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 | |
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Awarded for | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture |
Date | March 16, 2024 |
Presented by | NAACP |
First awarded | "Lady Sings the Blues" (1972) |
Last awarded | "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" (2023) |
Currently held by | "The Color Purple" (2024) |
Most awards | 11 |
Most nominations | 16 |
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.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Year refers to year of ceremony, not year of release.
Year | Film | Ref |
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1972 | ||
Lady Sings the Blues | [citation needed] | |
1973 – 1975 | — | |
1976 | ||
Let's Do It Again | [1] | |
1977 | — | |
1978 | ||
The Greatest | — | |
1979 | — |
Year | Film | Ref |
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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 |
Year | Film | Ref |
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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 |
Year | Film | Ref |
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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 |
Below are the films that garnered multiple nominations and wins in the category of Outstanding Motion Picture.
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
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Film | The Color Purple | |||
Total Wins | 11 wins | 6 wins | 4 wins | 3 wins |
Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Film | ||||||
Total Nominations | 16 Nominations | 10 nominations | 9 nominations | 8 nominations | 7 nominations | 6 nominations |