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Top 5: Best Basketball Movies Ever!

Hooped Up | July 3, 2008

5. Above the Rim (1994)
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Starring: Duane Martin, Leon, Tupac Shakur, Marlon Wayans, Bernie Mac
Director: Jeff Pollack

The basketball action was way to scripted although good and the story of inner-city youth using sports to escape the ghetto…kinda old. However, Tupac’s potrayal as the local kingpin is too real and the soundtrack is easliy the best on the list.Plus you, you know you were trying to bring Kyle Watson’s game to the park back in the day after watching this flick.

Memorable Quotes: Birdie - “I’m the one! Shit has changed! It’s a new day, bro. If you can’t clean up your act,I suggest you raise the f*ck up and get the hell out of Dodge… or get caught up.”

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4. Through The Fire (2005)
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Starring: Sebastian Telfair
Director: Jonathan Hock

Easily the basketball movie with the most action on the list.  Sebastian Telfair was an absolute nightmare in high school as an opponet and created enough buzz to be the shortest straigh from high school player selected 13th overall by the Portland Trailblazers in the 2004 NBA draft.

Memorable Quote: Sebastian Telfair - “Most people wake up every morning to go to work. I wake up every morning so I can go to school so I can play basketball. ”

 

3. He Got Game (1998)
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Starring: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson, John Turturro
Director: Spike Lee

A basketball movie, made by a basketball super fan.  Spike Lee delivers a straight up classic!  Ray Allen holds his own in his debut as and Denzel Washington as his father is great as usual. The dynamics of the father-son relationship, and the moral dilemma of choosing between material gain and the ‘right’ thing to do. This movie is by far the most watchable basketball film to non-basketball fans also.

Memorable Quote: Jesus Shuttlesworth - “God ain’t shit!”

 

2.White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
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Starring: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez
Director: Ron Shelton

Maybe Woody Harrelson can’t dunk but, Billy Hoyle sure can. The one movie on this list that instantly makes me want to play ball after watching it  for money of course! Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson are a near perfect comedy team and the basketball  is real enough to know that Woody and Wesley can ball in real life. Plus Rosie Perez was really doin’ it in 1992!  

Memorable Quote: Sidney Deane - “You see Billy it’s like this, you either smoke or you get smoked. And you got smoked.”

 

1. Hoop Dreams (1994)
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Starring: William Gates, Arthur Agee
Director: Steve James

The first basketball documentary ever. Plus, the first basketball movie that let aspiring ballers understand, it takes more than talent to play in the NBA or Division I basketball. On a grander sacle, this movie changed the rules of how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hands out Academy Awards for Documentary work.

Memorable Quote: William Gates - “It became more of a job than a sport to play.”

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    I'm glad hoosiers is off this list, that movie was

    kool kraig | July 3, 2008

    I’m glad hoosiers is off this list, that movie was bull shyte!

    i agree hoosiers dumb!!!!

    sidney dean | July 3, 2008

    i agree hoosiers dumb!!!!

    Ole Shep Ole Shep " I'm the one, big screen tv's,

    Smoothy | July 3, 2008

    Ole Shep Ole Shep

    ” I’m the one, big screen tv’s, marble floors”

    space jam should be #1

    cp3 | July 3, 2008

    space jam should be #1

    ABOVE THE RIM HAD THE ILLEST SOUNDTRACK! space jam?

    DJLMO | July 3, 2008

    ABOVE THE RIM HAD THE ILLEST SOUNDTRACK! space jam?

    why isnt coach carter included here?

    Nookiez | July 3, 2008

    why isnt coach carter included here?

    Your favorite player is Jon Amaechi if you don't think

    DBDR | July 4, 2008

    Your favorite player is Jon Amaechi if you don’t think Hoosiers cracks the top 5 hoops movies of all time.

    My top 5:
    1. Hoop Dreams
    2. White Men Can’t Jump
    3. Hoosiers
    4. Fast Break
    5. He Got Game

    wasn't john amaechi in fast break? hoosiers is wack!

    coolest kid | July 4, 2008

    wasn’t john amaechi in fast break? hoosiers is wack! just because there is a basketball in a movie it doesen’t make it a basketball movie. glory road was better and historically more important anyway.

    I want your mother and your sister out of my

    Both Teams Played Hard | July 6, 2008

    I want your mother and your sister out of my house immediately.

    What about Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'the Goat' Manigault,

    Jeffrerr | July 7, 2008

    What about Rebound: The Legend of Earl ‘the Goat’ Manigault, it had wikkid ball scenes, a good stroy line based on a true story and it was about a legend who never made it to the big league!

    Oh and I forgot it had Kevin Garnett and Joe

    Jeffrerr | July 7, 2008

    Oh and I forgot it had Kevin Garnett and Joe Smith (not such a positive I guess!) as Wilt the Stilt and Connie Hawkins respectively and an as himself by Kareem Abdul Jabbar!

    Great movie list! The G.O.A.T would have to be an

    Old School | July 18, 2008

    Great movie list! The G.O.A.T would have to be an honorable mention for me.

    I find it always fun to find a good basketball

    Basketball Man | July 19, 2008

    I find it always fun to find a good basketball blog that has actual good content! The last about blog about basketball i read didnt have as much info as this one. Thx

    Whoaaaa.. someone didn't include Above The Rim on their list.

    Naveen | November 18, 2008

    Whoaaaa.. someone didn’t include Above The Rim on their list. Damn son.. That’s my favourite and definitely any basketball top 5. Only downfall in the movie is the beginning.. the guy dies trying to touch the backboard.. falling off a building? Dayum.. I’ve heard of ghetto rims but… illest soundtrack, wicked cast.. 2Pac acts his part.. pure evil.

    Nutsoooo!

    Hooped Up | November 18, 2008

    Nutsoooo!

    I love that Nutsoo, part! What a rim of

    Sergio | November 18, 2008

    I love that Nutsoo, part! What a rim of death that was!

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