Some movies about basketball

White Men Can't Jump

Release Date 1992

Rating : 6.8 Production Companies: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, 20th Century Fox Director: Ron Shelton, Robert J. Metoyer, Richard Alexander Wells Stars: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Rosie Perez

Summary: Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

Hurricane Season

Release Date 2009

Rating : 6.5 Production Companies: Dimension Films, The Story Company Director: Tim Story Stars: Forest Whitaker, Taraji P. Henson, Bonnie Hunt

Summary: Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.

Above the Rim

Release Date 1994

Rating : 6.6 Production Companies: New Line Cinema Director: Jeff Pollack Stars: Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Bernie Mac

Summary: Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.

17 Again

Release Date 2009

Rating : 6.4 Production Companies: New Line Cinema, Offspring Entertainment Director: Burr Steers, Peter Dress, Steve Gehrke Stars: Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon

Summary: On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside the body of a teenager, Mike actually has the chance to reverse some decisions he wishes he'd never made. But maybe they weren't so bad after all.

He Got Game

Release Date 1998

Rating : 6.9 Production Companies: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Touchstone Pictures Director: Spike Lee Stars: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson

Summary: A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

Air Bud

Release Date 1997

Rating : 5.3 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Keystone Pictures Director: Richard Martin, Kelsey T. Howard, Susan Lambie Stars: Kevin Zegers, Wendy Makkena, Michael Jeter

Summary: A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Release Date 1996

Rating : 7.6 Production Companies: Director: Eriq La Salle Stars: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach

Summary: A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 was the 25th anniversary of the first tournament named after him.

Glory Road

Release Date 2006

Rating : 7.2 Production Companies: Walt Disney Pictures Director: James Gartner, Frederic Roth, Donald Sparks Stars: Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight

Summary: In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.

Coach Carter

Release Date 2005

Rating : 7.3 Production Companies: Paramount, MTV Films Director: Thomas Carter Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard

Summary: Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.