Bodil Award for Best Documentary

The Bodil Award for Best Documentary is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was created in 1948 but has only been presented annually since 2007.

1940s and 1950s

 * 1948: Papir og pap er penge værd directed by Ole Palsbo
 * 1956: Hvor bjergene sejler directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen
 * 1957: Ellehammer (film) directed by Jørgen Roos

1960s

 * 1961: Enden på legen directed by Theodor Christensen
 * 1964: En ny virkelighed directed by Børge Høst
 * 1965: Michel Simon (film) and PH lys directed by Ole Roos
 * 1966: Knud (film) directed by Jørgen Roos
 * 1968: Kongens Enghave (film) directed by Claus Ørsted
 * 1969: Eftermiddagsgæsten directed by Peter Refn

1970s

 * 1970: Livet er en cirkus directed by Per Holst
 * 1972: Livet i Danmark directed by Jørgen Leth
 * 1976: Dejlig er den himmel blå directed by Solvognen
 * 1978: Jenny (1977 film) directed by Jon Bang Carlsen

1980s

 * 1981: Tomas et barn du ikke kan nå directed by Lone Hertz
 * 1982: Historien om Kim Skov directed by Hans-Henrik Jørgensen
 * 1984: Fugl Fønix directed by Jon Bang Carlsen
 * 1986: Den erindrende directed by Jytte Rex

1990s

 * 1996: Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier directed by Torben Skjødt Jensen

2000s

 * 2005: Tintin and I directed by Anders Østergaard
 * 2007: Gasolin' directed by Anders Østergaard
 * 2008: The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun directed by Pernille Rose Grønkjær
 * 2009: Burma VJ directed by Anders Østergaard

2010s

 * 2010: Blekingegade Gang (film) directed by Anders Riis-Hansen
 * 2011: Armadillo directed by Janus Metz
 * 2012: Testamentet directed by Christian Sønderby Jepsen
 * 2013: Putin's Kiss directed by Lise Birk Pedersen
 * 2014: Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case directed by Andreas Johnsen
 * 2015: The Look of Silence directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
 * 2016: The Man Who Saved the World directed by Peter Anthony
 * 2017: The War Show directed by Obaidah Zytoon and Andreas Dalsgaard
 * 2018: Last Men in Aleppo directed by Feras Fayyad
 * 72nd Bodil Awards: Olegs Krig – en barndom i krigens skygge directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont
 * Bobbi Jene directed by Elvira Lind
 * Fanget i de fries land directed by Camilla Magid
 * Hjertelandet directed by Janus Metz & Sine Plambech
 * Skjold & Isabel directed by Emil Næsby Hansen

2020s

 * 73rd Bodil Awards: Q's Barbershop directed by Emil Langballe
 * Et ægte par directed by Emil Langballe
 * Forglem mig ej directed by Sun Hee Engelstoft
 * Håbets ø directed by Sidse Torstholm Larsen and Sturla Pilskog
 * Western Arabs directed by Omar Shargawi
 * 2021: En splittet familie directed by Mira Jargil
 * The Cave directed by Feras Fayyad
 * I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die directed by Eva Marie Rødbro
 * Rejsen til Utopia directed by Erlend E. Mo
 * Undertrykkelsens sang directed by Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga