Michael Moore's healthcare film Sicko has been named among the 15 documentaries shortlisted for a 2008 Oscar. Officials at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences originally considered 70 movies, but they've narrowed them down to a 15-strong shortlist, from which the five nominees will be announced in January.

As well as Sicko, the documentaries in contention are: Autism: The Musical, Body Of War, For The Bible Tells Me So, Lake Of Fire, Nanking, No End In Sight, Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience, Please Vote For Me, The Price Of Sugar, A Promise To The Dead: The Exile Journey Of Ariel Dorfman, The Rape Of Europa, Taxi To The Dark Side, War/Dance and White Light/Black Rain.

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