Past Winners by Year
24th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2024
January 16, 2024
Top Winners
Film - American Fiction
Director - Cord Jefferson (American Fiction)
Lead Performance - Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Supporting Performance - Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
Screenplay- American Fiction
Breakthrough Performance - Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple)
23rd Annual Black Reel Awards - 2023
February 6, 2023
Top Winners
Film - The Woman King
Director - Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King)
Actor - Jeremy Pope (The Inspection)
Actress - Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
Supporting Actor - Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
Supporting Actress - Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
22nd Annual Black Reel Awards - 2022
February 28, 2022
Top Winners
Film - King Richard
Director - Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall)
Actor - Will Smith (King Richard)
Actress - Tessa Thompson (Passing)
Supporting Actor - Colman Domingo (Zola)
Supporting Actress - Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
21st Annual Black Reel Awards - 2021
April 11, 2021
Top Winners
Film - Judas and the Black Messiah
Director - Regina King (One Night in Miami…)
Actor - Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Actress - Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Supporting Actor - Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah)
Supporting Actress - Dominique Fishback (Judas and the Black Messiah)
20th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2020
February 6, 2020
Top Winners
Film - Dolemite Is My Name
Director - Jordan Peele (Us)
Actor - Eddie Murphy (Dolemite Is My Name)
Actress - Lupita Nyong’o (Us)
Supporting Actor - Wesley Snipes (Dolemite Is My Name)
Supporting Actress - Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Dolemite Is My Name)
19th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2019
February 7, 2019
Top Winners
Film - Black Panther
Director - Ryan Coogler (Black Panther)
Actor - Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther)
Actress - KiKi Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Supporting Actor - Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)
Supporting Actress - Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
18th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2018
February 23, 2018
Top Winners
Film - Get Out
Director - Jordan Peele (Get Out)
Actor - Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
Actress - Natalie Paul (Crown Heights)
Supporting Actor - Jason Mitchell (Mudbound)
Supporting Actress - Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip)
17th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2017
February 16, 2017
Top Winners
Film - Moonlight
Director - Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Actor - Denzel Washington (Fences)
Actress - Ruth Negga (Loving)
Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Supporting Actress - Viola Davis (Fences)
16th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2016
February 18, 2016
Top Winners
Film - Creed
Director - Ryan Coogler (Creed)
Actor - Michael B. Jordan (Creed)
Actress - Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq)
Supporting Actor - Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)
Supporting Actress - Tessa Thompson (Creed)
15th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2015
February 19, 2015
Top Winners
Film - Selma
Director - Ava DuVernay (Selma)
Actor - David Oyelowo (Selma)
Actress - Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)
Supporting Actor - Wendell Pierce (Selma)
Supporting Actress - Carmen Ejogo (Selma)
14th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2014
February 13, 2014
Top Winners
Film - 12 Years a Slave
Director - Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
Actor - Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Actress - Danai Gurira (Mother of George)
Supporting Actor - Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Supporting Actress - Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
13th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2013
February 7, 2013
Top Winners
Film - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Director - Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere)
Actor - Denzel Washington (Flight)
Actress - Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Supporting Actor - Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained)
Supporting Actress - Naomie Harris (Skyfall)
12th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2012
February 9, 2012
Top Winners
Film - The Help
Director - Steve McQueen (Shame)
Actor - John Boyega (Attack the Block)
Actress - Viola Davis (The Help)
Supporting Actor - Don Cheadle (The Guard)
Supporting Actress - Octavia Spencer (The Help)
11th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2011
February 10, 2011
Top Winners
Film - Night Catches Us
Director - Albert & Allen Hughes (The Book of Eli)
Actor - Anthony Mackie (Night Catches Us)
Actress - Kerry Washington (Night Catches Us)
Supporting Actor - Wesley Snipes (Brooklyn’s Finest)
Supporting Actress - Phylicia Rashad (For Colored Girls)
10th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2010
February 12, 2010
Top Winners
Film - Precious
Director - Lee Daniels (Precious)
Actor - Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
Actress - Gaboruey Sidibe (Precious)
Supporting Actor - Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker)
Supporting Actress - Mo’Nique (Precious)
9th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2008
December 14, 2008
Top Winners
Film - Cadillac Records
Director - Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees)
Actor - Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
Actress - Queen Latifah (The Secret Life of Bees)
Supporting Actor - Jeffrey Wright (Cadillac Records)
Supporting Actress - Viola Davis (Doubt)
8th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2007
February 7, 2007
Top Winners
Film - Dreamgirls
Director - Spike Lee (Inside Man)
Actor - Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
Actress - Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee)
Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond)
Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
7th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2006
February 18, 2006
Top Winners
Film - Crash
Director - Thomas Carter (Coach Cater)
Actor - Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
Actress - Kimberly Elise (Diary of a Mad Black Woman)
Supporting Actor - Terrence Howard (Crash)
Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson (Hustle & Flow)
6th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2005
February 19, 2005
Top Winners
Film, Drama - Ray
Film, Comedy/Musical - Lightning in a Bottle
Director - Mario Van Peebles (Baadasssss!)
Actor, Drama - Jamie Foxx (Ray)
Actor, Comedy/Musical - Bernie Mac (Mr. 3000)
Actress, Drama - Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda)
Actress, Comedy/Musical - Irma P. Hall (The Ladykillers)
5th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2004
February 22, 2004
Top Winners
Film - Out of Time
Director - F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job)
Actor - Chiwetel Ejiofor (Dirty Pretty Things)
Actress - Sanaa Lathan (Out of Time)
Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou (In America)
Supporting Actress - Anna Deavere Smith (The Human Stain)
4th Annual Black Reel Awards - 2003
March 2, 2003
Top Winners
Film - Antwone Fisher
Director - Denzel Washington (Antwone Fisher)
Actor - Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher)
Actress - Angela Bassett (Sunshine State)
Supporting Actor - Dennis Haysbert (Far From Heaven)
Supporting Actress - Queen Latifah (Chicago)
3rd Annual Black Reel Awards - 2002
April 21, 2002
Top Winners
Film - Training Day
Director - Antoine Fuqua (Training Day)
Actor - Denzel Washington (Training Day)
Actress - Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball)
Supporting Actor - Jamie Foxx (Ali)
Supporting Actress - Nona Gaye (Ali)
2nd Annual Black Reel Awards - 2001
February 12, 2001
Top Winners
Film - Love & Basketball
Director - Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball)
Actor - Denzel Washington (Remember the Titans)
Actress - Sanaa Lathan (Love & Basketball)
Supporting Actor - Don Cheadle (Traffic)
Supporting Actress - Gabrielle Union (Bring It On)
1st Annual Black Reel Awards - 2000
February 16, 2000
Top Winners
Film - The Hurricane
Director - Malcolm D. Lee (The Best Man)
Actor - Denzel Washington (The Hurricane)
Actress - Nia Long (The Best Man)
Supporting Actor - Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile)
Supporting Actress - Erykah Badu (The Cider House Rules)
