Best movies about basketball: TOP-10

In the world there are so many feature films about sports. Such pictures are able to encourage and motivate people to do something or just bring pleasant emotions and impressions from what they've seen. And maybe, to open something new.
In this article the 10 best films about basketball are collected. 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 incomparable Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.

The streets of Los Angeles are full of various scams, which manage to cash in even on street basketball. This is the main character Billy - a basketball player. He has a lot of money from the sport, but is mired in debt, for which a large amount of money is urgently needed.

But one day he meets a dark-skinned swindler Sydney, who flawlessly plays basketball. They will sooner or later realize that only together they can scroll incredibly profitable scams.

"Coach Carter" (2005)

The picture, which is included in the TOP of the best films about basketball, whose rating is 8.7, is based on real events. School basketball team Richmond makes incredible progress and always wins in all matches. And all this thanks to their coach - the former basketball player Ken Carter. However, because of frequent training and competitions, the progress of basketball players in the school began to decline, so the coach decided to stop training and close access to his students in the gym.

But after some time young basketball players began to learn well.

"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 star of world size - a teenager who grew up and lives in extremely unfavorable conditions. He does not have a father, his mother raises him. They live in a poor quarter of New York. Jim plays basketball and keeps a diary, where he writes down everything: both good and bad.

Everything leads to the fact that Jim tries different drugs, and eventually sits down on heroin and becomes absolutely dependent on the dose.

This film about the difficult struggle of a teenager with drug addiction was eventually one of the best films about basketball. The boy managed to cope with dependence, but his friends and have remained to die in the streets of the city. Perhaps, this is one of the most serious and difficult paintings among the list of the best films about basketball, which also affects the problem of teenage addiction.

"His game" (1998)

A film featuring such eminent actors as Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich.

A convict for 15 years for the murder of his wife Jake is offered a deal: if he convinces his son (a wonderful basketball player named Jesus) to enter a certain university and play for a university basketball team, he will be released ahead of schedule. But the problem is that the son is angry with his father because of the death of his mother and can not forgive him. Jake will have to make efforts to regain his son and become a father.
Can Jake return Jesus' trust and leave the prison ahead of time? Will the son forgive his father even after the murder of his mother, which happened 6 years ago?

"Just Wright" (2010)

Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) - an ardent fan of basketball. She has a favorite team, and soon she gets to know the best NBA player - Scott McNaught. There's no limit to the joy of Leslie, but Scott sits on her beautiful and charming sister, which is the complete opposite of smiling, simple, cheerful and slightly fat Leslie.

However, soon Scott is 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 the lost faith and the player's hope will soon be transformed by Leslie.

The film "Just Wright" is a very nice touching love story with notes of comedy and melodrama.

"Playing by someone else's rules" (2006)

The film takes place in 1965. Don Hasking trains the women's basketball team. He is offered to become a coach of the Texas men's university team, and he agrees.

The university does not have the opportunity to recruit a team, and then Don decides to invite seven dark-skinned guys to play for the national team, which 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 protagonist of the drama and a great basketball player, but he suffered a star fever. This film narrates about the complex relationship of schoolboy Kyle with the drug dealer Birdie and with the silent school guard Thomas Sheppard.

On the way, Kyle will have a difficult choice: seriously go in for sports in college and build a career as a basketball player or get easy money by playing in the basketball team of Birdie.

This old film by Jeff Pollack is almost a classic for basketball films.

"Find Forrester" (2000)

The film with the participation of Sean Connery and Rob Brown is also somehow related to the basketball theme. Jamal Wallace studies at school, loves literature, writes stories himself, but his main feature is he is a great basketball player. And behind Jamal watches another talented person - writer William Forrester, who even has the Pulitzer Prize. They are waiting for an unexpected meeting, but how can all this turn out?

A film about the relationship between two very intelligent people who have become friends.

"Semiprofessional" (2008)

Penultimate in the TOP-10 best movies about basketball is a comedy with Will Ferrell. Mid-1970s of the last century. The basketball team "Flint Tropics" has very few chances to enter the top four teams of the American Basketball Association, so that they, in turn, are in 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 of the 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 is closed by the love picture "Love and basketball", whose name speaks for itself. The rating of the film is 5.

Quincy and Monica met as a child in the basketball court. Since then they are very close friends, and both of them are united by the love of sport, but not only. Friends understood that they are drawn to each other by love. Quincy and Monica will have to go through many tests that life prepared for them.

Films not included in the top ten

On this list of the best films about basketball can not be finished, because there are many more paintings, where this subject is touched. For example, it is 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 companions. The film describes the events, how the boys became basketball players, how they achieved fame, what difficulties they had to go through.

The following films should also be highlighted:

• "One on one". The main character Henry Steele suddenly becomes aware that he can be good not only in basketball.
• "Grain, Earl and I." The film kills the main character, the dark-skinned Nathaniel, who caused respect from others. His friend decides to take revenge on the murderers.
• "Fish that saved Pittsburgh."
• "Gambling". At the heart of the film lies the out-of-the-way problem of machinations in sport.
• "Basketball Dreams" - a documentary about Chicago Arthur Edgi and William Gates. Two teenagers grew up in a poor neighborhood. Following in the footsteps of his idol - basketball player Isaiah Thomas, teenagers gradually reach heights.
• The film "Maxi Max" tells about the coach, which draws the women's team.
• "Invincible Savage." The protagonist of the picture goes to Africa to find worthy participants for the basketball team.
• "Season of victories" tells about women's basketball.
• "A team from Indiana." The coach uses special methods to draw the national team.
• "Space Jam" is a cartoon film about aliens playing basketball on the ground.
• "The King of the Air." A very clever dog named Buddy escapes from a bad master and starts playing basketball well.
• "Hurricane season". After the hurricane Katrina the team with the participants from different teams teamed up to succeed.
• "The Sixth Player". Kenny and Anthony are brothers who play in 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 merry comedy of the nineties, in which Marlon Wyans, Kadim Hardison, David Pamer were shot.

It turns out there are a lot of films about basketball. Everyone will be able to find an art picture to his liking, because among this variety, all films are different story, idea, genre.

Some pictures ("Basketball Diary") also deal with drug problems, and other films tell the story of love ("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.