The NAACP Image Award winners for Outstanding Motion Picture:
| Year | Winner | Nominees |
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| 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues | |
| 1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman | |
| 1985 | A Soldier's Story | |
| 1986 | The Color Purple | |
| 1989 | Lethal Weapon | |
| 1990 | Coming to America | |
| 1991 | Lean on Me | |
| 1993 | Boyz n the Hood | |
| 1994 | Sister Act | |
| 1995 | Malcolm X | |
| 1996 | Waiting to Exhale |
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| 1997 | A Time to Kill |
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| 1998 | Soul Food |
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| 1999 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back |
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| 2000 | The Best Man |
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| 2001 | Remember the Titans |
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| 2002 | Ali |
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| 2003 | Antwone Fisher |
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| 2004 | The Fighting Temptations |
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| 2005 | Ray |
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| 2006 | Crash |
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| 2007 | The Pursuit of Happyness |
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| 2008 | The Great Debaters |
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| 2009 | The Secret Life of Bees |
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| 2010 | Precious |
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| 2011 | For Colored Girls |
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| 2012 | The Help |
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