NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture.

History

This award has been given since 2005.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2000s

Year	Film	Ref
2005
	Woman Thou Art Loosed	^[1]
	Baadasssss!
	House of Flying Daggers
	Maria Full of Grace
	Moolaadé
2006
	The Boys of Baraka	^[2]
	Cape of Good Hope
	The Constant Gardener
	Mad Hot Ballroom
	Syriana
2007
	An Inconvenient Truth	^[3]
	Curse of the Golden Flower
	Days of Glory
	Tsotsi
	Volver
2008
	Honeydripper	^[4]
	Dirty Laundry
	A Mighty Heart
	My Brother
	Persepolis
2009
	Slumdog Millionaire	^[5]
	Ballast
	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom
	Rachel Getting Married
	The Visitor

2010s

Year	Film	Ref
2010
	Precious	^[6]
	American Violet
	Amreeka
	Endgame
	Medicine for Melancholy
2011
	Frankie & Alice	^[7]
	Conviction
	La Mission
	Mother and Child
	Night Catches Us
2012
	Pariah	^[8]
	The First Grader
	I Will Follow
	Kinyarwanda
	Mooz-lum
2013
	Red Tails	^[9]
	Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Chico and Rita
	Unconditional
	Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2014
	Fruitvale Station	^[10]
	Blue Caprice
	Dallas Buyers Club
	The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
	The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2015
	Belle	^[11]
	Dear White People
	Half of a Yellow Sun
	Life of a King
	Jimi: All Is by My Side
2016
	Beasts of No Nation	^[12]
	Brotherly Love
	Chi-Raq
	Infinitely Polar Bear
	Secret in Their Eyes
2017
	Moonlight	^[13]
	Lion
	Loving
	Miles Ahead
	The Birth of a Nation
2018
	Detroit	^[14]
	Last Flag Flying
	Mudbound
	Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
	Wind River
2019
	If Beale Street Could Talk	^[15]
	BlacKkKlansman
	Nappily Ever After
	Sorry to Bother You
	Traffik

2020s

Year	Film	Ref
2020
	Dolemite Is My Name	^[16]
	Clemency
	Luce
	Queen & Slim
	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2021
	The Banker	^[17]^[18]
	Emperor
	Farewell Amor
	Miss Juneteenth
	The 24th
2022
	CODA	^[19]
	American Skin
	Bruised
	Test Pattern
	The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
2023
	The Inspection	^[20]
	Breaking
	Causeway
	Mr. Malcolm's List
	Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

References

^ "2005 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2006 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2007 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2008 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2009 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2010 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2011 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2012 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ Washington, Arlene. "Selma takes home top film honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ Sutton, Joe (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.
^ Kinane, Ruth (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.
^ THR Staff (20 November 2017). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Marshall,' 'Get Out,' 'Girls Trip' Dominate Film Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
^ NAACP Image Awards Winners: 'Black Panther', 'Black-ish' Win Big ——List|IndieWire
^ Heller, Corinne (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards 2020 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online.
^ Welk, Brian (March 26, 2021). "'Black-ish,' Octavia Spencer's 'Self Made' Dominate NAACP Image Awards for TV". Yahoo!.
^ Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety.
^ Lewis, Hilary (February 25, 2022). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Colin in Black & White,' 'Power Book II: Ghost' Among Winners on Night 5 of Non-Televised Ceremonies". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
^ Grein, Paul (February 26, 2023). "Angela Bassett, Beyonce Top 2023 NAACP Image Awards (Full List of Winners)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

[1] "2005 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[2] "2006 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[3] "2007 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[4] "2008 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[5] "2009 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[6] "2010 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[7] "2011 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[8] "2012 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[9] "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[10] "2013 Image Awards". Awardsandwinners. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[11] Washington, Arlene. "Selma takes home top film honors". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[12] Sutton, Joe (February 6, 2016). "NAACP Image Awards honor black achievement in Hollywood". CNN.

[13] Kinane, Ruth (December 13, 2016). "Beyoncé leads the pack of 2017 NAACP Image Awards nominees". EW.

[14] THR Staff (20 November 2017). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Marshall,' 'Get Out,' 'Girls Trip' Dominate Film Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[15] NAACP Image Awards Winners: 'Black Panther', 'Black-ish' Win Big ——List|IndieWire

[16] Heller, Corinne (February 22, 2020). "NAACP Image Awards 2020 Winners: The Complete List". E! Online.

[17] Welk, Brian (March 26, 2021). "'Black-ish,' Octavia Spencer's 'Self Made' Dominate NAACP Image Awards for TV". Yahoo!.

[18] Bosselman, Haley (March 28, 2021). "NAACP Image Awards 2021: The Complete Televised Winners List". Variety.

[19] Lewis, Hilary (February 25, 2022). "NAACP Image Awards: 'Black-ish,' 'Colin in Black & White,' 'Power Book II: Ghost' Among Winners on Night 5 of Non-Televised Ceremonies". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 28, 2022.

[20] Grein, Paul (February 26, 2023). "Angela Bassett, Beyonce Top 2023 NAACP Image Awards (Full List of Winners)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2023.

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