Hoops on Screen: Top 10 Basketball Movies

From He Got Game to Space Jam, these flicks are all-stars.

Coach Carter - In Coach Carter, Samuel L. Jackson played a coach who mentored his players by not allowing them to play if they received poor grades. In the the film Coach Carter proved that coaching isn't just about sports.  (Photo: MTV Films)
Space Jam (1996) - This innovative family film, a blend of animation and live-action, stars Michael Jordan as the basketball savior of the Looney Tunes, who must play a game of high-stakes ball against a group of alien enslavers in order to gain their freedom. The kooky film is not to be confused with another one of Jordan's basketball-meets-Hollywood projects: the music video for Michael Jackson's hit "Jam," in which the two MJs square off on the court.  (Photo: Warner Bros.)
Above the Rim (1994) - Tupac Shakur, Duane Martin and Leon Robinson star in this drama about a promising young basketball player's relationship with his two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former baller whose dreams never panned out. Benny Medina wrote the story for this powerful film, which also stars Marlon Wayans and Bernie Mac.  (Photo: New Line Cinema)
Common - Scoring on both the field and in the department of love, Common starred with Queen Latifah in the rom-com Just Wright in 2010. This wouldn't be his last time acting in a sports flick when he went from playing to coaching in The Odd Life of Timothy Green in 2012.(Photo: David Lee/ Fox Searchlight Pictures)White Men Can't Jump (1992) - Racial tensions come to a head on the basketball court in this seminal film starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as competing street ballers who join forces to hustle unsuspecting amateurs. The modestly-budgeted film was a huge success at the box office, grossing nearly $75 million. (Photo: Twentieth Century FOX Films)

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Space Jam (1996) - This innovative family film, a blend of animation and live-action, stars Michael Jordan as the basketball savior of the Looney Tunes, who must play a game of high-stakes ball against a group of alien enslavers in order to gain their freedom. The kooky film is not to be confused with another one of Jordan's basketball-meets-Hollywood projects: the music video for Michael Jackson's hit "Jam," in which the two MJs square off on the court.  (Photo: Warner Bros.)

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