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{{short description|American film award}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox award
| name = NAACP Image Award for Best Motion Picture
| image = 
| image_upright = 0.7
| caption = The 2025 recipient [[The Six Triple Eight]]
| awarded_for = NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
| date = February 22, 2025
| presenter = [[NAACP]]
| holder = "[[The Six Triple Eight]]" (2024)
| most_awards = 5
| most_nominations = 5
| year = "[[Lady Sings the Blues (film)|Lady Sings the Blues]]" (1972)
}}
This article lists the winners and nominees for the '''[[NAACP Image Awards|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 (2004 film)|Crash]]'' and ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''.

To date, ''[[The Color Purple (2023 film)|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===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:84%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1972
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Lady Sings the Blues (film)|Lady Sings the Blues]]'''''
| align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| align="center"| 1973 – 1975
| colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1976
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Let's Do It Again (1975 film)|Let's Do It Again]]'''''
| align="center"| <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073282/awards?ref_=tt_awd IMDB.com]</ref>
|-
| align="center"| 1977
| colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1978
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Greatest (1977 film)|The Greatest]]'''''
| {{n/a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1979
| colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:84%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1980
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'''''
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUEAAAAMBAJ&q=21st+image+awards+best+female+artist&pg=PT103|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=21 January 2017|language=en|date=20 December 1980}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1981
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Bustin' Loose (film)|Bustin' Loose]]'''''
| align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1982
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[An Officer and a Gentleman]]'''''
| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Diva (1981 film)|Diva]]''
|-
| ''[[Ragtime (film)|Ragtime]]''
|-
| ''[[Rocky III]]''
|-
| align="center"| 1983 – 1984
| colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1985
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[A Soldier's Story]]'''''
| align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1986
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Color Purple (1985 film)|The Color Purple]]'''''
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-16-vw-3506-story.html |title=Spielberg wins multiple awards at 1986 Image Awards |last=Stein |first=Jeannine |date=December 16, 1986 |newspaper=[[LA Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1987
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Lethal Weapon]]'''''
| rowspan="5" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/473d4d07f84031fd13e8f748966070e7|title = NAACP Announces Nominees for Show Business Honors|website = [[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Beverly Hills Cop II]]''
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Shuffle]]''
|-
| ''[[Round Midnight (film)|Round Midnight]]''
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| 1988
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Coming to America]]'''''
| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[School Daze]]''
|-
| ''[[Cry Freedom]]''
|-
| ''[[Shoot to Kill (1988 film)|Shoot to Kill]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1989
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Lean on Me (film)|Lean on Me]]'''''
| rowspan="5" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/cfd3c3b2a0fbaafc5c8d66028812f133|title=NAACP Image Award Nominees Announced|website=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Do the Right Thing]]''
|-
| ''[[Tap (film)|Tap]]''
|-
| ''[[Lethal Weapon 2]]''
|-
| ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]''
|}

===1990s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:84%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"| 1990
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]'''''
| align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| align="center"| 1991
| colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1992
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Boyz n the Hood]]'''''
| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[The Five Heartbeats]]''
|-
| ''[[Jungle Fever]]''
|-
| ''[[To Sleep with Anger]]''
|-
| ''[[New Jack City]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[25th NAACP Image Awards|1993]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Sister Act]]'''''
| rowspan="5" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Mississippi Masala]]''
|-
| ''[[Boomerang (1992 film)|Boomerang]]''
|-
| ''[[Daughters of the Dust]]''
|-
| ''[[Grand Canyon (1991 film)|Grand Canyon]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1994
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'''''
| rowspan="5" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INR19940101-01.1.11&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title = Indianapolis Recorder 1 January 1994 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Bopha!]]''
|-
| ''[[Menace II Society]]''
|-
| ''[[Posse (1993 film)|Posse]]''
|-
| ''[[What's Love Got to Do with It (1993 film)|What's Love Got to Do with It]]''
|-
| align="center"| 1995
| colspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1996
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Waiting to Exhale]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]''
|-
| ''[[Cry, the Beloved Country (1995 film)|Cry, the Beloved Country]]''
|-
| ''[[Devil in a Blue Dress (film)|Devil in a Blue Dress]]''
|-
| ''[[Othello (1995 film)|Othello]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1997
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[A Time to Kill (1996 film)|A Time to Kill]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Courage Under Fire]]''
|-
| ''[[Get on the Bus]]''
|-
| ''[[Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored]]''
|-
| ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1998
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Soul Food (film)|Soul Food]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Amistad (film)|Amistad]]''
|-
| ''[[Eve's Bayou]]''
|-
| ''[[Love Jones (film)|Love Jones]]''
|-
| ''[[Rosewood (film)|Rosewood]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| 1999
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[How Stella Got Her Groove Back]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]''
|-
| ''[[Down in the Delta]]''
|-
| ''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]''
|-
| ''[[He Got Game]]''
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:84%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[31st NAACP Image Awards|2000]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Best Man (1999 film)|The Best Man]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[The Hurricane (1999 film)|The Hurricane]]''
|-
| ''[[Life (1999 film)|Life]]''
|-
| ''[[The Matrix]]''
|-
| ''[[The Wood]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[32nd NAACP Image Awards|2001]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Remember the Titans]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Love & Basketball]]''
|-
| ''[[Men of Honor]]''
|-
| ''[[The Original Kings of Comedy]]''
|-
| ''[[Shaft (2000 film)|Shaft]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[33rd NAACP Image Awards|2002]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Ali (film)|Ali]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Baby Boy (film)|Baby Boy]]''
|-
| ''[[The Brothers (2001 film)|The Brothers]]''
|-
| ''[[Rush Hour 2]]''
|-
| ''[[Training Day]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[34th NAACP Image Awards|2003]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Antwone Fisher (film)|Antwone Fisher]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[BarberShop (film)|BarberShop]]''
|-
| ''[[Brown Sugar (2002 film)|Brown Sugar]]''
|-
| ''[[Drumline (film)|Drumline]]''
|-
| ''[[John Q]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[35th NAACP Image Awards|2004]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Fighting Temptations]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Bad Boys II]]''
|-
| ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]''
|-
| ''[[Deliver Us from Eva]]''
|-
| ''[[Whale Rider]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[36th NAACP Image Awards|2005]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]''
|-
| ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''
|-
| ''[[Hotel Rwanda]]''
|-
| ''[[Man on Fire (2004 film)|Man on Fire]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[37th NAACP Image Awards|2006]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Coach Carter]]''
|-
| ''[[Diary of a Mad Black Woman (film)|Diary of a Mad Black Woman]]''
|-
| ''[[Hitch (film)|Hitch]]''
|-
| ''[[Hustle & Flow]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[38th NAACP Image Awards|2007]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Pursuit of Happyness]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]''
|-
| ''[[Blood Diamond]]''
|-
| ''[[Catch a Fire (film)|Catch a Fire]]''
|-
| ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[39th NAACP Image Awards|2008]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Great Debaters]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''
|-
| ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]''
|-
| ''[[Talk to Me (2007 film)|Talk to Me]]''
|-
| ''[[Why Did I Get Married?]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[40th NAACP Image Awards|2009]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Secret Life of Bees (film)|The Secret Life of Bees]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[Cadillac Records]]''
|-
| ''[[The Family That Preys]]''
|-
| ''[[Miracle at St. Anna]]''
|-
| ''[[Seven Pounds]]''
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:84%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[41st NAACP Image Awards|2010]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Precious (film)|Precious]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[The Blind Side (film)|The Blind Side]]''
|-
| ''[[Invictus (film)|Invictus]]''
|-
| ''[[Michael Jackson's This Is It]]''
|-
| ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[42nd NAACP Image Awards|2011]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[For Colored Girls]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[The Book of Eli]]''
|-
| ''[[Just Wright]]''
|-
| ''[[The Kids Are All Right (film)|The Kids Are All Right]]''
|-
| ''[[Why Did I Get Married Too?]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[43rd NAACP Image Awards|2012]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| {{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
|-
| ''[[The First Grader]]''
|-
| ''[[Jumping the Broom (film)|Jumping the Broom]]''
|-
| ''[[Pariah (2011 film)|Pariah]]''
|-
| ''[[Tower Heist]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[44th NAACP Image Awards|2013]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Red Tails]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=February 1, 2013 |title=NAACP Image Awards: Winners Announced |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/naacp-image-awards-winners-announced-417553/ |access-date=January 29, 2024 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
|-
| ''[[Django Unchained]]''
|-
| ''[[Flight (2012 film)|Flight]]''
|-
| ''[[Good Deeds]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[45th NAACP Image Awards|2014]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref name="THRNIA45">{{cite web |author=Aaron Couch, Arlene Washington |date=February 22, 2014 |title=NAACP Image Awards: The Winners |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-winners-682585 |access-date=February 22, 2014 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Best Man Holiday]]''
|-
| ''[[The Butler]]''
|-
| ''[[Fruitvale Station (film)|Fruitvale Station]]''
|-
| ''[[Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[46th NAACP Image Awards|2015]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/naacp-image-awards-2015-winners-771018 |title=Selma takes home top film honors |last=Washington |first=Arlene |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=6 February 2015 |access-date=July 31, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Belle (2013 film)|Belle]]''
|-
| ''[[Beyond the Lights]]''
|-
| ''[[Dear White People]]''
|-
| ''[[Get on Up (film)|Get On Up]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[47th NAACP Image Awards|2016]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Straight Outta Compton (film)|Straight Outta Compton]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Sutton|first1=Joe|title=NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/06/entertainment/naacp-image-awards/|work=CNN|date=February 6, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Beasts of No Nation (film)|Beasts of No Nation]]''
|-
| ''[[Concussion (2015 film)|Concussion]]''
|-
| ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''
|-
| ''[[Dope (2015 film)|Dope]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[48th NAACP Image Awards|2017]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Hidden Figures]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Kinane|first1=Ruth|title=Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/13/naacp-image-awards-nominees-2017|work=EW|date=December 13, 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Birth of a Nation (2016 film)|The Birth of a Nation]]''
|-
| ''[[Fences (film)|Fences]]''
|-
| ''[[Loving (2016 film)|Loving]]''
|-
| ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[49th NAACP Image Awards|2018]]
|-|- style="background:#B0C4DE"

| '''''[[Girls Trip]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-naacp-image-award-nominations-complete-list-1057758 |title=NAACP Image Awards: 'Marshall,' 'Get Out,' 'Girls Trip' Dominate Film Nominations |author=THR Staff |date=20 November 2017 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=20 November 2017}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Detroit (film)|Detroit]]''
|-
| ''[[Get Out]]''
|-
| ''[[Marshall (film)|Marshall]]''
|-
| ''[[Roman J. Israel, Esq.]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[50th NAACP Image Awards|2019]]
|-|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Kimberley |date=2019-03-31 |title=50th NAACP Image Awards: Here Are The Winners |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/naacp-image-awards-50-winners_n_5c9b9912e4b07c88662f0e64 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331085059/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/naacp-image-awards-50-winners_n_5c9b9912e4b07c88662f0e64 |archive-date=2019-03-31 |access-date=2022-01-22 |website=[[HuffPost]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]''
|-
| ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]''
|-
| ''[[The Hate U Give (film)|The Hate U Give]]''
|-
| ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]''
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:84%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Ref
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[51st NAACP Image Awards|2020]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Just Mercy]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Howard|first=Katherine|date=2020-02-22|title=NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; ‘Just Mercy,’ ‘Black-ish’ Among Top Winners|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-naacp-image-award-winners-complete-list-updating-1276771/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-22|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223025246/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-naacp-image-award-winners-complete-list-updating-1276771 |archive-date=2020-02-23 }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dolemite Is My Name]]''
|-
| ''[[Harriet (film)|Harriet]]''
|-
| ''[[Queen & Slim]]''
|-
| ''[[Us (2019 film)|Us]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[52nd NAACP Image Awards|2021]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Bad Boys for Life]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.etonline.com/2021-naacp-image-awards-winners-list-162717 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |access-date=April 3, 2021 |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Da 5 Bloods]]''
|-
| ''[[Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey]]''
|-
| ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]''
|-
| ''[[One Night in Miami...]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[53rd NAACP Image Awards|2022]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[The Harder They Fall (2021 film)|The Harder They Fall]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=53rd NAACP Image Awards: The Complete Winners List |url=https://www.etonline.com/53rd-naacp-image-awards-the-complete-winners-list-179572 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |access-date=March 13, 2022 |date=February 26, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Judas and the Black Messiah]]''
|-
| ''[[King Richard (film)|King Richard]]''
|-
| ''[[Respect (2021 American film)|Respect]]''
|-
| ''[[The United States vs. Billie Holiday]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[54th NAACP Image Awards|2023]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Black Panther: Wakanda Forever]]'''''
| rowspan="6" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Angelique |date=January 12, 2023 |title='Abbott Elementary,' 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and 'The Woman King' Dominate NAACP Image Award Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/naacp-image-award-nominees-angela-bassett-quinta-brunson-1235486668/ |access-date=January 13, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113030648/https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/naacp-image-award-nominees-angela-bassett-quinta-brunson-1235486668/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Jazzman's Blues]]''
|-
| ''[[Emancipation (2022 film)|Emancipation]]''
|-
| ''[[The Woman King]]''
|-
| ''[[Till (film)|Till]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[55th NAACP Image Awards|2024]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Color Purple (2023 film)|'''The Color Purple''']]''
| rowspan="5" align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=January 25, 2024 |title=Colman Domingo, Keke Palmer, Ayo Edebiri, Victoria Monét Lead NAACP Image Awards Nominations |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/2024-naacp-image-awards-nominations-list-1235804254/ |access-date=January 26, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]''
|-
| ''[[Origin (film)|Origin]]''
|-
| ''[[Rustin (film)|Rustin]]''
|-
| ''[[They Cloned Tyrone]]''
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| [[56th NAACP Image Awards|2025]]
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''[[The Six Triple Eight]]'''
| rowspan="5" align="center"|
|-
| ''[[Wicked (2024 film)|Wicked]]''
|-
| ''[[The Piano Lesson (2024 film)|The Piano Lesson]]''
|-
| ''[[Bob Marley: One Love]]''
|-
| ''[[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===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! width="100"| Rank
! width="200" | 1st
! width="200" | 2nd
! width="200" | 3rd
! width="200" | 4th
! width="200" | 5th
|-
! Film
|
* ''[[The Color Purple (2023 film)|<small>The Color Purple</small>]]''
| align="center" |
* ''[[Precious (film)|<Small>Precious</small>]]''
* ''[[Black Panther (film)|<small>Black Panther</small>]]''
|
* ''[[The Six Triple Eight]]''
| {{smalldiv|
* ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''
* ''[[Hidden Figures]]''
* ''[[The Best Man (1999 film)|The Best Man]]''
* ''[[The Great Debaters]]''
* ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]''
* ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''
* ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]''
* ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]''
* ''[[Soul Food (film)|Soul Food]]''
* ''[[Waiting to Exhale]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* ''[[For Colored Girls]]''
* ''[[The Help (2011 film)|The Help]]''
* ''[[How Stella Got Her Groove Back]]''
* ''[[Jumping the Broom (film)|Jumping the Broom]]''
* ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''}}
|-
! Total Wins
! 11 wins
! 6 wins
! 5 wins
! 4 wins
! 3 wins
|}

===Most nominations===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! width="100"| Rank
! width="150" | 1st
! width="150" | 2nd
! width="150" | 3rd
! width="150" | 4th
! width="150" | 5th
! width="150" | 6th
! width="150" | 7th
|-
! Film
|
* ''[[The Color Purple (2023 film)|<small>The Color Purple</small>]]''
| {{smalldiv|
* ''[[The Piano Lesson (2024 film)|<small>The Piano Lesson</small>]]''
|
* ''[[The Best Man (1999 film)|<small>The Best Man</small>]]''
* ''[[Black Panther (film)|<small>Black Panther</small>]]''
* ''[[Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey|<small>Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey</small>]]''
| {{smalldiv|
* ''[[Black Panther: Wakanda Forever]]''
* ''[[Precious (film)|Precious]]''
* ''[[The Secret Life of Bees (film)|The Secret Life of Bees]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* ''[[Brown Sugar (2002 film)|Brown Sugar]]''
* ''[[The Butler]]''
* ''[[Cadillac Records]]''
* ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]''
* ''[[The Great Debaters]]''
* ''[[The Help (2011 film)|The Help]]''
* ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]''
* ''[[Eve's Bayou]]''
* ''[[For Colored Girls]]''
* ''[[Pariah (2011 film)|Pariah]]''
* ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]''
* ''[[The Woman King]]''
* ''[[Waiting to Exhale]]''}}
| {{smalldiv|
* ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''
* ''[[A Time to Kill (1996 film)|A Time to Kill]]''
* ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]''
* ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]''
* ''[[Jumping the Broom (film)|Jumping the Broom]]''
* ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''
* ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]''
* ''[[Talk to Me (2007 film)|Talk to Me]]''
* ''[[Till (film)|Till]]''}}

|-
! Total Nominations
! 16 nominations
! 13 nominations
! 10 nominations
! 9 nominations
! 8 nominations
! 7 nominations
! 6 nominations
|}


==References==
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{{NAACP Image Awards}}
{{NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture}}

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[[Category:NAACP Image Awards]]
[[Category:Awards for best film]]
[[Category:African-American cinema]]