The Platino Award for Best Documentary (Spanish: Premio Platino al mejor película documental) is one of the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's film awards, presented by the Entidad de Gestión de Derechos de los Productores Audiovisuales (EGEDA) and the Federación Iberoamericana de Productores Cinematográficos y Audiovisuales (FIPCA).
It was first presented in 2014, with the Spanish documentary Con la pata quebrada being the first recipient of the award.
Spain holds the record of most wins in the category with six as well as most nominations with twenty-two, with at least one nominated Spanish film each edition.
Chilean films The Mole Agent and The Eternal Memory both won the Platino Award (in 2021 and 2024 respectively) and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.