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- DirectorSteve JamesStarsWilliam GatesArthur AgeeEmma GatesA film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.94 (5)
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Blu-ray (Criterion) - DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsGene HackmanBarbara HersheyDennis HopperA coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small-town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the state championship in 1950s Indiana.82 (5)
Blu-ray - DirectorEriq La SalleStarsDon CheadleJames Earl JonesMichael BeachA dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.78 (1)
DVD - DirectorJoseph MandukeStarsMoses GunnRosalind CashBernie CaseyA 12-year-old is traumatised by the murder of his friend, a star basketball player.75 (2)
Blu-ray - DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsSanaa LathanOmar EppsGlenndon ChatmanMonica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.74 (5)
Blu-ray - DirectorSpike LeeStarsDenzel WashingtonMilla JovovichRay AllenA basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.71 (5)
Blu-ray - DirectorRon SheltonStarsWesley SnipesWoody HarrelsonRosie PerezBlack and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament.66 (4)
Blu-ray - DirectorLamont JohnsonStarsRobby BensonAnnette O'TooleG.D. SpradlinA small-town basketball star goes to college and tries to impress his tutor, teammates, and coach.74 (2)
DVD - DirectorScott KalvertStarsLeonardo DiCaprioLorraine BraccoMarilyn SokolA teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.59 (5)
Blu-ray - DirectorJames GartnerStarsJosh LucasDerek LukeAustin NicholsIn 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.62 (5)
Blu-ray - DirectorThomas CarterStarsSamuel L. JacksonRick GonzalezRobert Ri'chardControversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.63 (5)
Blu-ray - DirectorJeff PollackStarsDuane MartinTupac ShakurLeonStory of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.60 (2)
DVD - DirectorJoe PytkaStarsMichael JordanWayne KnightTheresa RandleIn a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.54 (5)
Blu-ray - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsNick NolteMary McDonnellJ.T. WalshA college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.49 (2)
DVD - DirectorJack NicholsonStarsWilliam TepperKaren BlackMichael MargottaThe star player of a college basketball team starts to go off the rails with an illicit love affair and his roommate going crazy to avoid the war draft.55 (3)
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Blu-ray (Criterion) - DirectorJack SmightStarsGabe KaplanHarold SylvesterMichael WarrenDavid Greene is a New York basketball enthusiast, who wants to coach. He is then offered the coaching job at a small Nevada college. He brings along some players, who are a bit odd but good. Like Swish who unknown to the rest of the team is a girl. Preacher, who's being sought by some nefarious characters. And D.C., who's a fugitive. And along with some of the students at the college, he turns them into a contender. In order to give the team the respect they deserve and some exposure, Greene schemes to try and get the number 1 team led by Bo Winnegar, to play them. Brian liked to dish to Bob for the easy layup. Kev stole the ball and fed Mel on a breakaway. Reg would guard the paint.60 (1)
DVD - DirectorSteve GomerStarsRhea PerlmanFredro StarrCarol KaneA white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.36 (2)
DVD - DirectorJonathan LimStarsYishan ZhangAndrew ChouXiaofan LinThree basketball-loving Chinese youths run afoul of bullies and try to hone their skills for an upcoming 3-on-3 streetball game.66 (2)
DVD - DirectorFrank C. SchroederStarsMillie PerkinsNick BenedictAdam GuierBiography of pro basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich, who died suddenly in 1988 at age 40 from a heart attack.70 (1)
Blu-ray - DirectorJames Wong HoweStarsDane ClarkPatricia BreslinSidney PoitierThe story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.
- DirectorScott McKinseyStarsBrian PresleyIseluleko Ma'at El 0Anna Maria HorsfordA developmentally handicapped young man comes to L.A. to pursue his dream of playing professional basketball for the Clippers.
- DirectorRod DanielStarsMichael J. FoxJames HamptonSusan UrsittiAn ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsSean ConneryRob BrownF. Murray AbrahamForrester, the author of a famous book, decides to help Jamal, a 16-year-old student, discover his writing prowess by mentoring him and enrolling him into a prestigious private school.
- DirectorBilly CrystalStarsBilly CrystalDebra WingerJoe MantegnaMickey, an NBA referee, meets Ellen, an American airline official, in Paris. It develops into a relationship of ups and downs.
- DirectorTim Blake NelsonStarsMekhi PhiferJulia StilesMartin SheenAn update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.
- DirectorAnno SaulStarsTil SchweigerAlexandra Maria LaraJürgen VogelTo catch a basketball from the favorite team of his girlfriend's spoiled son, Fred poses as a paralyzed, wheelchair-bound fan. But when he catches the ball, he also catches the attention of young, attractive filmmaker Denise, who wants to feature a differently-abled fan in an image film for the team. Fred must keep playing his role, while real invalid and really furious fan Ronny might call his bluff at any moment. Worse still, love sets in.
- DirectorRobert CollectorStarsJeffrey DonovanSamantha MathisDoris HargraveIn a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.
- DirectorTimothy J. NelsonStarsLindsay PulsipherWayne SableCarleton BlufordUnited States, 1964. Bobbie Dean is a boyish girl who has an extraordinary talent for basketball. Because she's a girl, Bobbie is limited in her playing. She can only compete in girl's basketball, that has restricted rules and is hardly taken serious by anyone. When Bobbie is helping her father making a delivery, some boys are playing ball. They assume she is a boy and when they see her play they want her on their college team. But when Bobbie's secret eventually gets out, there are people who are willing to use any means necessary to ensure she never touches a ball in man's basketball again.
- DirectorJim StrouseStarsSam RockwellEmma RobertsRob CorddryA comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team.
- DirectorTim ChambersStarsCarla GuginoMarley SheltonEllen BurstynIn the early '70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach of a tiny girls' Catholic college that has no gym and is in danger of being sold, and she determines to steer her team to their first national championship.
- DirectorMalcolm D. LeeStarsLeBron JamesDon CheadleCedric JoeA rogue artificial intelligence kidnaps the son of famed basketball player LeBron James, who then has to work with Bugs Bunny to win a basketball game.
- DirectorRusty GormanStarsHaley Joel OsmentRyan MerrimanEugene OsmentGar is a high school journalist who covers the basketball team as it heads toward a state championship; when his best friend Matt, the team's star, is asked by a drug dealer to throw the big game, Gar inevitably gets caught in the middle.
- DirectorEitan GreenStarsSeffie AdirIcho AvitalChaim BanaiAn Israeli sports journalist befriends an American basketball pro playing in Israel. Although from very different backgrounds, their love for the game deepens their friendship. Each learns to value the other's culture.
- DirectorPhil BrownWill JasonStarsHarlem GlobetrottersThomas GomezDorothy DandridgeAbe Saperstein, owner/manager of the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-Negro professional basketball team, signs Billy Townsend, an All-American, to play with the "Globetrotters." Saperstein wants Billy to finish school first and get his degree but, despite the good advice, Billy quits college and joins the team. He becomes the team star, gets married after sneaking out of a hotel contrary to Saperstein's instructions, and is injured when returning to the hotel. As a result, the team loses an important game, and Billy is fired. He signs a big-money contract to play with another team in the following season, but after a heart-to-heart talk with his wife about caring for others instead of just himself, he asks his old team to take him back. By rejoining the "Globetrotters," he invalidated the big money contract.
- DirectorSanaa HamriStarsQueen LatifahCommonPaula PattonA physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.
- DirectorRandall FriedStarsLaTaunya BoundsTerry BradleyCylk CozartA coach and a lawyer team up to provide incentives for an urban high school basketball team to stay out of trouble.
- DirectorKent AltermanStarsWill FerrellWoody HarrelsonAndré 3000Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true.
- DirectorMario CamusStarsFederico LuppiAntonio ResinesAssumpta SernaThe new coach of the basketball team of Lugo arrives from Uruguay. He really knows nothing about training a basketball team so he keeps the previous coach on and in the meantime tries to learn from videos and books, but his real reason for coming to Spain was to find out about an old lost love.
- DirectorRandall MillerStarsMarlon WayansKadeem HardisonDavid PaymerA college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.
- DirectorMatt KrentzStarsJimmy McKinneyMatt KrentzAudrie RiveraA troubled junior college basketball player forges an unlikely friendship with a fellow baller through pick-up games on the streets of St. Louis.
- DirectorPaul Michael GlaserStarsKevin BaconCharles Gitonga MainaYolanda VazquezA basketball coach travels to Africa to recruit a new star.
- DirectorSteve KleinStarsRichard LewisSean SquireGerry BeckerA former basketball coach gets a second chance in a second-rate program.
- DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsJohn IrelandMarshall ThompsonVanessa BrownA college basketball star collaborates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track.
- DirectorEran RiklisStarsDanny HustonAmira CasarMark WaschkePlayoff tells the story of legendary Israeli basketball coach Ralph Klein. He became a national hero, when he made Maccabi Tel Aviv into European Champions in the late Seventies, one of Israel's first great international sporting successes. But Max became a national traitor equally fast, when he then accepted the against-all-odds job of turning the totally hopeless West-German basketball team - of all people! - into European winners. Max always maintains that Germany - where he was born before the war - means nothing to him, and that training their national team is just another job on his path to NBA glory. But things aren't as simple as he refuses to speak German to the young players. The only person he seems to be able to relate to is a Turkish immigrant woman Deniz, and her cheeky teenage daughter Sema. Max just about falls in love with Deniz - and does succeed in reinventing the Germans as European champions. When he discovers what happened to his own family in the 1940s - it is not what he had expected. And he will realize that one cannot run away forever from one's own past and demons. Playoff is inspired by the life of Ralph Klein, Israel's most famous basketball coach, ever.
- DirectorJoy N. Houck Jr.Jim McCullough Sr.StarsMark-Paul GosselaarSoleil Moon FryeJamie LunerA girls' Episcopalian high school basketball team fights to make a name for themselves through the help of their new female coach.
- DirectorJohn WhitesellStarsKevin DurantTaylor GrayJim BelushiWhen Brian, a hopelessly uncoordinated young fan magically switches talents with his hero, basketball star Kevin Durant, he becomes the star of his high school team, while Kevin Durant suddenly can't make a shot to save his life.
- DirectorTom DeCerchioStarsDamon WayansDaniel SternDan AykroydTwo over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.
- DirectorCharles Martin SmithStarsMichael JeterKevin ZegersWendy MakkenaAn unexpected player joins the school basketball team - a circus dog who escaped from a cruel master.
- DirectorJohn SchultzStarsShad MossJonathan LipnickiMorris ChestnutA 13-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "MJ" inside them.
- DirectorDavid NelsonStarsJascha WashingtonKel MitchellMichael BeachAnother young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.
- DirectorSteve CarrStarsMartin LawrenceMegan MullallyBreckin MeyerAn acclaimed college basketball coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.
- DirectorSusan SeidelmanStarsBrooke ShieldsWanda SykesDaryl HannahA group of middle aged women play basketball and prove a point.
- DirectorSteve RashStarsWhoopi GoldbergFrank LangellaDennis FarinaCoincidences lead to the New York Knicks, getting its loudest fan, Edwina "Eddie" Franklin, as coach. Season victory?
- DirectorGilbert MosesStarsJulius ErvingJonathan WintersMeadowlark LemonThe Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania basketball team is hopeless. Could they become winners with help from an astrologer and some new astrologically-compatible players?
- DirectorJohn GrootersStarsRebecca St. JamesBig KennyEarthquake KelleyThe story of four high-school boys whose undefeated basketball season and friendship are threatened after a drive-by shooting leaves one of them in a coma and one of them with a secret. Brent Fencett, Jed Bracken, and T.J. Lewis are star players on the Charlevoix High School Basketball team; Jackson Carlson is their most obnoxious fan. They are unbeaten on the court and inseparable off it--until Brent gets caught up in his older brother's mixed-up life. The consequences of Brent's choice leave T.J. in the hospital and Brent's soul in turmoil.
- DirectorYen-Ping ChuStarsJay ChouEric TsangGang WangFang Shijie is found as a baby in the garbage and raised at a martial arts academy. With the help of a man, he gets into college and is promoted to the basketball championship as he searches for his real parents.
- DirectorBud TownsendStarsCathy Lee CrosbyMichael BiehnKeenan WynnA town hires an Olympic track star named Randy Rawlings to coach the high school basketball team. Randy is hired sight unseen and the town does not know Randy is a woman. The town immediately tries to force her out as soon as she arrives.
- DirectorDiego HallivisStarsPhil HausNoelle MihalinecJason HurtTwo friends are top contenders in a competitive basketball championship. With high hopes for the win, they'll do whatever it takes to walk off the court as the champions.
- DirectorJim C. HarrisStarsNancy LiebermanTom CampitelliMike O'DellBrad Johnson is a successful young manager who owns a millions dollar heavy company. He believes the key to his success was trusting in the forecasts of his computers. So he wants to use the same method to improve his basketball team. He computes the perfect profile and after a long search finally finds Teri Williams. However there's a problem: she's a woman! Will she be the first professional female in NBA?
- DirectorSherwood HuStarsKim Ah-jungCarmelo AnthonyCharles 'Blackie' ChenA talented Chinese software gaming programmer attempts to hack into a basketball game he worked on for his former American employer due to a dangerous computer virus he claimed was in the game, claims that were ignored by his employer. His actions make him a target of law enforcement.
- DirectorJesse VaughanStarsMiguel A. Núñez Jr.Christopher SimmonsVivica A. FoxA star basketball player decides to dress up as a woman and join the women's professional basketball league when his on-court antics get him suspended.
- DirectorDon AbernathyStarsTony ToddDebbie AllenShakira BryantA dramatic feature about an inner city girl's high school basketball team who, with the help of a dedicated coach struggle though personal issues to save their basketball program.
- DirectorDan ShelbyStarsDan ShelbyMark NorrisArt AroustamianYoung basketball star Dan Milano has all the makings of a pro player -- talent, skill and determination. But as he sets out to make his dream come true, Dan learns that in the world of professional basketball, talent only gets you so far. Based on a true story, this telling drama exposes the politics and corruption that run rampant in organized sports.
- DirectorKurt HaleStarsAndrew WilsonAmy StewartClint HowardDennis Buckstead has the hardest calling in his church: Not only has he been asked to coach a group of non-basketball players in his church but the bishop has demanded that he lead the team to the Basketball Championship. Word from the top is that this is the last season of church ball and Bishop Linderman isn't about to have his team lose for the 20th year in a row in the last season of church-ball history. What was supposed to strengthen the body, invigorate the mind. and cultivate brotherly love seems to bring out the worst in these church-going ball players. Dennis must find a way to bring his team together and build unity along the way to win the championship or go down in church-ball history as the worst team that ever played.
- DirectorValerio ZanoliStarsDennis RodmanGabriel PimentelJoe GnoffoA talented team of basketball players made up of little people enters a tournament to help a teammate's son go to college.
- DirectorPreston A. Whitmore IIStarsAnthony MackieWesley JonathanWayne BradyThe lives of a gifted athlete and his best friend change when they take a fateful trip to Los Angeles. The young hopefuls must use every skill at their command to topple the reigning street ball champions from their thrones.
- DirectorGregory HinesStarsVanessa Bell CallowayDempsey PappionRuben Santiago-HudsonA kid named Reggie Reynolds is a high school student who is good in the classroom but not so good on the basketball court. But one day he meets a junk dealer who gives him a pair of old gym shoes that once were worn by an all-star in the Negro Basketball leagues in the 1930s. Reggie puts the red sneakers on and he is immediately playing like a superstar on the basketball court. He gets the attention of a major shoe company executive who wants Reggie to switch from the old red sneakers that he is wearing to his company's brand. But Reggie knows if he's not wearing those magical old red sneakers he is back on the sideline.
- DirectorSteve JamesStarsAndre BraugherRip TornSean SquireA talented all-black high school basketball team challenges the top all-white team in civil-rights-era New Orleans.
- DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsPoppi MonroeAnnie McElwainTeal RedmannTwo sisters become world-famous basketball players.
- DirectorJohn R. Cherry IIIStarsJim VarneyCylk CozartAaron JosephErnest P. Worrell becomes a basketball star after an angel bearing an uncanny resemblance to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives him a pair of magic sneakers.
- DirectorJohn PattersonStarsAlfre WoodardA.J. JohnsonLeonMary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city bureaucracy. Her children thrive under her protection, despite the dangers and temptations of their neighborhood. Mary's youngest son, Isiah Thomas, grows up to be one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA, leading the Detroit Pistons to two championships.
- DirectorCharles BravermanStarsVictor LoveDuane DavisGeorge KennedyBased on a true story of Hank Gathers, a basketball player from Loyola Marymount who collapsed and died during a game. Hank was a loudmouth Philly kid who was one of the best high school basketball players in the city. His rival comes in the form of Bo Kimble, a more serious athlete who doesn't care for Hank's reckless behavior. When the two players get recruited by USC, they eventually become friends. Hank and Bo are not really played much with the USC team, and head to Loyola Marymount, where the two became college sensations.
- DirectorStuart CooperStarsJohn LarroquetteKathy BakerChristine EstabrookA fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a certain charge. He is sentenced to community service. He is assigned to coach a basketball team of mentally handicapped citizens. At first, he is reluctant and thinks selfishly of his own needs. Later on, he finds the real meaning of life which is helping others.
- DirectorPaul HoenStarsRyan MerrimanHenry GibsonAlexis LopezA teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
- DirectorStuart GillardStarsAlex D. LinzRichard T. JonesR.H. ThomsonAn African American college basketball star becomes the head coach of a yeshiva's struggling basketball team in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a knee injury forces him to leave the game. Based on the true story of Lamont Carr.
- DirectorGraeme CliffordStarsTerry FarrellAdrian PasdarSumela KayWhen former college basketball star Laura Mosbach moves to a small town to assist legendary coach Tommy Holliday with his high school championship girls' basketball team, all is not what it seems.
- DirectorRobert MandelStarsBrian DennehyAl ThompsonBenz AntoineThe story of 1985-86 season of Indiana University's men's basketball team, led by the controversial coach Bob Knight, who would later be banned for his abusive behavior.
- DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsDwayne AdwayJohn TerryDee WallaceBiography of Chicago Bulls' basketball star Dennis Rodman, who is well known for his off-court and on-court shenanigans takes great effort to paint the calm, decent side of the athlete despite the film title. Dennis is shown to be pushed by his momma to play pro ball and to go to college where he would get the opportunity. Shipped to Oklahoma where he faces racism, he is taken in by a white family and coached by Lonn Reisman. The movie finally tracks Rodman into his wild, multi-haired current lifestyle.
- DirectorAlan MetzgerStarsDebbie AllenErnie HudsonRobin GivensIt starts as a little kid and shows the man behind the legend grow up to the nba
- DirectorPeter BaldwinStarsBob DenverAlan Hale Jr.Jim BackusThe staff of the island resort need the aid of the Harlem Globetrotters to keep their island from a greedy millionaire.