The nominations for this year’s NAACP Image Awards will be announced live on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.
Here are my predictions for the nominations in the category of Film.
Outstanding Motion Picture
- King Richard
- Respect
- A Journal for Jordan
- The Harder They Fall
- Coming 2 America
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
- Will Smith (King Richard)
- Jonathan Majors (The Harder They Fall)
- Michael B. Jordan (Without Remorse)
- Forest Whitaker (Respect)
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen (Candyman)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- Leslie Odom, Jr. (The Many Saints of Newark)
- Arsenio Hall (Coming 2 America)
- Corey Hawkins (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
- Jeffrey Wright (The French Dispatch)
- Colman Domingo (Zola)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
- Regina King (The Harder They Fall)
- Chante Adams (A Journal for Jordan)
- Jennifer Hudson (Respect)
- Halle Berry (Bruised)
- Taylour Paige (Zola)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
- Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
- Ruth Negga (Passing)
- Tiffany Haddish (The Card Counter)
- Ariana Debose (West Side Story)
- Teyonah Parris (Candyman)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture
- Saniyya Sidney (King Richard)
- Demi Singleton (King Richard)
- Danny Boyd (Bruised)
- Danielle Deadwyler (The Harder They Fall)
- Caleb McLaughlin (Concrete Cowboy)
Outstanding Animated Motion Picture
- Encanto
- Vivo
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
- Raya and the Last Dragon
- Paw Patrol: The Movie
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
- The Harder They Fall
- King Richard
- Respect
- Candyman
- Coming 2 America
Outstanding Documentary Film
- Summer of Soul
- Tina
- Mary J Blige My Life
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
- Citizen Ashe
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
- Denzel Washington (A Journal for Jordan)
- Halle Berry (Bruised)
- Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard)
- Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall)
- Janicza Bravo (Zola)
