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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture

American film award


American film award

FieldValue
nameNAACP Image Award for Best Motion Picture
image_upright0.7
captionThe 2025 recipient The Six Triple Eight
awarded_forNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
dateFebruary 22, 2025
presenterNAACP
holder"The Six Triple Eight" (2024)
most_awards5
most_nominations5
year"Lady Sings the Blues" (1972)

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.

To date, The Color Purple (2023) holds the record of the most nominations and wins for a Motion Picture, with 16 nominations and 11 wins.

Nominees and winners

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

1970s

YearFilmRef
1972
*Lady Sings the Blues*
1973 – 1975colspan="2"
1976
*Let's Do It Again*
1977colspan="2"
1978
*The Greatest*
1979colspan="2"

1980s

YearFilmRef
1980
*Fame*
1981
*Bustin' Loose*
1982
*An Officer and a Gentleman*
Diva
Ragtime
Rocky III
1983 – 1984colspan="2"
1985
*A Soldier's Story*
1986
*The Color Purple*
1987
*Lethal Weapon*
Beverly Hills Cop II
Hollywood Shuffle
Round Midnight
1988
*Coming to America*
School Daze
Cry Freedom
Shoot to Kill
1989
*Lean on Me*
Do the Right Thing
Tap
Lethal Weapon 2
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1990s

YearFilmRef
1990
*Glory*
1991colspan="2"
1992
*Boyz n the Hood*
The Five Heartbeats
Jungle Fever
To Sleep with Anger
New Jack City
1993
*Sister Act*
Mississippi Masala
Boomerang
Daughters of the Dust
Grand Canyon
1994
*Malcolm X*
Bopha!
Menace II Society
Posse
What's Love Got to Do with It
1995colspan="2"
1996
*Waiting to Exhale*
Crimson Tide
Cry, the Beloved Country
Devil in a Blue Dress
Othello
1997
*A Time to Kill*
Courage Under Fire
Get on the Bus
Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored
The Preacher's Wife
1998
*Soul Food*
Amistad
Eve's Bayou
Love Jones
Rosewood
1999
*How Stella Got Her Groove Back*
Beloved
Down in the Delta
Enemy of the State
He Got Game

2000s

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

2010s

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

2020s

YearFilmRef
2020
*Just Mercy*
Dolemite Is My Name
Harriet
Queen & Slim
Us
2021
*Bad Boys for Life*
Da 5 Bloods
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
One Night in Miami...
2022
*The Harder They Fall*
Judas and the Black Messiah
King Richard
Respect
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2023
*Black Panther: Wakanda Forever*
A Jazzman's Blues
Emancipation
The Woman King
Till
2024
*The Color Purple*
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

Rank1st2nd3rd4th5thFilmTotal wins11 wins6 wins5 wins4 wins3 wins
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Most nominations

Rank1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7thFilmTotal Nominations16 nominations13 nominations10 nominations9 nominations8 nominations7 nominations6 nominations
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References

References

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  7. Couch, Aaron. (February 1, 2013). "NAACP Image Awards: Winners Announced".
  8. Aaron Couch, Arlene Washington. (February 22, 2014). "NAACP Image Awards: The Winners". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  9. Washington, Arlene. (6 February 2015). "Selma takes home top film honors".
  10. (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.
  11. (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".
  13. Richards, Kimberley. (2019-03-31). "50th NAACP Image Awards: Here Are The Winners".
  14. Howard, Katherine. (2020-02-22). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; ‘Just Mercy,’ ‘Black-ish’ Among Top Winners".
  15. (March 29, 2021). "2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List".
  16. (February 26, 2022). "53rd NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List".
  17. Jackson, Angelique. (January 12, 2023). "'Abbott Elementary,' 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and 'The Woman King' Dominate NAACP Image Award Nominations".
  18. Hipes, Patrick. (January 25, 2024). "Colman Domingo, Keke Palmer, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét Lead NAACP Image Awards Nominations".
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