# 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 |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister | |
| 1983 – 89 | — | — |

### 1990s

| Year | Movie / Series | Ref |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1991 |
| 1991 | The Women of Brewster Place | |
| 1992 |
| 1992 | In the Heat of the Night | |
| 1992 | Equal Justice | |
| 1992 | Gabriel's Fire | |
| 1992 | Separate but Equal | |
| 1993 | | |
| 1993 | In the Heat of the Night | |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | I'll Fly Away | |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | Queen: The Story of an American Family | |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | The Tuskegee Airmen | |
| 1996 | Children of the Dust | |
| 1996 | Divas | |
| 1996 | The Piano Lesson | |
| 1996 | Tyson | |
| 1997 | | |
| 1997 | America's Dream | |
| 1997 | Deadly Voyage | |
| 1997 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault | |
| 1997 | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | |
| 1997 | Soul of the Game | |
| 1998 | | |
| 1998 | Miss Evers' Boys | |
| 1998 | Buffalo Soldiers | |
| 1998 | Cinderella | |
| 1998 | Don King: Only in America | |
| 1998 | First Time Felon | |
| 1999 | | |
| 1999 | The Temptations | |
| 1999 | Always Outnumbered | |
| 1999 | Mama Flora's Family | |
| 1999 | Ruby Bridges | |
| 1999 | The Wedding | |

### 2000s

| Year | Movie / Series |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge |
| 2000 | A Lesson Before Dying |
| 2000 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years |
| 2000 | Jackie's Back |
| 2000 | Selma, Lord, Selma |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal |
| 2001 | A House Divided |
| 2001 | The Corner |
| 2001 | Disappearing Acts |
| 2001 | Freedom Song |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Boycott |
| 2002 | A Huey P. Newton Story |
| 2002 | Bojangles |
| 2002 | Dancing in September |
| 2002 | Fire and Ice |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Rosa Parks Story |
| 2003 | 10,000 Black Men Named George |
| 2003 | Keep the Faith, Baby |
| 2003 | The Middle Passage |
| 2003 | Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear |
| 2004 | Deacons for Defense |
| 2004 | Good Fences |
| 2004 | Jasper, Texas |
| 2004 | Sounder |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Something The Lord Made |
| 2005 | Crown Heights |
| 2005 | Justice |
| 2005 | Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story |
| 2005 | Walking on Sunshine |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Lackawanna Blues |
| 2006 | Mississippi Justice |
| 2006 | The Reading Room |
| 2006 | Sometimes in April |
| 2006 | Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts |
| 2007 | Life Is Not a Fairy Tale |
| 2007 | Sleeper Cell |
| 2007 | Tsunami: The Aftermath |
| 2007 | The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Til |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Life Support |
| 2008 | The Bronx Is Burning |
| 2008 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee |
| 2008 | Five Days |
| 2008 | The List |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | A Raisin in the Sun |
| 2009 | 24: Redemption |
| 2009 | Accidental Friendship |
| 2009 | House of Saddam |
| 2009 | Racing for Time |

### 2010s

| Year | Movie / Series |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story |
| 2010 | America |
| 2010 | Brick City |
| 2010 | Georgia O'Keeffe |
| 2010 | Relative Stranger |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Sins of the Mother |
| 2011 | America: The Story of Us (Part 4) |
| 2011 | Filling the Gap |
| 2011 | Luther |
| 2011 | The Wronged Man |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Thurgood |
| 2012 | Five |
| 2012 | Have a Little Faith |
| 2012 | The Least Among You |
| 2012 | Luther |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Steel Magnolias |
| 2013 | Abducted: The Carlina White Story |
| 2013 | Firelight |
| 2013 | Raising Izzie |
| 2013 | Sugar Mommas |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Being Mary Jane |
| 2014 | Betty & Coretta |
| 2014 | CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story |
| 2014 | Luther |
| 2014 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | The Trip to Bountiful |
| 2015 | A Day Late and a Dollar Short |
| 2015 | American Horror Story: Freak Show |
| 2015 | Drumline: A New Beat |
| 2015 | The Gabby Douglas Story |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | The Wiz Live! |
| 2016 | American Crime |
| 2016 | Bessie |
| 2016 | The Book of Negroes |
| 2016 | Luther |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story |
| 2017 | American Crime |
| 2017 | Confirmation |
| 2017 | The Night Of |
| 2017 | Roots |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | The New Edition Story |
| 2018 | Flint |
| 2018 | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks |
| 2018 | Shots Fired |
| 2018 | When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Bobby Brown Story |
| 2019 | Behind the Movement |
| 2019 | The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar |
| 2019 | Seven Seconds |
| 2019 | Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert |

### 2020s

| Year | Movie / Series |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | When They See Us |
| 2020 | American Son |
| 2020 | Being Mary Jane |
| 2020 | Native Son |
| 2020 | True Detective |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Self Made |
| 2021 | Hamilton |
| 2021 | Little Fires Everywhere |
| 2021 | Sylvie's Love |
| 2021 | The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Colin in Black & White |
| 2022 | Genius: Aretha |
| 2022 | Love Life |
| 2022 | Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia |
| 2022 | The Underground Railroad |

## Multiple wins and nominations
### Wins
#### 2 wins

* In the Heat of the Night