Hoops on Screen: Top 10 Basketball Movies

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

Hoop Dreams - Steve James' iconoclasic documentary, called the best film of the 1990s by Roger Ebert, comes back to Sundance 20 years after its debut. The film has been completely restored in honor of the anniversary.  (Photo: New Line Cinema)
Blue Chips (1994) - The Exorcist director William Friedkin brought his dark sensibilities to this sports drama about a college basketball coach (Nick Nolte) who uses illegal means to take his team to the championships. But the film will always be remembered as the acting debut of hoops star Shaquille O'Neal.  (Photo: Paramount Pictures)
Hoosiers (1986) - This drama, based on a true story about a high school basketball coach with a troubled past and an alcoholic teen, who pair up to win their school's first state championship, earned two Oscar nominations and was a highlight of co-star Dennis Hopper's already illustrious career.   (Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc)
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.)

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Blue Chips (1994) - The Exorcist director William Friedkin brought his dark sensibilities to this sports drama about a college basketball coach (Nick Nolte) who uses illegal means to take his team to the championships. But the film will always be remembered as the acting debut of hoops star Shaquille O'Neal. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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