The Air Up There

One on One

Best place for a list of Basketball Movies I have found

Glory Road is pretty good, but I do like Coach Carter

opps I forgot the link to the site

Try This

Above The Rim

Nah just jiivin... Above The Rim was rank...

Hoosiers rocks though...

Heaven is a playground

'Michael Jordan' was originally supposed to play the role that Bo Kimble went on to take. In the fall of 1998, the filmmakers went to courts with a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Jordan seeking at least $16 million in damages, citing the lack of Jordan as the cause of the film's box-office flop and the derailment of director Randall Fried, who in the words of their attorney, "should have been and would have been the next Steven Spielberg" if the film had been successful. Jordan countersued. The jury founded Jordan not liable and awarded him $50,000 in favor of his countersuit

You can't go past these two old skool movies

Hoosiers
Pistol Pete

Been chasing this for a while with no luck so far sorry it's not a movie but just the cover looks good enough for me.

Anyone ???????

http://www.jerseysintherafters.com/

Celtic Pride
Eddie
Teen Wolf

Actually - there are no good fictional basketball movies ... maybe Hoosiers at a stretch

With that said, Hoop Dreams is one of the best movies ever made

The best movie is "The Pistol" which is a take on Pistol Pete Maravich's life good viewing

Hoosiers for me

Thanks for your list Bluey! I recently saw a good movie about the life of Earl "the goat" Manigault. Can't remember what it was called though?
Basketball Diaries was another good one.

Its called "rebound". I thought it was bit long and boaring. I like the bit with Kareen at the start tho.

Thanks for your list Bluey! I recently saw a good movie about the life of Earl "the goat" Manigault. Can't remember what it was called though?
Basketball Diaries was another good one.

Hoosiers and Blue Chips for me.

Here is an amazon list of basketball movies:

http://www.amazon.com/Slam-Dunk-Basketball-Movies/lm/29VEO32R48D7I/ref=cm_lmt_dtpa_f_3_rdssss0/002-7535014-7961628?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=listmania-center&pf_rd_r=12PWV0F63KTS03E51F9G&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=253463901&pf_rd_i=B0006SSTDQ

Hey Moses Guthrie, where are you? Tell everyone what your favourite basketball movie is!

Okay, what's a good movie with a basketball player in it (not actually about basketball)

My call is Kareem in Flying High. Classic.

And Axel and Wheels in Star Wars III. Sounds like something the Seals could use? AXEL Dench, Brett WHEELer, wookies.... This thing writes itself.

John Salley was good value in Bad Boys...

Double Team - with JCVD and The Worm is worth watching for the high camp and forced basketball related innuendoes...

Not a basketball movie but the bball scene in Along Came Polly with Ben Stiller and Philip Seymour Hoffman is gold "Let it Rain"

Yeah, since seeing that movie Kent, I don't have any desire to play "jungle ball" ever again.

Not a movie, but Stewie playing basketball and trash talking on Family Guy always cracks me up.

Oh yeah, and Teen Wolf is an awesome movie. Chubbs is wicked.

Basketball episodes from "Hanging with Mr Cooper" and "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" all quality.

If your going Basketball Related, who can forget Cable Guy.

I'm Open, I'm Open, I'm Open

look out Jack Black

Love and Basketball
White Men Can't Jump
Hoosiers
Coach Carter

Blue chips was pretty good!

jnx
Yeh that's right it was called Rebound: the legend of Earl the Goat Manigault. Hakeem's bit was good at the beginning, he say's the goat was the best player he ever saw period. I wonder how true it was that he could touch the top of the backboard?

How could He Got Game not be mentioned by now? Come on people.. Jesus Shuttlesworth - has there been a better name in basketball than that?

Blue Chips :-) with Ex-Magic and Ex-Crocs Adonis Jordan

Seriously though....

The Pistol & Hoosiers get my vote.

there is aslo love and basketball bit of a girly movie but still ok to watch and the new one X over which is ok but bad acting worth a look tho

Best of the Basketball related genre would have to Kazaam.

Sadly misunderstood by the viewing public, rated only 2.2/10 on IMDB...

Baseketball, with trey parker and matt stone, would be down there with Kazaam.

Ah baseketball....

I have vowed never to watch baseketball, unlesss I am forced to in a Clockwork Orange eyelids held open type scenario.

hey..the best 1 by far is glory road--that is much like coach carter..

Kwest right there with you in shock that He Got Game hasn't been mentioned to now. Has the best soundtrack to a movie too.

gotta be he got game...HAS to be...and another one...space jam ;)

and i have a copy of hoop dreams. oh yeah. its about 3 hours long tho.

I'm with you guys Kwest and DC, He Got Game is the one.. Crazy moves in it with REAL basketballers, not like that shit ass movie Basketball Diaries. I've hated Leonardo ever since I saw his dribbling action... terrible.

Another one just for pure athletic ability is "Hook Mitchell", 5'8" and could just about hit his head on the rim. It's a doco about him, worth seeing.

In Moses Guthrie's absence I'll put in a mention of "The Fish that saved Pittsburgh". DrJ is in it, he loves it more than his kids :)

hoop dreams.....easily the best

The best part about Rebound is the Kevin Garnett cameo!

Other than that I think He Got Game and Glory Road are my personal favs.

White Men Can't Jump is a classic for reminiscing on the early 90's though.

It wasn't a basketball movie, but what is the one where Billy Crystal is an NBA ref? It's only during the first 20-30 minutes of the movie, but some pretty funny scenes with real NBA players. Anyone know?

It was called 'Forget Paris'.

Top 12 list (not a bad list)

1. Hoosiers (the masses have spoken)
2. Hoop Dreams
3. Coach Carter
4. He got game
5. Glory Road
6. The Pistol
7. White Men Can't Jump
8. Blue Chips
9. Love and Basketball
10. Heaven is a playground
11. Air Up There
12. Above the Rim

Forgot about space jam

Teen Wolf anyone :-)

"I'm with you guys Kwest and DC, He Got Game is the one.. Crazy moves in it with REAL basketballers, not like that shit ass movie Basketball Diaries. I've hated Leonardo ever since I saw his dribbling action... terrible."

Spot on Northener, couldn´t even begin to take Basketball Diaries seriously after seeing the on court action.

Used to love White Men Can´t Jump, looks a bit dated watching it now but good for the memories.

Hoop Dreams has got to be my favourite of the list though, fascinating stories.

Hoop dreams is also available at Blockbuster Warradale on diagonal road. Cheaper than buying it. But I of course will not suggest anything illegal like burning it.

After the Sunset is one of, I'm sure, many films to feature an NBA match. Starts off at a Lakers game.

Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of Blue Chips in Australia?