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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Originally entitled Outstanding Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, the award was retitled to its current name in 1995.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
1980s
| Year | Movie / Series | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | ||
| *Sister, Sister* | ||
| 1983 – 89 | colspan="2" |
1990s
| Year | Movie / Series | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | colspan="2" | |
| 1991 | ||
| *The Women of Brewster Place* | ||
| 1992 | ||
| *In the Heat of the Night* | ||
| Equal Justice | ||
| Gabriel's Fire | ||
| Separate but Equal | ||
| 1993 | ||
| *In the Heat of the Night* | ||
| 1994 | ||
| *I'll Fly Away* | ||
| 1995 | ||
| *Queen: The Story of an American Family* | ||
| 1996 | ||
| *The Tuskegee Airmen* | ||
| Children of the Dust | ||
| Divas | ||
| The Piano Lesson | ||
| Tyson | ||
| 1997 | ||
| *America's Dream* | ||
| Deadly Voyage | ||
| Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault | ||
| Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | ||
| Soul of the Game | ||
| 1998 | ||
| *Miss Evers' Boys* | ||
| Buffalo Soldiers | ||
| Cinderella | ||
| Don King: Only in America | ||
| First Time Felon | ||
| 1999 | ||
| *The Temptations* | ||
| Always Outnumbered | ||
| Mama Flora's Family | ||
| Ruby Bridges | ||
| The Wedding |
2000s
| Year | Movie / Series | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| *Introducing Dorothy Dandridge* | ||
| A Lesson Before Dying | ||
| Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | ||
| Jackie's Back | ||
| Selma, Lord, Selma | ||
| 2001 | ||
| *Sally Hemings: An American Scandal* | ||
| A House Divided | ||
| The Corner | ||
| Disappearing Acts | ||
| Freedom Song | ||
| 2002 | ||
| *Boycott* | ||
| A Huey P. Newton Story | ||
| Bojangles | ||
| Dancing in September | ||
| Fire and Ice | ||
| 2003 | ||
| *The Rosa Parks Story* | ||
| 10,000 Black Men Named George | ||
| Keep the Faith, Baby | ||
| The Middle Passage | ||
| Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story | ||
| 2004 | ||
| *D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear* | ||
| Deacons for Defense | ||
| Good Fences | ||
| Jasper, Texas | ||
| Sounder | ||
| 2005 | ||
| *Something The Lord Made* | ||
| Crown Heights | ||
| Justice | ||
| Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story | ||
| Walking on Sunshine | ||
| 2006 | ||
| *Lackawanna Blues* | ||
| Mississippi Justice | ||
| The Reading Room | ||
| Sometimes in April | ||
| Their Eyes Were Watching God | ||
| 2007 | ||
| *When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts* | ||
| Life Is Not a Fairy Tale | ||
| Sleeper Cell | ||
| Tsunami: The Aftermath | ||
| The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Til | ||
| 2008 | ||
| *Life Support* | ||
| The Bronx Is Burning | ||
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | ||
| Five Days | ||
| The List | ||
| 2009 | ||
| *A Raisin in the Sun* | ||
| 24: Redemption | ||
| Accidental Friendship | ||
| House of Saddam | ||
| Racing for Time |
2010s
| Year | Movie / Series | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| *Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story* | ||
| America | ||
| Brick City | ||
| Georgia O'Keeffe | ||
| Relative Stranger | ||
| 2011 | ||
| *Sins of the Mother* | ||
| America: The Story of Us (Part 4) | ||
| Filling the Gap | ||
| Luther | ||
| The Wronged Man | ||
| 2012 | ||
| *Thurgood* | ||
| Five | ||
| Have a Little Faith | ||
| The Least Among You | ||
| Luther | ||
| 2013 | ||
| *Steel Magnolias* | ||
| Abducted: The Carlina White Story | ||
| Firelight | ||
| Raising Izzie | ||
| Sugar Mommas | ||
| 2014 | ||
| *Being Mary Jane* | ||
| Betty & Coretta | ||
| CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story | ||
| Luther | ||
| Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | ||
| 2015 | ||
| *The Trip to Bountiful* | ||
| A Day Late and a Dollar Short | ||
| American Horror Story: Freak Show | ||
| Drumline: A New Beat | ||
| The Gabby Douglas Story | ||
| 2016 | ||
| *The Wiz Live!* | ||
| American Crime | ||
| Bessie | ||
| The Book of Negroes | ||
| Luther | ||
| 2017 | ||
| *The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story* | ||
| American Crime | ||
| Confirmation | ||
| The Night Of | ||
| Roots | ||
| 2018 | ||
| *The New Edition Story* | ||
| Flint | ||
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks | ||
| Shots Fired | ||
| When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story | ||
| 2019 | ||
| *The Bobby Brown Story* | ||
| Behind the Movement | ||
| The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar | ||
| Seven Seconds | ||
| Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert |
2020s
| Year | Movie / Series | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| *When They See Us* | ||
| American Son | ||
| Being Mary Jane | ||
| Native Son | ||
| True Detective | ||
| 2021 | ||
| *Self Made* | ||
| Hamilton | ||
| Little Fires Everywhere | ||
| Sylvie's Love | ||
| The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel | ||
| 2022 | ||
| *Colin in Black & White* | ||
| Genius: Aretha | ||
| Love Life | ||
| Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia | ||
| The Underground Railroad | ||
| 2023 | ||
| *The Best Man: The Final Chapters* | ||
| Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons | ||
| From Scratch | ||
| The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | ||
| Women of the Movement | ||
| 2024 | ||
| *Swarm* | ||
| Black Girl Missing | ||
| First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story | ||
| Heist 88 | ||
| Lawmen: Bass Reeves | ||
| 2025 | ||
| *Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist* | ||
| Genius: MLK/X | ||
| Griselda | ||
| Rebel Ridge | ||
| The Madness | ||
| 2026 | ||
| G20 | ||
| Ironheart | ||
| Ruth & Boaz | ||
| Straw | ||
| Washington Black |
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
; 2 wins
- In the Heat of the Night
Nominations
; 4 nominations
- Luther ; 2 nominations
- American Crime
- Genius
- In the Heat of the Night
References
References
- "Image Awards (NAACP) - 1991 Awards". IMDb.
- "NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced".
- Washington, Arlene. (6 February 2015). "Selma takes home top film honors".
- 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.
- (January 14, 2018). "NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners".
- Lewis, Hilary. (February 13, 2019). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Black Panther' Tops Film Nominations".
- (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners".
- Bosselman, Haley. (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List".
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- Jackson, Angelique. (March 14, 2024). "NAACP Image Awards: Kerry Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Ryan Michelle Bathé Set as Presenters, Andra Day to Perform".
- (February 23, 2025). "NAACP Image Awards 2025: See the Complete Winners List".
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