Basketball movies

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.

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.

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

A contemporary retelling of the parable of the prodigal son set in the world of Texas high school basketball.

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.

Gar is a high school journalist who covers the basketball team as it heads toward a state championship; when his best friend Matt, the team's star, is asked by a drug dealer to throw the big game, Gar inevitably gets caught in the middle.

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.

Struggling coach Dennis Buckstead must lead an inept church basketball team to an improbable championship victory in the league's final season, overcoming infighting and uniting the players through sheer determination and perseverance.

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.

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.

A troubled junior college basketball player forges an unlikely friendship with a fellow baller through pick-up games on the streets of St. Louis.

The story of 1985-86 season of Indiana University's men's basketball team, led by the controversial coach Bob Knight, who would later be banned for his abusive behavior.

A teenager must battle for a gold charm to keep his family from being controlled by an evil leprechaun.

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

A kid named Reggie Reynolds is a high school student who is good in the classroom but not so good on the basketball court. But one day he meets a junk dealer who gives him a pair of old gym shoes that once were worn by an all-star in the Negro Basketball leagues in the 1930s. Reggie puts the red sneakers on and he is immediately playing like a superstar on the basketball court. He gets the attention of a major shoe company executive who wants Reggie to switch from the old red sneakers that he is wearing to his company's brand. But Reggie knows if he's not wearing those magical old red sneakers he is back on the sideline.

Two sisters become world-famous basketball players.

A developmentally handicapped young man comes to L.A. to pursue his dream of playing professional basketball for the Clippers.

Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him.

An acclaimed college basketball coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.

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.

An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, and centered around basketball player Odin.

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

Forrester, the author of a famous book, decides to help Jamal, a 16-year-old student, discover his writing prowess by mentoring him and enrolling him into a prestigious private school.

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

A talented all-black high school basketball team challenges the top all-white team in civil-rights-era New Orleans.