In the world there are many feature films about sports. Such paintings are able to cheer up and motivate a person for something, or simply bring pleasant emotions and impressions of the viewer. Or maybe discover something new.
This article contains the top 10 films about basketball. Each picture is interesting and unique in its own way.
"White people do not know how to jump" (1992)
This comedy is about two seemingly completely different characters played by the incomparable Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.
The streets of Los Angeles are full of various swindlers who manage to cash in even on street basketball. This is the main character of Billy - a basketball cheater. He has a lot of money from sports, but he is mired in debt, to cover which he urgently needs a large sum of money.
But one day he meets a dark-skinned cheater Sydney, who plays basketball flawlessly. Sooner or later, both of them will realize that only together they can scroll through incredibly profitable scams.
"Coach Carter" (2005)
The picture, which is in the TOP of the best films about basketball, whose rating is 8.7, is based on real events. Richmond's school basketball team is making incredible strides and always wins all matches. And all this thanks to their coach - former basketball player Ken Carter. However, due to frequent training and competition, the performance of basketball players at school began to decline, so the coach decided to stop training and close access to his students in the gym.
But after some time, the young basketball players began to study well.
"The Diary of a Basketball Player" (1995)
The film with the participation of Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg is based on real events - on the memoirs of Jimi Carroll.
Jim, whose role was played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who later became a world star - a teenager who grew up and lives in extremely adverse conditions. He has no father; his mother is raising him. They live in a poor quarter of New York. Jim plays basketball and keeps a diary, where he writes absolutely everything: good and bad.
All this leads to the fact that Jim tries different drugs, and as a result, gets addicted to heroin and becomes completely dose-dependent.
This film about the difficult struggle of a teenager with drug addiction has become one of the best films about basketball. The boy managed to cope with addiction, but his friends remained dying on the streets. Perhaps this is one of the most serious and difficult pictures among the list of the best films about basketball, which also addresses the problem of teenage addiction.
"His game" (1998)
A film with the participation of such eminent actors as Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich.
Jake, sentenced to 15 years for killing his wife, is offered a deal: if he convinces his son (an excellent basketball player named Jesus) to go to a certain university and play for the university basketball team, then he will be released ahead of schedule. But the problem is that the son is angry at his father because of the death of his mother and cannot forgive him. Jake will have to make efforts to regain his son and become a father.
Can Jake regain the trust of Jesus and get out of prison ahead of schedule? Can a son forgive his father even after the murder of his mother, which happened 6 years ago?
Just Wright (2010)
Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) is an ardent basketball fan. She has a favorite team, and soon she meets the best NBA player - Scott McKnight. Leslie's joy has no limits, but Scott falls for her beautiful charming sister, who is the exact opposite of a smiling, simple, cheerful and slightly full Leslie.
However, Scott soon gets injured, because of which he will be forced to stop playing basketball. Leslie turns out to be a physiotherapist who should help Scott. The life of a player who has lost faith and hope will soon be transformed thanks to Leslie.
The film "Just Wright" is a very sweet touching love story with notes of comedy and melodrama.
"Game by the rules of others" (2006)
The film takes place in 1965. Don Hasking coaches the women's basketball team. He is offered to become a coach of the Texas University Men's Team, and he agrees.
The university has no opportunity to recruit a team, and then Don decides to invite seven black guys to play for the national team, and this at that time was a strong challenge to society.
The film is also based on real events. Surprisingly, only half a century ago there was such a prejudice that black people do not know how to play anything. But soon this stereotype was destroyed.
"Above the Ring" (1994)
Kyle Watson is the main character of the drama and a great basketball player, but he suffered a star fever. This film tells of the difficult relationship between schoolboy Kyle and drug dealer Birdie and the silent school guard Thomas Sheppard.
On the way, Kyle will have a difficult choice: to seriously engage in sports in college and build a basketball career or to get easy money by playing in Birdie's basketball team.
This old Jeff Pollack film is almost a classic basketball movie.
Find Forrester (2000)
The film with the participation of Sean Connery and Rob Brown also one way or another relates to basketball subjects. Jamal Wallace goes to school, loves literature, writes stories himself, but his main feature is that he is a great basketball player. And another talented person is watching Jamal - the writer William Forrester, who even has a Pulitzer Prize. An unexpected meeting awaits them, but what can all this turn into?
The film is about the relationship between two very smart people who have become friends.
"Semi-Professional" (2008)
The penultimate one in the TOP 10 best films about basketball is a comedy featuring Will Ferell. The mid 1970s of the last century. The Flint Tropics basketball team has very little chance of joining the top four teams of the American Basketball Association, so that they, in turn, get into the National Basketball Association.
The owner of the team, as well as the coach and player Jackie Moon himself, believes that he will be able to transfer the team from the category of the worst to the four strongest teams of the American Association. He has a plan and faith, but will Flint Tropics get into the four?
Love and Basketball (2000)
The list of the best films about basketball closes the love picture "Love and Basketball", the name of which speaks for itself. The rating of the film is 5.
Quincy and Monica met in childhood on a basketball court. Since then, they are very close friends, and they both share a love of sports, but not only. Friends realized that they were drawn to each other's love. Quincy and Monica will have to go through many of the tests that life has prepared for them.
Films not in the top ten
This list of the best films about basketball can not be completed, because there are many more paintings that address this topic. For example, it’s worth highlighting a good documentary “More Than a Game”, which tells the story of the great basketball player and member of the National Basketball Association - LeBron James and his four comrades. The film describes the events of how the boys became basketball players, how they achieved fame, what difficulties they had to go through.
Still worth highlighting the following films:
- "One on one". The protagonist Henry Steele suddenly begins to realize that he can be good not only in basketball.
- "Grain, Earl and Me." In the film, the main character, the dark-skinned Nathaniel, is killed, which caused respect from others. His friend decides to take revenge on the killers.
- "The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh."
- "Gambling". At the heart of the film is the problem of fraud in sports turned outward.
- Basketball Dreams is a documentary about Chicago by Arthur Edgie and William Gates. Two teenagers grew up in a poor quarter. Following in the footsteps of their idol, basketball player Isaiah Thomas, adolescents are gradually reaching heights.
- The film "Mighty Max" tells the story of a coach who pulls out the women's team.
- The Invincible Savage. The main character of the picture goes to Africa to find worthy participants for the basketball team.
- "Victory Season" talks about women's basketball.
- "Indiana Team." The coach pulls the team using special methods.
- Space Jam is a cartoon film about aliens playing basketball on the ground.
- "King of the air." A very intelligent dog named Buddy escapes from a bad master and starts playing basketball well.
- "Hurricane Season". After Hurricane Katrina, the national team teamed up with participants from different teams to succeed.
- "Sixth player." Kenny and Anthony are brothers who play on the same team, but Anthony suddenly dies. Despite this, the team still plays and wins, as if the spirit of the deceased helps them. This is a funny comedy of the nineties, which starred Marlon Wayans, Kadim Hardison, David Paymer.
It turns out that there are a lot of films about basketball. Everyone will be able to find an artistic picture to their liking, because among this variety all films differ in plot, idea, genre.
Some paintings (“The Diary of a Basketball Player”) also deal with the drug problem, while other films narrate a love story (“Love and Basketball”, “Just Wright”). There are also “basketball” stories of people and teams that tell about the path to success, to fame, to the popularity of various teams.