'Won't You Be My Neighbor,' 'Free Solo' Lead Oscar Documentary Shortlist

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released the shortlists in nine categories, including Best Feature Documentary, where hit documentaries like “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” and “Free Solo” are among the list of contenders.

While a few of the films on the doc-feature shortlist were not nominated or singled out by other awards groups – “Charm City,” “Communion” and “The Distant Barking of Dogs” being the biggest surprises – for the most part, the list stays true to the nonfiction films that have garnered the most critical and commercial attention in 2018.

Crucially, it includes the four top-grossing nonfiction films of the year: “Free Solo,” “RBG,” “Three Identical Strangers” and the presumed frontrunner, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” But the most-honored films of the year are also accounted for, including “Minding the Gap,” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” “Crime + Punishment,” “Of Fathers and Sons” and “Shirkers.”

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Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” is conspicuously missing, but that film was considered a longshot given the tepid reaction it received after its Toronto Film Festival debut. The Quincy Jones doc, “Quincy,” also failed to make the list, along with other showbiz films “Hal” and “Filmworker.” And legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman, recipient of an Honorary Academy Award for his work, was bypassed for his latest film, “Monrovia, Indiana.”

In the Best Documentary Short category, Netflix, which won its first-ever Oscar two years ago for the doc short “The White Helmets,” made the shortlist with two films, “End Game” and “Zion.” The list also includes “My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes,” a film from the New York Times Op-Docs series which also took part in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival this year.

The full list of Oscar nominees will be announced on Jan. 22. See the full list of finalists for Best Documentary Feature and Short below.

Best Documentary Feature
“Charm City”
“Communion”
“Crime + Punishment”
“Dark Money”
“The Distant Barking of Dogs”
“Free Solo”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Minding the Gap”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“On Her Shoulders”
“RBG”
“Shirkers”
“The Silence of Others”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

Best Documentary Short
“Black Sheep”
“End Game”
“Lifeboat”
“Los Comandos”
“My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes”
“A Night at the Garden”
“Period. End of Sentence.”
“’63 Boycott”
“Women of the Gulag”
“Zion”

Golden Globes 2019: See the Nominees (Photos)

Here is the full list of nominees in the 76th Annual Golden Globes for 2019 in all 25 categories. The awards will be handed out on Jan. 6.
20th Century Fox/Amazon/Disney/FX
Best Motion Picture - Drama

"Black Panther"
“BlacKkKlansman”;
“Bohemian Rhapsody”;
“If Beale Street Could Talk”;
“A Star Is Born” (pictured)
Warner Bros.
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born,”;
Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate”;
Lucas Hedges, "Boy Erased"
Rami Malek, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (pictured);
John David Washington, "BlacKkKlansman"
20th Century Fox
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”;
Glenn Close, “The Wife” (pictured);
Melissa McCarthy, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”;
Nicole Kidman, “Destroyer”
Rosamund Pike, "A Private War"
Sony Pictures Classics
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

“Crazy Rich Asians” (pictured);
“The Favourite”;
“Green Book”;
“Mary Poppins Returns”;
“Vice”
Warner Bros.
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book” (pictured);
Christian Bale, “Vice”;
Robert Redford, “The Old Man and the Gun”;
Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Mary Poppins Returns”;
John C. Reilly, “Stan and Ollie”;
Universal
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Emily Blunt, “Mary Poppins Returns” (pictured)
Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”;
Elsie Fisher, “Eighth Grade”;
Charlize Theron, "Tully"
Constance Wu, “Crazy Rich Asians”;
Disney
Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, “Green Book”;
Timothee Chalamet, “Beautiful Boy” (pictured);
Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman"
Richard E. Grant, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”;
Sam Rockwell, “Vice”
Amazon
Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, “Vice”;
Claire Foy, "First Man";
Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”;
Emma Stone, “The Favourite” (pictured);
Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”;
Fox Searchlight
Best Director

Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”;
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma”;
Peter Farrelly, "Green Book";
Spike Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” (pictured);
Adam McKay, "Vice"
Photographed by Tyler Mitchell for TheWrap
Best Screenplay

“The Favourite”;
“Green Book”;
“If Beale Street Could Talk” (pictured)
"Roma";
"Vice"
Tatum Mangus/Annapurna Pictures
Best Original Score

"A Quiet Place," Marco Beltrami;
"Isle of Dogs," Alexandre Desplat;
“Black Panther," Ludvig Goransson;
“First Man” Justin Hurwitz; (pictured)
“Mary Poppins Returns," Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman
TheWrap
Best Original Song

“All the Stars” from “Black Panther”;
“The Girl in the Movies” from “Dumplin'”;
“Requiem for A Private War” from “A Private War”;
"Revelation" from "Boy Erased"
“Shallow” from “A Star Is Born” (pictured)
Warner Bros.
Best Motion Picture - Animated

“Incredibles 2” (pictured);
“Isle of Dogs”;
"Mirai";
“Ralph Breaks the Internet”;
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Pixar
Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language

“Capernaum”;
“Girl”;
"Never Look Away"
“Roma” (pictured)
"Shoplifters"
Netflix
Best Television Series - Drama

“The Americans” (pictured);
“The Bodyguard"
“Homecoming”;
“Killing Eve”;
“Pose"
FX
Best Actor in a Drama Series

Jason Bateman, "Ozark" (pictured);
Stephan James, "Homecoming";
Richard Madden, "The Bodyguard";
Billy Porter, " "Pose";
Matthew Rhys, “The Americans”;
Paramount Network
Best Actress in a Drama Series

Caitriona Balfe, "Outlander"
Elisabeth Moss, "The Handmaid's Tale"
Sandra Oh, “Killing Eve”;
Julia Roberts, “Homecoming” (pictured);
Keri Russell, “The Americans”;
Amazon
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (pictured);
“Barry”;
“The Good Place”;
"Kidding";
“The Kominsky Method”
Amazon
Best Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Kristen Bell, “The Good Place” (pictured);
Candace Bergen, "Murphy Brown"
Alison Brie, “GLOW”;
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”;
Debra Messing, "Will & Grace"
NBC
Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen, "Who Is America";
Jim Carrey, “Kidding”;
Michael Douglas, “The Kominsky Method”;
Donald Glover, “Atlanta”;
Bill Hader, “Barry” (pictured)
HBO
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

"The Alienist"
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” (pictured);
"Escape at Dannemora"
“Sharp Objects”;
“A Very English Scandal”
Ray Mickshaw/FX
Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Antonio Banderas – “Genius: Picasso”
Daniel Bruhl – “The Alienist”
Darren Criss – “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”
Benedict Cumberbatch – “Patrick Melrose”; (pictured)
Hugh Grant – “A Very English Scandal”
Ollie Upton/SHOWTIME
Best Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie

Amy Adams, “Sharp Objects” (pictured);
Patricia Arquette, “Escape at Dannemora”;
Connie Britton, "Dirty John";
Laura Dern, “The Tale”;
Regina King, “Seven Seconds”;
HBO
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Alan Arkin, “The Kominsky Method”;
Kieran Culkin, "Succession";
Edgar Ramirez, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”;
Ben Whishaw, “A Very English Scandal”;
Henry Winkler, “Barry” (pictured)
Amazon
Best Supporting Actress Series, Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

Alex Borstein, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”;
Patricia Clarkson, “Sharp Objects”;
Penelope Cruz, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”;
Thandie Newton, “Westworld” (pictured);
Yvonne Strahovski, "The Handmaid's Tale"
HBO