Black Reel Awards - Past Winners & Nominees

Outstanding Film

  • 2000

    The Hurricane (Winner)

    The Best Man

    The Wood

    Summer of Sam

  • 2001

    Love & Basketball (Winner)

    Remember the Titans

    Girlfight

    Men of Honor

    Bamboozled

  • 2002

    Training Day (Winner)

    Ali

    From Hell

    The Brothers

    Baby Boy

  • 2003

    Antwone Fisher (Winner)

    Barbershop

    25th Hour

    Standing in the Shadows of Motown

    Drumline

  • 2004

    Out of Time (Winner)

    The Fighting Temptations

    The Italian Job

    S.W.A.T.

    Tupac: Resurrection

  • 2005 (Drama)

    Ray (Winner)

    BAADASSSS!

    I, Robot

  • 2005 (Musical or Comedy)

    Lightning in a Bottle (Winner)

    Barbershop 2: Back in Business

    Fade to Black

  • 2006

    Crash (Winner)

    Coach Carter

    Four Brothers

    Hitch

    Hustle & Flow

  • 2007

    Dreamgirls (Winner)

    Something New

    Inside Man

    Akeelah and the Bee

    The Pursuit of Happyness

  • 2008

    Cadillac Records (Winner)

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Miracle at St. Anna

    Seven Pounds

    Traitor

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Precious (Winner)

    American Violet

    The Blind Side

    Invictus

    The Princess and the Frog

  • 2011

    Night Catches Us (Winner)

    The Book of Eli

    Just Wright

    Brooklyn’s Finest

    For Colored Girls

  • 2012

    The Help (Winner)

    Shame

    Attack the Block

    Jumping the Broom

    Pariah

  • 2013

    Beasts of the Southern Wild (Winner)

    Middle of Nowhere

    Flight

    Django Unchained

    The Intouchables

  • 2014

    12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    Fruitvale Station

    42

    Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

    The Butler

  • 2015

    Selma (Winner)

    Top Five

    Beyond the Lights

    Dear White People

    Belle

  • 2016

    Creed (Winner)

    Chi-Raq

    Straight Outta Compton

    Concussion

    Beasts of No Nation

  • 2017

    Moonlight (Winner)

    Fences

    13th

    Manchester by the Sea

    Loving

  • 2018

    Get Out (Winner)

    Marshall

    Mudbound

    Girls Trip

    Detroit

  • 2019

    Black Panther (Winner)

    If Beale Street Could Talk

    BlacKkKlansman

    Green Book

    Widows

  • 2020

    Dolemite Is My Name (Winner)

    Us

    Just Mercy

    Queen & Slim

    Waves

  • 2021

    Judas and the Black Messiah (Winner)

    Soul

    Da 5 Bloods

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    One Night in a Miami…

  • 2022

    King Richard (Winner)

    The Harder They Fall

    Passing

    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    West Side Story

  • 2023

    The Woman King (Winner)

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Devotion

    NOPE

    Till

  • 2024

    American Fiction (Winner)

    The Color Purple

    Origin

    Rustin

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Lead Performance

  • 2000 - Denzel Washington | The Hurricane (Actor)

    Taye Diggs | The Best Man

    Laurence Fishburne | The Matrix

    Eddie Murphy | Bowfinger

    Sean Nelson | The Wood

  • 2000 - Nia Long | The Best Man (Actress)

    Rosario Dawson | Light It Up

    Thandiwe Newton | Besieged

    Rosie Perez | The 24 Hour Woman

    Malinda Williams | The Wood

  • 2001 - Denzel Washington | Remember the Titans (Actor)

    Omar Epps | Love and Basketball

    Morgan Freeman | Nurse Betty

    Cuba Gooding Jr. | Men of Honor

    Samuel L. Jackson | Shaft

  • 2001 - Sanaa Lathan | Love & Basketball (Actress)

    Angela Bassett | Boesman and Lena

    Jada Pinkett Smith | Bamboozled

    Michelle Rodriguez | Girlfight

    Alfre Woodard | What's Cooking

  • 2002 - Denzel Washington | Training Day (Actor)

    Vin Diesel | The Fast and the Furious

    Tyrese Gibson | Baby Boy

    Samuel L. Jackson | The Caveman's Valentine

    Will Smith | Ali

  • 2003 - Derek Luke | Antwone Fisher (Actor)

    Ice Cube | Barbershop

    Samuel L. Jackson | Changing Lanes

    Wesley Snipes | Undisputed

    Denzel Washington | John Q

  • 2004 - Chiwetel Ejiofor | Dirty Pretty Things (Actor)

    Cuba Gooding Jr. | Radio

    LL Cool J | Deliver Us from Eva

    Wentworth Miller | The Human Stain

    Denzel Washington | Out of Time

  • 2005 - Jamie Foxx | Ray (Actor, Drama)

    Jamie Foxx | Ray (Winner)

    Don Cheadle | Hotel Rwanda

    Mario Van Peebles | BAADASSSSS!

  • 2005 - Bernie Mac | Mr. 3000 (Actor, Comedy or Musical)

    Jamie Foxx | Breakin' All the Rules

    Ice Cube | Barbershop 2: Back in Business

  • 2006 - Terrence Howard | Hustle & Flow (Actor)

    Don Cheadle | Crash

    Idris Elba | The Gospel

    Samuel L. Jackson | Coach Carter

    Will Smith | Hitch

  • 2007 - Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland (Actor)

    Jamie Foxx | Dreamgirls

    Derek Luke | Catch a Fire

    Will Smith | The Pursuit of Happyness

    Denzel Washington | Inside Man

  • 2008 - Dev Patel | Slumdog Millionaire (Actor)

    Don Cheadle | Traitor

    Mos Def | Be Kind Rewind

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | Redbelt

    Derek Luke | Miracle at St. Anna

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010 - Morgan Freeman | Invictus (Actor)

    Quinton Aaron | The Blind Side

    Jamie Foxx | The Soloist

    Souléymane Sy Savané | Goodbye Solo

    Denzel Washington | The Taking of Pelham 123

  • 2011 - Anthony Mackie | Night Catches Us (Actor)

    Don Cheadle| Brooklyn's Finest

    Jaden Smith | The Karate Kid

    Denzel Washington | The Book of Eli

    Denzel Washington | Unstoppable

  • 2012

    John Boyega | Attack the Block (Winner)

    Laz Alonso | Jumping the Broom

    Demián Bichir | A Better Life

    Oliver Litundo | The First Grader

    Evan Ross | Mooz-lum

  • 2013

    Denzel Washington | Flight (Winner)

    Jamie Foxx | Django Unchained

    Nate Parker | Red Tails

    Chris Rock | 2 Days in New York

    Omar Sy | The Intouchables

  • 2014

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    Idris Elba | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

    Michael B. Jordan | Fruitvale Station

    Isaiah Washington | Blue Caprice

    Forest Whitaker | The Butler

  • 2015

    David Oyelowo | Selma (Winner)

    Chadwick Boseman | Get on Up

    Nate Parker | Beyond the Lights

    Chris Rock | Top Five

    Denzel Washington | The Equalizer

  • 2016

    Michael B. Jordan | Creed (Winner)

    Abraham Attah | Beasts of No Nation

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | Z for Zachariah

    Samuel L. Jackson | The Hateful Eight

    Will Smith | Concussion

  • 2017

    Denzel Washington | Fences (Winner)

    Don Cheadle | Miles Ahead

    Nate Parker | The Birth of a Nation

    Parker Sawyers | Southside with You

    Denzel Washington | The Magnificent Seven

  • 2018

    Daniel Kaluuya | Get Out (Winner)

    Chadwick Boseman | Marshall

    Algee Smith | Detroit

    Lakeith Stanfield | Crown Heights

    Denzel Washington | Roman J. Israel, Esq.

  • 2019

    Chadwick Boseman | Black Panther (Winner)

    John David Washington | BlacKkKlansman

    Stephan James | If Beale Street Could Talk

    Lakeith Stanfield | Sorry to Bother You

    Michael B. Jordan | Creed II

  • 2020 - Eddie Murphy | Dolemite is My Name (Actor)

    Jimmie Fails | The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    Daniel Kaluuya | Queen & Slim

    Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Waves

    Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Luce

  • 2021 - Chadwick Boseman | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Actor)

    Kingsley Ben-Adir | One Night in Miami…

    Delroy Lindo | Da 5 Bloods

    Rob Morgan | Bull

    Lakeith Stanfield | Judas and the Black Messiah

  • 2022 - Will Smith | King Richard (Actor)

    Mahershala Ali | Swan Song

    Winston Duke | Nine Days

    Jonathan Majors | The Harder They Fall

    Denzel Washington | The Tragedy of Macbeth

  • 2023 - Jeremy Pope | The Inspection (Actor)

    John Boyega | Breaking

    Sterling K. Brown | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul

    Daniel Kaluuya | NOPE

    Jonathan Majors | Devotion

  • 2023 - Danielle Deadwyler | Till (Actress)

    Viola Davis | The Woman King

    Anna Diop | Nanny

    Regina Hall | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

    Letitia Wright | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

  • 2024 - Jeffrey Wright | American Fiction

    Fantasia Barrino | The Color Purple

    John Boyega | They Cloned Tyrone

    Colman Domingo | Rustin

    Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor | Origin

    Jamie Foxx | The Burial

    Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Chevalier

    Michael B. Jordan | Creed III

    Teyana Taylor | A Thousand and One

    Sophie Wilde | Talk to Me

Outstanding Actress

  • 2000

    Nia Long | The Best Man (Winner)

    Rosario Dawson | Light It Up

    Thandiwe Newton | Besieged

    Rosie Perez | The 24 Hour Woman

    Malinda Williams | The Wood

  • 2001

    Sanaa Lathan | Love & Basketball (Winner)

    Angela Bassett | Boesman and Lena

    Jada Pinkett Smith | Bamboozled

    Michelle Rodriguez | Girlfight

    Alfre Woodard | What's Cooking

  • 2002

    Halle Berry | Monster's Ball (Winner)

    Vivica A. Fox | Two Can Play That Game

    Pam Grier | Bones

    Taraji P. Henson | Baby Boy

    Regina King | Down to Earth

  • 2003

    Angela Bassett | Sunshine State (Winner)

    Kimberly Elise | John Q

    Aunjanue Ellis | Undercover Brother

    Sanaa Lathan | Brown Sugar

    Thandiwe Newton | The Truth About Charlie

  • 2004

    Sanaa Lathan | Out of Time (Winner)

    Halle Berry | Gothika

    Beyoncé | The Fighting Temptations

    Queen Latifah | Bringing Down the House

    Gabrielle Union | Deliver Us from Eva

  • 2005 (Drama)

    Sophie Okonedo | Hotel Rwanda (Winner)

    Regina King | Ray

    Kerry Washington | Ray

  • 2005 (Comedy or Musical)

    Irma P. Hall | The Ladykillers (Winner)

    Angela Bassett | Mr. 3000

    Gabrielle Union | Breakin' All the Rules

  • 2006

    Kimberly Elise | Diary of a Mad Black Woman (Winner)

    Rosario Dawson | Rent

    Nona Gaye | The Gospel

    Queen Latifah | Last Holiday

    Zoe Saldana | Guess Who

  • 2007

    Keke Palmer | Akeelah and the Bee (Winner)

    Beyonce | Dreamgirls

    Sanaa Lathan | Something New

  • 2008

    Queen Latifah | The Secret Life of Bees (Winner)

    Jennifer Hudson | The Secret Life of Bees

    Sanaa Lathan | The Family That Preys

    Keke Palmer | The Longshots

    Alfre Woodard | The Family That Preys

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Gabourey Sidibe | Precious (Winner)

    Nicole Beharie | American Violet

    Taraji P. Henson | I Can Do Bad All By Myself

    Sophie Okonedo | Skin

    Maya Rudolph | Away We Go

  • 2011

    Kerry Washington | Night Catches Us (Winner)

    Kimberly Elise | For Colored Girls

    Queen Latifah | Just Wright

    Thandiwe Newton | For Colored Girls

    Anika Noni Rose | For Colored Girls

  • 2012

    Viola Davis | The Help (Winner)

    Naomie Harris | The First Grader

    Nia Long | Mooz-lum

    Adepero Oduye | Pariah

    Zoe Saldana | Colombiana

  • 2013

    Quvenzhane Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild (Winner)

    Halle Berry | Cloud Atlas

    Emayatzy Corinealdi | Middle of Nowhere

    Viola Davis | Won't Back Down

    Rashida Jones | Celeste and Jesse Forever

  • 2014

    Danai Gurira | Mother of George (Winner)

    Halle Berry | The Call

    Rosario Dawson | Trance

    Lisagay Hamilton | Go for Sisters

    Nia Long | The Best Man Holiday

  • 2015

    Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Belle (Winner)

    Rosario Dawson | Top Five

    Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Beyond the Lights

    Tessa Thompson | Dear White People

    Quvenzhané Wallis | Annie

  • 2016

    Teyonah Parris | Chi-Raq (Winner)

    Viola Davis | Lila & Eve

    Kitana Kiki Rodriguez | Tangerine

    Zoe Saldana | Infinitely Polar Bear

    Karidja Touré | Girlhood

  • 2017

    Ruth Negga | Loving (Winner)

    Taraji P. Henson | Hidden Figures

    Royalty Hightower | The Fits

    Sasha Lane | American Honey

    Madina Nwalanga | Queen of Katwe

  • 2018

    Natalie Paul | Crown Heights (Winner)

    Amandla Stenberg | Everything, Everything

    Carmen Ejogo | It Comes at Night

    Jessica Williams | The Incredible Jessica James

    Simone Baker | Gook

  • 2019

    KiKi Layne | If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)

    Viola Davis | Widows

    Regina Hall | Support the Girls

    Amandla Stenberg | The Hate U Give

    Zoe Renee | Jinn

  • 2020

    Lupita Nyong'o | Us (Winner)

    Cynthia Erivo | Harriet

    Jodie Turner-Smith | Queen & Slim

    Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Fast Color

    Alfre Woodard | Clemency

  • 2021

    Viola Davis | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Winner)

    Nicole Beharie | Miss Juneteenth

    Andra Day | The United States vs. Billie Holiday

    Tessa Thompson | Sylvie's Love

    Zendaya | Malcolm & Marie

  • 2022

    Tessa Thompson | Passing (Winner)

    Zazie Beetz | The Harder They Fall

    Halle Berry | Bruised

    Jennifer Hudson | Respect

    Taylour Paige | Zola

  • 2023

    Danielle Deadwyler | Till (Winner)

    Viola Davis | The Woman King

    Anna Diop | Nanny

    Regina Hall | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

    Letitia Wright | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Outstanding Director

  • 2000

    Malcolm D. Lee | The Best Man (Winner)

    Rick Famuyiwa | The Wood

    Spike Lee | Summer of Sam

  • 2001

    Gina Prince-Bythewood | Love & Basketball (Winner)

    Kwyn Bader | Loving Jezebel

    Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | American Pimp

    Spike Lee | Bamboozled

    John Singleton | Shaft

  • 2002

    Antoine Fuqua | Training Day (Winner)

    Thomas Carter | Save the Last Dance

    Gary Hardwick | The Brothers

    Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | From Hell

    John Singleton | Baby Boy

  • 2003

    Denzel Washington | Antwone Fisher (Winner)

    Malcolm D. Lee | Undercover Brother

    Spike Lee | 25th Hour

    Charles Stone III | Drumline

    Tim Story | Barbershop

  • 2004

    F. Gary Gray | The Italian Job (Winner)

    Carl Franklin | Out of Time

    Antoine Fuqua | Tears of the Sun

    Gary Hardwick | Deliver Us From Eva

    John Singleton | 2 Fast 2 Furious

  • 2005

    Mario Van Peebles | BAADASSSSS! (Winner)

    Ernest Dickerson | Never Die Alone

    Antoine Fuqua | Lighting in a Bottle

    Spike Lee | She Hate Me

    Charles Stone III | Mr. 3000

  • 2006

    Thomas Carter | Coach Carter (Winner)

    Malcolm D. Lee | Roll Bounce

    John Singleton | Four Brothers

    Tim Story | Fantastic Four

  • 2007

    Spike Lee | Inside Man (Winner)

    Bryan Barber | Idlewild

    Sanaa Hamri | Something New

    Clark Johnson | The Sentinel

    Chris Robinson | ATL

  • 2008

    Gina Prince-Bythewood | The Secret Life of Bees (Winner)

    Malcolm D. Lee | Soul Men

    Spike Lee | Miracle at St. Anna

    Darnell Martin | Cadillac Records

    Gabriele Muccino | Seven Pounds

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Lee Daniels | Precious (Winner)

    Bill Duke | Not Easily Broken

    Spike Lee | Passing Strange

    Scott Sanders | Black Dynamite

    George Tillman Jr. | Notorious

  • 2011

    Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes | The Book of Eli (Winner)

    Antoine Fuqua | Brooklyn's Finest

    Tanya Hamilton | Night Catches Us

    Sanaa Hamri | Just Wright

    Tyler Perry | For Colored Girls

  • 2012

    Steve McQueen | Shame (Winner)

    Salim Akil | Jumping the Broom

    Qasim Basir | Mooz-lum

    Ava DuVernay | I Will Follow

    Dee Rees | Pariah

  • 2013

    Ava DuVernay | Middle of Nowhere (Winner)

    Salim Akil | Sparkle

    Spike Lee | Red Hook Summer

    Peter Ramsey | Rise of the Guardians

    Tim Story | Think Like a Man

  • 2014

    Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    Ryan Coogler | Fruitvale Station

    Lee Daniels | The Butler

    Malcolm D. Lee | The Best Man Holiday

    George Tillman Jr. | The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

  • 2015

    Ava DuVernay | Selma (Winner)

    Amma Asante | Belle

    Gina Prince-Bythewood | Beyond the Lights

    Chris Rock | Top Five

    Justin Simien | Dear White People

  • 2016

    Ryan Coogler | Creed (Winner)

    Rick Famuyiwa | Dope

    Antoine Fuqua | Southpaw

    F. Gary Gray | Straight Outta Compton

    Spike Lee | Chi-Raq

  • 2017

    Barry Jenkins | Moonlight (Winner)

    Don Cheadle | Miles Ahead

    Antoine Fuqua | The Magnificent Seven

    Nate Parker | The Birth of a Nation

    Denzel Washington | Fences

  • 2018

    Jordan Peele | Get Out (Winner)

    Maggie Betts | Novitiate

    Reginald Hudlin | Marshall

    Malcolm D. Lee | Girls Trip

    Dee Rees | Mudbound

  • 2019

    Ryan Coogler | Black Panther (Winner)

    Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk

    Steve McQueen | Widows

    Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman

    Boots Riley | Sorry to Bother You

  • 2020

    Jordan Peele | Us (Winner)

    Mati Diop | Atlantics

    Kasi Lemmons | Harriet

    Melina Matsoukas | Queen & Slim

    Julius Onah | Luce

  • 2021

    Regina King | One Night in Miami... (Winner)

    Radha Blank | The Forty-Year-Old Version

    Shaka King | Judas and the Black Messiah

    Spike Lee | Da 5 Bloods

    Channing Godfrey Peoples | Miss Juneteenth

  • 2022

    Jeymes Samuel | The Harder They Fall (Winner)

    Halle Berry | Bruised

    Nia DaCosta | Candyman

    Reinaldo Marcus Green | King Richard

    Rebecca Hall | Passing

  • 2023

    Gina Prince-Bythewood | The Woman King (Winner)

    Elegance Bratton | The Inspection

    Chinonye Chukwu | Till

    Ryan Coogler | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Jordan Peele | NOPE

Outstanding Supporting Actor

  • 2000

    Michael Clarke Duncan | The Green Mile (Winner)

    Jamie Foxx | Any Given Sunday

    Terrence Howard | The Best Man

    Ice Cube | Three Kings

    Delroy Lindo | The Cider House Rules

  • 2001

    Don Cheadle | Traffic (Winner)

    Rob Brown | Finding Forrester

    Tommy Davidson | Bamboozled

    Chris Rock | Nurse Betty

    Marlon Wayans | Requiem of a Dream

  • 2002

    Jamie Foxx | Ali (Winner)

    Anthony Anderson | Two Can Play That Game

    Omar Epps | Brother

    Eddie Murphy | Shrek

    Ving Rhames | Baby Boy

  • 2003

    Dennis Haysbert | Far from Heaven (Winner)

    Cedric the Entertainer | Barbershop

    Morgan Freeman | Sum of All Fears

    Denzel Washington | Antwone Fisher

    Forest Whitaker | Panic Room

  • 2004

    Djimon Hounsou | In America (Winner)

    Mos Def | The Italian Job

    Morgan Freeman | Bruce Almighty

    Ving Rhames | Dark Blue

    Forest Whitaker | Phone Booth

  • 2005

    Jamie Foxx | Collateral (Winner)

    Cedric the Entertainer | Barbershop 2: Back in Business

    Morgan Freeman | Million Dollar Baby

    Clifton Powell | Ray

    Jeffrey Wright | The Manchurian Candidate

  • 2006

    Terrence Howard | Crash (Winner)

    Anthony Anderson | Hustle & Flow

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | Serenity

    Ludacris | Crash

    Jeffrey Wright | Syriana

  • 2007

    Djimon Hounsou | Blood Diamond (Winner)

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | Children of Men

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | Kinky Boots

    Laurence Fishburne | Akeelah and the Bee

    Eddie Murphy | Dreamgirls

  • 2008

    Jeffrey Wright | Cadillac Records (Winner)

    Mos Def | Cadillac Records

    Terrence Howard | Iron Man

    Brandon T. Jackson | Tropic Thunder

    Eamonn Walker | Cadillac Records

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Anthony Mackie | The Hurt Locker (Winner)

    Charles S. Dutton | American Violet

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | 2012

    Lenny Kravitz | Precious

    Derek Luke | Madea Goes to Jail

  • 2011

    Wesley Snipes | Brooklyn's Finest (Winner)

    Sean Combs | Get Him to the Greek

    Laurence Fishburne | Predator

    Brandon T. Jackson | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

    Samuel L. Jackson | Mother and Child

  • 2012

    Don Cheadle | The Guard (Winner)

    Mike Epps | Jumping the Broom

    Laurence Fishburne | Contagion

    Anthony Mackie | The Adjustment Bureau

    Isiah Whitlock Jr. | Cedar Rapids

  • 2013

    Samuel L. Jackson | Django Unchained (Winner)

    Mike Epps | Sparkle

    Dwight Henry | Beasts of the Southern Wild

    David Oyelowo | Middle of Nowhere

    Nate Parker | Arbitrage

  • 2014

    Barkhad Abdi | Captain Phillips (Winner)

    David Oyelowo | The Butler

    Nate Parker | Ain't Them Bodies Saints

    Tequan Richmond | Blue Caprice

    LaKeith Stanfield | Short Term 12

  • 2015

    Wendell Pierce | Selma (Winner)

    Nelsan Ellis | Get On Up

    David Oyelowo | A Most Violent Year

    Tyler Perry | Gone Girl

    Michael K. Williams | The Gambler

  • 2016

    Idris Elba | Beasts of No Nation (Winner)

    Chiwetel Ejiofor| The Martian

    Corey Hawkins | Straight Outta Compton

    Jason Mitchell | Straight Outta Compton

    Forest Whitaker | Southpaw

  • 2017

    Mahershala Ali | Moonlight (Winner)

    Jovan Adepo | Fences

    Stephen Henderson | Fences

    André Holland | Moonlight

    Ashton Sanders | Moonlight

  • 2018

    Jason Mitchell | Mudbound (Winner)

    Idris Elba | Molly's Game

    Jamie Foxx | Baby Driver

    Laurence Fishburne | Last Flag Flying

    Lil Rel Howery | Get Out

  • 2019

    Michael B. Jordan | Black Panther (Winner)

    Daniel Kaluuya | Widows

    Mahershala Ali | Green Book

    Russell Hornsby | The Hate U Give

    Brian Tyree Henry | If Beale Street Could Talk

  • 2020

    Wesley Snipes | Dolemite Is My Name (Winner)

    Jonathan Majors | The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    Aldis Hodge | Clemency

    Sterling K. Brown | Waves

    Jamie Foxx | Just Mercy

  • 2021

    Daniel Kaluuya | Judas and the Black Messiah (Winner)

    Chadwick Boseman | Da 5 Bloods

    Colman Domingo | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    Aldis Hodge | One Night in Miami...

    Leslie Odom Jr. | One Night in Miami...

  • 2022

    Colman Domingo | Zola (Winner)

    Idris Elba | The Harder They Fall

    Andre Holland | Passing

    LaKeith Stanfield | The Harder They Fall

    Jeffrey Wright | The French Dispatch

  • 2023

    Brian Tyree Henry | Causeway (Winner)

    Micheal Ward | Empire of Light

    Michael K. Williams | Breaking

    Bokeem Woodbine | The Inspection

    Jeffrey Wright | The Batman

Outstanding Supporting Actress

  • 2000

    Erykah Badu | The Cider House Rules (Winner)

    Angela Bassett | Music of the Heart

    Lisa Gay Hamilton | True Crime

    Rebekah Johnson | Liberty Heights

    Queen Latifah | The Bone Collector

  • 2001

    Gabrielle Union | Bring It On (Winner)

    Lisa Bonet | High Fidelity

    Eartha Kitt | The Emperor's New Groove

    Nia Long | Boiler Room

    Sheryl Lee Ralph | Deterrence

  • 2002

    Nona Gaye | Ali (Winner)

    Marla Gibbs | The Visit

    Adrienne-Joi Johnson | Baby Boy

    Gabrielle Union | The Brothers

    Kerry Washington | Save the Last Dance

  • 2003

    Queen Latifah | Chicago (Winner)

    Halle Berry | Die Another Day

    Joy Bryant | Antwone Fisher

    Viola Davis | Solaris

    Rosario Dawson | 25th Hour

  • 2004

    Anna Deavere Smith | The Human Stain (Winner)

    Mary Alice | The Matrix Revolutions

    Gloria Foster | The Matrix Reloaded

    Vivica A. Fox | Kill Bill: Volume 1

    Michael Michele | Dark Blue

  • 2005

    Sharon Warren | Ray (Winner)

    Joy Bryant | BAADASSSSS!

    Kimberly Elise |The Manchurian Candidate

    Nia Long | Alfie

    Jada Pinkett Smith | Collateral

  • 2006

    Taraji P. Henson | Hustle & Flow (Winner)

    Rosario Dawson | Sin City

    Thandie Newton | Crash

    Wanda Sykes | Monster-in-Law

    Tracie Thoms | Rent

  • 2007

    Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls (Winner)

    Clare-Hope Ashitey | Children of Men

    Angela Bassett | Akeelah and the Bee

    Shareeka Epps | Half Nelson

    Kerry Washington | The Last King of Scotland

  • 2008

    Viola Davis | Doubt (Winner)

    Alice Braga | Blindness

    Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Taraji P. Henson | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    Sophie Okonedo | The Secret Life of Bees

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Mo'Nique | Precious (Winner)

    Mariah Carey | Precious

    Paula Patton | Precious

    Zoe Saldana | Avatar

    Alfre Woodard | American Violet

  • 2011

    Phylicia Rashad | For Colored Girls (Winner)

    Viola Davis | Eat Pray Love

    Shareeka Epps |Mother and Child

    Janet Jackson | For Colored Girls

    Kerry Washington | For Colored Girls

  • 2012

    Octavia Spencer | The Help (Winner)

    Angela Bassett | Jumping the Broom

    Maya Rudolph | Bridesmaids

    Pernell Walker |Pariah

    Kim Wayans | Pariah

  • 2013

    Naomie Harris | Skyfall (Winner)

    Octavia Spencer | Smashed

    Lorraine Toussaint | Middle of Nowhere

    Tamara Tunie | Flight

    Kerry Washington | Django Unchained

  • 2014

    Lupita Nyong'o | 12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    Melonie Diaz | Fruitvale Station

    Naomie Harris | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

    Octavia Spencer | Fruitvale Station

    Oprah Winfrey | The Butler

  • 2015

    Carmen Ejogo | Selma (Winner)

    Viola Davis | The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby

    Teyonah Parris | Dear White People

    Zoe Saldana | Guardians of the Galaxy

    Octavia Spencer | Snowpiercer

  • 2016

    Tessa Thompson | Creed (Winner)

    Angela Bassett | Chi-Raq

    Zoë Kravitz | Dope

    Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Concussion

    Mya Taylor | Tangerine

  • 2017

    Viola Davis | Fences (Winner)

    Naomie Harris | Moonlight

    Janelle Monáe | Hidden Figures

    Janelle Monáe | Moonlight

    Lupita Nyong'o | Queen of Katwe

  • 2018

    Tiffany Haddish |Girls Trip (Winner)

    Betty Gabriel | Get Out

    Mary J. Blige | Mudbound

    Octavia Spencer | The Shape of Water

    Tessa Thompson | Thor: Ragnarok

  • 2019

    Regina King | If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)

    Letitia Wright | Black Panther

    Danai Gurira | Black Panther

    Lupita Nyong'o | Black Panther

    Simone Missick | Jinn

  • 2020

    Da’Vine Joy Randolph | Dolemite Is My Name (Winner)

    Janelle Monae | Harriet

    Shahadi Wright Joseph | Us

    Octavia Spencer | Luce

    Taylor Russell | Waves

  • 2021

    Dominique Fishback |Judas and the Black Messiah (Winner)

    Alexis Chikaeze | Miss Juneteenth

    KiKi Layne | The Old Guard

    Tracee Ellis Ross | The High Note

    Gabourey Sidibe | Antebellum

  • 2022

    Aunjanue Ellis | King Richard (Winner)

    Ariana DeBose | West Side Story

    Regina King | The Harder They Fall

    Rita Moreno | West Side Story

    Ruth Negga | Passing

  • 2023

    Angela Bassett | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Winner)

    Thuso Mbedu | The Woman King

    Janelle Monae | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Keke Palmer | NOPE

    Gabrielle Union | The Inspection

Outstanding Screenplay

  • 2000

    The Best Man (Winner)

    The Wood

    Summer of Sam

  • 2001

    Remember the Titans (Winner)

    Loving Jezebel

    Men of Honor

    Bamboozled

    Love & Basketball

  • 2002

    Ali (Winner)

    Two Can Play That Game

    Black Knight

    The Brothers

    Baby Boy

  • 2003

    Antwone Fisher (Winner)

    Barbershop

    Brown Sugar

    Like Mike

    Undercover Brother

  • 2004

    Deliver Us From Eva (Winner)

    The Fighting Temptations

    Head of State

  • 2005

    BAADASSSS! (Winner)

    She Hate Me

    The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

    Ray

    Barbershop 2: Back in Business

  • 2006

    Roll Bounce (Winner)

    The Gospel

    Diary of a Mad Black Woman

  • 2007

    Something New (Winner)

    Idlewild

    Glory Road

    ATL

    Madea’s Family Reunion

  • 2008

    The Secret Life of Bees (Winner)

    Cadillac Records

    Miracle at St. Anna

    The Family That Preys

    Meet the Browns

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Precious (Winner)

    Not Easily Broken

    Notorious

    The Blind Side

    Black Dynamite

  • 2011

    Night Catches Us (Winner)

    Takers

    Just Wright

    Brooklyn’s Finest

    For Colored Girls

  • 2012

    Shame (Winner)

    Mooz-lum

    I Will Follow

    Jumping the Broom

    Pariah

  • 2013

    Middle of Nowhere (Winner)

    Sparkle

    Celeste and Jesse Forever

    Red Hook Summer

    Red Tails

  • 2014

    12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    Fruitvale Station

    Black Nativity

    The Best Man Holiday

    The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

  • 2015

    Top Five (Winner)

    Beyond the Lights

    Dear White People

    Belle

    Jimi: All is by My Side

  • 2016

    Creed (Winner)

    Chi-Raq

    Dope

  • 2017

    Moonlight (Winner)

    Fences

    Keanu

    The Birth of a Nation

    Miles Ahead

  • 2018

    Get Out (Winner)

    Burning Sands

    Mudbound

    Girls Trip

    Novitiate

  • 2019

    Sorry to Bother You (Winner)

    Black Panther

    If Beale Street Could Talk

    BlacKkKlansman

    Widows

  • 2020

    Us (Winner)

    Clemency

    Queen & Slim

    Luce

    Les Miserables

  • 2021

    The Forty-Year-Old Version (Winner)

    Soul

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    One Night in a Miami…

  • 2022

    Passing (Winner)

    Candyman

    The Harder They Fall

    In the Heights

    Zola

  • 2023

    Till (Winner)

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    The Inspection

    Nanny

    NOPE

Outstanding Ensemble

  • 2006

    Crash (Winner)

    Four Brothers

    Hustle & Flow

    Roll Bounce

  • 2007

    No Awards Given

  • 2008

    Cadillac Records (Winner)

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Honeydripper

    Miracle at St. Anna

    Slumdog Millionaire

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Precious (Winner)

    American Violet

    Notorious

    Passing Strange

    The Princess and the Frog

  • 2011

    For Colored Girls (Winner)

    Takers

    Unstoppable

    Brooklyn’s Finest

    For Colored Girls

  • 2012

    The Help (Winner)

    Mooz-lum

    Fast Five

    Attack the Block

    Jumping the Broom

    Pariah

  • 2013

    Django Unchained (Winner)

    Sparkle

    Middle of Nowhere

    Think Like a Man

    Flight

  • 2014

    12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    Fruitvale Station

    The Butler

    The Best Man Holiday

    42

  • 2015

    Selma (Winner)

    Get On Up

    Dear White People

    Belle

    Top Five

  • 2016

    Straight Outta Compton (Winner)

    Chi-Raq

    Dope

    Creed

    Concussion

  • 2017

    Moonlight (Winner)

    Fences

    Keanu

    The Birth of a Nation

    Hidden Figures

  • 2018

    Mudbound (Winner)

    Get Out

    Marshall

    Girls Trip

    Detroit

  • 2019

    Black Panther (Winner)

    Sorry to Bother You

    If Beale Street Could Talk

    BlacKkKlansman

    Widows

  • 2020

    Dolemite Is My Name (Winner)

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    Queen & Slim

    Just Mercy

    Waves

  • 2021

    One Night in Miami… (Winner)

    Miss Juneteenth

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Da 5 Bloods

  • 2022

    The Harder They Fall (Winner)

    In the Heights

    King Richard

    Passing

    Zola

  • 2023

    The Woman King (Winner)

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

    The Inspection

    Till

Outstanding Documentary Feature

  • 2010

    Good Hair (Winner)

    Michael Jackson's This Is It

    More than a Game

    Passing Strange

    Tyson

  • 2011

    Waiting for ‘Superman’ (Winner)

    The Lottery

    Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

    My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women in Hip Hop

  • 2012

    Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (Winner)

    Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

    The Interrupters

    Undefeated

  • 2013

    The Central Park Five (Winner)

    Bad 25

    Brooklyn Castle

    Marley

    Searching for Sugar Man

  • 2014

    20 Feet From Stardom (Winner)

    Free Angela and all Political Prisoners

    God Loves Uganda

    The Trials of Muhammad Ali

    Venus and Serena

  • 2015

    Anita: Speaking Truth to the Power (Winner)

    I Am Ali

    Keep On Keepin' On

    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Virunga

  • 2016

    What Happened, Miss Simone? (Winner)

    A Ballerina's Tale

    The Amazing Nina Simone

    The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

    Sweet Micky for President

  • 2017

    13th (Winner)

    I Am Not Your Negro

    Life, Animated

    Miss Sharon Jones!

    O.J.: Made in America

  • 2018

    Step (Winner)

    Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary

    Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992

    Strong Island

    Whose Streets?

  • 2019

    Quincy (Winner)

    Amazing Grace

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Minding the Gap

    Whitney

  • 2020

    The Black Godfather (Winner)

    The Apollo

    Knock Down the House

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

  • 2021

    Time (Winner)

    All In: The Fight for Democracy

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    MLK/FBI

    The Way I See It

  • 2022

    Summer of Soul (Winner)

    Ailey

    Citizen Ashe

    My Name is Pauli Murray

    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

  • 2023

    Sidney (Winner)

    Aftershock

    Descendant

    Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

Outstanding International Film

  • 2012

    Attack the Block (United Kingdom) (Winner)

    The First Grader (U.K.)

    Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)

    Life, Above All (South Africa)

    Viva Riva! (Congo)

  • 2013

    The Intouchables (France) (Winner)

    Elza (France)

    Ties That Bind (Ghana)

    Toussaint Louverture (France)

    Wuthering Heights (U.K.)

  • 2014

    War Witch (Canada) (Winner)

    Better Mus' Come (Jamaica)

    Home Again (Canada)

    Nairobi Half Life (Kenya)

    Storage 24 (U.K.)

  • 2015

    Fishing Without Nets (Kenya) (Winner)

    Difret (Ethiopia)

    The Double! (U.K.)

    Freedom Road (South Africa)

    Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria)

  • 2016

    Girlhood (France) (Winner)

    Freetown (Liberia)

    Honeytrap (U.K.)

    Mediterranea (Italy)

    My Friend Victoria (France)

    Samba (France)

  • 2017

    Eye of the Storm (Burkina Faso) (Winner)

    Aisha (Tanzania)

    Divines (France)

    Lamb (Ethiopia)

    Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It (Niger)

  • 2018

    The Wound (South Africa) (Winner)

    Félicité (France)

    Kati Kati (Kenya)

  • 2019

    Lionheart (Nigeria) (Winner)

    Green Days by the River (Trinidad)

    Where Hands Touch (United Kingdom)

    Rafiki (Kenya)

    Vaya (South Africa)

  • 2020

    Atlantics (Senegal) (Winner)

    The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (United Kingdom)

    Farming (United Kingdom)

    In Fabric (United Kingdom)

    Les Miserables (France)

  • 2021

    Night of the Kings (Senegal) (Winner)

    His House (United Kingdom)

    The Life Ahead (Italy)

  • 2022

    African America (South Africa) (Winner)

    Bitter Sugar (Tunisia)

    Faya Dayi (Ethiopia)

  • 2023

    Saint Omer (France) (Winner)

    Neptune Frost (Rwanda)

Outstanding Voice Performance

  • 2010

    Anika Noni Rose | The Princess and the Frog (Winner)

    Keith David | Coraline

    Keith David | The Princess and the Frog

    Forest Whitaker | Where the Wild Things Are

    Delroy Lindo | Up

  • 2011 - 2012

    No Awards Given

  • 2013

    Dennis Haysbert | Wreck-it-Ralph (Winner)

    Tempestt Bledsoe | ParaNorman

    Queen Latifah | Ice Age: Continental Drift

    Chris Rock | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

    Wanda Sykes | Ice Age: Continental Drift

  • 2014

    Samuel L. Jackson | Turbo (Winner)

    Beyoncé | Epic

    Keith David | Free Birds

    Snoop Dogg | Turbo

    Maya Rudolph | Turbo

  • 2015

    Morgan Freeman | The Lego Movie (Winner)

    Vin Diesel | Guardians of the Galaxy

    Maya Rudolph | Big Hero 6

    Zoe Saldana | The Book of Life

    Damon Wayans Jr. | Big Hero 6

  • 2016

    Rihanna | Home (Winner)

    Maya Rudolph | Strange Magic

    Marelik Walker | The Peanuts Movie

    Quvenzhané Wallis | The Prophet

    Jeffrey Wright | The Good Dinosaur

  • 2017

    Idris Elba | The Jungle Book (Winner)

    Idris Elba | Finding Dory

    Idris Elba | Zootopia

    Dwayne Johnson | Moana

    Lupita Nyong'o | The Jungle Book

  • 2018

    Vin Diesel | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (Winner)

    Kevin Hart | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

    Jenifer Lewis | Cars 3

    Maya Rudolph | The Emoji Movie

    Maya Rudolph | The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature

  • 2019

    Shameik Moore | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Winner)

    Mahershala Ali | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Brian Tyree Henry | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    Taraji P. Henson | Ralph Breaks the Internet

    Samuel L. Jackson | Incredibles 2

  • 2020

    Chiwetel Ejiofor | The Lion King (Winner)

    James Earl Jones | The Lion King

    Donald Glover | The Lion King

    Jordan Peele | Toy Story 4

    Keegan-Michael Key | Toy Story 4

  • 2021

    Jamie Foxx | Soul (Winner)

    Angela Bassett | Soul

    Maya Rudolph | The Willoughbys

    Octavia Spencer | Onward

    Phylicia Rashad | Soul

  • 2022

    Maya Rudolph | The Mitchells vs. the Machine (Winner)

    Eric Andre | The Mitchells vs. the Machine

    Marsai Martin | Spirit Untamed

    Maya Rudolph | Luca

    Zoe Saldana | Vivo

  • 2023

    Zoe Saldana | Avatar: The Way of Water (Winner)

    Zazie Beetz | The Bad Guys

    Idris Elba | Sonic the Hedgehog 2

    Keke Palmer | Lightyear

    Gabrielle Union | Strange World

Outstanding Score

  • 2005

    Ray (Winner)

    She Hate Me

    Kill Bill Vol. 2

  • 2006

    No Award Given

  • 2007

    Dreamgirls (Winner)

    Idlewild

    Inside Man

    Something New

    Akeelah and the Bee

  • 2008

    Slumdog Millionaire (Winner)

    Cadillac Records

    Soul Men

    Honeydripper

    RocknRolla

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    No Award Given

  • 2011

    Night Catches Us (Winner)

    The Karate Kid

    The Book of Eli

    Brooklyn’s Finest

    For Colored Girls

  • 2012

    The Help (Winner)

    Shame

    The First Grader

    Attack the Block

    Mooz-lum

  • 2013

    Beasts of the Southern Wild (Winner)

    Red Tails

    Middle of Nowhere

    Red Hook Summer

    Sparkle

  • 2014

    12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    The Best Man Holiday

    Fruitvale Station

    42

    The Butler

  • 2015

    Selma (Winner)

    Black or White

    Dear White People

    Jimi: All is by My Side

    Beyond the Lights

  • 2016

    Straight Outta Compton (Winner)

    Chi-Raq

    Dope

    Creed

    Beasts of No Nation

  • 2017

    Moonlight (Winner)

    Miles Ahead

    The Birth of a Nation

    Hidden Figures

    Fences

  • 2018

    Get Out (Winner)

    Detroit

    Girls Trip

    Gook

    Marshall

  • 2019

    If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)

    BlacKkKlansman

    Black Panther

    Creed II

    The Hate U Give

  • 2020

    Us (Winner)

    Dolemite Is My Name

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    Queen & Slim

    Waves

  • 2021

    Soul (Winner)

    The Forty-Year-Old Version

    Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

    The Photograph

    Sylvie’s Love

  • 2022

    The Harder They Fall (Winner)

    Candyman

    In the Heights

    Passing

    Respect

  • 2023

    The Woman King (Winner)

    Alice

    End of the Road

    Nanny

    NOPE

Outstanding Song

  • 2001

    “Fool of Me” (Love & Basketball) | Meshell Ndegeocello (Winner)

    “Independent Women Part II” (Charlie’s Angels)

    “I’ll Go” (Love & Basketball)

    “Bad Man” (Shaft)

    “Dance Tonight” (Love & Basketball)

    “Doesn’t Really Matter” (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps)

  • 2002

    “Love Don’t Love Me” (The Brothers) | Eric Benet (Winner)

    “Just a Baby Boy” (Baby Boy)

    “The World’s Greatest” (Ali)

    “#1” (Training Day)

    “Good Love” (The Brothers)

  • 2003

    “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)” (Brown Sugar) | Erykah Badu & Common

    “Work It Out” (Austin Powers in Goldmember)

    “Basketball” (Like Mike)

    “Undercova Funk (Give Up the Funk)” (Undercover Brother)

    “Bring Me Your Heart” (Brown Sugar)

  • 2004

    “He Still Loves Me” (The Fighting Temptations) | Beyoncé & Walter Williams Sr.

    “Pump It Up” (2 Fast 2 Furious)

    “Act a Fool” (2 Fast 2 Furious)

    “Runnin’ (Dying to Live)”

    “Paradise” (Deliver Us From Eva)

  • 2005

    No Award Given

  • 2006

    No Award Given

  • 2007

    “And I Am Telling You (I’m Not Going)” (Dreamgirls) | Jennifer Hudson (Winner)

    “Idlewild Blues (Don’tchu Worry ‘Bout Me)” (Idlewild)

    “I Am Changing” (Dreamgirls)

    “Listen” (Dreamgirls)

    “People Get Ready” (Glory Road)

  • 2008

    No Award Given

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    “Almost There” (The Princess and the Frog) | Anika Noni Rose (Winner)

    “Keys” (Passing Strange)

    “I Can Do Bad All by Myself” (I Can Do Bad All by Myself)

    “Never Knew I Needed” (The Princess and the Frog)

    “Down in New Orleans” (The Princess and the Frog)

  • 2011

    “Shine” (Waiting for “Superman”) | John Legend (Winner)

    “Run This Town” (Brooklyn’s Finest)

    “Champion” (Just Wright)

    “I Know Who I Am” (For Colored Girls)

    “Never Say Never” (The Karate Kid)

  • 2012

    “The Living Proof” (The Help) | Mary J. Blige (Winner)

    “Fly Love” (Rio)

    “Walkin’ Blues” (Footloose)

    “My Last Day Without You” (My Last Day Without You)

    “Furiously Dangerous” (Fast Five)

  • 2013

    “Who Did That to You?” (Django Unchained) | John Legend (Winner)

    “Carry It” (The Man With the Iron Fists)

    “Celebrate” (Sparkle)

    “No Church in the Wild” (Safe House)

    “Tonight (Best You Ever Had)” (Think Like a Man)

  • 2014

    “Desperation” (20 Feet From Stardom) | Judith Hill (Winner)

    “In the Middle of the Night” (The Butler)

    “You & I Ain’t No More” (The Butler)

    “Happy” (Despicable Me 2)

    “Queen of the Field (Patsey’s Song)” (12 Years a Slave)

  • 2015

    “Glory” (Selma) | John Legend & Common (Winner)

    “What Is Love” (Rio 2)

    “It’s On Again” (The Amazing Spider-Man 2)

    “It Ain’t Easy” (Top Five)

    “Grateful” (Beyond the Lights)

  • 2016

    “See You Again” (Furious 7) | Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth (Winner)

    “Waiting for My Moment” (Creed)

    “Talking to My Diary” (Straight Outta Compton)

    “Grip” (Creed)

    “Earned It” (Fifty Shades of Grey)

  • 2017

    “I’m Still Here” (Miss Sharon Jones) | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Winner)

    “A Letter to the Free” (13th)

    “Back to Life” (Queen of Katwe)

    “Start” (Southside With You)

    “Surrender” (Hidden Figures)

  • 2018

    “Mighty River” (Mudbound) | Mary J. Blige (Winner)

    “Best of Me” (La Vie Magnifique De Charlie)

    “Jump” (Step)

    “Stand Up for Something” (Marshall)

    “Starlight” (Zo! Making of Skybreak)

  • 2019

    “All the Stars” (Black Panther) | Kendrick Lamar & SZA (Winner)

    “I’ll Fight” (RBG)

    “Love Lies” (Love, Simon)

    “Pray for Me” (Black Panther)

    “We Won’t Move” (The Hate U Give)

  • 2020

    “Collide” (Queen & Slim) | Tiana Major9 & EarthGang (Winner)

    “Guarding the Gates” (Queen & Slim)

    “Don’t Turn Back Now” (The Apollo)

    “Spirit” (The Lion King)

    “It’s Not Over” (Brian Banks)

  • 2021

    “Speak Now” (One Night in Miami…) | Leslie Odom Jr. (Winner)

    “Tigress & Tweed” (The United States vs. Billie Holiday)

    “Poverty Porn” (The Forty-Year-Old Version)

    “Make It Work” (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey)

    “Fight for You” (Judas and the Black Messiah)

  • 2022

    “Automatic Woman” (Bruised) | H.E.R. (Winner)

    “Be Alive” (King Richard)

    “Guns Go Bang” (The Harder They Fall)

    “The Harder They Fall” (The Harder They Fall)

    “Here I Am (Singing On My Own)” (Respect)

  • 2023

    “Lift Me Up” (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) | Rihanna (Winner)

    “Born Again” (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

    “Keep Rising” (The Woman King)

    “Paper Airplanes” (A Jazzman’s Blues)

    “Stand Up” (Till)

Outstanding Independent Film

  • 2002

    The Visit (Winner)

    30 Years to Life

    Blue Hill Avenue

    Lift

    Lumumba

    One Week

  • 2003

    Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Winner)

    Biggie & Tupac

    Crazy as Hell

  • 2004

    Anne B. Real (Winner)

    All About You

    G

  • 2005

    The Woodsman (Winner)

    Motives

    Woman Thou Art Loosed

  • 2006

    Constellation (Winner)

    Love Trap

    On the One

    On the Verge of a Fever

    Proud

  • 2007

    Traci Townsend (Winner)

    No. 2

    Premium

  • 2008

    No Award Given

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Mississippi Damned (Winner)

    Sugar

    This is the Life

  • 2011

    Preacher’s Kid (Winner)

    Black Venus

    Finding God in the City of Angels

    Kings of the Evening

    Toe to Toe

  • 2012

    My Last Day Without You (Winner)

    Besouro

    Billy

    Mamitas

    The Tested

  • 2013

    LUV (Winner)

    Elza

    Four

    The Last Fall

    Yelling to the Sky

  • 2014

    Blue Caprice (Winner)

    Mother of George

    Things Never Said

    An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

    Go for Sisters

  • 2015

    The Retrieval (Winner)

    1982

    Christmas Wedding Baby

    CRU

    Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind

  • 2016

    Tangerine (Winner)

    Blackbird

    Knucklehead

    The Man in 3B

    Somewhere in the Middle

  • 2017

    American Honey (Winner)

    How to Tell You’re a Douchebag

    Hunter Gatherer

    The Land

    Morris From America

  • 2018

    Crown Heights (Winner)

    Burning Sands

    Gook

    Imperial Dreams

    The Incredible Jessica James

  • 2019

    Jinn (Winner)

    A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.

    Roxanne Roxanne

    Monsters and Men

    Yardie

  • 2020

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Winner)

    Burning Cane

    Clemency

    Luce

    Guava Island

  • 2021

    The Forty-Year-Old Version (Winner)

    Miss Juneteenth

    American Skin

    Sylvie’s Love

    Farewell Amor

  • 2022

    Zola (Winner)

    Concrete Cowboy

    Nine Days

    Test Pattern

    The Water Man

  • 2023

    The Inspection (Winner)

    Emergency

    Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

    Master

    Nanny

Outstanding Independent Documentary

  • 2010

    Without Bias (Winner)

    Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness

    Still Bill

  • 2011

    For the Best and for the Onion (Winner)

    Gefilte Fish

    One of These Mornings

  • 2012

    Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By the Door (Winner)

    Brown Babies

    Burn: The Evolution of An American City

    Gang Girl: A Mother's Journey to Save Her Daughter

    The Manuscripts of Timbuktu

    Zero Percent

  • 2013

    Soul Food Junkies (Winner)

    BMF: The Rise and Fall of Hip-Hop Drug Empire

    Contradictions of Fair Hope

    From Fatherless to Fatherhood

    Justice for Sale

  • 2014

    The New Black (Winner)

    Africa: The Beat

    I Want My Name Back

    Lenny Cooke

    Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights

  • 2015

    25 to Life (Winner)

    Evolution of a Criminal

    Oscar Micheaux: The Czar of Black Hollywood

    Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

  • 2016

    Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band (Winner)

    Adina Howard 20: A Story of Sexual Liberation

    Be Known

    Cody High: A Life Remodeled Project

    Romeo is Bleeding

  • 2017

    No Award Given

  • 2018

    Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities (Winner)

    Back to Natural: A Documentary Film

    Quest

    Yemanja: Wisdom From the African Heart of Brazi

    Zo! Making of Skybreak!

  • 2019

    Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me (Winner)

    Basquiat: Rage to Riches

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

  • 2020

    No Lye: An American Beauty Story (Winner)

    16 Bars

    The Remix: Hip Hop x Fashion

  • 2021

    Mr. Soul! (Winner)

    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show

    With Drawn Arms

  • 2022

    100 Years from Mississippi (Winner)

    Big Chief, Black Hawk

    I Still Breathe

    Little Satchmo

    Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality

  • 2023

    No Award Given

Outstanding Short Film

  • 2010

    (Mis)leading Man (Winner)

    Life on Earth

    The Roe Effect

  • 2011

    Katrina’s Son (Winner)

    Stag & Doe

    Cred

  • 2012

    Wake (Winner)

    The Abyss Boys

    Fig

    The Tombs

    Wolf Call

  • 2013

    The Bluest Note (Winner)

    Crossover

    Last/First Kiss

    Record/Play

    White Space

  • 2014

    Black Girl in Paris (Winner)

    A Different Tree

    African Cowboy

    Sweet Honey Chile

    They Die by the Dawn

  • 2015

    #American (Winner)

    Muted

    The Voodoo

  • 2016

    Addiction (Winner)

    David’s Reviere

    Sacred Heart

  • 2017

    $15 Kicks (Winner)

    #Whereisbeauty

    2 Fists Up

    86-32

    Black Card

  • 2018

    Oscar Micheuax (Winner)

    90 Days

    Amelia’s Closet

    GEMA

    See You Yesterday

  • 2019

    The Tale of Four (Winner)

    Funk Force

    Hair Wolf

    Jump

    WTFIMH: What the Fuck is Mental Health

  • 2020

    Hair Love (Winner)

    America

    It’s Not About Jimmy Keene

    Suicide by Sunlight

    Zahra and the Oil Man

  • 2021

    Canvas (Winner)

    Brother

    The Cypher

    Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad

    The Pandemic Chronicles

  • 2022

    Coffee (Winner)

    54 Years Late

    The Door of Return

    Junior

    The Snakes

  • 2023

    North Star (Winner)

    Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison

    Elegy: My Two Months in Harlem

    Fannie

    New Moon

Outstanding World Cinema Film

  • 2017

    Where the Road Runs Out (Winner)

    Ayanda

    The Cursed Ones

  • 2018

    A United Kingdom (Winner)

    Brown Girl Begins

    Cargo

  • 2019

    No Award Given

  • 2020

    No Award Given

  • 2021

    No Award Given

  • 2022

    No Awards Given

  • 2023

    No Award Given

Outstanding Emerging Director

  • 2017

    Ezra Edelman | O.J.: Made in America (Winner)

    Steven Caple Jr. | The Land

    Tahir Jetter | How to Tell You're a Douchebag

    Rita Coburn Whack | Maya Angelou and Still I Rise

    Yared Zeleke | Lamb

  • 2018

    Jordan Peele | Get Out (Winner)

    Maggie Betts | Novitiate

    Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan | Whose Streets?

    J.D. Dillard | Sleight

    Malik Vitthal | Imperial Dreams

  • 2019

    Boots Riley | Sorry to Bother You (Winner)

    Idris Elba | Yardie

    Rashida Jones | Quincy

    Nijla Mumin| Jinn

    Reinaldo Marcus Green | Monsters and Men

  • 2020

    Melina Matsoukas | Queen & Slim (Winner)

    Nia DaCosta | Little Woods

    Mati Diop | Atlantics

    Chinonye Chukwu | Clemency

    Julius Onah | Luce

  • 2021

    Regina King | One Night in Miami.. (Winner)

    Eugene Ashe | Sylvie's Love

    Radha Blank | The Forty-Year-Old Version

    Shaka King | Judas and the Black Messiah

    Channing Godfrey Peoples | Miss Juneteenth

  • 2022

    Jeymes Samuel | The Harder They Fall (Winner)

    Halle Berry | Bruised

    Janicza Bravo | Zola

    Rebecca Hall | Passing

    Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson | Summer of Soul

  • 2023

    Nikyatu Jusu | Nanny (Winner)

    Elegance Bratton | The Inspection

    Adamma Ebo | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

    Elvis Mitchell | Is That Black Enough for You?!?

    Carey Williams | Emergency

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance

  • 2003

    Derek Luke | Antwone Fisher (Winner)

    Beyoncé | Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Nick Cannon | Drumline

    Raven Goodwin | Lovely & Amazing

    Lil' Bow Wow | Like Mike

  • 2004

    Naomie Harris | 28 Days Later (Winner)

    Romeo Miller | Honey

    Wentworth Miller | The Human Stain

  • 2005

    Sharon Warren | Ray (Winner)

    Anthony Mackie | She Hate Me

    C.J. Sanders | Ray

  • 2006

    Brandon T. Jackson | Roll Bounce (Winner)

    Ashanti | Coach Carter

    Tyler Perry | Diary of a Mad Black Woman

  • 2007

    Jennifer Hudson | Dreamgirls (Winner)

    Shareeka Epps | Half Nelson

    Keke Palmer | Akeelah and the Bee

    Paula Patton | Déjà Vu

    Jaden Smith | The Pursuit of Happyness

  • 2008

    Dev Patel | Slumdog Millionaire (Winner)

    Omar Benson Miller | Miracle at St. Anna

    Columbus Short | Cadillac Records

    Saïd Taghmaoui | Traitor

    Tristan Wilds | The Secret Life of Bees

  • 2009

    No Award Given

  • 2010

    Gabourey Sidibe | Precious (Winner)

    Quinton Aaron | The Blind Side

    Nicole Beharie | American Violet

    Souléymane Sy Savané | Goodbye Solo

    Jamal Woolard | Notorious

  • 2011

    Tessa Thompson | For Colored Girls (Winner)

    Amari Cheatom | Night Catches Us

    Yaya DaCosta | The Kids Are All Right

    Omari Hardwick | For Colored Girls

    Zoë Kravitz | It's Kind of a Funny Story

  • 2012

    Adepero Oduye | Pariah (Winner)

    John Boyega | Attack the Block

    Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Larry Crowne

    Octavia Spencer | The Help

    Kim Wayans | Pariah

  • 2013

    Quvenzhane Wallis | Beasts of the Southern Wild (Winner)

    Dwight Henry | Beasts of the Southern Wild

    Omar Sy | The Intouchables

    Amandla Stenberg | The Hunger Games

    Emayatzy Corinealdi | Middle of Nowhere

  • 2014 - Male

    Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips (Winner)

    Chadwick Boseman – 42

    Skylan Brooks – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

    Tequan Richmond – Blue Caprice

    Lakeith Stanfield – Short Term 12

  • 2014 - Female

    Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave (Winner)

    Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station

    Danai Gurira – Mother of George

    Lindiwe Matshikiza – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

    Tashiana Washington – Gimme the Loot

  • 2015 - Male

    Tyler James Williams – Dear White People (Winner)

    Brandon Bell – Dear White People

    David Gyasi – Interstellar

    Andre Holland – Selma

    Stephan James – Selma

  • 2015 - Female

    Teyonah Parris – Dear White People (Winner)

    Jillian Estell – Black or White

    Patina Miller – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

    Amber Stevens – 22 Jump Street

    Kuoth Wiel – The Good Lie

  • 2016 - Male

    Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation (Winner)

    RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

    O'Shea Jackson Jr. – Straight Outta Compton

    Jason Mitchell – Straight Outta Compton

    Shameik Moore – Dope

  • 2016 - Female

    Kiersey Clemons – Dope (Winner)

    Chanel Iman – Dope

    Kitana Kiki Rodriguez – Tangerine

    Assa Sylla – Girlhood

    Mya Taylor – Tangerine

  • 2017 - Male

    Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight (Winner)

    Jovan Adepo – Fences

    Markees Christmas – Morris from America

    Alex Hibbert – Moonlight

    Ashton Sanders – Moonlight

  • 2017 - Female

    Janelle Monáe – Hidden Figures (Winner)

    Royalty Hightower – The Fits

    Leslie Jones – Ghostbusters

    Aja Naomi King – The Birth of a Nation

    Sasha Lane – American Honey

  • 2018 - Male

    Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out (Winner)

    Nnamdi Asomugha – Crown Heights

    Sterling K. Brown – Marshall

    J. Quinton Johnson – Last Flag Flying

    Lil Rel Howery – Get Out

  • 2018 - Female

    Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip (Winner)

    Mary J. Blige – Mudbound

    Betty Gabriel – Get Out

    Natalie Paul – Crown Heights

    Jessica Williams – The Incredible Jessica James

  • 2019 - Male

    Winston Duke – Black Panther (Winner)

    John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman

    Donald Glover – Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk

    Daveed Diggs – Blindspotting

  • 2019 - Female

    Letitia Wright – Black Panther (Winner)

    Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale

    Laura Harrier – BlacKkKlansman

    KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk

    Zoe Renee – Jinn

  • 2020 - Male

    Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Waves (Winner)

    Tituss Burgess | Dolemite Is My Name

    Aldis Hodge | Clemency

    Jonathan Majors | The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    Jimmie Fails | The Last Black Man in San Francisco

  • 2020 - Female

    Da’Vine Joy Randolph | Dolemite is My Name (Winner)

    Mame Bineta Sane | Atlantics

    Shahadi Wright Joseph | Us

    Taylor Russell | Waves

    Jodie Turner-Smith | Queen & Slim

  • 2021 - Male

    Kingsley Ben-Adir | One Night in Miami… (Winner)

    Eli Goree | One Night in Miami…

    Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine | Farewell Amor

    Dusan Brown | Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

  • 2021 - Female

    Andra Day | The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Winner)

    Radha Blank | The 40-Year-Old Version

    Zendaya | Malcolm & Marie

    Alexis Chikaeze | Miss Juneteenth

    Dominique Fishback | Judas and the Black Messiah

  • 2022 - Male

    Anthony Ramos - In the Heights (Winner)

    Deon Cole - The Harder They Fall

    Edi Gathegi - The Harder They Fall

    Joshua Henry - Tick, Tick…Boom!

    Caleb McLaughlin - Concrete Cowboy

  • 2022 - Female

    Ariana DeBose - West Side Story (Winner)

    Danielle Deadwyler - The Harder They Fall

    Taylour Paige - Zola

    Saniyya Sidney - King Richard

    Demi Singleton - King Richard

  • 2023 - Actor

    Jeremy Pope | The Inspection (Winner)

    Jayln Hall | Till

    Daryl McCormack | Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

    Quintessa Swindell | Black Adam

    Micheal Ward | Empire of Light

  • 2023 - Actress

    Thuso Mbedu | The Woman King (Winner)

    Sheila Atim | The Woman King

    Charmaine Bingwa | Emancipation

    Anna Diop | Nanny

    Dominique Thorne | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Outstanding First Screenplay

  • 2017

    The Land | Steven Caple Jr. (Winner)

    Price of Love

    Lamb

  • 2018

    Novitiate | Maggie Betts (Winner)

    Burning Sands

    Sleight

    Imperial Dreams

    Tourments d’amour

  • 2019

    Sorry to Bother You | Boot Riley (Winner)

    Blindspotting

    Monsters and Men

    Jinn

    Roxanne Roxanne

  • 2020

    Queen & Slim | Lena Waithe (Winner)

    Burning Cane

    The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

    Clemency

    Atlantics

  • 2021

    The Forty-Year-Old Version | Radha Blank (Winner)

    Sylvie’s Love

    One Night in Miami…

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Miss Juneteenth

  • 2022

    Passing | Rebecca Hall

    In The Heights

    Zola

  • 2023

    The Inspection | Elegance Bratton (Winner)

    Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

    Master

    Nanny

    On the Come Up

Outstanding Cinematography

  • 2019

    If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)

    BlacKkKlansman

    A Wrinkle in Time

    Black Panther

    Widows

  • 2020

    Queen & Slim (Winner)

    Harriet

    The Last Black Man in San Francisco

    Us

    Waves

  • 2021

    Malcolm & Marie (Winner)

    Da 5 Bloods

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    One Night in Miami…

    Tenet

  • 2022

    The Tragedy of Macbeth (Winner)

    The Harder They Fall

    In the Heights

    Passing

    West Side Story

  • 2023

    NOPE (Winner)

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Emancipation

    Till

    The Woman King

Outstanding Costume Design

  • 2019

    Black Panther (Winner)

    BlacKkKlansman

    A Wrinkle in Time

    Sorry to Bother You

    If Beale Street Could Talk

  • 2020

    Dolemite is My Name (Winner)

    Harriet

    Hustlers

    Us

    Queen & Slim

  • 2021

    Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Winner)

    The United States vs. Billie Holiday

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    One Night in Miami…

    Sylvie’s Love

  • 2022

    The Harder They Fall (Winner)

    Coming 2 America

    Passing

    The Tragedy of Macbeth

    West Side Story

  • 2023

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Winner)

    Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

    Nanny

    Till

    The Woman King

Outstanding Editing

  • 2022

    The Harder They Fall (Winner)

    Bruised

    King Richard

    Respect

    Zola

  • 2023

    The Woman King (Winner)

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues

    Thirteen Lives

    Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Outstanding Production Design

  • 2019

    Black Panther (Winner)

    BlacKkKlansman

    A Wrinkle in Time

    Green Book

    If Beale Street Could Talk

  • 2020

    Dolemite is My Name (Winner)

    Harriet

    The Lion King

    Us

    Queen & Slim

  • 2021

    Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (Winner)

    Judas and the Black Messiah

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    One Night in Miami…

    Tenet

  • 2022

    The Tragedy of Macbeth (Winner)

    The Harder They Fall

    In the Heights

    Passing

    West Side Story

  • 2023

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Winner)

    Devotion

    NOPE

    Till

    The Woman King

Outstanding Soundtrack

  • 2000

    The Best Man (Winner)

    Life

    Summer of Sam

    The Wood

  • 2001

    Love & Basketball (Winner)

    Backstage

    Bamboozled

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    The Ladies Man

  • 2002

    Ali (Winner)

    Baby Boy

    The Brothers

    Hardball

    Training Day

  • 2003

    Standing in the Shadows of Motown (Winner)

    8 Mile

    Barbershop

    Brown Sugar

    Undercover Brother

  • 2004

    The Fighting Temptations (Winner)

    2 Fast 2 Furious

    Bad Boys II

    Deliver Us from Eva

    Tupac: Resurrection

  • 2005

    No Award Given

  • 2006

    Hustle & Flow (Winner)

    Four Brothers

    Hitch

    Rent

    Roll Bounce

  • 2007

    Dreamgirls (Winner)

    Idlewild

    Dave Chappelle's Block Party

    Something New

    Take the Lead

  • 2007 - 2022

    No Awards Given

  • 2023

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Winner)

    A Jazzman’s Blues

    Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story

    Till

    The Woman King

Retired Categories

Outstanding Film Poster

  • 2001

    Love & Basketball (Winner)

    Bamboozled

    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    Requiem for a Dream

    Unbreakable

  • 2002

    Training Day (Winner)

    Ali

    Baby Boy

    The Brothers

    The Caveman's Valentine

  • 2003

    Blade II (Winner)

    Changing Lanes

    Queen of the Damned

    Standing in the Shadows of Motown

    Undercover Brother

Outstanding Performance, Independent Feature

  • 2002

    Rockmond Dunbar | Punks & Allen Payne | Blue Hill Avenue (Winners)

    Eriq Ebouaney | Lumumba

    Kenny Young | One Week

    Kerry Washington | Lift

  • 2003 - Male

    Eriq La Salle | Crazy as Hell (Winner)

    Michael Beach | Crazy as Hell

    Mos Def | Civil Brand

  • 2003 - Female

    Erika Alexander | 30 Years to Life (Winner)

    Monica Calhoun | Pandora’s Box

    Melissa De Sousa | 30 Years to Life

  • 2004

    No Award Given

  • 2005 - Male

    Mos Def | The Woodsman (Winner)

    Shemar Moore | Motives

    Clifton Powell | Woman Thou Art Loosed

  • 2005 - Female

    Kimberly Elise | Woman Thou Art Loosed

    Golden Brooks | Motives

    Eve | The Woodsman