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Top 10
Basketball Movies of All Time
CHN's Jon Teitel presents his
comprehensive list of the top basketball movies of all-time, including
quality reviews of each one.
Above
The Rim - 1994
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"The plot about trying to use
your basketball skills to escape the inner-city is kind of a tired one,
especially with the single mother and ethical.."
Blue
Chips - 1994
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"Nick Nolte has definitely had his
ups and downs, but he is very believable as a college basketball coach."
Glory
Road - 2006
"..heroes,
underdogs, and happy endings. Glory Road has all that and more. It also
happens to tell an important story."
Go, Man,
Go - 1954
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"..It’s hard to go wrong with a
director (Howe) and actor (Poitier) who both have Academy Awards in their
trophy cases."
He Got
Game- 1998
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"The one-on-one scenes with
Washington and Allen are very moving, and the relationship between the
two is special because.."
Hoop
Dreams - 1994
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"..it was so important that it
actually helped change the rules for how Academy Award documentaries are
judged. "
Hoosiers
- 1986
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"Gene Hackman is the epitome of a
disciplinarian coach whose players would run through a brick wall for him"
Love & Basketball - 2000
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"I’m still torn on whether to call
this a chick flick or a sports flick, but I suppose it can be both."
Rebound: The
Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault
- 1996
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"I have read books about the
legendary Earl “The Goat” Manigault, and his life story in Harlem is
tailor-made for Hollywood."
The
Air Up There - 1994
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"This was one of the first movies
to show how cultures all over the world have adopted a game that first
flourished here in the United States."
White Men Can't Jump
- 1992
Top 10 Basketball Movies of All
Time
"Marques Johnson is hilarious as a
local player, and Rosie Perez is a great comic foil as Woody Harrelson’s
Latino girlfriend."
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