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This list of best 40 basketball movies is generated by using a formula that combines the opinions of our users and the opinions of other reliable media sources. Don't agree with them...give us your opinion!
* This poll is updated daily.
| # 1 |  |
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
SIM Rating: 8.50
Cast: James Earl Jones
Rating: R
Length: 120 minutes |
| # 2 |  |
Coach Carter (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.39
Cast: Antwon Tanner, Ashanti, Debbi Morgan, Ramsey Gbelawoe, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Samuel L. Jackson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 136 minutes |
| # 3 |  |
Hoosiers (1986)
SIM Rating: 8.31
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Neidorf, Dennis Hopper, Gene Hackman
Rating: PG
Length: 115 minutes |
| # 4 |  |
Love & Basketball (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.31
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Debbi Morgan, Dennis Haysbert, Glenndon Chatman, Harry J. Lennix, James DuMont, Kyla Pratt, Monica Calhoun, Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Tyra Banks
Rating: PG-13
Length: 124 minutes |
| # 5 |  |
Glory Road (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.29
Cast: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight
Rating: PG
Length: 106 minutes |
| # 6 |  |
Finding Forrester (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.29
Cast: Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, F. Murray Abraham, Lil' Zane, Michael Nouri, Rob Brown, Sean Connery, Tom Mullica
Rating: PG-13
Length: 136 minutes |
| # 7 |  |
He Got Game (1998)
SIM Rating: 8.15
Cast: Bill Nunn, Denzel Washington, Jim Brown, Milla Jovovich, Ray Allen, Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Rating: R
Length: 136 minutes |
| # 8 |  |
Pistol: The Birth Of A Legend (1991)
SIM Rating: 7.90
Cast: Millie Perkins, Nick Benedict, Adam Guier, Murrell Garland
Rating: G
Length: 90 minutes |
| # 9 |  |
White Men Can't Jump (1992)
SIM Rating: 7.72
Cast: Cylk Cozart, Ernest Harden Jr., John Marshall Jones, Kadeem Hardison, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson
Rating: R
Length: 115 minutes |
| # 10 |  |
One on One (1977)
SIM Rating: 7.71
Cast: Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G.D. Spradin
Rating: PG
Length: 98 minutes |
| # 11 |  |
Home of the Giants (2007)
SIM Rating: 7.61
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman, Danielle Panabaker
Rating: N/A
Length: 0 minutes |
| # 12 |  |
Heaven is a Playground (1991)
SIM Rating: 7.61
Cast: Bo Kimble, D.B. Sweeney, Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Warren, Richard Jordan, Victor Love
Rating: R
Length: 107 minutes |
| # 13 |  |
Space Jam (1996)
SIM Rating: 7.61
Cast: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Billy West (voices)
Rating: PG
Length: 87 minutes |
| # 14 |  |
Believe In Me (2006)
SIM Rating: 7.52
Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis, Bruce Dern
Rating: PG
Length: 131 minutes |
| # 15 |  |
O (2001)
SIM Rating: 7.51
Cast: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan
Rating: R
Length: 95 minutes |
| # 16 |  |
Above the Rim (1994)
SIM Rating: 7.50
Cast: Duane Martin, Leon Robinson, Marlon Wayans, Tupac Shakur
Rating: R
Length: 96 minutes |
| # 17 |  |
Winning Season, The (2009)
SIM Rating: 7.44
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Emma Roberts, Rob Corddry
Rating: PG-13
Length: 104 minutes |
| # 18 |  |
Sixth Man, The (1997)
SIM Rating: 7.41
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, David Paymer, Michael Michele
Rating: PG-13
Length: 107 minutes |
| # 19 |  |
Double Teamed (2002)
SIM Rating: 7.37
Cast: Poppi Monroe, Annie McElwain, Teal Redmann
Rating: NR
Length: 89 minutes |
| # 20 |  |
Passing Glory (1999)
SIM Rating: 7.29
Cast: Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, Sean Squire
Rating: PG
Length: 100 minutes |
| # 21 |  |
Like Mike (2002)
SIM Rating: 7.29
Cast: Anne Meara, Bow Wow, Brenda Song, Crispin Glover, Eugene Levy, Jonathan Lipnicki, Morris Chestnut, Robert Forster
Rating: PG
Length: 99 minutes |
| # 22 |  |
Blue Chips (1994)
SIM Rating: 7.24
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Ed O'Neill, J.T. Walsh, Mary McDonnell, Matt Nover, Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal
Rating: PG-13
Length: 108 minutes |
| # 23 |  |
Sunset Park (1996)
SIM Rating: 7.09
Cast: Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr
Rating: R
Length: 99 minutes |
| # 24 |  |
Teen Wolf (1985)
SIM Rating: 6.99
Cast: James Hampton, Michael J. Fox, Scott Paulin, Susan Ursitti
Rating: PG
Length: 91 minutes |
| # 25 |  |
Basketball Diaries (1995)
SIM Rating: 6.89
Cast: Brittany Daniel, Bruno Kirby, Ernie Hudson, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli
Rating: R
Length: 102 minutes |
| # 26 |  |
Breaking the Press (2010)
SIM Rating: 6.80
Cast: Drew Waters, Farah White and Tom Maden
Rating: PG
Length: 95 minutes |
| # 27 |  |
Frontier Boys (2012)
SIM Rating: 6.77
Cast: Rebecca St. James, Big Kenny Alphin and Earthquake Kelley
Rating: PG-13
Length: 113 minutes |
| # 28 |  |
Eddie (1996)
SIM Rating: 6.74
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins
Rating: PG-13
Length: 100 minutes |
| # 29 |  |
Red Sneakers, The (2002)
SIM Rating: 6.72
Cast: Dempsey Pappion, Gregory Hines, Vincent D'Onofrio
Rating: NR
Length: 109 minutes |
| # 30 |  |
Kung Fu Dunk (2008)
SIM Rating: 6.68
Cast: Jay Chou, Eric Tsang, Gang Wang
Rating: NR
Length: 99 minutes |
| # 31 |  |
Just Wright (2010)
SIM Rating: 6.67
Cast: Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, and James Pickens Jr.
Rating: PG
Length: 100 minutes |
| # 32 |  |
Air Up There (1994)
SIM Rating: 6.66
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitongna Maina, Yolanda Vazquez
Rating: PG
Length: 107 minutes |
| # 33 |  |
Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, The (1979)
SIM Rating: 6.60
Cast: Julius Erving, Jonathan Winters, Meadowlark Lemon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Rating: PG
Length: 102 minutes |
| # 34 |  |
Fast Break (1979)
SIM Rating: 6.58
Cast: Gabriel Kaplan, Harold Slyvester, Michael Warren
Rating: PG
Length: 107 minutes |
| # 35 |  |
Streetballers (2009)
SIM Rating: 6.56
Cast: Jimmy Mckinney
Rating: R
Length: 118 minutes |
| # 36 |  |
Rebound (2005)
SIM Rating: 6.51
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Breckin Meyer, Horatio Sanz, Oren Williams
Rating: PG
Length: 103 minutes |
| # 37 |  |
Celtic Pride (1996)
SIM Rating: 6.48
Cast: Damon Wayans, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O'Grady, Daniel Stern
Rating: PG-13
Length: 91 minutes |
| # 38 |  |
Annie-O (1995)
SIM Rating: 6.48
Cast: Rob Stewart, Coco Yares, Chad Willett
Rating: PG
Length: 93 minutes |
| # 39 |  |
Church Ball (2006)
SIM Rating: 6.32
Cast: Andrew Wilson, Gary Colemen, and Clint Howard Fred Willard
Rating: PG
Length: 91 minutes |
| # 40 |  |
Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
SIM Rating: 6.32
Cast: Michael Beach, Moneca Delain, Leslie Hopps, Brett Kelly
Rating: PG
Length: 95 minutes
from : http://www.sportsinmovies.com/best-movies/basketball.asp |
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