Top 20 Classic Basketball Movies

Basketball is deeply loved by young fans and friends and is widely popular. Below I will introduce you to the top 20 movies about basketball. I hope you will like it!

The Origin of Basketball

Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, a physical education teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. At that time, due to the lack of indoor ball games for sports activities in the cold winter, Naismith was inspired by the game where workers and children used balls to throw accurately into the "peach basket" and designed two peach baskets to be nailed separately. On the railings of the stands at both ends of the gym, the mouth of the peach basket is horizontally upward, and the upper edge of the basket is 3.04 meters (about 10 yards) from the ground. A rugby ball is used as a game tool and is thrown into the basket. 1 point is awarded for throwing the ball into the basket, and the winner is determined by the number of points scored. Every time a ball goes into the basket, the player has to climb a ladder to take the ball out and then restart the game. Later, the bamboo basket was gradually changed to an iron basket with a live bottom, and then to a net hanging under the iron hoop. People called this game "Naismith Ball" or "Hoopball". After a long period of time, Naismith and his colleagues repeatedly discussed it and named it "Basketball".

Top 20 Classic Basketball Movies

1. "Kobe Doin' Work" (also known as: A Day in the Life of Superstar Kobe) was directed by the black director Spike Lee A documentary directed and filmed by Spike Lee in 2009. It is a film about a day in the life of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant during the 2007-2008 NBA season. Kobe allowed Director Lee to use 30 cameras to film a day in his life. "The Kobe Job" premiered on ESPN on May 16, 2009. The film is 84 minutes long. The documentary chronicles Kobe's game between the Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs during the 2007-2008 NBA season on April 13, 2008.

2. Yao Ming’s documentary tells the story of Yao Ming’s experience from being drafted by the NBA to his entire season. The film is full of many collisions of Eastern and Western cultures, and its significance is self-evident.

3. Basketball Diaries: Edge Diaries is an American drama film directed by Scott Calvert and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and others. It mainly tells the story of a high school student’s confusion, degradation, sinking, and awakening. .

4. "Space Jam" is a science fiction film produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment in 1996. The film is a mixture of cartoons and live-action, starring basketball player Michael Jordan and featuring guest appearances by many basketball stars. The story tells that the cartoon family is under a huge threat! An evil force from space attempts to send them to another planet for people to enjoy and entertain. At this critical moment of life and death, Bugs Bunny, the cartoon leader who was unwilling to surrender, came up with a plan. Seeing the diminutive stature of these ugly invaders, it proposed a game of basketball to decide its fate. Bugs Bunny even invited Michael Jordan, the best basketball player on earth, as a foreign aid. Jordan led the cartoon people to form the "Cartoon Dream Team" and defeated the astronauts. The cartoon family finally stayed on earth. In addition to Jordan, Barkley and many other stars also participated in the filming of this film.

5. A classic film starring Julius Erving and Allen. Denzel Washington’s role is a prisoner who accidentally killed his wife. The warden proposes a deal - you have to go Convince your son, who is on the national high school basketball championship team, to enroll in a university designated by the state government (state university). If he succeeds, he will have a chance to have his sentence reduced. There are a few scenes in the film that are not suitable for children.

6. A more direct translation of the title of Jordan's Successor would be "Like Mike", a film starring many NBA stars. Jordan did not participate in the movie, but it includes Allen Iverson, David Robinson, Jason Kidd, Michael Finley, Chris Webber, Gary Payton, Steve Nash, De K-Nowitzki, McGrady and Alonzo Mourning and other top stars all participated in the performance, and the level of luxury was hard to match even Space Jam.

7. "Path of Glory" is a sports inspirational film adapted from real people by Disney Company. It can be described as a combination of "The Charge" and "Coach Carter". The story takes place in Texas, USA, in 1965, when American society was facing conflicts between blacks and whites. The film has a clear theme and inspiring themes, making it a masterpiece of basketball movies.

8. "Coach Carter" is also known as "The Iron-Blooded Coach" or "The Severe Winter in the Cowherd Class". It is a sports inspirational film adapted from a true story. It tells the story of a high school basketball coach who leads his school team to fight hard. Samuel L. Jackson plays the controversial Coach Carter. After being coached by Carter, a basketball team that suffered repeated defeats finally became an unrivaled victor. He used his actions to prove that it is the school's education that shapes and guides the players to the right path in life, not just the basketball game. The film is 136 minutes long and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

9. More than a Game is an autobiographical documentary film starring James in 2006. The story revolves around how the lives of James and his friends were changed by basketball.

The story begins when they are 8 years old, includes them playing AAU leagues across the country, and ends in their last year of high school.

10. "Ultimate Jordan" is a panoramic film about the life of NBA basketball superstar Michael Jordan. The 1998 NBA playoffs is the best script God has given to Hollywood. 20th Century Fox and NBA Entertainment co-produced this film called "Michael Jordan To The Max", which became a top 10 box office hit that year and became a miracle in sports films. The film tells the legendary story of Jordan's 1998 playoffs. It aired edge cuts that were not seen in the game at the time, showing different sides of Jordan, and the carefully processed sound effects and use of computer stunts made the film more like a Hollywood blockbuster.

11. Love and Basketball Although there have been some more successful sports movies about girls fighting hard, part of what makes this Spike Lee-produced sports movie successful is that it is first and foremost about Basketball players? It’s just that these players happen to be women. They sweat, they lift, they bullshit. Monica is a willful tomboy who wants to be the first girl to play in the NBA. Neighbor Quincy is the son of a professional player and has the skills to achieve his goals. As the game reaches its climax, their relationship grows closer over time.

12. "Sunset Park" tells the story of a white female coach and a black team. This is a movie with a strong basketball culture color. The protagonists of the story are dissatisfied with their living conditions, especially the children, whose lives are filled with drugs, violence, and unimproved neighbors. This even made them lose the confidence to fight and the hope of life. The only thing worth doing seemed to be to please the girls, but basketball changed everything.

13. "The Hot Coach" is about a college basketball coach who originally used formal methods to train his players, but after he lost his first season, he began to adopt various methods. A hot way to stimulate the group of rookie players to win.

14. Billy and Sidney are brothers who love to play basketball. Sidney has a stupid-looking face and baggy and sloppy clothes, but this is the weapon that Billy uses to pull off the biggest scam in their lives. See how they use their superb ball skills and superb deception to fool the town. Every fool on the Internet!

15. Looking for Forest James is a smart African American teenager with wide hobbies. He won a scholarship to a white school with his basketball expertise, and there Began his college life. By chance, James met a university professor on the Internet. He was also a writer who had been hiding for many years. The two established a deep friendship. In the subsequent interactions, the writer discovered that James also had extraordinary writing talents. The close friendship was also changing the lives of two people. At the end of the story, our black children will have to choose between writing and playing ball. ?

16. Delivering Glory After graduating from the seminary, Joseph became a priest, but in the 1960s, black priests were extremely rare in the United States. Joseph was demoted to a black school in Louisiana as a teacher for inciting black workers to strike, so he came all the way to teach in this school. The school's basketball coach left, and no one was willing to lead the team, which was composed of black students. Joseph became the coach again. He led the players into restaurants that refused to sell food to blacks, and his courage earned him the respect of his classmates. In the past, black teams had no chance to compete with white teams. This time, Joseph spared no effort in order to have a fair chance with white teams. He taught the team to rely on collective strength to unite to win, rather than rely on individual limelight. They walked into the Jesus Club and set a game time with the championship team. With his unified mobilization and the active cooperation of all the players, they finally defeated the championship team that had always looked down on them.

17. Court Ambition The film is set in the 1950s and tells the story of a basketball coach, Kim Harman. As the coach of the basketball team at a high school in Indiana, USA, he only has one last chance. Kim Harman Faced with a dual challenge: to help the school's team win the championship in the Golden State Game, but also to restore his reputation as a basketball coach.

18. Return to 17-year-old Mike is a famous figure in the school. As a basketball player, he originally received a scholarship and could directly go to college, but he gave it up in order to be with his girlfriend Scarlett. this opportunity. Twenty years later, Mike, now a middle-aged man, has accomplished nothing. He and his wife Scarlett broke up, and he rarely spoke the same language with his children. As for his job in a drug company, it was even more boring. In an accident, he miraculously transformed into what he was when he was 17 years old.

19. Basketball Dream The screenwriters James and Max spent six years completing this excellent sports documentary. The film also explores the deep-rooted racial issues in the United States, pointing out that the existing "elite education system" ignores the rights of children in slums to receive education, and shows people the hardship of young black people struggling to survive.

20. Roy, a famous basketball coach with a hot temper, was forced to be demoted after losing a college league game to coach a high school team that suffered repeated defeats.

In the first class, Roy watched the children lose 109 points, and it seemed that this was not the worst? Roy could only teach from the most basic things, passing people, rebounding, leaking the ball, etc. Shooting, he seems to bring a lot of magic to this team, and the Smelter team is getting better and better under his leadership, and Roy also experiences the long-lost happiness that basketball brings to him in the process of teaching these children? < /p>

Basketball not only brings us happiness, but sometimes it also makes us understand some truths and attitudes towards life! I believe you will gain something after watching these movies~