Saints and Warriors

Patrick Shannon Director

Desi Collinson as Self

Jason Alsop as Self

Kiefer Collison as Self

Jesse Barnes as Self

Throughout the course of the Haida basketball season, leaders of iconic rez ball team the Skidegate Saints compete for two titles - defending their All Native Basketball Championship, while also battling for title to their land and waters with the government that stole it from them with the Indian Act.

Basketball Girlfriend

♡ 2

Tyron is one of the top college basketball stars in the country and is expected to be a top NBA draft pick, but as the pressure to perform well in school threatens his ability to perform on the court, things start to fall apart. Then, when his brother, Blak, is released from prison, he is pressured to rejoin the family business hustling drugs on the street. In a last ditch effort to save his star player, Tyron's coach introduces him to Carmen, a tutor who Tyron falls deeply in love with.

Dean Smith

8.0

George Roy Director

Sam Waterston as Narrator

Michael Jordan as Self

Mike Krzyzewski as Self

Larry Brown as Self

Coach, mentor, social activist ...the life and legacy of Dean Smith, North Carolina's legendary basketball coach - who went to 11 Finals Fours and won two National Championships, with players like Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Vince Carter and Jerry Stackhouse - is remembered and celebrated by former players and colleagues.

Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey

2023

English

6.5

♡ 3

88%

Action

basketball

Documentary

national basketball association (nba)

nba

sports documentary

Liam Hughes Director

Jack Turell as Ryan's Brother

Seth Curry as Self

Sterling Henderson as Self

Jalen Green as Self

An immersive documentary film featuring behind-the-scenes access to some of basketball’s future stars competing in the G League – the NBA's developmental league – as they try and achieve their lifelong dream of making it to the NBA.

Slam Dunk: Shôhoku Saidai no Kiki! Moero Sakuragi Hanamichi

1995

Japanese

7.2

♡ 7

Hiroyuki Kakudô Director

Kiyoyuki Yanada as

Ryôtarô Okiayu as

Hideyuki Tanaka as

Hirohiko Kakegawa as

After losing the titanic match against Kainan High, Team Shohoku and a newly shaven Hanamichi Sakuragi are challenged to an exhibition match by virtual basketball unknowns Ryoukufu High. Coach Anzai sees this as an opportunity for Shohoku to regain their confidence, but Ryoukufu are revealed to have a newly assembled championship calibre lineup and may give Sakuragi & Co their toughest test yet.

Slam Dunk: Zenkoku Seiha da! Sakuragi Hanamichi

1994

Japanese

7.7

♡ 6

Toshihiko Arisako Director

Kiyoyuki Yanada as

Hideyuki Tanaka as

Fumihiko Tachiki as

Masaya Onosaka as

Set during the Inter High Championships, Shohoku take on Tsukubu, one of this year's dark horses. It's a clash of acquaintances as Anzai will face his former student which is now the coach of Tsukubu, while Akagi & Kogure meet Godai their former classmate and Tsukubu's captain. Finally Sakuragi is irked by the presence of Nango, Tsukubu's center, who vies for Haruko's attention.

Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang

2015

English

6.3

♡ 8

43%

pyongyang, north korea

Sport

sports

Colin Offland Director

Dennis Rodman as Himself

Jong-un Kim as Himself

Charles Smith as Himself

Matt Cooper as Voiceover

Dennis Rodman is on a mission. After forging an unlikely friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, he wants to improve relations between North Korea and the US by staging a historic basketball game between the two countries. But the North Korean team isn't the only opposition he'll face... Condemned by the NBA and The Whitehouse, and hounded every step of the way by the press, can Dennis keep it together and make the game happen? Or will it go up in a mushroom cloud of smoke? For the first time, discover the true story of what happened when Dennis Rodman took a team of former-NBA players to North Korea and staged the most controversial game of basketball the world has never seen.

Believe in Me

2006

English

7.0

♡ 14

60%

Robert Collector Director

Michele Nordin as Helen Burnsides

Bob Gunton as Hugh Moreland

Chris Ellis as Jim Stovall

Robyn Reede as Lucille Shumard

In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.

Spirit of the Game

2016

English

5.2

♡ 5

79%

Darran Scott Director

Ben Prendergast as Coach Gardner

Wade Briggs as Don Hull

Xavier West as Newsboy

Kevin Sorbo as Parley Condie

In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

Bigger Than the Game

2018

English

6.9

♡ 10

Janaya Black Director

Krishawn Peace as Candy

Rockey Black as Dylan

Alijah Adams as Motor City Thunder Player

Christian Mathis as Stoney

As the head coach of the Michigan Warriors AAU basketball team, Dylan Baxter, finds himself at a perpetual cross-roads as he strives to take his team to the national championship.

Hurricane Season

2009

English

6.6

♡ 6

69%

Tim Story Director

Forest Whitaker as Al Collins

Taraji P. Henson as Dayna Collins

Courtney B. Vance as Mr. Randolph

Bonnie Hunt as Principal

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.

Celtic Pride

1996

English

5.3

♡ 17

12%

32%

Action

basketball

boston, massachusetts

Tom DeCerchio Director

Darrell Hammond as Chris McCarthy

Daniel Stern as Mike O'Hara

Peter A. Hulne as Pat 'Patty' Fitzsimmons

Scott Lawrence as Ted Hennison

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

High Flying Bird

2019

English

6.2

♡ 16

91%

Steven Soderbergh Director

Caleb McLaughlin as Darius

Kyle MacLachlan as David Seton

Jeryl Prescott as Emera Umber

Zazie Beetz as Sam

When an NBA lockout sidelines his big rookie client, an agent hatches a bold plan to save their careers -- and disrupt the league's power structure.

Slamma Jamma

2017

English

6.0

♡ 10

87%

Timothy A. Chey Director

Charles Hoyes as Mark Jacobs

Gary Poux as Prosecutor Vince Douglas

Michael Irvin as Terrell

Jennifer Marshall as TV Reporter #2

Wrongfully accused and sent to prison, a former basketball star prepares for the national slam dunk competition while finding redemption in himself and in those he loves.

Killer Bees

2017

English

7.5

♡ 2

80%

Ben Cummings Director

Kevin Feliciano as Himself

Max Cheng as Himself

Nykell Dean as Himself

Elijah Jackson as Himself

A championship high school basketball team provides pride, tradition and hope for an African American community struggling to survive in the middle of one of the wealthiest communities in America - The Hamptons.

A Cool, Dry Place

1998

English

6.2

♡ 8

54%

John N. Smith Director

Nicholas Campbell as Frankie Gooland

Chris Bauer as Larry Ives

Devon Sawa as Noah Ward

Doug Wert as Tom Johnson

Russell, a single father, balances his work as a lawyer with the care of his five-year-old son after his wife abandoned them. When she reappears creating turmoil, he must deal with his new love interest and the job opportunity of a lifetime.

Amateur

2018

English

5.9

♡ 13

68%

Ryan Koo Director

Josh Charles as Coach Gaines

Sharon Leal as Nia

Michael Rainey Jr. as Terron Forte

Brian White as Vince

14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur athletics when he is recruited to an elite NCAA prep school.

Anything Is Possible: A Serge Ibaka Story

2019

English

6.9

♡ 2

democratic republic of the congo

Documentary

Sport

toronto, canada

Travis Wood Director

Serge Ibaka as Serge Ibaka

From a boy on the streets of the Congo to becoming an NBA champion, Serge Ibaka has risen to a level even he can hardly believe. Watch as he brings the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy back to Africa for the first time, and re-visits all the places he used to go as a young man in this emotional journey.

Basketball County: In the Water

2020

English

6.6

♡ 2

John Beckham Director

Kevin Durant as Self

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Self

John Thompson as Self

Lamman Rucker as Self

This documentary film examines how NBA star Kevin Durant’s hometown of Prince George’s County, Maryland, has recently produced more elite basketball players than anywhere else in the world.

Forget Paris

1995

English

6.5

♡ 7

50%

Billy Crystal Director

Joe Mantegna as Andy

Tim Halligan as Doctor

John Spencer as Jack

Cathy Moriarty as Lois

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

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Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang

Believe in Me

Spirit of the Game

Bigger Than the Game

Hurricane Season

Celtic Pride

High Flying Bird

Slamma Jamma

Killer Bees

A Cool, Dry Place

Amateur

Anything Is Possible: A Serge Ibaka Story

Basketball County: In the Water

Forget Paris