Basketball Player Movies, Movies about Basketball Player

Here we've displayed a list of the best Basketball Player films : Hoop Dreams(1994), On the Map(2016), Hoosiers(1986), Finding Forrester(2000), Love & Basketball(2000), Inside Moves(1980), Believe in Me(2006), Smoke Signals(1998), White Men Can't Jump(1992), The Way Back(2020), Space Jam(1996), One Man and His Shoes(2020) ... ...

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Hoop Dreams

A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

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On the Map

ON THE MAP tells the against-all-odds story of Maccabi Tel Aviv's 1977 European Championship, which took place at a time when the Middle East was still reeling from the 1973 Yom Kippur War,... See full summary »

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Hoosiers

A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship.

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Finding Forrester

A young writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.

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Love & Basketball

Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.

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Inside Moves

Handicapped after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, a man finds common ground in the troubled souls at a local dive bar.

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Believe in Me

In 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.

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Smoke Signals

Arnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's alcoholism, violence and abandonment of his family.

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White Men Can't Jump

Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament.

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The Way Back

Jack Cunningham was a high school basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.

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Space Jam

In a desperate attempt to win a basketball match and earn their freedom, the Looney Tunes seek the aid of retired basketball champion, Michael Jordan.

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One Man and His Shoes

'One Man and His Shoes' tells the story of the phenomenon of Air Jordan sneakers showing their social, cultural and racial significance and how ground-breaking marketing strategies created a multi-billion-dollar business.

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Blue Chips

A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.

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Sunset Park

A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.

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Tall Story

A young insecure college sportsman is in trouble. He wants to marry his very straightforward girlfriend, also a student, but has no money. When he is offered a bribe to fix a game, he is torn even more about the matter.

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Just Wright

A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.

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Halls of Anger

An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.

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Semi-Pro

Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true.

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Aaron Loves Angela

In New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.

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Drive Me Crazy

Nicole and Chase used to be BFFs, then junior high happened. The high school centennial dance is coming but Nicole gets dumped. So does Chase. They stage a relationship to get at their exes. They visit each other's worlds. Love in the air?

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Uncle Drew

An anti-ageist comedy about a man's dream to win the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem.

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Like Mike

A 13-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "M.J." inside.

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Thunderstruck

When 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.

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Black and White

A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.

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Juwanna Mann

A basketball star is booted out of the NBA when his on-court antics go too far, so he poses as a woman and joins the WUBA.

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Church Ball

Dennis 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... See full summary »

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The Cookout

Todd Anderson's life changes overnight when he signs a $30 million contract with the NBA. Determined not to forget who he is and where he's from, he throws a cookout for his family and friends from the hood, in his new neighborhood.

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Crossover

The 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.

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What Color Is Love?

A woman's (Jennifer Finnigan) affair with a married basketball player (Roger Cross) results in a custody battle over their son.

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Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot

To compete in the first annual "Elite 24" all-star game, some of America's top high-school basketball players assemble on the same Harlem court where Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Dr. J once played.

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