Tako će se na 82. dodjeli Oscara od 82 prijavljena filma naći čak 15 dokumentaraca. Otkad je 2003. Michael Moore osvojio Oscar za film 'Ludi za oružjem', zanimanje javnosti za dokumentarni film naglo je poraslo. Evo popisa svih 15 kandidata:

'The Beaches of Agnes' - Agnes Varda
'Burma VJ' - Anders Ostergaard
'The Cove' - Louie Psihoyos
Every Little Step' - James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo
'Facing Ali' - Pete McCormack
'Food, Inc.' - Robert Kenner
'Garbage Dreams' - Mai Iskander
'Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders' - Mark N. Hopkins
'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers' - Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
'Mugabe and the White African' - Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey
'Sergio' - Greg Barker
'Soundtrack for a Revolution' - Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
'Under Our Skin' - Andy Abrahams Wilson
'Valentino The Last Emperor' - Matt Tyrnauer
'Which Way Home' - Rebecca Cammisa