NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture

NAACP Image Award for Best Motion Picture
NAACP Image Award for Best Motion Picture
Awarded for	NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
Date	February 22, 2025
Presented by	NAACP
First award	"Lady Sings the Blues" (1972)
Currently held by	"The Six Triple Eight" (2024)
Most awards	5
Most nominations	5

Last updated March 18, 2025

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture, awarded by the U.S.-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). This award has been given since 1972 and as of 2017, only two of the winning films have also won the Academy Award for Best Picture: Crash and 12 Years a Slave .

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Year refers to year of ceremony, not year of release.

1970s

Year	Film	Ref
1972
1972	Lady Sings the Blues	^{[ citation needed ]}
1973 – 1975	—
1976
1976	Let's Do It Again	^[1]
1977	—
1978
1978	The Greatest	—
1979	—

1980s

Year	Film	Ref
1980
1980	Fame	^[2]
1981
1981	Bustin' Loose	^{[ citation needed ]}
1982
	An Officer and a Gentleman	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Diva
	Ragtime
	Rocky III
1983 – 1984	—
1985
1985	A Soldier's Story	^{[ citation needed ]}
1986
1986	The Color Purple	^[3]
1987
	Lethal Weapon	^[4]
	Beverly Hills Cop II
	Hollywood Shuffle
	Round Midnight
1988
	Coming to America	^{[ citation needed ]}
	School Daze
	Cry Freedom
	Shoot to Kill
1989
	Lean on Me	^[5]
	Do the Right Thing
	Tap
	Lethal Weapon 2
	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1990s

Year	Film	Ref
1990
1990	Glory	^{[ citation needed ]}
1991	—
1992
	Boyz n the Hood	^{[ citation needed ]}
	The Five Heartbeats
	Jungle Fever
	To Sleep with Anger
	New Jack City
1993
	Sister Act	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Mississippi Masala
	Boomerang
	Daughters of the Dust
	Grand Canyon
1994
	Malcolm X	^[6]
	Bopha!
	Menace II Society
	Posse
	What's Love Got to Do with It
1995	—
1996
	Waiting to Exhale	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Crimson Tide
	Cry, the Beloved Country
	Devil in a Blue Dress
	Othello
1997
	A Time to Kill	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Courage Under Fire
	Get on the Bus
	Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
	The Preacher's Wife
1998
	Soul Food	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Amistad
	Eve's Bayou
	Love Jones
	Rosewood
1999
	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Beloved
	Down in the Delta
	Enemy of the State
	He Got Game

2000s

Year	Film	Ref
2000
	The Best Man	^{[ citation needed ]}
	The Hurricane
	Life
	The Matrix
	The Wood
2001
	Remember the Titans	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Love & Basketball
	Men of Honor
	The Original Kings of Comedy
	Shaft
2002
	Ali	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Baby Boy
	The Brothers
	Rush Hour 2
	Training Day
2003
	Antwone Fisher	^{[ citation needed ]}
	BarberShop
	Brown Sugar
	Drumline
	John Q
2004
	The Fighting Temptations	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Bad Boys II
	Bend It Like Beckham
	Deliver Us from Eva
	Whale Rider
2005
	Ray	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Collateral
	Fahrenheit 9/11
	Hotel Rwanda
	Man on Fire
2006
	Crash	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Coach Carter
	Diary of a Mad Black Woman
	Hitch
	Hustle & Flow
2007
	The Pursuit of Happyness	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Akeelah and the Bee
	Blood Diamond
	Catch a Fire
	Dreamgirls
2008
	The Great Debaters	^{[ citation needed ]}
	American Gangster
	I Am Legend
	Talk to Me
	Why Did I Get Married?
2009
	The Secret Life of Bees	^{[ citation needed ]}
	Cadillac Records
	The Family That Preys
	Miracle at St. Anna
	Seven Pounds

2010s

Year	Film	Ref
2010
	Precious	^{[ citation needed ]}
	The Blind Side
	Invictus
	Michael Jackson's This Is It
	The Princess and the Frog
2011
	For Colored Girls	^{[ citation needed ]}
	The Book of Eli
	Just Wright
	The Kids Are All Right
	Why Did I Get Married Too?
2012
	The Help	^{[ citation needed ]}
	The First Grader
	Jumping the Broom
	Pariah
	Tower Heist
2013
	Red Tails	^[7]
	Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Django Unchained
	Flight
	Good Deeds
2014
	12 Years a Slave	^[8]
	The Best Man Holiday
	The Butler
	Fruitvale Station
	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
2015
	Selma	^[9]
	Belle
	Beyond the Lights
	Dear White People
	Get On Up
2016
	Straight Outta Compton	^[10]
	Beasts of No Nation
	Concussion
	Creed
	Dope
2017
	Hidden Figures	^[11]
	The Birth of a Nation
	Fences
	Loving
	Moonlight
2018
	Girls Trip	^[12]
	Detroit
	Get Out
	Marshall
	Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2019
	Black Panther	^[13]
	BlacKkKlansman
	Crazy Rich Asians
	The Hate U Give
	If Beale Street Could Talk

2020s

Year	Film	Ref
2020
	Just Mercy	^[14]
	Dolemite Is My Name
	Harriet
	Queen & Slim
	Us
2021
	Bad Boys for Life	^[15]
	Da 5 Bloods
	Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	One Night in Miami...
2022
	The Harder They Fall	^[16]
	Judas and the Black Messiah
	King Richard
	Respect
	The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2023
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	^[17]
	A Jazzman's Blues
	Emancipation
	The Woman King
	Till
2024
	The Color Purple	^[18]
	American Fiction
	Origin
	Rustin
	They Cloned Tyrone
2025
	The Six Triple Eight
	Wicked
	The Piano Lesson
	Bob Marley: One Love
	Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Stats and facts

Below are the films that garnered multiple nominations and wins in the category of Outstanding Motion Picture.

Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Film	The Color Purple	Precious Black Panther	The Six Triple Eight	12 Years a Slave Hidden Figures The Best Man The Great Debaters Malcolm X Moonlight Ray Selma Soul Food Waiting to Exhale	For Colored Girls The Help How Stella Got Her Groove Back Jumping the Broom The Preacher's Wife
Total Wins	11 wins	6 wins	5 wins	4 wins	3 wins

Most nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Film	The Color Purple	The Piano Lesson	The Best Man Black Panther Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Precious The Secret Life of Bees	Brown Sugar The Butler Cadillac Records Dreamgirls The Great Debaters The Help Selma	Beloved Eve's Bayou For Colored Girls Pariah Ray The Woman King Waiting to Exhale	12 Years a Slave A Time to Kill Crash Creed Jumping the Broom Moonlight The Preacher's Wife Talk to Me Till
Total Nominations	16 nominations	13 nominations	10 nominations	9 nominations	8 nominations	7 nominations	6 nominations

References

↑ IMDB.com
↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 December 1980. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
↑ Stein, Jeannine (December 16, 1986). "Spielberg wins multiple awards at 1986 Image Awards". LA Times . Retrieved July 31, 2016.
↑ "NAACP Announces Nominees for Show Business Honors". Associated Press .
↑ "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press .
↑ "Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
↑ Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "NAACP Image Awards: Winners Announced". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 29, 2024.
↑ Aaron Couch, Arlene Washington (February 22, 2014). "NAACP Image Awards: The Winners". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 22, 2014.
↑ Washington, Arlene (6 February 2015). "Selma takes home top film honors". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 31, 2016.
↑ Sutton, Joe (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.
↑ Kinane, Ruth (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.
↑ THR Staff (20 November 2017). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Marshall,' 'Get Out,' 'Girls Trip' Dominate Film Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 20 November 2017.
↑ Richards, Kimberley (2019-03-31). "50th NAACP Image Awards: Here Are The Winners". HuffPost . Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
↑ Howard, Katherine (2020-02-22). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
↑ "2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight . March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
↑ "53rd NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight . February 26, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
↑ Jackson, Angelique (January 12, 2023). "'Abbott Elementary,' 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and 'The Woman King' Dominate NAACP Image Award Nominations". Variety . Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
↑ Hipes, Patrick (January 25, 2024). "Colman Domingo, Keke Palmer, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét Lead NAACP Image Awards Nominations". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 26, 2024.

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[1] IMDB.com

[2] "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 20 December 1980. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[3] Stein, Jeannine (December 16, 1986). "Spielberg wins multiple awards at 1986 Image Awards". LA Times . Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[4] "NAACP Announces Nominees for Show Business Honors". Associated Press .

[5] "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced". Associated Press .

[6] "Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".

[7] Couch, Aaron (February 1, 2013). "NAACP Image Awards: Winners Announced". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 29, 2024.

[THRNIA45-8] Aaron Couch, Arlene Washington (February 22, 2014). "NAACP Image Awards: The Winners". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 22, 2014.

[9] Washington, Arlene (6 February 2015). "Selma takes home top film honors". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[10] Sutton, Joe (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.

[11] Kinane, Ruth (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.

[12] THR Staff (20 November 2017). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Marshall,' 'Get Out,' 'Girls Trip' Dominate Film Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 20 November 2017.

[13] Richards, Kimberley (2019-03-31). "50th NAACP Image Awards: Here Are The Winners". HuffPost . Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2022-01-22.

[14] Howard, Katherine (2020-02-22). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-22.

[15] "2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight . March 29, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.

[16] "53rd NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight . February 26, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2022.

[17] Jackson, Angelique (January 12, 2023). "'Abbott Elementary,' 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and 'The Woman King' Dominate NAACP Image Award Nominations". Variety . Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 13, 2023.

[18] Hipes, Patrick (January 25, 2024). "Colman Domingo, Keke Palmer, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét Lead NAACP Image Awards Nominations". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 26, 2024.

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