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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
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.
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
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.
poster
72
7.3
/92825/
75
/2035/
71
/1170/
3.5
/32161/
74
/127/
79
/2684/
62
/27/
cc age 14+

Finding Forrester (2000)
Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.
poster
72
6.7
/56235/
69
/3765/
66
/1291/
3.3
/75354/
84
/216/
84
/629/
66
/40/
cc age 16+

The Way Back (2020)
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
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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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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.
poster
68
6.6
/18112/
71
/652/
69
/214/
3.3
/12254/
50
/22/
82
/713/
cc age 16+

Above the Rim (1994)
Story 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.
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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.
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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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
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
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
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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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
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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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.
poster
77
56
7.6
/3281/
76
/83/
71
/58/
3.5
/724/
94
/69/

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
A 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.
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Disney Plus
57
55
6.1
/9461/
61
/328/
60
/146/
2.6
/24299/
53
/178/
cc age 6+

The Luck of the Irish (2001)
A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.
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Disney Plus
54
5.4
/21167/
57
/943/
55
/502/
2.7
/45325/
50
/30/
38
/4636/
cc age 5+

Air Bud (1997)
A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.
poster
52
4.5
/86080/
55
/6364/
66
/4167/
1.9
/252494/
25
/228/
79
/690/
36
/46/
cc age 7+

Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.'s digitized champions on the court. It's Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life.
poster
MGM Plus
52
6.1
/64981/
66
/2570/
61
/1230/
2.9
/74690/
46
/35/
52
/1859/
25
/5/
cc age 13+

Teen Wolf (1985)
When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
51
6.6
/3465/
65
/105/
66
/65/
3.1
/1455/
69
/41/

Hurricane Season (2010)
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.
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Disney Plus
57
50
5.9
/4314/
63
/135/
60
/84/
2.5
/6217/
57
/134/
cc age 8+

Double Teamed! (2002)
Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are discovered by the basketball coach. Inspired by the true story of Heather and Heidi Burge.
poster
53
50
5.2
/6331/
62
/264/
61
/242/
2.4
/11421/
27
/11/
69
/124/
cc age 7+

Thunderstruck (2012)
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
poster
49
5.7
/6755/
66
/207/
60
/173/
2.7
/3607/
17
/12/
58
/264/

The 6th Man (1997)
A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.
poster
48
5.8
/89023/
61
/2171/
56
/852/
2.9
/76304/
23
/159/
39
/12469/
47
/29/
cc age 16+

Semi-Pro (2008)
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the worst team in the league. In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the NBA plans to merge with the best teams of the ABA at the end of the season. Only the top four teams will make the move and the worst teams will fold. If the Tropics want to make it to the NBA, Jackie Moon must rally his team and start winning.
poster
48
46
5.6
/9848/
61
/289/
61
/160/
2.7
/4683/
22
/27/
35
/226/
cc age 11+

The Air Up There (1994)
Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
poster
44
5.2
/14102/
60
/408/
55
/346/
2.5
/6951/
15
/89/
38
/587/
36
/25/
cc age 9+

Rebound (2005)
An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.
poster
43
5.2
/11802/
59
/307/
54
/170/
2.6
/4252/
17
/36/
36
/290/

Eddie (1996)
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima
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Disney Plus
50
42
4.1
/3304/
54
/115/
55
/109/
2.0
/3513/
61
/164/
cc age 8+

Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
Another 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.
poster
68
39
7.0
/1150/
73
/43/
65
/15/
60
/10/
74
/80/
cc age 8+

Believe in Me (2006)
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.
poster
41
39
5.3
/11144/
57
/245/
53
/149/
2.6
/5559/
12
/25/
32
/217/
34
/17/

Celtic Pride (1996)
Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.
poster
69
37
6.8
/1546/
70
/54/
66
/22/
3.3
/626/
79
/91/
cc age 10+

Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (1991)
A story about the great basketball player "Pistol" Pete Maravich when he was in the eighth grade. He plays on the varsity basketball team at Daniel High School but has some very difficult obstacles standing in his way of playing. The only support he has is from his father, retired basketball pro Press Maravich.
poster
73
34
7.0
/1157/
73
/39/
67
/11/
3.5
/732/
86
/825/

Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas produced at the height of the "blaxploitation" craze. Also released under the title Hit the Open Man, it features the screen debut of Laurence Fishburne, who was barely a teenager at the time.
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Hoopla
59
30
5.4
/1354/
74
/21/
56
/13/
3.1
/726/
70
/58/
40
/5/

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winners.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
33
24
2.2
/9548/
40
/40/
34
/38/
2.5
/634/
2
/63/
59
/706/
30
/19/
cc age 14+

Crossover (2006)
The clock strikes midnight, money changes hands, the crowd is on their feet, and the court is alive with fast-paced razzle-dazzle basketball. These players don't play for a school or a pro team. They play for the street and it's underground...way underground.
poster
44
9
5.2
/575/
42
/4/
40
/3/
45
/17/

A Season on the Brink (2002)
ESPN original movie, based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein, which chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when controversial basketball coach Bobby Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to his team and its practices, meetings, and huddles. We see dramatizations of some of Knight's infamous tantrums and the team's inter-personal struggles.
poster
43
8
4.7
/695/
37
/11/
31
/9/
2.9
/433/

Coach (1978)
A young, blonde and beautiful woman is hired to coach a team of underachieving basketball players and against all odds, leads them to victory.
poster
The Roku Channel
58
?
5.9
/392/
54
/5/
57
/6/
84
/9/

Heaven Is a Playground (1991)
On Chicago's South Side, too many kids get their one shot in life at the wrong end of a gun. But Byron Harper is determined to change all that with a dream called basketball. His hottest player, Truth, has a chance to turn pro, but first Harper has to tackle two major obstacles: Truth's drug problem and his ambitious, crooked sports agent. Enter Zack Telander, a promising young attorney who has given up his small-town law practice. He's spending a summer in the city playing pick-up basketball games and re-thinking his future. Harper asks for his help, but first Zack has to prove himself at hoops.
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?
8.5
/19/

Class C: The Only Game in Town (2008)
As their tiny hometowns fight to stay on the map, girls from across rural Montana compete for the state basketball title and a chance to bring home something worth celebrating. Montana native and basketball legend Phil Jackson brings insight and humor to the disappearing landscapes of his youth in a story that will change the way you see rural America.
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Amazon Prime Video
54
?
4.4
/304/
47
/4/
50
/7/
76
/6/

The Frontier Boys (2011)
The 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. Written by Frontier Boys
poster
47
?
5.9
/727/
38
/7/
44
/11/

Home of the Giants (2007)
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to steal money from a drug dealers' home. Gar tags along, but soon things go horribly wrong. One question to ask is "Will the Giants win the big game?
poster
The Roku Channel
42
?
5.0
/193/
30
/2/
25
/2/
67
/6/

Annie O (1996)
When a 15-year-old becomes the first female starter on her high school's male basketball team, her achievement is marred by the treatment she receives at the hands of her teammates, her brother and even her boyfriend.


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