In addition to these basketball movies on Netflix, this list of basketball movies is great to watch during March Madness, basketball season, or any time of year. These titles feature movies, documentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, and more.
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These basketball movies will take you into the shoes of basketball greats, retell amazing stories and take you into another world.
10 Awesome Basketball Movies
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Samuel L. Jackson, Ashanti, Rick Gonzalez (Actors)
Coach Carter
In 1999, Ken Carter returns to his old high school in Richmond, California, to get the basketball team into shape. With tough rules and academic discipline, he succeeds in setting the players on a winning streak.
But when their grades start to suffer, Carter locks them out of the gym and shuts down their championship season. When he is criticized by the players and their parents, he sticks to his guns, determined that they excel in class as well as on the court.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard (Actors)
Love And Basketball
Monica and Quincy are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Quincy, whose father, Zeke, plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, is a natural talent and a born leader.
Monica is ferociously competitive but sometimes becomes overly emotional on the court. Over the years, the two begin to fall for each other, but their separate paths to basketball stardom threaten to pull them apart. (This is my husband's absolute favorite of all basketball movies!)
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle (Actors)
Space Jam
Swackhammer, an evil alien theme park owner, needs a new attraction at Moron Mountain. When his gang, the Nerdlucks, heads to Earth to kidnap Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, Bugs challenges them to a basketball game to determine their fate.
The aliens agree, but they steal the powers of NBA basketball players, including Larry Bird and Charles Barkley — so Bugs gets some help from superstar Michael Jordan.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Josh Lucas, Jon Voight, Derek Luke (Actors)
Glory Road
After being appointed the new coach of the 1966 Texas Miners, Don Haskins decides to build a team based on talent rather than race. The conservative townsfolk balk at the new racially diverse lineup despite the fact that the team is winning all their games.
When black players like Bobby Joe Hill and team captain Harry Flournoy begin to dominate the court with flashy moves, the racial tension increases, jeopardizing the future of the team.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- LeBron James, Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce (Actors)
More Than A Game
Filmmaker Kristopher Belman chronicles the early career of basketball superstar LeBron James. James and four other talented teammates were a powerhouse combination at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio.
The five-star athletes burned up the courts throughout Ohio, but James' ever-increasing celebrity threatened to tear apart all the five had worked so hard to achieve.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Bow Wow, Jesse Plemons, Morris Chestnut (Actors)
Like Mike
Fourteen-year-old, hoops-loving Calvin Cambridge has a dream: to be a famous basketball player — to mix it up among the NBA's greatest. But in a game dominated by giants with unparalleled athletic abilities, Calvin's diminutive stature, and limited skills, make this a far-off fantasy.
Or is it? After he laces up a mysterious pair of old sneakers inscribed with the faded initials MJ, Calvin makes the leap from playground hijinks to NBA superstardom.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Kevin Durant, Taylor Gray, Brandon T. Jackson (Actors)
Thunderstruck
A teenage klutz becomes the star of his high-school basketball team when he magically acquires the abilities of his hero, NBA star Kevin Durant — but the switch leaves Durant unable to score.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André Benjamin (Actors)
Semi-Pro
In 1976, singer Jackie Moon uses the profits from his only hit single to fulfill a longtime dream of owning a basketball team. His team, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league, and what's more, the franchise may fold when the ABA and NBA announce plans to merge.
It's up to Jackie and the Tropics to turn their game around and slam-dunk their chance for survival.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Denzel Washington, Ray Allen (Actors)
He Got Game
Jake Shuttleworth has spent the last six years in prison after accidentally killing his wife during a violent domestic dispute, leaving his son, star basketball prospect Jesus Shuttleworth, to fend for himself.
One day, the prison warden approaches Jake with an unusual offer: He'll be given a week of parole to convince Jesus to attend the governor's alma mater, with the promise of a shortened sentence if he succeeds.
- Amazon Prime Video (Video on Demand)
- Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton (Actors)
Just Wright
Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight. All goes well until Leslie finds that she is falling in love with him.
Scott, however, is oblivious to Leslie's romantic overtures and focuses his attention on Morgan, Leslie's gorgeous friend, who would love to be the basketball player's trophy wife.
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Sunday 7th of April 2019
[…] If you are looking for more movies like He Got Game about Jesus Shuttlesworth or The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story (the inspiring true story of NBA great Kevin Durant’s mother Wanda), check out these basketball movies. […]