This list of best 40 basketball movies is generated by using a formula that combines the opinions of our users and the opinions of other reliable media sources. Don't agree with them...give us your opinion!
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Coach Carter (2005)
SIM Rating: 8.56
Cast: Antwon Tanner, Ashanti, Debbi Morgan, Ramsey Gbelawoe, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard, Samuel L. Jackson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 136 minutes
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Hoosiers (1986)
SIM Rating: 8.53
Cast: Barbara Hershey, David Neidorf, Dennis Hopper, Gene Hackman
Rating: PG
Length: 115 minutes
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Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996)
SIM Rating: 8.50
Cast: James Earl Jones
Rating: R
Length: 120 minutes
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Glory Road (2006)
SIM Rating: 8.47
Cast: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight
Rating: PG
Length: 106 minutes
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Finding Forrester (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.35
Cast: Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, F. Murray Abraham, Lil' Zane, Michael Nouri, Rob Brown, Sean Connery, Tom Mullica
Rating: PG-13
Length: 136 minutes
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Love & Basketball (2000)
SIM Rating: 8.35
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Debbi Morgan, Dennis Haysbert, Glenndon Chatman, Harry J. Lennix, James DuMont, Kyla Pratt, Monica Calhoun, Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Tyra Banks
Rating: PG-13
Length: 124 minutes
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He Got Game (1998)
SIM Rating: 8.20
Cast: Bill Nunn, Denzel Washington, Jim Brown, Milla Jovovich, Ray Allen, Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Rating: R
Length: 136 minutes
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Pistol: The Birth Of A Legend (1991)
SIM Rating: 8.20
Cast: Millie Perkins, Nick Benedict, Adam Guier, Murrell Garland
Rating: G
Length: 90 minutes
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Home of the Giants (2007)
SIM Rating: 8.18
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman, Danielle Panabaker
Rating: N/A
Length: 0 minutes
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One on One (1977)
SIM Rating: 7.78
Cast: Robby Benson, Annette O'Toole, G.D. Spradin
Rating: PG
Length: 98 minutes
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White Men Can't Jump (1992)
SIM Rating: 7.72
Cast: Cylk Cozart, Ernest Harden Jr., John Marshall Jones, Kadeem Hardison, Rosie Perez, Tyra Ferrell, Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson
Rating: R
Length: 115 minutes
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Heaven is a Playground (1991)
SIM Rating: 7.68
Cast: Bo Kimble, D.B. Sweeney, Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Warren, Richard Jordan, Victor Love
Rating: R
Length: 107 minutes
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Space Jam (1996)
SIM Rating: 7.59
Cast: Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Billy West (voices)
Rating: PG
Length: 87 minutes
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Sixth Man, The (1997)
SIM Rating: 7.57
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Kadeem Hardison, David Paymer, Michael Michele
Rating: PG-13
Length: 107 minutes
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Blue Chips (1994)
SIM Rating: 7.49
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Ed O'Neill, J.T. Walsh, Mary McDonnell, Matt Nover, Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal
Rating: PG-13
Length: 108 minutes
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Believe In Me (2006)
SIM Rating: 7.46
Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis, Bruce Dern
Rating: PG
Length: 131 minutes
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Above the Rim (1994)
SIM Rating: 7.44
Cast: Duane Martin, Leon Robinson, Marlon Wayans, Tupac Shakur
Rating: R
Length: 96 minutes
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Breaking the Press (2010)
SIM Rating: 7.40
Cast: Drew Waters, Farah White and Tom Maden
Rating: PG
Length: 95 minutes
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Double Teamed (2002)
SIM Rating: 7.39
Cast: Poppi Monroe, Annie McElwain, Teal Redmann
Rating: NR
Length: 89 minutes
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O (2001)
SIM Rating: 7.38
Cast: Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan
Rating: R
Length: 95 minutes
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Like Mike (2002)
SIM Rating: 7.28
Cast: Anne Meara, Bow Wow, Brenda Song, Crispin Glover, Eugene Levy, Jonathan Lipnicki, Morris Chestnut, Robert Forster
Rating: PG
Length: 99 minutes
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Basketball Diaries (1995)
SIM Rating: 7.16
Cast: Brittany Daniel, Bruno Kirby, Ernie Hudson, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Imperioli
Rating: R
Length: 102 minutes
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Just Wright (2010)
SIM Rating: 7.11
Cast: Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, and James Pickens Jr.
Rating: PG
Length: 100 minutes
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Passing Glory (1999)
SIM Rating: 7.04
Cast: Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, Sean Squire
Rating: PG
Length: 100 minutes
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Eddie (1996)
SIM Rating: 6.98
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Langella, Dennis Farina, Richard Jenkins
Rating: PG-13
Length: 100 minutes
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Season On The Brink, A (2002)
SIM Rating: 6.84
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Al Thompson and Benz Antoine
Rating: R
Length: 87 minutes
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Sunset Park (1996)
SIM Rating: 6.83
Cast: Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr
Rating: R
Length: 99 minutes
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Red Sneakers, The (2002)
SIM Rating: 6.73
Cast: Dempsey Pappion, Gregory Hines, Vincent D'Onofrio
Rating: NR
Length: 109 minutes
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Air Up There (1994)
SIM Rating: 6.65
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Charles Gitongna Maina, Yolanda Vazquez
Rating: PG
Length: 107 minutes
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Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, The (1979)
SIM Rating: 6.56
Cast: Julius Erving, Jonathan Winters, Meadowlark Lemon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Rating: PG
Length: 102 minutes
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Annie-O (1995)
SIM Rating: 6.51
Cast: Rob Stewart, Coco Yares, Chad Willett
Rating: PG
Length: 93 minutes
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Celtic Pride (1996)
SIM Rating: 6.47
Cast: Damon Wayans, Dan Aykroyd, Gail O'Grady, Daniel Stern
Rating: PG-13
Length: 91 minutes
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Teen Wolf (1985)
SIM Rating: 6.47
Cast: James Hampton, Michael J. Fox, Scott Paulin, Susan Ursitti
Rating: PG
Length: 91 minutes
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Streetballers (2009)
SIM Rating: 6.45
Cast: Jimmy Mckinney
Rating: R
Length: 118 minutes
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Fast Break (1979)
SIM Rating: 6.37
Cast: Gabriel Kaplan, Harold Slyvester, Michael Warren
Rating: PG
Length: 107 minutes
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Like Mike 2: Streetball (2006)
SIM Rating: 6.32
Cast: Michael Beach, Moneca Delain, Leslie Hopps, Brett Kelly
Rating: PG
Length: 95 minutes
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Rebound (2005)
SIM Rating: 6.30
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Breckin Meyer, Horatio Sanz, Oren Williams
Rating: PG
Length: 103 minutes
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Semi-Pro (2008)
SIM Rating: 6.23
Cast: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, Maura Tierney
Rating: R
Length: 90 minutes
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Guarding Eddy (2004)
SIM Rating: 5.69
Cast: Brian Presley, Kiko Ellsworth, Anna Maria Horsford
Rating: PG
Length: 96 minutes
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Crossover (2006)
SIM Rating: 5.61
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Kristen Wilson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 95 minutes
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