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The Roku Channel
89
8.3
/29375/
79
/782/
75
/323/
4.4
/52271/
98
/60/
92
/881/
98
/19/
cc age 13+

Hoop Dreams (1994)
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.
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Netflix
86
83
8.0
/12629/
82
/839/
77
/506/
4.2
/69545/
100
/47/
99
/30/
79
/10/
8.7
/34659/
cc age 10+

The First Slam Dunk (2022)
Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School basketball team along with Sakuragi, Rukawa, Akagi, and Mitsui as they take the stage at the Inter-High School National Championship. And now, they are on the brink of challenging the reigning champions, Sannoh Kogyo High School.
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Hoopla
82
7.5
/187/
72
/26/
73
/7/
100
/15/
98
/56/
cc age 8+

Jump Shot: The Kenny Sailors Story (2019)
Introducing his never before seen 'leaping one-hander' to the masses on a national level, Kenny Sailors quickly grew to be a fan favorite while leading his Wyoming Cowboys to the Collegiate National Championship in Madison Square Garden in 1943. But after playing on several losing teams in an unstable, emerging league now known as the NBA, Kenny disappeared into the Alaskan wilderness only to be forgotten by the sport he helped pioneer. Now, nearly sixty years later, the multitude of people he has touched along the way have forced Kenny’s humble reemergence.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.4
/192442/
74
/7791/
72
/2244/
3.6
/516749/
93
/348/
97
/1341/
73
/59/
cc age 15+

Air (2023)
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.4
/56508/
74
/1333/
70
/570/
3.5
/45753/
92
/48/
88
/2280/
77
/13/
cc age 9+

Hoosiers (1986)
Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
7.4
/349779/
73
/14173/
72
/5215/
4.0
/1579372/
91
/351/
52
/2789/
93
/59/
cc age 16+

Uncut Gems (2019)
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.1
/95122/
68
/1493/
66
/927/
3.6
/78773/
91
/156/
82
/5415/
85
/31/
cc age 16+

Half Nelson (2006)
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
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Netflix
78
7.3
/161936/
75
/6548/
77
/2748/
3.6
/413499/
94
/174/
93
/10/
68
/41/
cc age 16+

Hustle (2022)
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
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Disney Plus
77
7.0
/9081/
74
/698/
75
/297/
3.3
/10528/
91
/22/
85
/34/
74
/5/
cc age 10+

Rise (2022)
After emigrating to Greece from Nigeria, Vera and Charles Antetokounmpo struggled to survive and provide for their five children, while living under the daily threat of deportation. Desperate to obtain Greek citizenship but undermined by a system that blocked them at every turn, the family's vision, determination and faith lifted them out of obscurity to launch the careers of three NBA champions.
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Amazon Prime Video
77
6.7
/49405/
65
/3141/
65
/1135/
3.5
/99262/
92
/248/
66
/500/
84
/35/
cc age 13+

The Vast of Night (2019)
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
poster
77
7.2
/26338/
74
/855/
73
/457/
3.7
/53945/
86
/113/
95
/8465/
73
/29/
cc age 14+

Love & Basketball (2000)
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
poster
76
7.1
/7468/
69
/102/
68
/67/
3.4
/3425/
95
/20/
76
/102/
64
/10/

The Great Santini (1979)
As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
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Apple TV
74
7.3
/5041/
74
/455/
75
/96/
3.6
/11845/
85
/34/
87
/42/
69
/11/
cc age 13+

Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023)
The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry—one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in basketball history—and his rise from an undersized college player to a four-time NBA champion.
poster
74
7.5
/2293/
72
/109/
73
/50/
3.6
/1631/
77
/6/
cc age 12+

Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot (2014)
This documentary chronicles the life story of the Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki and his inspiring journey from Germany to superstardom in the NBA.
poster
74
6.9
/54474/
71
/1185/
67
/771/
3.6
/50512/
82
/65/
83
/1375/
64
/21/
cc age 17+

He Got Game (1998)
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
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Kanopy
72
7.4
/190229/
76
/5482/
75
/3198/
3.8
/284638/
63
/146/
85
/10577/
57
/36/
cc age 14+

Coach Carter (2005)
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
poster
71
6.8
/104157/
70
/3103/
66
/1461/
3.5
/107833/
75
/107/
69
/2238/
65
/28/
cc age 16+

White Men Can't Jump (1992)
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
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Netflix
79
70
7.4
/12264/
75
/627/
73
/154/
3.6
/27546/
93
/14/
94
/11/
76
/5/
cc age 14+

The Redeem Team (2022)
Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells the story of the US Olympic Men's Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing following the previous team’s shocking performance four years earlier in Athens.
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Peacock Premium
70
6.5
/4152/
69
/387/
77
/155/
3.3
/12978/
54
/35/
69
/26/
62
/11/
cc age 14+

Shooting Stars (2023)
The inspiring origin story of a basketball superhero, revealing how LeBron James and his childhood friends become the #1 high school team in the country, launching James's breathtaking career as a four-time NBA Champion, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and the NBA's all-time leading scorer.
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Disney Plus
69
7.2
/50911/
74
/1094/
74
/770/
3.4
/22946/
55
/150/
81
/5830/
58
/33/
cc age 10+

Glory Road (2006)
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
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Netflix
68
6.2
/9632/
62
/573/
56
/250/
3.2
/28555/
91
/137/
49
/56/
78
/23/
cc age 15+

High Flying Bird (2019)
When an NBA lockout sidelines his big rookie client, an agent hatches a bold plan to save their careers -- and disrupt the league's power structure.
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Disney Plus
69
68
6.7
/10012/
70
/332/
65
/190/
3.2
/6366/
83
/23/
63
/190/
75
/5/
cc age 6+

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
poster
68
6.5
/2188/
68
/32/
56
/24/
3.2
/821/
78
/9/
73
/27/

One on One (1977)
Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the team, Henry is overwhelmed by the demands on his time, the "big business" aspect of college sports, and the fact that he never fully learned to read. Things look bleak for Henry when Janet Hays, a pretty graduate student, is assigned as Henry's tutor. Her intellect and strength lift Henry out of his doldrums just in time to battle the coach, who attempts to rescind Henry's scholarship.
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Kanopy
73
67
7.6
/5807/
74
/165/
73
/53/
3.7
/2906/
70
/50/
86
/237/
59
/18/
cc age 10+

More than a Game (2008)
This documentary follows NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his talented teammates through the trials and tribulations of high school basketball in Ohio and James' journey to fame.
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Fandango at Home Free
65
6.8
/36007/
71
/2434/
67
/478/
3.1
/61205/
59
/132/
94
/544/
50
/34/
cc age 13+

Champions (2023)
A stubborn and hotheaded minor league basketball coach is forced to train a Special Olympics team when he is sentenced to community service.
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fuboTV
65
5.6
/104184/
66
/6270/
65
/4730/
3.3
/694202/
67
/21/
74
/38333/
cc age 8+

High School Musical (2006)
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
poster
71
64
6.9
/33034/
68
/229/
71
/34/
3.3
/17796/
65
/20/
88
/38/

Sitaare Zameen Par (2025)
A disgraced basketball coach is given the chance to coach a team of players who are intellectually disabled as part of community services. Gulshan has apprehensions at first and feels out of place but soon realizes they just might have what it takes to make it to the national championships.
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Kanopy
64
6.5
/13725/
67
/247/
63
/159/
3.3
/6852/
50
/34/
56
/310/

Forget Paris (1995)
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.
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Netflix
79
64
7.7
/4367/
78
/395/
76
/130/
3.7
/14405/
93
/3/
8.0
/206364/

Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game (2017)
Kuroko reunites with the "Generation of Miracles" when former rivals are humiliated in an exhibition game against a notorious street basketball team.
poster
64
6.5
/228074/
69
/11056/
68
/6295/
3.3
/452375/
44
/87/
63
/16863/
57
/31/
cc age 7+

Space Jam (1996)
With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.
poster
63
7.3
/131058/
73
/2918/
74
/2135/
3.8
/255649/
46
/41/
76
/2213/
46
/19/
cc age 16+

The Basketball Diaries (1995)
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
poster
73
62
7.4
/6347/
74
/365/
72
/246/
3.7
/13610/
71
/14/
75
/8/

Dear Basketball (2017)
An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.
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Kanopy
62
6.4
/4015/
65
/86/
63
/85/
3.7
/9327/
75
/12/
63
/53/

Hail Mary (1985)
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
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fuboTV
62
6.1
/22581/
62
/270/
59
/301/
2.9
/9557/
65
/122/
58
/1038/
53
/26/
cc age 17+

O (2001)
Even though he's the only black student at the elite Palmetto Grove Academy, star basketball player Odin James has the adoration of all, including the team's coach and the Dean's beautiful daughter Desi. Odin's troubled friend Hugo, the coach's son, deeply resentful of his father's preference of Odin on and off the court, plots a diabolical scheme to sow the seed of mistrust between O and Desi, setting in motion a disturbing chain of events which erupts into a firestorm of breathtaking intensity.
poster
67
61
6.6
/5840/
72
/217/
69
/171/
3.2
/3642/

Three Seconds (2017)
The story is set at the 1972 Munich Olympics where the U.S. team lost the basketball championship for the first time in 36 years. The final moments of the final game have become one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With play tied, the score table horn sounded during a second free throw attempt that put the U.S. ahead by one. But the Soviets claimed they had called for a time out before the basket and confusion ensued. The clock was set back by three seconds twice in a row and the Russians finally prevailed at the very last. The U.S. protested, but a jury decided in the USSR’s favor and Team USA voted unanimously to refuse its silver medals. The Soviet players have been treated as heroes at home.
poster
61
5.9
/16544/
68
/650/
65
/450/
3.1
/18838/
47
/110/
61
/1277/
51
/26/
cc age 12+

Just Wright (2010)
Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight, helping him recover from a career-threatening injury. All goes well and soon Leslie finds herself falling in love with him. Just as their friendship deepens, however, Scott focuses his attention back on his tenuous relationship with his ex-fiancé Morgan, Leslie's gorgeous godsister, who would love to be the basketball player's trophy wife.
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Netflix
62
59
5.9
/5525/
66
/513/
63
/306/
2.9
/9728/
68
/29/
cc age 14+

Amateur (2018)
14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.
poster
59
6.3
/16200/
67
/382/
60
/200/
3.3
/12904/
41
/29/
51
/298/
54
/21/

Blue Chips (1994)
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
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Kanopy
59
6.5
/315393/
69
/8327/
69
/4355/
3.8
/1864131/
42
/149/
77
/26737/
45
/31/
cc age 13+

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!
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Disney Plus
58
5.4
/24254/
61
/768/
61
/560/
3.0
/38159/
57
/93/
52
/1136/
47
/27/
cc age 7+

Like Mike (2002)
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.
poster
77
58
7.4
/2597/
69
/19/
69
/30/
3.7
/913/
92
/65/
90
/118/
75
/26/

Broken Wings (2002)
Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
poster
79
58
8.3
/3747/
79
/47/
72
/24/
3.7
/702/
88
/32/
88
/43/
69
/15/

The Other Dream Team (2012)
The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence movement, and – with help from the Grateful Dead – triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics.
poster
Hulu
57
5.8
/16965/
68
/1732/
66
/589/
2.7
/27140/
62
/100/
48
/418/
57
/27/
cc age 11+

Uncle Drew (2018)
Uncle Drew recruits a squad of older basketball players to return to the court to compete in a tournament.
poster
The Roku Channel
57
6.0
/1978/
70
/82/
61
/18/
3.2
/706/
13
/8/
83
/86/

Sunset Park (1996)
A white teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined Black high school basketball team and turns them into winners.
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Kanopy
59
56
6.6
/7542/
66
/239/
64
/159/
3.2
/3419/
52
/23/
54
/135/
53
/8/
cc age 14+

The Winning Season (2009)
A 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
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Fandango at Home Free
56
6.1
/960/
59
/20/
48
/9/
3.2
/584/
56
/6/

Fast Break (1979)
David 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 tam the respect they deserve and some exposure, Greene schemes to try and get the number 1 team led by Bo Winnegar, to play them.
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Amazon Prime Video
56
6.6
/2014/
68
/91/
52
/42/
3.1
/632/
44
/48/
64
/107/
49
/19/
cc age 7+

The Mighty Macs (2011)
In 1971, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Though her team has no gym and no uniforms — and the school itself is in danger of being sold — Rush looks to steer her girls to their first national championship.
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Fandor
58
56
5.2
/5020/
58
/240/
52
/119/
3.0
/15272/
82
/17/
43
/58/
65
/5/

The Visitor (1979)
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.


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