Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film is a Golden Globe Award that was introduced for the 11th Golden Globe Awards, followed by the 30th Golden Globe Awards before discontinuation after the 34th Golden Globe Awards. The award was first given to A Queen is Crowned (1953), which details the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. It was last given to Altars of the World (1976).

Winners and nominees

 * 1953
 * A Queen is Crowned


 * 1972
 * Elvis on Tour
 * Walls of Fire
 * Marjoe
 * Russia
 * Sapporo Orinpikku (Sapporo Winter Olympics)


 * 1973
 * Visions of Eight
 * Love
 * The Movies That Made Us
 * The Second Gun
 * Wattstax


 * 1974
 * Animals Are Beautiful People
 * Birds Do It, Bees Do It
 * Hearts and Minds
 * I Am a Dancer
 * Janis


 * 1975
 * Youthquake!
 * Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
 * The Gentleman Tramp
 * Mustang: The House That Joe Built
 * The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
 * UFOs: Past, Present, and Future


 * 1976
 * Altars of the World
 * People of the Wind
 * The Memory of Justice
 * Wings of an Eagle
 * That's Entertainment, Part II