1. Outstanding Motion Picture — “Moonlight”
One man’s emotional journey as he comes to grips with his sexuality in a world that expects different things from him.
2. Outstanding Motion Picture –“The Birth of a Nation”
The powerful story of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion finally makes it to the movies.
3. Outstanding Motion Picture –“Fences”
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis bring this August Wilson play to the big screen.
4. Outstanding Motion Picture –“Hidden Figures”
The true story of three Black women who helped put the first man on the moon.
5. Outstanding Motion Picture –“Loving”
The gripping true story of an interracial couple’s struggle to have their marriage recognized by the United States of America.
6. Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture — Stephan James
James played legendary athlete Jesse Owens in “Race.”
7. Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture — Will Smith
In “Collateral Damage,” Smith plays a man ripped apart by grief.
8. Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture — Nate Parker
Parker inhabits the role of Nat Turner in “The Birth of a Nation.”
9. Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture — Denzel Washington
Washington plays Troy Maxon, a man trying to fight for his family in 1950’s Pittsburgh.
10. Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture — Don Cheadle
Cheadle turns into Miles Davis in the film “Miles Ahead.”
11. Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture — Angela Bassett
As a resourceful and tough Secret Service Director, Angela Bassett rules in “London Has Fallen.”
12. Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture — Tika Sumpter
Sumpter plays none other than FLOTUS Michelle Obama in “Southside with You.”
13. Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture — Taraji P. Henson
As Katherine Johnson, Henson plays one-third of three Black women who helped push NASA forward.
14. Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture — Ruth Negga
Negga portrays Mildred Jeter Loving, half of an interracial couple fighting for equality in “Loving.”
15. Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture — Madina Nalwanga
Nalwanga plays the real-life Phiona Mutesi, a young girl who grows to become a Chess champion.