NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture

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.

NAACP Image Award for Best Motion Picture
Awarded forNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
DateMarch 16, 2024
Presented byNAACP
First awarded"Lady Sings the Blues" (1972)
Last awarded"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (2023)
Currently held by"The Color Purple" (2024)
Most awards11
Most nominations16

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

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

1970s

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

1980s

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Year Film Ref
1980
Fame [2]
1981
Bustin' Loose [citation needed]
1982
An Officer and a Gentleman [citation needed]
Diva
Ragtime
Rocky III
1983 – 1984
1985
A Soldier's Story [citation needed]
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

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Year Film Ref
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

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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

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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

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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


Stats and facts

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

Most wins

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Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Film The Color Purple
Total Wins 11 wins 6 wins 4 wins 3 wins

Most nominations

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Rank 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Film
Total Nominations 16 Nominations 10 nominations 9 nominations 8 nominations 7 nominations 6 nominations

References

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  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.