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NAACP Image Awards 2025 Winners & Nominees

The 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025) took place on February 22, 2025 (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Conclave won Best Film and 3 more awards. The Brutalist matched it with 4 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 23 categories is below.

All 23 categories Most wins
categories
23
nominations
122
films nominated
41
winners
23
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Venue
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Best Film
Conclave
Headline winners

NAACP Image Awards 2025: The Winners

Conclave won Best Film against 4 other nominees. Brady Corbet (Best Director), Adrien Brody (Best Actor) and Mikey Madison (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Conclave (2024) movie poster Best Film

Best Film

Conclave

2024 · Thriller · Echo Score 80 · $128M worldwide

4 wins from 12 nominations at the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025)

  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Best Editing
  • Outstanding British Film

Following the unexpected death of the beloved Pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is entrusted with overseeing the secretive and ancient process of selecting a new pontiff. The Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders gather from around the world and are secluded within the Vatican, where they must navigate complex political maneuvering and personal convictions in their quest to choose the next leader of the Catholic Church.

About Conclave
Scoreboard

NAACP Image Awards 2025: Which Films Won the Most

Conclave and The Brutalist won 4 awards each. 11 films won at least once, while A Complete Unknown went home empty-handed from 6 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Conclave (2024) movie poster
    Conclave 4 / 12
    2024 · Thriller · 4 wins from 12 nominations
  2. The Brutalist (2024) movie poster
    The Brutalist 4 / 9
    2024 · Drama · 4 wins from 9 nominations
  3. Emilia Pérez (2024) movie poster
    Emilia Pérez 2 / 11
    2024 · Comedy, Crime · 2 wins from 11 nominations
  4. Anora (2024) movie poster
    Anora 2 / 7
    2024 · Comedy, Drama · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  5. Wicked (2024) movie poster
    Wicked 2 / 7
    2024 · Fantasy, Musical · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  6. Dune: Part Two (2024) movie poster
    Dune: Part Two 2 / 7
    2024 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  7. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2025) movie poster
    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 2 / 3
    2025 · Animation, Adventure · 2 wins from 3 nominations
  8. A Real Pain (2024) movie poster
    A Real Pain 2 / 2
    2024 · Comedy, Drama · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  9. Kneecap (2024) movie poster
    Kneecap 1 / 6
    2024 · Comedy, Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  10. The Substance (2024) movie poster
    The Substance 1 / 5
    2024 · Drama, Horror · 1 win from 5 nominations
Full results

All 23 NAACP Image Awards 2025 Categories: Winners & Nominees

23 categories and 122 nominations; Outstanding British Film had the most nominees (10). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

23 categories · 122 nominations

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Movie marathon

The NAACP Image Awards 2025 Best Film Marathon

All 5 Best Film nominees at the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025), back to back: 12 hours 25 minutes.

Total running time 12h 25m 12 hours 25 minutes All 5 films
Longest
The Brutalist 3h 35m
Shortest
Conclave 2h
By genre

The Genres Behind the NAACP Image Awards 2025 Winners

Drama led with 68 nominations across 23 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 68 nominations · 18%
  2. Comedy 9 wins · 32 nominations · 28%
  3. Thriller 6 wins · 28 nominations · 21%
  4. Adventure 4 wins · 22 nominations · 18%
  5. Musical 4 wins · 19 nominations · 21%
  6. Romance 4 wins · 16 nominations · 25%
  7. Fantasy 2 wins · 16 nominations · 13%
  8. Action 2 wins · 16 nominations · 13%
  9. Sci-Fi 4 wins · 14 nominations · 29%
  10. Crime 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
2025 season

How the Rest of the 2025 Awards Season Voted

The other 18 ceremonies of 2025, with the winner of each top prize. Conclave also won the top prize at 2 of them. Anora won the most of them: 6.

All 2025 awards

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NAACP Image Awards 2025: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Film at the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025)?

Conclave (2024) won Best Film. The other nominees were Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown and Emilia Pérez.

About Conclave

Which film won the most awards at the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025)?

Conclave and The Brutalist each won 4 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025)?

Conclave (2024) led with 12 nominations and won 4 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025)?

Best Director: Brady Corbet for The Brutalist. Best Actor: Adrien Brody for The Brutalist. Best Actress: Mikey Madison for Anora. Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain. Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana for Emilia Pérez.

When was the 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025)?

The 56th NAACP Image Awards (2025) took place on February 22, 2025 (Los Angeles, CA, USA). The database has 23 categories and 122 nominations for it.