Oscar for beste kortdokumentar (på engelsk: Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)) er den mest prestisjetunge prisen til dokumentarfilmer i kortfilmlengde, utdelt av Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) som en del av den årlige Oscar-utdelingen.
Vinnere og nominerte 1940 1941 (den 14.) – Churchill's Island – National Film Board of Canada Adventure in the Bronx Bomber Christmas Under Fire A Letter from Home Life of a Thoroughbred Norway in Revolt A Place to Live Russian Soil Soldiers of the Sky Warclouds in the Pacific 1942 (den 15.) – under den 15. Oscar-utdelingen ble 25 filmer nominert i kortdokumentar-kategorien, og fire spesialpriser ble tildelt dokumentarfilmer som hedret de alliertes innsats under andre verdenskrig. The Battle of Midway – United States Navy Kokoda Front Line! – Australian News & Information Bureau Moscow Strikes Back – Artkino Prelude to War – United States Army Special Services Africa, Prelude to Victory – The March of Time Combat Report – United States Army Signal Corps Conquer by the Clock – Frederic Ullman, Jr., produsent The Grain That Built a Hemisphere – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions Henry Browne, Farmer – United States Department of Agriculture High over the Borders – National Film Board of Canada High Stakes in the East – The Netherlands Information Bureau Inside Fighting China – National Film Board of Canada It's Everybody's War – United States Office of War Information Listen to Britain – British Ministry of Information Little Belgium – Belgian Ministry of Information Little Isles of Freedom – Victor Stoloff og Edgar Loew, produsenter Mr. Blabbermouth!—United States Office of War Information Mr. Gardenia Jones—United States Office of War Information The New Spirit – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions The Price of Victory – William H. Pine, produsent A Ship Is Born – United States Merchant Marine Twenty-One Miles—British Ministry of Information We Refuse to Die – William C. Thomas, produsent The White Eagle – Concanen Films Winning Your Wings – United States Army Air Forces 1943 (den 16.) – December 7th – United States Navy Children of Mars Plan for Destruction Swedes in America To the People of the United States Tomorrow We Fly Youth in Crisis 1944 (den 17.) – With the Marines at Tarawa – United States Marine Corps Hymn of the Nations New Americans 1945 (den 18.) – Hitler Lives – Gordon Hollingshead, produsent Library of Congress To the Shores of Iwo Jima 1946 (den 19.) – Seeds of Destiny – United States Department of War Atomic Power Life at the Zoo Paramount News Issue#37 Traffic with the Devil 1947 (den 20.) – First Steps – United Nations Division of Films and Visual Information Passport to Nowhere School in the Mailbox 1948 (den 21.) – Toward Independence – United States Army Heart to Heart Operation Vittles 1949 (den 22.) – (empate):A Chance To Live – Richard de Rochemont, produsentSo Much for So Little – Edward Selzer, produsent 1848 The Rising Tide
1950 1950 (den 23.) – Why Korea? – Edmund Reek, produsent The Fight: Science Against Cancer The Stairs1951 (den 24.) – Benjy – Dirixido por Fred Zinnemann coa cooperación de Paramount Pictures Corporation para Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital One Who Came Back The Seeing Eye1952 (den 25.) – Neighbours – Norman McLaren, produsent – National Film Board of Canada Devil Take Us Epeira Diadema Man Alive!1953 (den 26.) – The Alaskan Eskimo – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions The Living City Operation Blue Jay They Planted a Stone The Word1954 (den 27.) – Thursday's Children – World Wide Pictures and Morse Films Jet Carrier Rembrandt: A Self-Portrait1955 (den 28.) – Men against the Arctic – Walt Disney, produsent – Walt Disney Productions The Battle of Gettysburg The Face of Lincoln1956 (den 29.) – The True Story of the Civil War – Louis Clyde Stoumen, produsent Man in Space A City Decides The Dark Wave The House Without a Name1957 (den 30.) – Non se entregou premio nesta categoría1958 (den 31.) – Ama Girls – Ben Sharpsteen, produsent Employees Only Journey Into Spring The Living Stone Oeuverture1959 (den 32.) – Glass – Bert Haanstra, produsent Donald in Mathmagic Land From Generation to Generation
1960 1960 (den 33.) – Giuseppina – James Hill, produsent Beyond Silence En by ved navn København George Grosz' Interregnum Universe1961 (den 34.) – Project Hope – Frank P. Bibas, produsent Breaking the Language Barrier Cradle of Genius Kahl L'uomo in grigio1962 (den 35.) – Dylan Thomas – Jack Howells, produsent The John Glenn Story The Road to the Wall1963 (den 36.) – Chagall – Simon Schiffrin, produsent The Five Cities of June The Spirit of America Thirty Million Letters To Live Again1964 (den 37.) – Nine from Little Rock – Charles Guggenheim, produsent 140 Days Under the World Breaking the Habit Children Without Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak1965 (den 38.) – To Be Alive! – Francis Thompson, produsent Mural on Our Street Nyitany Point of View Yeats Country1966 (den 39.) – A Year Toward Tomorrow – Edmond A. Levy, produsent Adolescence Cowboy The Odds Against Részletek J.S. Bach Máté passiójából1967 (den 40.) – The Redwoods – Mark Harris og Trevor Greenwood, produsenter Monument to the Dream A Place to Stand See You at the Pillar While I Run This Race1968 (den 41.) – Why Man Creates – Saul Bass, produsent The House That Ananda Built The Revolving Door A Space to Grow A Way Out of the Wilderness1969 (den 42.) – Czechoslovakia 1968 – Denis Sanders og Robert M. Fresco, produsenter An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer Jenny Is a Good Thing Leo Beuerman The Magic Machines
1970 1970 (den 43.) – Interviews with My Lai Veterans – Joseph Strick, produsent The Gifts A Long Way from Nowhere Oisin Time Is Running Out1971 (den 44.) – Sentinels of Silence – Manuel Arango og Robert Amram, produsenter Adventures in Perception Art Is... The Numbers Start with the River Somebody Waiting1972 (den 45.) – This Tiny World – Charles Huguenot van der Linden og Martina Huguenot van der Linden, produsenter Hundertwassers Regentag K-Z Selling Out The Tide of Traffic1973 (den 46.) – Princeton: A Search for Answers – Julian Krainin og DeWitt L. Sage, Jr., produsenter Background Christo's Valley Curtain Four Stones for Kanemitsu Paisti ag obair1974 (den 47.) – Don't – Robin Lehman, produsent City Out of Wilderness Exploratorium John Muir's High Sierra Naked Yoga1975 (den 48.) – The End of the Game – Claire Wilbur og Robin Lehman, produsenter Arthur and Lillie Millions of Years Ahead of Man Probes in Space Whistling Smith1976 (den 49.) – Number Our Days – Lynne Littman og Barbara Myerhoff, produsenter American Shoeshine Blackwood The End of the Road Universe1977 (den 50.) – Gravity Is My Enemy – John C. Joseph og Jan Stussy, produsenter Agueda Martinez: Our People, Our Country First Edition Of Time, Tombs and Treasures The Shetland Experience1978 (den 51.) – The Flight of the Gossamer Condor – Jacqueline Phillips Shedd og Ben Shedd, produsenter The Divided Trail: A Native American Odyssey An Encounter with Faces Goodnight Miss Ann Squires of San Quentin1979 (den 52.) – Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist – Saul J. Turell, produsent Dae Koryo Celadon Nails Remember Me
1980 1980 (den 53.) – Karl Hess: Toward Liberty – Roland Hallé og Peter W. Ladue, produsent Don't Mess with Bill The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! It's the Same World Luther Metke at 941981 (den 54.) – Close Harmony – Nigel Noble, produsent Americas in Transition Journey for Survival See What I Say Urge to Build1982 (den 55.) – If You Love This Planet – Edward Le Lorrain og Terre Nash, produsenter – National Film Board of Canada Gods of Metal The Klan: A Legacy of Hate in America To Live or Let Die Traveling Hopefully1983 (den 56.) – Flamenco at 5:15 – Cynthia Scott og Adam Symansky, produsenter – National Film Board of Canada Ihr zent frei In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us? Sewing Woman Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph1984 (den 57.) – The Stone Carvers – Marjorie Hunt og Paul Wagner, produsenter The Children of Soong Ching Ling Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing The Garden of Eden Vospominaniye o Pavlovske1985 (den 58.) – Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements – David Goodman, produsent The Courage to Care Keats and His Nightingale: A Blind Date Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra The Wizard of the Strings1986 (den 59.) – Women – for America, for the World – Vivienne Verdon-Roe, produsent Sam Red Grooms: Sunflower in a Hothouse The Master of Disaster Debonair Dancers1987 (den 60.) – Young at Heart – Sue Marx og Pamela Conn, produsenter Frances Steloff: Memoirs of a Bookseller In the Wee Wee Hours... Language Says It All Silver Into Gold1988 (den 61.) – You Don't Have to Die – William Guttentag og Malcolm Clarke, produsenter Gang Cops Family Gathering The Children's Storefront Portrait of Imogen1989 (den 62.) – The Johnstown Flood – Charles Guggenheim, produsent Fine Food, Fine Pastries, Open 6 to 9 Yad Vashem: Preserving the Past to Ensure the Future
1990 1990 (den 63.) – Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo – Steven Okazaki, produsent Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember Chimps: So Like Us Burning Down Tomorrow Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn1991 (den 64.) – Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment – Debra Chasnoff, produsent A Little Vicious The Mark of the Maker Birdnesters of Thailand Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers1992 (den 65.) – Educating Peter – Thomas C. Goodwin og 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 og Sally Bochner1993 (den 66.) – Defending Our Lives – Margaret Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich Chicks in White Satin Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann1994 (den 67.) – A Time for Justice – Charles Guggenheim 89 mm od Europy Blues Highway School of the Americas Assassins Straight from the Heart1995 (den 68.) – 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 Zipper1996 (den 69.) – Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien – Jessica Yu directora, produsenta, guionista og montadora Cosmic Voyage Special Effects: Anything Can Happen The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage An Essay on Matisse1997 (den 70.) – 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 Follies1998 (den 71.) – The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years – Keiko Ibi A Place in the Land Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square – National Film Board of Canada1999 (den 72.) – King Gimp – Susan Hannah Hadary, William A. Whiteford Eyewitness The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo
2000 2000 (den 73.) – Big Mama – Tracy Seretean Curtain Call Dolphins On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom The Man on Lincoln's Nose2001 (den 74.) – Thoth – Sarah Kernochan og Lynn Appelle Artists and Orphans: A True Drama Sing!2002 (den 75.) – Twin Towers – Bill Guttentag, Robert David Port, directores The Collector of Bedford Street – Welcome Change Productions – Alice Elliott, produsent og director Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks – Tell the Truth Pictures – Robert Hudson, produsent – Robert Houston, director Why Can't We Be a Family Again? – Roger Weisberg, Murray Nossel directores2003 (den 76.) – Chernobyl Heart – Maryann DeLeo Asylum – Sandy McLeod og Gini Reticker Ferry Tales – Katja Esson2004 (den 77.) – Mighty Times: The Children's March – Robert Houston og Robert Hudson Autism Is a World – Gerardine Wurzburg