- The life of mammals, by David Attenborough ; a BBC/Discovery Channel co-production ; series producer, Mike Salisburg
- Horatio's drive, America's first road trip, a Florentine Films production, a film by Ken Burns ; producers, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns ; writer, Dayton Duncan ; director, Ken Burns
- Garth Brooks, the road I'm on
- The seeker's guide to Harry Potter, Geo Athena Trevarthen
- A house made of splinters, Final Cut for Real presents ; in co-production with Story, Donkey Hotel, Moon Man & Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk ; directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont ; produced by Monica Hellstrom
- Hidden colors 5, King Flex Entertainment ; directed by Tariq Nasheed ; producer, Clark Woods
- Titanic, the definitive documentary collection
- Earth, DisneyNature ; a BBC, Greenlight Media, Discovery Channel co-production ; a BBC Natural History Unit film ; written by Leslie Megahey, Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield ; producers, Alix Tidmarsh and Sophokles Tasioulis ; directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield
- Since I been down, Prison Education LLC ; Jimmie Lewis Productions ; directed, written and produced by Gilda Sheppard ; written and produced by Saman Maydani ; produced by June Nho Ivers
- Patterns of evidence, the Moses controversy
- Moonshine and the Dixie Mafia, the history of stock cars, stills & Southern outlaws
- Dinosaurs in the outback, Dreamscape presents ; produced by Wayne Brown
- Scalia, portrait of a man & jurist
- Garden City, Kansas, from Garden Films ; directed by Bob Hurst ; produced by Tess Banion and Bob Hurst
- Let there be drums!, director, Justin Kreutzmann
- Requiem for the American dream, a PF Pictures production ; a film by Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott ; produced & directed by Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott
- Naila and the uprising, directed by Julia Bacha
- John Lewis, good trouble, Magnolia Pictures, Participant, CNN Films, AGC Studios present ; in association with Time Studios and JustFilms/Ford Foundation ; a Trilogy Films production ; producers, Erika Alexander, Ben Arnon ; produced by Laura Michalchyshyn ; directed and produced by Dawn Porter
- Boss, the black experience in business, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson ; written by Marcia Smith ; produced by Traci Curry
- Leitis in waiting ;, & Lady Eva, Qwaves & Pacific Islanders In Communications present a film by producers and directors Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson; creator and producer, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu; producer, Ilaisaane Sisi'uno Helu
- And the award goes to ..., 80 years of the Academy Awards
- This is GWAR, Ginger Kid Productions & Double Windsor Films in association with Buffalo 8 & Screencraft and Slave Pit ; directed by Scott Barber
- Tina, produced by Diane Becker, Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn ; written and directed by Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin
- The times of Bill Cunningham, directed by Mark Bozek
- Taj Mahal, History Channel ; directed & written by Steven Carroll ; supervising producer and writer, Dan Oliver ; produced by Atlantic Productions for the History Channel ; A & E Television Networks
- Hillary's America, the secret history of the Democratic Party, Quality Flix ; D'Souza Media presents ; produced by Gerald R. Molen ; written by Dinesh D'Souza, Bruce Schooley ; directed by Dinesh D'Souza, Bruce Schooley
- American trial, the Eric Garner story
- Pistoleros, death, drugs and rock n'roll, director, Steven Esparza
- Leap of faith, director, Alexandre O. Philippe
- The lost Leonardo, Sony Pictures Releasing International ; Sony Pictures Classics and Dogwoof presnt ; produced by Christoph Jörg and Andreas Dalsgaard ; written by Duska Zagorac [and others] ; directed by Andreas Koefoed
- Let freedom ring, moments from the civil rights movement, 1954-1965, NBC News presents ; director, John Libretto ; producers, Tim Beacham [and others]
- Hold your fire, IFC Films and Interpositive Media present ; a film by Stefan Forbes ; written, shot, edited and directed by Stefan Forbes
- Apollo 11, men on the moon, Spacecraft Films ; produced by Mark Gray
- The first great escape, director, Max Jourdan
- Making a killing, directed by Alexander J. Farrell, Sepideh Haftgoli Loong
- National lampoon, drunk stoned brilliant dead, History Films presents in association with Sky a 4th Row Films production in association with Passion Pictures and Diamond Docs ; a Douglas Tirola film ; written by Mark Monroe, Douglas Tirola ; produced by Susan Bedusa ; produced and directed by Douglas Tirola
- Cow, director, Andrea Arnold
- I know what I saw
- Diana, our mother, her life and legacy, [presented by] HBO Documentary Films ; an Oxford Films production
- Island of lemurs, Madagascar, Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Entertainment present ; produced by Drew Fellman ; written by Drew Fellman ; directed by David Douglas
- Homosaywhat, directed by Craig Bettendorf
- African cats, DisneyNature presents ; a Fothergill, Scholey production ; narration written by Keith Scholey & John Truby ; produced by Keith Scholey, Alix Tidmarsh ; directed by Keith Scholey [and] Alastair Fothergill
- In memory of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- Water wars, produced by Suzanne Bauman and Jim Burroughs ; written and directed by Jim Burroughs
- Monsters, maniacs, and phantoms, oh the horror!
- Live at Mr. Kelly's, film director, Ted Bogosian
- Burnout, the truth about work, directed by Adrian Tanner
- Reta, directed by Amber Thompson ; written by Jason Campbel ; produced by Jason Campbell, Amber Thompson
- Hear my train a comin'
- One Direction, this is us, director, Morgan Spurlock ; producer, Simon Cowell [and others]