# 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.
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

| Year | Film | Ref |
| 1972 |
| 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | |
| 1973 – 1975 | — | — |
| 1976 |
| 1976 | Let's Do It Again | |
| 1977 | — | — |
| 1978 |
| 1978 | The Greatest | — |
| 1979 | — | — |

### 1980s

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

### 1990s

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

### 2000s

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

### 2010s

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

### 2020s

| Year | Film |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Just Mercy |
| 2020 | Dolemite Is My Name |
| 2020 | Harriet |
| 2020 | Queen & Slim |
| 2020 | Us |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Bad Boys for Life |
| 2021 | Da 5 Bloods |
| 2021 | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey |
| 2021 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom |
| 2021 | One Night in Miami... |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | The Harder They Fall |
| 2022 | Judas and the Black Messiah |
| 2022 | King Richard |
| 2022 | Respect |
| 2022 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday |
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever |
| 2023 | A Jazzman's Blues |
| 2023 | Emancipation |
| 2023 | The Woman King |
| 2023 | Till |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | The Color Purple |
| 2024 | American Fiction |
| 2024 | Origin |
| 2024 | Rustin |
| 2024 | They Cloned Tyrone |
| 2025 |
| 2025 | The Six Triple Eight |
| 2025 | Wicked |
| 2025 | The Piano Lesson |
| 2025 | Bob Marley: One Love |
| 2025 | 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

| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Film | The Color Purple | Precious Black Panther | The Six Triple Eight | 12 Years a Slave Hidden Figures The Best Man The Great Debaters Malcolm X Moonlight Ray Selma Soul Food Waiting to Exhale | For Colored Girls The Help How Stella Got Her Groove Back Jumping the Broom The Preacher's Wife |
| Total Wins | 11 wins | 6 wins | 5 wins | 4 wins | 3 wins |

### Most nominations

| Rank | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
| Film | The Color Purple | The Piano Lesson | The Best Man Black Panther Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Precious The Secret Life of Bees | Brown Sugar The Butler Cadillac Records Dreamgirls The Great Debaters The Help Selma | Beloved Eve's Bayou For Colored Girls Pariah Ray The Woman King Waiting to Exhale | 12 Years a Slave A Time to Kill Crash Creed Jumping the Broom Moonlight The Preacher's Wife Talk to Me Till |
| Total Nominations | 16 nominations | 13 nominations | 10 nominations | 9 nominations | 8 nominations | 7 nominations | 6 nominations |