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Space Jam
1996 live-action and animated film directed by Joe Pytka
High School Musical
2006 film directed by Kenny Ortega
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021 film directed by Malcolm D. Lee
The Basketball Diaries
1995 film by Scott Kalvert
Coach Carter
2005 film directed by Thomas Carter
Movie 43
2013 American independent comedy anthology film
John Tucker Must Die
2006 film by Betty Thomas
Uncut Gems
2019 film directed by Joshua Safdie and Ben Safdie
Finding Forrester
2000 film directed by Gus Van Sant
Air
2023 film directed by Ben Affleck
White Men Can't Jump
1992 film directed by Ron Shelton
Hoosiers
1986 film by David Anspaugh
Air Bud
1997 film by Charles Martin Smith
Goat (2026 film)
Goat is a 2026 American animated sports comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Unanimous Media, and Modern Magic Productions. Directed by Tyree Dillihay, it stars Caleb McLaughlin as Will Harris, an anthropomorphic goat who aspires to become the greatest of all time at a basketball-like sport known as roarball. Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Jenifer Lewis, Patton Oswalt, Jelly Roll, Wayne Knight, Jennifer Hudson, Sherry Cola, Eduardo Franco, Andrew Santino and Bobby Lee also star, alongside basketball player Stephen Curry in his film debut.
Dear Basketball
2017 animated short film directed by Glen Keane
Teen Wolf
1985 film directed by Rod Daniel
Semi-Pro
Semi-Pro is a 2008 American sports comedy film. The film was directed by Kent Alterman in his only directorial debut, written by Scot Armstrong, and produced by Jimmy Miller. It stars Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, André 3000 (credited as André Benjamin), and Maura Tierney, set during the final season of the American Basketball Association and telling the story of a fictional ABA team desperate to survive the league's merger with the NBA. The film was shot in Los Angeles near Dodger Stadium (in the gym of the Los Angeles City Fire Department Training Center), in Detroit, and in Flint, Michigan
He Got Game
1998 film directed by Spike Lee
Like Mike
2002 film by John Schultz
BASEketball
BASEketball is a 1998 American sports comedy film co-written and directed by David Zucker, starring South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and costarring Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine and Dian Bachar. The film is about BASEketball, a hybrid sport combining baseball and basketball, invented by Zucker in the 1980s. Parker and Stone play childhood friends who envision it as something they could win against athletes. It becomes an overnight sensation and a target of corporate sponsorship.
Hustle
2022 film directed by Jeremiah Zagar
Eight Crazy Nights
2002 film directed by Seth Kearsley
The Way Back
2020 film directed by Gavin O'Connor
Glory Road
2006 film by James Gartner
Forget Paris
1995 film by Billy Crystal
Rebound
2005 American comedy film directed by Steve Carr
Hatching Pete
2009 television film directed by Stuart Gillard
Eddie
1996 film directed by Steve Rash
High Flying Bird
2019 film by Steven Soderbergh
Blue Chips
1994 film by William Friedkin
Hoop Dreams
1994 documentary film by Steve James
The Air Up There
1994 film directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Harvard Man
2001 film by James Toback
Celtic Pride
1996 film by Tom DeCerchio
Love & Basketball
2000 film by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Above the Rim
1994 film directed by Jeff Pollack
O
2001 film by Tim Blake Nelson
Uncle Drew
2018 film directed by Charles Stone III
The Luck of the Irish
2001 television film directed by Paul Hoen
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987 film by Mike Newell
Inside Moves
1980 film by Richard Donner
The Forge
2024 film directed by Alex Kendrick
Juwanna Mann
2002 film by Jesse Vaughan
All-Star Weekend
film directed by Jamie Foxx
Champions
2023 film directed by Bobby Farrelly
The Winning Season
2009 film by James C. Strouse
The 6th Man
1997 film by Randall Miller
Thunderstruck
2012 film by John Whitesell
Hurricane Season
2010 film by Tim Story
Boogie
2021 film directed by Eddie Huang
Rez Ball
2024 film directed by Sydney Freeland
Just Wright
2010 film by Sanaa Hamri
Like Mike 2: Streetball
2006 film by David Nelson
Drive, He Said
1971 film by Jack Nicholson
The Fair Co-Ed
1927 film by Sam Wood
Tall Story
1960 film by Joshua Logan
White Men Can't Jump
2023 film directed by Calmatic
Double Teamed
2002 television film directed by Duwayne Dunham
Double Dribble
1946 film by Jack Hannah
That Championship Season
1982 film by Jason Miller