Alternative Oscars 2019: The Nominees & Winners For Every Category

16. Best Documentary Feature

Three Identical Strangers
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WINNER: Three Identical Strangers

The Best Documentary field is always a weird one, with numerous sure-things getting snubbed every single year in favour of smaller, less-rapturously received offerings.

And so, the stunning doc Three Identical Strangers was snubbed despite its storming critical and box office success, not to mention the fact that it's the best documentary released in 2018.

Skater doc Minding the Gap and mountain climbing film Free Solo were both rightly nominated by the Academy, but neither Of Fathers and Sons or RBG were quite as strong as our preferred picks - Michael Moore's incisive doc sequel Fahrenhent 11/9 and Netflix's indie filmmaking ode Shirkers.

RUNNERS-UP:

2. Minding the Gap*

3. Free Solo*

4. Fahrenheit 11/9

5. Shirkers

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