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  • Denzel Washington in He Got Game (1998)

    1. He Got Game

    19982h 16mR64Metascore
    6.9 (54K)
    A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
    DirectorSpike LeeStarsDenzel WashingtonMilla JovovichRay Allen
  • Dan Aykroyd, Damon Wayans, and Daniel Stern in Celtic Pride (1996)

    2. Celtic Pride

    19961h 31mPG-1334Metascore
    5.3 (11K)
    Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.
    DirectorTom DeCerchioStarsDamon WayansDaniel SternDan Aykroyd
  • Jared Leto in Prefontaine (1997)

    3. Prefontaine

    19971h 46mPG-1355Metascore
    6.8 (7.9K)
    Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.
    DirectorSteve JamesStarsJared LetoR. Lee ErmeyEd O'Neill
  • Fast Break (1979)

    4. Fast Break

    19791h 47mPG
    6.1 (923)
    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 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.
    DirectorJack SmightStarsGabe KaplanHarold SylvesterMichael Warren
  • Billy Crudup and Monica Potter in Without Limits (1998)

    5. Without Limits

    19981h 57mPG-1371Metascore
    7.2 (7.9K)
    The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
    DirectorRobert TowneStarsBilly CrudupDonald SutherlandMonica Potter
  • Matthew McConaughey in We Are Marshall (2006)

    6. We Are Marshall

    20062h 11mPG53Metascore
    7.1 (67K)
    When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
    DirectorMcGStarsMatthew McConaugheyMatthew FoxAnthony Mackie
  • Lenora Crichlow and Lily James in Fast Girls (2012)

    7. Fast Girls

    20121h 31mNot Rated
    6.2 (4K)
    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
    DirectorRegan HallStarsLenora CrichlowPhil DavisJamie Howard
  • Brad Davis, Ben Cross, Yves Beneyton, Colin Bruce, Ian Charleson, Dennis Christopher, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Farrell, Daniel Gerroll, Stephen Mallatratt, Alan Polonsky, Struan Rodger, Edward Wiley, Benny Young, and David John in Chariots of Fire (1981)

    8. Chariots of Fire

    19812h 5mPG78Metascore
    7.1 (69K)
    Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
    DirectorHugh HudsonStarsBen CrossIan CharlesonNicholas Farrell
  • Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa (2006)

    9. Rocky Balboa

    20061h 42mPG63Metascore
    7.1 (238K)
    Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.
    DirectorSylvester StalloneStarsSylvester StalloneAntonio TarverMilo Ventimiglia
  • The Final Season (2007)

    10. The Final Season

    20071h 59mPG43Metascore
    6.5 (2.9K)
    Kent Stock disrupts his life to become coach of the Norway High School baseball team and try to lead them to victory.
    DirectorDavid Mickey EvansStarsSean AstinPowers BootheRachael Leigh Cook
  • James Caan, Shelley Fabares, and Billy Dee Williams in Brian's Song (1971)

    11. Brian's Song

    19711h 13mGTV Movie62Metascore
    7.5 (9.3K)
    Buzz Kulik's beloved tearjerker is based on the real-life friendship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond that was strengthened when Piccolo discovers that he has a fatal disease.
    DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJames CaanBilly Dee WilliamsJack Warden
  • Rhea Perlman in Sunset Park (1996)

    12. Sunset Park

    19961h 39mR
    6.0 (1.9K)
    A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
    DirectorSteve GomerStarsRhea PerlmanFredro StarrCarol Kane
  • Mekhi Phifer and Sean Maher in Brian's Song (2001)

    13. Brian's Song

    20011h 28mNot RatedTV Movie
    6.6 (1.6K)
    The story of professional football players Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease.
    DirectorJohn GrayStarsMekhi PhiferSean MaherPaula Cale
  • Burt Reynolds, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Bill Goldberg, Terry Crews, Nelly, Lobo Sebastian, Nicholas Turturro, Bob Sapp, Michael Irvin, and Dalip Singh in The Longest Yard (2005)

    14. The Longest Yard

    20051h 53mPG-1348Metascore
    6.4 (204K)
    Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
    DirectorPeter SegalStarsAdam SandlerBurt ReynoldsChris Rock
  • White Men Can't Jump (1992)

    15. White Men Can't Jump

    19921h 55mR65Metascore
    6.8 (103K)
    Two basketball hustlers, black Sidney Deane and white Billy Hoyle, join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts as well as in a tournament.
    DirectorRon SheltonStarsWesley SnipesWoody HarrelsonRosie Perez
  • Above the Rim (1994)

    16. Above the Rim

    19941h 36mR
    6.6 (18K)
    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.
    DirectorJeff PollackStarsDuane MartinTupac ShakurLeon
  • Anthony C. Hall in Blue Chips (1994)

    17. Blue Chips

    19941h 48mPG-1354Metascore
    6.3 (16K)
    A college basketball coach is forced to break the rules in order to get the players he needs to stay competitive.
    DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsNick NolteMary McDonnellJ.T. Walsh
  • Love & Basketball (2000)

    18. Love & Basketball

    20002h 4mPG-1373Metascore
    7.2 (26K)
    Monica and Quincy love and play basketball together through many life challenges from childhood to adulthood.
    DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsSanaa LathanOmar EppsGlenndon Chatman
  • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries (1995)

    19. The Basketball Diaries

    19951h 42mR46Metascore
    7.3 (128K)
    A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
    DirectorScott KalvertStarsLeonardo DiCaprioLorraine BraccoMarilyn Sokol
  • Denzel Washington in Remember the Titans (2000)

    20. Remember the Titans

    20001h 53mPG48Metascore
    7.8 (241K)
    In 1971, Virginia high-school football was everything to the people of Alexandria, but when the school board was forced to integrate an all-Black school with an all-white one, the foundation of football's tradition was put to the test.
    DirectorBoaz YakinStarsDenzel WashingtonWill PattonWood Harris
  • Glory Road (2006)

    21. Glory Road

    20061h 58mPG58Metascore
    7.2 (50K)
    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.
    DirectorJames GartnerStarsJosh LucasDerek LukeAustin Nichols
  • Samuel L. Jackson and Clyde Goins in Coach Carter (2005)

    22. Coach Carter

    20052h 16mPG-1357Metascore
    7.3 (181K)
    Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.
    DirectorThomas CarterStarsSamuel L. JacksonRick GonzalezRobert Ri'chard
  • Hoosiers (1986)

    23. Hoosiers

    19861h 54mPG77Metascore
    7.4 (55K)
    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 state championship in 1950s Indiana.
    DirectorDavid AnspaughStarsGene HackmanBarbara HersheyDennis Hopper
  • George Clooney, Tim Griffin, John Krasinski, and Matt Bushell in Leatherheads (2008)

    24. Leatherheads

    20081h 54mPG-1356Metascore
    6.0 (34K)
    In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.
    DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsGeorge ClooneyRenée ZellwegerJohn Krasinski
  • Ellen Burstyn, Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz, and Marley Shelton in The Mighty Macs (2009)

    25. The Mighty Macs

    20091h 39mG49Metascore
    6.6 (2K)
    In 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.
    DirectorTim ChambersStarsCarla GuginoMarley SheltonEllen Burstyn

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