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.
Sinners holds the record of the most nominations and wins for a Motion Picture, with 18 nominations and 13 wins, a record previously held for 2 years by The Color Purple (2023), who had the most nominations at 13 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 Year Film Ref 1972 Lady Sings the Blues 1973 – 1975 colspan="2" 1976 Let's Do It Again IMDB.com 1977 colspan="2" 1978 The Greatest 1979 colspan="2"
1980s Year Film Ref 1980 Fame 1981 Bustin' Loose 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman Diva Ragtime Rocky III 1983 – 1984 colspan="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 Year Film Ref 1990 Glory 1991 colspan="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 1995 colspan="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 Year Film Ref 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 Year Film Ref 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 Year Film Ref 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 2026 Sinners Highest 2 Lowest One of Them Days Sarah's Oil Wicked: For Good
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 6th Film Sinners The Color Purple Precious Black Panther The Six Triple Eight Total wins 13 wins 11 wins 6 wins 5 wins 4 wins 3 wins
Most nominations Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Film Sinners The Color Purple The Piano Lesson The Best Man Black Panther Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Total Nominations 18 nominations 16 nominations 13 nominations 10 nominations 9 nominations 8 nominations 7 nominations 6 nominations
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