The 2015 Oscar Shortlist for Best Documentary Has Been Released, How Many Have You Seen?

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The 15 documentaries that are on the shortlist for this year’s Academy Awards have been revealed, with notable entries including the Edward Snowden profile CitizenFour, the Roger Ebert doc Life Itself, and the movie that could have been with Jodorowsky’s Dune.

Here’s the full list of frontrunners:

  • “Art and Craft,” Purple Parrot Films
  • “The Case against 8,” Day in Court
  • “Citizen Koch,” Elsewhere Films
  • “CitizenFour,” Praxis Films
  • “Finding Vivian Maier,” Ravine Pictures
  • “The Internet’s Own Boy,” Luminant Media
  • “Jodorowsky’s Dune,” City Film
  • “Keep On Keepin’ On,” Absolute Clay Productions
  • “The Kill Team,” f/8 filmworks
  • “Last Days in Vietnam,” Moxie Firecracker Films
  • “Life Itself,” Kartemquin Films and Film Rites
  • “The Overnighters,” Mile End Films West
  • “The Salt of the Earth,” Decia Films
  • “Tales of the Grim Sleeper,” Lafayette Film
  • “Virunga,” Grain Media

What do you think of this list? Have there been any notable snubs like possibly Super Mensch? Let us know in the comments.

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