Black Reel Award for Outstanding Film

Outstanding Film is the final award of the night at each ceremony.

Only one non-English language film has been nominated in the category: The Intouchables (French, 2013).

Five films wholly financed outside of the United States has been nominated for Outstanding Film: Attack the Block (2011), Shame (2011), The Intouchables (2013), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) and Belle (2014).

It won in the first and only winner in the Outstanding Comedy/Musical film at the 5th Annual Black Reel Awards.

Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Tupac: Resurrection, Fade to Black and 13th were the other documentaries to be nominated in this category.