At the 74th Golden Globe Awards '' Moonlight '' won Best Motion Picture – Drama and was nominated in five other categories . The film subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 89th annual Academy Awards , along with Best Supporting Actor for Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jenkins and McCraney , from a total of eight nominations . In 2017 , '' The New York Times '' considered it the " twentieth-best film of the 21st century so far "
74th Golden Globe Awards
74th Golden Globe Awards
Moonlight (2016 film)