
• 2003 - Chernobyl Heart - Maryann DeLeo
  • Asylum - Sandy McLeod dan Gini Reticker
  • Ferry Tales - Katja Esson
• 2004 - Mighty Times: The Children's March – Robert Hudson dan Bobby Houston
  • Autism Is a World – Gerardine Wurzburg
  • The Children of Leningradsky – Hanna Polak dan Andrzej Celinski
  • Hardwood – Hubert Davis dan Erin Faith Young
  • Sister Rose's Passion – Oren Jacoby dan Steve Kalafer
• 2005 - A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
  • The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
  • God Sleeps in Rwanda
  • The Mushroom Club
• 2006 - The Blood of Yingzhou District
  • Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story
  • Recycled Life
  • Rehearsing a Dream
• 2007 - Freeheld
  • La Corona
  • Salim Baba
  • Sari's Mother
• 2008 - Smile Pinki
  • The Conscience of Nhem En
  • The Final Inch
  • The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

• 2010 — Strangers No More - Karen Goodman dan Kirk Simon
  • Killing in the Name - Jed Rothstein
  • Poster Girl - Sara Nesson dan Mitchell Block
  • Sun Come Up - Jennifer Redfearn dan Tim Metzger
  • The Warriors of Qiugang - Ruby Yang dan Thomas Lennon
• 2011 — Saving Face - Daniel Junge dan Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement - Robin Fryday dan Gail Dolgin
  • God Is the Bigger Elvis - Rebecca Cammisa dan Julie Anderson
  • Incident in New Baghdad - James Spione
  • The Tsunami dan the Cherry Blossom - Lucy Walker dan Kira Carstensen
• 2012 — Inocente - Sean Fine dan Andrea Nix Fine
  • Kings Point - Sari Gilman dan Jedd Wider
  • Mondays at Racine - Cynthia Wade dan Robin Honan
  • Open Heart - Kief Davidson dan Cori Shepherd Stern
  • Redemption - Jon Alpert dan Matthew O'Neill
• 2013 — The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life - Malcolm Clarke dan Nicholas Reed
  • CaveDigger - Jeffrey Karoff
  • Facing Fear - Jason Cohen
  • Karama Has No Walls - Sara Ishaq
  • Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall - Edgar Barens
• 2014 — Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 - Ellen Goosenberg Kent dan Dana Perry
  • Joanna - Aneta Kopacz
  • Our Curse - Tomasz Śliwiński dan Maciej Ślesicki
  • The Reaper (La Parka) - Gabriel Serra Arguello
  • White Earth - J. Christian Jensen
• 2015 — A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness - Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • Body Team 12 - David Darg dan Bryn Mooser
  • Chau, Beyond the Lines - Courtney Marsh dan Jerry Franck
  • Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah - Adam Benzine
  • Last Day of Freedom - Dee Hibbert-Jones dan Nomi Talisman
• 2016^[1] — The White Helmets - Orlando von Einsiedel dan Joanna Natasegara
  • Extremis - Dan Krauss
  • 4.1 Miles - Daphne Matziaraki
  • Joe's Violin - Kahane Cooperman dan Raphaela Neihausen
  • Watani: My Homeland - Marcel Mettelsiefen dan Stephen Ellis
• 2017^[2] — Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 - Frank Stiefel
  • Edith+Eddie - Laura Checkoway dan Thomas Lee Wright
  • Heroin(e) - Elaine McMillion Sheldon dan Kerrin Sheldon
  • Knife Skills - Thomas Lennon
  • Traffic Stop - Kate Davis dan David Heilbroner
• 2018 — Period. End of Sentence. - Rayka Zehtabchi dan Melissa Berton
  • Black Sheep - Ed Perkins dan Jonathan Chinn
  • End Game - Rob Epstein dan Jeffrey Friedman
  • Lifeboat - Skye Fitzgerald dan Bryn Mooser
  • A Night at the Garden - Marshall Curry
• 2019 — Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) - Carol Dysinger dan Elena Andreicheva
  • In the Absence - Yi Seung-Jun dan Gary Byung-Seok Kam
  • Life Overtakes Me - John Haptas dan Kristine Samuelson
  • St. Louis Superman - Smriti Mundhra dan Sami Khan
  • Walk Run Cha-Cha - Laura Nix dan Colette Sandstedt

• 2020 — Colette - Anthony Giacchino dan Alice Doyard
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation - Ben Proudfoot dan Kris Bowers
  • Do Not Split - Anders Hammer dan Charlotte Cook
  • Hunger Ward - Skye Fitzgerald dan Michael Scheuerman
  • A Love Song for Latasha - Sophia Nahli Allison dan Janice Duncan

• 2021 — The Queen of Basketball - Ben Proudfoot
  • Audible - Matthew Ogens dan Geoff McLean
  • Lead Me Home - Pedro Kos dan Jon Shenk
  • Three Songs for Benazir - Elizabeth Mirzaei dan Gulistan Mirzaei
  • When We Were Bullies - Jay Rosenblatt

• 2022 — The Elephant Whisperers - Kartiki Gonsalves dan Guneet Monga
  • Haulout - Evgenia Arbugaeva dan Maxim Arbugaev
  • How Do You Measure a Year? - Jay Rosenblatt
  • The Martha Mitchell Effect - Anne Alvergue dan Beth Levison
  • Stranger at the Gate - Joshua Seftel dan Conall Jones