The NAACP Image Award for Outstanding International Motion Picture was created in 2013 and discontinued a year later. The award returned during the 2021 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

2013

• The Intouchables (France)^[1]
  • Chico and Rita (Spain, United Kingdom)^[1][2]
  • For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (Mexico)
  • Forces spéciales (France)
  • The Raid: Redemption (Indonesia, France, United States)

2014

• War Witch (Canada)^[3]
  • Call Me Kuchu (United States, Uganda)^[3]
  • High Tech, Low Life (China, United States)
  • La Playa DC (Colombia, Brazil, France)
  • Lion Ark (United States, United Kingdom, Bolivia)

2021

• Night of the Kings (France)^[4]
  • Ainu Mosir (Japan)
  • His House (United States)
  • The Last Tree (United Kingdom)
  • The Life Ahead (Italy)

2022

• 7 Prisoners (Brazil)^[5]
  • African America (South Africa, United States)
  • Eyimofe (This is My Desire) (Nigeria)
  • Flee (United States, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark)
  • The Gravedigger's Wife (France, Somalia, Germany, Finland)

2023

• Bantú Mama (Dominican Republic)
  • Athena (France)
  • Broker (South Korea)
  • Learn to Swim (Canada)
  • The Silent Twins (United Kingdom, Poland, United States)

2024

• Brother (Canada)
  • Anatomy of a Fall (France)
  • Mami Wata (Nigeria)
  • Society of the Snow (Spain)
  • Rye Lane (United Kingdom)