• „The Act of Killing“ / Final Cut for Real
• „The Armstrong Lie“ / The Kennedy/Marshall Company
• „Blackfish“ / Our Turn Productions
• „The Crash Reel“ / KP Rides Again
• „Cutie and the Boxer“ / Ex Lion Tamer and Cine Mosaic
• „Dirty Wars“ / Civic Bakery
• „First Cousin Once Removed“ / Experiments in Time, Light & Motion
• „God Loves Uganda“ / Full Credit Productions
• „Life According to Sam“ / Fine Films
• „Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer“ / Roast Beef Productions
• „The Square“ / Noujaim Films and Maktube Productions
• „Stories We Tell“ / National Film Board of Canada
• „Tim’s Vermeer“ / High Delft Pictures
• „20 Feet from Stardom“ / Gil Friesen Productions and Tremolo Productions
• „Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington“/ Tripoli Street

Aus diesen 15 Dokumentarfilmen werden 16. Januar 2014 die finalen 5 Oscar-Kandidaten für den besten Dokumentarfilm ausgewählt.