What the is the best basketball movie of all time?

[EveryManALion]

I have only ever seen White Men Cant Jump. Gimmie some suggestions on some other good basketball movies that are actually WORTH watching.

[christian1923]

Space Jam

[KingBeasley08]

Space Jam


GOAT and Bug's Bunny vs. the Monstars :bowdown: :bowdown:

[ihoopallday]

Love & Basketball. Good movie to watch with your girl too. Also, He Got Game.

[Budadiiii]

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[KyleKong]

http://www.clearplay.com/MovieBattle/images/tt0247444-1.jpg
:lol

[CanYouDigIt]

No mention of Lebron's lord and savor Jesus?

[TheReal Kendall]

Love & Basketball. Good movie to watch with your girl too. Also, He Got Game.

This.

Soul in the Hole, Rebound(not theone with Martin), Above the Rim and there's plenty others that are pretty good from back in the day.

[Jameerthefear]

Coach Carter. Not even close.

[3peated]

love & basketball
he got game
coach carter
above the rim
spacejam

in that order

[FreezingTsmoove]

Space jam was cute but any real nikka knows its above the rim

[KungFuJoe]

Documentary? Hoop Dreams.

Fictional Movie? Unfortunately, basketball movies almost always suck. Why can't they make a good basketball movie like they have with other sports? Baseball has some GREAT movies. The Natural, Field of Dreams, etc. Boxing has Raging Bull, Rocky. Hell...hockey has the Might Ducks.

Basketball? We have...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2b/Air_bud_poster.jpg/185px-Air_bud_poster.jpg

[FreezingTsmoove]

Coach Carter. Not even close.

:oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol: :roll:

[DuMa]

Space Jam. comeon *****

on the real. its He Got Game

[TheReal Kendall]

Coach Carter. Not even close.

:lol

It was good but not great.

Sunset Park is another great movie.

Top 2 would have to be Above the Rim and Love and Basketball

[Levity]

thunderstruck

[Jameerthefear]

Damn forgot about Blue Chips too, and I personally liked Hurricane Season and Glory Road. I haven't seen some of the ones posted in this thread. Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend :D
I've actually never seen Space Jam :lol

[poido123]

The Air up There, Above the Rim, He Got game, Blue Chips, The Basketball Diaries, Semi-Pro :lol

[RoundMoundOfReb]

more than a game

[poido123]

Damn forgot about Blue Chips too, and I personally liked Hurricane Season and Glory Road. I haven't seen some of the ones posted in this thread. Guess I know what I'm doing this weekend :D
I've actually never seen Space Jam :lol

As a Jordan fan, you're not missing anything :facepalm

[RoundMoundOfReb]

seriously though probably above the rim

[christian1923]

Double Teamed

[Jameerthefear]

I don't really like real life love stories so I don't think I'd like Love and Basketball.

[Budadiiii]

Pistol Pete, Hoosiers, Glory Road, Like Mike..

All worth a watch

[KungFuJoe]

Ah crap.

I forgot about Hoosiers.

Excellent movie.

I retract my original statement about there being no good basketball movies.

[ihoopallday]

Double Teamed

Growing up watching Disney channel, I would always catch that movie. One of the twins in that movie was so damn sexy to me :lol

[Jameerthefear]

Ah crap.

I forgot about Hoosiers.

Excellent movie.

I retract my original statement about there being no good basketball movies.
Tons of good ones posted in this thread so far.

[Young X]

Space Jam :D

[EveryManALion]

Oh shit totally forgot I saw Space Jam when I was a kid haha what about Hoosiers? That shit is always playin on NBATV.

[EveryManALion]

Tons of good ones posted in this thread so far.

Just saw this, whoops.

[Budadiiii]

Let's be real though...

White men can't jump is the GOAT. OP will only be disappointed that nothing will ever live up

[FreezingTsmoove]

Like mike > space jam

[Budadiiii]

Like mike > space jam
Water is wet.

Shout out to Murph.

[Jameerthefear]

Let's be real though...

White men can't jump is the GOAT. OP will only be disappointed that nothing will ever live up
I've never watched it since my parents woudn't when I was younger since it's rated R. Gonna try that out this weekend. Like Mike is good, yes.

[Budadiiii]

I've never watched it since my parents woudn't when I was younger since it's rated R. Gonna try that out this weekend. Like Mike is good, yes.
Damn... watch it ASAP, great flick.

What's your favorite bball movie thus far?

[KungFuJoe]

White Men Can't Jump is...aight. It's entertaining though.

I think the most impressive thing about that movie is that, supposedly, Wesley Snipes had very little, if any, basketball experience prior to making that movie.

Woody Harrelson played some college ball.

[Jameerthefear]

Damn... watch it ASAP, great flick.

What's your favorite bball movie thus far?
Coach Carter or Glory Road

[nathanjizzle]

hoop dreams

[cos88]

white man can't jump is the best basketball movie off all time.


love and basketball you will like if you are a girl or a phagot just like some of the posters here,

[SilkkTheShocker]

Above The Rim and it really isn't close.

Above The Rim also has the best soundtrack for a movie ever

[Le Shaqtus]

Just watched He Got Game this weekend, that was really good.

[RedBlackAttack]

Above The Rim and it really isn't close.

Above The Rim also has the best soundtrack for a movie ever
The ATR soundtrack was great. I'd give the nod to Hoosiers as a better all-around movie, though.

Meanwhile, Hoop Dreams is amongst the greatest documentaries of all-time.

[no pun intended]

Basketball scene in Catwoman > Every other basketball films

[SHAQisGOAT]

Hoosiers
Hoop Dreams (documentary)
White Men Can't Jump
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (TV movie)

With those 4 you're all set up. Hoosiers is a really good movie, Hoop Dreams a flat-out great documentary, WMCJ is really entertaining and pretty solid, Rebound a pretty good TV movie, Cheadle is too short to play Earl but he pulled it off and much larger stretches have happened.

Then you also got He Got Game and Above the Rim, both solid movies, Coach Carter too. One on One is cool, The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend also. Finding Forrester and The Basketball Diaries don't involve as much of actual basketball playing but are good movies. Semi-pro has some funny scenes. Space Jam is cool for kids.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Not my favorite, but no mention of Blue Chips? Interesting and it was practically a documentary.

[Fudge]

Either ThunderStruck or Coach Carter. Toss up.

[#number6ix#]

I just noticed that the title is all fvcked up...

Basketball diaries
He got game
Sunset park

[Mr. Jabbar]

Let's be real though...

White men can't jump is the GOAT.


:applause: :applause:

[thefatmiral]

blue chips is my favorite. the realistic gritty depiction of college recruitment but wmcj is the better movie. celtic pride? forgotten movie. what movie does billy Crystal play a reffery? nvmd got it.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5XheRe1FFLk

[Droid101]

blue chips is my favorite. the realistic gritty depiction of college recruitment but wmcj is the better movie. celtic pride? forgotten movie. what movie does billy Crystal play a reffery? nvmd got it.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5XheRe1FFLk
Forget Paris.

Loved the movie. Good stuff. Barkley working hard. Short shorts all around.

[bdreason]

Above the Rim.

[sportjames23]

I have only ever seen White Men Cant Jump. Gimmie some suggestions on some other good basketball movies that are actually WORTH watching.


Hoop Dreams, period.

[shallehalle]

Goat

[9512]

Hoop Dreams was a documentary but it set the standard of great film making involving protagonist/subjects as basketball players.

Any other movies seemed bland compared to Hoops dreams. Of course I haven't seen some of the movies listed on this thread.

[LeGOAT]

Thunderstruck. Kevin Durant is a Tour de force costarring along side up and coming star and Oscar nominee Taylor Grey. 10/10 masterpiece

[get these NETS]

old school tv show called the "White Shadow" was a pretty decent show about a basketball team out in Los Angeles coached by a former NBA player

up on youtube for sure



http://www.crazyabouttv.com/Images/whiteshadow.jpg


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"hoop dreams" is best basketball film though

[pauk]

Probably like Hoosiers or something, my guilty pleasure is Above The Rim.

[Stringer Bell]

Hoop Dreams. Great documentary dealing with basketball that touches on many social issues.

He Got Game is up there.

I liked the game action in Blue Chips. Such great talent on there so the basketball scenes were terrific. I remember watching it right after Above the Rim and it was a hilarious contrast in terms of the basketball scenes.

[Teanett]

teen wolf

[SpecialQue]

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[Dagouch]

Above the Rim for me. Tommy Shepard was pretty badass.

[Genaro]

I haven't seen a lot of the ones posted, will do.

Right now my favourite is coach carter.

[SacJB Shady]

For some reason, there haven't been a WHOLE lot of great basketball movies. I mean there is no ''Rocky'' type movie. No Remember The Titans, Field of Dreams, you know all the classic sport movies.

[NumberSix]

Above the Rim for me. Tommy Shepard was pretty badass.
What?:oldlol:

He was a fcuking idiot. Utterly terrible character. And no, he was not a badass. He was a definitive coward. Dude was a str8 up pansy.


"GET OFF ME!!!"

[NumberSix]

I love the father / son legacy story of He Got Game.
I know, but keep it real though. Ray Allen is a really bad actor. Yeah, I said it and you all know its true.

Anyway, the obvious answer is Teenwolf. Clearly the best basketball movie.

[SamuraiSWISH]

I know, but keep it real though. Ray Allen is a really bad actor. Yeah, I said it and you all know its true.

Anyway, the obvious answer is Teenwolf. Clearly the best basketball movie.
Ray's acting didn't kill the movie for me. Teen Wolf is an awesome movie even thought the subtext and stereotypes are quite clearly racist. Love Michael J Fox though.

[moe94]

Teen Wolf is an awesome movie even thought the subtext and stereotypes are quite clearly racist. Love Michael J Fox though.
???

Reaching like dhalsim.

[NumberSix]

Ray's acting didn't kill the movie for me. Teen Wolf is an awesome movie even thought the subtext and stereotypes are quite clearly racist. Love Michael J Fox though.
I agree. The blatant anti-werewolf sentiment is appauling.

[SamuraiSWISH]

I agree. The blatant anti-werewolf sentiment is appauling.
No the wolf is quite clearly a metaphor for the black athlete. He becomes insanely athletic, aggressive, "cool", white girls just want to bang him not date him, all of a sudden he's a great dancer. And his ego inflates, thinks he's bigger than the team and becomes insanely selfish in the process. Plain old white bread, team first Michael J Fox wins them the game. 80s Hollywood racism at its finest. It was released at the peak of the whites / Bird vs blacks/ Magic basketball wars of the 80s. It great social commentary in subtext.

[yobore]

He Got Game is my favorite of the ones mentioned (haven't watched hoop dreams though)

[Jameerthefear]

Teen Wolf? The fvck? You mean that show on MTV?

[moe94]

No the wolf is quite clearly a metaphor for the black athlete. He becomes insanely athletic, aggressive, "cool", white girls just want to bang him not date him, all of a sudden he's a great dancer. And his ego inflates, thinks he's bigger than the team and becomes insanely selfish in the process. Plain old white bread, team first Michael J Fox wins them the game.


What I never understood about that film was that "bad guy's" girlfriend. She was working both of them and they both didn't even care all that much. How could they not see how much of a vapid POS she was?

[NumberSix]

No the wolf is quite clearly a metaphor for the black athlete. He becomes insanely athletic, aggressive, "cool", white girls just want to bang him not date him, all of a sudden he's a great dancer. And his ego inflates, thinks he's bigger than the team and becomes insanely selfish in the process. Plain old white bread, team first Michael J Fox wins them the game. 80s Hollywood racism at its finest. It was released at the peak of the whites / Bird vs blacks/ Magic basketball wars of the 80s. It great social commentary in subtext.
Meh. I could just as easily make the argument that the werewolf is a metaphor for steroids.

[gts]

I liked Hoosiers...

One not mentioned, and not a basketball movie per se but has a basketball theme is "Amazing Grace and Chuck" starring Alex English as Amazing Grace.. OK movie, a bit dated a bit cliche but a decent watch

[bagelred]

old school tv show called the "White Shadow" was a pretty decent show about a basketball team out in Los Angeles coached by a former NBA player

up on youtube for sure



http://www.crazyabouttv.com/Images/whiteshadow.jpg




Great show. They should do a remake of it. Bet it would do well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownJeQaI4_k

Coolidge > Dwight Howard



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[CavaliersFTW]

no mention of Tropic Thunder and The Air up There?

[NumberSix]

You could but you'd be ignoring:

The swag / cool personality change
The dancing
The blacks on blondes subtext
The selfish black athlete perception
The excessive show boating

it's social commentary on race in sports dude
Meh, haven't seen it in a long time but....

Why does personality change have to be a black thing? People who suddenly become successful generally do gain confidence and become "cool" in the eyes of others. The same thing happens to Mark Wahlberg in that rock star movie. Pretty sure it's not because he's black. It's pretty universal.

Remember, this movie is from 1985. Don't apply today's sensibilities. If anything, his "swag" (:rolleyes:) is more along the lines of a Pistol Pete than anything else.

Did they ever specifically say he was a bad dancer before becoming a wolf?

What black on blonde subtext? He's not black. What, there can't be ANY blonde people? The "hot girl" role has pretty consistently portrayed as the stereotypical blonde haired blue eyed woman. Across the board. There is nothing about that that is exclusive to blacks. Suzanne Summers was a pretty famous hot blonde at the time too. I don't remember any blacks on threes company.

That's just way it has typically been. Hot popular girl role = blonde. Modest girl next door = brunette. You could just as easily claim this represents the old nazi claim of Northern Europeans being superior to Southern European. No less of a stretch.

Selfishness and show boating aren't exclusive to blacks either. That's in literally every sports movie.

Selfishness and show boating = poor sportsmanship. Yeah, it's a sports movie. That's a pretty standard moral. Don't be a douche and be a team player.


I think you're looking to deeply. You can find most of the same themes in teen wolf in mean girls which isn't even sports and the main character isn't black or any sports movie for that matter.

Teen wolf is not unique. It's been done many times in sports movies. You're a loser but then you gain powers. With your new powers, you become a douche. After realizing what a douche you are, you apologize to the team and become a good ol' team player. Standard stuff.

[moe94]

Because she represents selfish, agenda driven gold diggers. People forgive her cause she's hot. Has status. She's out for herself. A jock sniffer. The one who really loves him is Boof. The good girl. But apparently I'm reaching, or maybe some of you aren't smart enough to read between the lines. Not everything is spoon fed to audiences in the superficial plot of the movie.
I know what she represents and her character is obvious and stereotypical in these kind of films. What I don't understand is why I'm supposed to be sympathetic to either of the two when they're so naive.

Also, everyone randomly turning on some dude who defends himself after being verbally and physically harassed? :rolleyes:

[ciaguy23]

Eddie, come on now. Stacey Patton