10 Best Movies About Basketball

You like playing basketball ? Have a dream to become a professional athlete ? Maybe you will like the following movie list. But for those of you who are not too fond of basketball, you also can still enjoy the following movie list. There are so many positive messages, motivations, and inspirations in the following films. Many of these films are also taken from real stories, which are certainly very interesting to watch. Have a good time watching.

1. Space Jam (1996)

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Out of despair and confusion to win a basketball game. Looney Tunes enlisted the help of a renowned basketball champion, Michael Jordan to get their freedom.

2. Coach Carter (2005)

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Based on true story. The story is about a dilapidated basketball club, not famous, and never win at all. Those children are very stubborn, and unruly. Many coaches give up on these kids. Until a fierce coach named Coach Ken Carter came to them. This coach is very disciplined, assertive, but actually kind. Coach Carter is who will not only change the basketball club, but also change the lives of those naughty kids.

3. The Basketball Diaries (1995)

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Jim Carroll (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a high school teenager who dreams of becoming a famous basketball player. That's not surprising because Jim is very good at playing basketball and incorporated in an unbeatable team. But his dream is threatened when Jim is caught in the world of drugs. Her mother was drowned in deep sorrow for her son's behavior. Jim can not go home, he goes to the darkness of New York City, to steal, rob, and sell himself for the purchase of heroin. Taken from a true story.

4. Finding Forrester (2000)

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Jamal Wallace is a genius boy in the field of basketball and writing. Because of his achievements, he gets the attention of a most prestigious school in New York. But the main reason why he was favored was because of his skills on the basketball court. Jamal began to pursue his dreams that are in the field and off the field. He also became acquainted with a teacher who would change his life and uncover Jamal's past and future.

5. Semi-Pro (2008)

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It is about three men with their dreams. Jackie always dreamed of playing and joining the NBA. On the other hand, Monix is ​​a point guard who is at the end of his career. There was also a man named Clarence "Coffee" Brown who dreamed of wanting to be the best player but never appreciated teamwork. These three people will be reunited and must play together to win an impossible game. Can they realize their dream ?

6. White Men Can not Jump (1992)

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Billy and Sydney think they are the best basketball players in town, so when they join and play together, nothing can stop them, except themselves. The problem grew again when, Billy owed money and was chased by a group of gangsters. This black and white man must work together to win matches on the streets and matches in the tournament.

7. He Got Game (1998)

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A high school kid dreams of becoming a professional basketball player. But his dreams were distracted and shadowed by his dad being in prison. The father tried to convince his son to go to college and his father could be relieved of punishment.

8. Glory Road (2006)

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Based on true story. In 1965, high school women's basketball coach Don Haskins was invited by Texas Western Miners to become their coach. Despite the lack of money, Haskins accepted the opportunity and decided to move with his wife and children to a college dormitory. Haskins recruited seven talented black players who were denied to play with five Caucasian players. He formed the legendary team that won the 1966 national championship against a strong Kentucky team.

9. Hoop Dreams (1994)

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This one is a documentary movie about two young people dreaming of becoming a professional basketball player. They started the dream by getting a scholarship for college, in order to play in the NBA. The film will tell about their four years of schooling and the ins and outs of their basketball game. It is also a challenge to achieve good academic grades. Although filled with various economic problems, and other problems, but their dreams continue.

10. Love & Basketball (2000)

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They are Monica and Quincy who love to play basketball since childhood. This film will tell you about their relationship from a little kid to high school, and continues until they successfully play in USC. Their love adventure also faces many challenges where they have to pursue a professional career in basketball.

10 Best Films About Football

Who likes to watch sports genre movies ? Here is a list of top movies about american football. Usually this kind of film can make us motivated and inspired by the story. In the midst of our life, maybe this list of good movies can cure your heart. Many of the following movies are real stories. Of course many of these movies will give us many positive moral messages that we can hold as our life guides. So here it is, enjoy downloading and enjoy watching, hahaha.

1. The Blind Side (2009)

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Michael Oher is a homeless black teenager. He likes to sleep in the laundry, he does not know who his father is, and his mother is a drug addict. One day, Michael meets a white woman named Leigh Anne. Anne always believed that Michael deserved a chance to achieve success. When Anne finds out that Michael has a talent in the field of football. Anne began to exert every means to help Michael in order to become a successful football player. Based on a true story.

2. Remember the Titans (2000)

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In the old days, racism was still very thick. Schools in Virginia are differentiated according to race and color. There was a high school with only blacks, and a high school containing only white people. One day, came a successful black football coach named Herman Boone. Based on the coach's true story in unifying their diversity and differences in the midst of an era of rampant racism. The teenagers must set aside their skin color and unite when their friends and family do not care.

3. The Longest Yard (2005)

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Paul "Wrecking" Crewe was a football superstar of his time. But that time has passed, and now Paul is in jail due to an incident. One day, a prison warden named Warden Hazen instructed Paul to form a football team from inside the prison. The team members consist of prisoners or inmates who are interested and willing to play football. They will train to fight the prison officers in a football game. This will be interesting to watch and very funny.

4. The Waterboy (1998)

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Waterboy and watergirl, are the ones who provide water to the athletes in the field. The story is about a lowly waterboy named Bobby Boucher who works for college football teams. Once upon a time, the coach found his remarkable talent of tackling a person much larger than him. The Waterboy became a new star player and ready to play in the game. But Bobby had to hide it from her mother because his mother is very arrogant and controlling mother.

5. Any Given Sunday (1999)

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Tony D'amato (Al Pacino) is a football coach who is bewildered by competition in modern times. This modern football game is like a bloody sport in the old days, the gladiator fight. This film will tell you about everything behind the scenes about the life and death struggles of athletes to win every game. There is also a businessman or a rich person who is greedy and does not care about the fate of the athletes.

6. The Last Boy Scout (1991)

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A female witness has been murdered by an unknown party. This left a LAPD detective and the boyfriend of the woman set out to investigate the case. Their investigation led them to a football team and a corrupt politician. These two guys will unveil a gambling syndicate behind the professional sports world.

7. Invincible (2006)

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Vince Papale is a 30 year old man who is having bad luck. He is in financial trouble, and therefore his wife wants to divorce him. Vince ended up working as a bartender and playing street football with his friends at night. When the Philadelphia Eagles coach was holding an open recruitment for new team members, Vince decided to try to sign up. Beginning Vince's long struggle to play in the NFL in 1976. Based on the true story.

8. The Replacements (2000)

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A professional football team from Washington is struggling. The players ask for a raise of payment and they start to play at will. Eventually the director decides to appoint a new coach named Jimmy McGinty, he is a legendary coach who is humble and kind. Jimmy wants to be a coach but on one condition, he chooses a player he likes and his decision can not be disturbed.

Unexpectedly the coach decided to chose some players who are far from the word "professional", they are: shopkeeper, sumo athlete, deaf athlete, police, bodyguard, inmate, priest and ship cleaner. They are trained to finish the league with four matches remaining.

9. Friday Night Lights (2004)

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Odessa, Texas, is a small town in Texas filled with racism and difficult economy. But behind the darkness of the city, there is one night that gives this city the entertainment that is always been waiting, that is Friday Night.

The story is about a football coach who must lead his team to the semi-finals in West Texas in 1988. High school football is highly respected and revered in this city. The players are required to meet the expectations of their friends, coaches, families, and the whole community who watch it. Economic problems and racism will be one of conflict as well. Adapted from HG Bissinger's book with the same title.

10. We Are Marshall (2006)

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In November of 1970, an airplane accident claimed the lives of members of the Marshall University football team. New coaches appear to train the team and the remaining players. Despite having lost hope and lost of supporters, they are still struggling to win an impossible game. "From the ashes we rose".