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Blue Chips
Blue Chips (1994)
, 1h48
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Mary McDonnell, J. T. Walsh, Alfre Woodard, Ed O'Neill

Pete Bell (Nolte), a college basketball coach for the fictional Western University Dolphins, is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning as often as it once did and his successful program needs to attract new star players and fast. But the brightest stars of the future — the so-called "blue-chip" prospects — are secretly being paid by other schools.
Gunnin' for That #1 Spot
Gunnin' for That #1 Spot (2008)
, 1h30
Directed by Adam Yauch
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Adam Yauch

The film follows 8 of the top high school basketball players in the US at the time of filming, in 2006. The plot centers around the first annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic at the legendary Rucker Park in Harlem.
That Championship Season
That Championship Season (1982)
, 1h50
Directed by Jason Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen, Bruce Dern, Paul Sorvino, Stacy Keach, Arthur Franz

It has been 25 years since the 1957 Fillmore High School (fictional) basketball team won the Pennsylvania state championship. The coach and four of the victors regularly gather to relive the glory of their shining moment.
Woman Basketball Player No. 5
Woman Basketball Player No. 5 (1957)
, 1h33
Directed by Xie Jin
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Qin Yi

Before the establishment of PRC, Lin Jie, the daughter of the boss of East China Basketball Team in Shanghai, falls in love with the leading player of the team, Tian Zhenhua. During a game against foreign marine soldiers, the boss takes bribery and orders the team to lose the game. Due to his nationalist dignity, however, Tian leads the team to victory, against the will of the boss. As a result, the boss hires thugs to beat Tian, and also forces his daughter to marry a rich man. 18 years later, Tian is now the coach of Shanghai Woman Basketball Team. Xiao Jie, the daughter of Lin, is a girl with basketball talent but also has prejudice towards sports career. Tian educates and helps her with patience. Xiao Jie was injured in a game and hospitalized. Tian and Lin accidentally reunite when both visiting Xiao Jie and their love is reborn. Xiao Jie is later elected into national team and will participate in international games.
High Flying Bird
High Flying Bird (2019)
, 1h30
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Zachary Quinto, Michelle Ang, Jeryl Prescott, Bill Duke

Ray Burke est agent de joueurs de NBA. En plein lock-out, il tente de convaincre l'un de ses clients, dont c’est la première saison professionnelle, d’accepter une opportunité commerciale controversée.
Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf (1985)
, 1h31
Directed by Rod Daniel
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Basketball films, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Teen movie
Actors Michael J. Fox, Lorie Griffin, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Mark Arnold

Seventeen-year-old high school student Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) is sick of being average and wishes he were special. His father, Harold (James Hampton), runs a local hardware store. Scott plays basketball for his high school's team, the Beavers, with a not-so-good win-loss record. The girl of his dreams, Pamela Wells (Lorie Griffin), is dating Mick McAllister (Mark Arnold), a jerk from an opposing high school team, the Dragons. After another of the team's losses, Scott begins to notice strange changes to his body. While at a party, Scott keeps undergoing changes and eventually he returns home, locks himself in the bathroom, and undergoes a complete change and becomes a werewolf, while his father demands that he open the door. He tries to refuse, only to finally give in and find his father has also transformed. Harold never told his son about the condition because "sometimes it skips a generation" and he was hoping it would not happen to Scott. Needing someone else to share his secret, Scott confides his best friend, Stiles Stilinski (Jerry Levine), who accepts Scott's werewolf status. However, Scott inadvertently reveals his transformation to the public at one of his basketball games. After shortly stunning the crowd with The Wolf, Scott goes on to amaze them with his newfound basketball skills.
The Luck of the Irish
The Luck of the Irish (2001)

Directed by Jon Favreau, Paul Hoen
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Basketball films, Children's films
Actors Ryan Merriman, Will Ferrell, Timothy Omundson, James Caan, Henry Gibson, Edward Asnere

Kyle Johnson (Ryan Merriman), a popular basketball player in junior high school who has never known about his heritage, one day realizes that someone has stolen his lucky gold coin. Strange things start to happen to Kyle, his ears become pointed, his hair starts turning orange, and he starts to become shorter. Kyle then returns home one day to find that his mom has shrunk to six inches. The truth is then revealed to Kyle: his family is made up of Leprechauns. Kyle is only half leprechaun, since his dad is from Cleveland. It also turns out that the gold coin he wore was the O'Reilly—Kyle's mother's maiden name—lucky coin. A magic coin, when in the possession of the youngest family member, allows all the leprechauns in the family to pass as normal human beings. But since the coin is gone, the family is down on their luck now, and reverting to their true forms.
O
O (2001)
, 1h35
Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Théâtre, Basketball films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Mekhi Phifer, Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan, Julia Stiles, Rain Phoenix, Elden Henson

During a high school basketball game, Odin James (Phifer) scores the basket that wins the game for his team. Later at an awards ceremony, the coach, Duke Goulding (Martin Sheen) presents the MVP award to Odin for his efforts, an award he shares with his teammate Michael Cassio (Andrew Keegan). In giving Odin the award, Duke passes over his son Hugo (Hartnett), Odin's teammate and best friend. At a party celebrating the victory, Hugo plans with school outcast Roger Calhoun (Elden Henson) to go to the school's dean, Bob Brable (John Heard) and tell him that Odin raped his daughter, Desi (Stiles), whom Odin has been dating. Hugo promises Roger that Desi will be his after Odin is out of the way, but Roger is only a pawn in Hugo's ultimate plan to destroy Odin.
Fast Break
Fast Break (1979)
, 1h47
Directed by Jack Smight
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Kaplan, Harold Sylvester, Laurence Fishburne, Randee Heller, Reb Brown, Michael Warren

David Greene (Gabe Kaplan) is a basketball fanatic living in Brooklyn, NY, who alternates his time between playing in neighborhood pick-up games and managing a delicatessen. He dreams of making his living coaching basketball (David was once a junior high school basketball coach) and has sent numerous letters to colleges in the hope of fulfilling that dream—much to the chagrin of his long-suffering wife Jan (Randee Heller), who wants only to buy a home and start a family. This is a challenge for him.
In the Game
In the Game (2018)
, 1h25
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, La provence, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Basketball films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Road movies
Actors Thierry Lhermitte, Rayane Bensetti, Émilie Caen, Lyes Salem, Cassiopée Mayance, Cheng Xiaoxing

Gérant d'un restaurant parisien, Roland Verdi est atteint par la maladie d'Alzheimer. Sa famille est aux petits soins avec lui, sauf son petit-fils, J.B., qui n'a qu'un seul but : jouer sa finale de basket-ball à Paris. Mais les parents de J.B., bloqués ce week-end, lui demandent de surveiller son grand-père. Dès lors, rien ne va se passer comme prévu car J.B. va entraîner Roland avec lui dans son voyage.
Just Wright
Just Wright (2010)
, 1h40
Directed by Sanaa Hamri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Common, Paula Patton, Queen Latifah, James Pickens Jr., Phylicia Rashād, Pam Grier

Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) is a straight-shooting physical therapist and die-hard basketball fan who is tired of being a guy's best friend. She and her god-sister, Morgan (Paula Patton), are living together; Morgan dreams of becoming an NBA trophy wife.
Double Teamed
Double Teamed (2002)
, 1h45
Directed by Duwayne Dunham
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Basketball films, Children's films
Actors Mackenzie Phillips, Teal Redmann, Joey Miyashima, Nick Searcy, Chris Olivero, Iyari Limon

Twins Heather and Heidi Burge are forced by their overly-pushy father to leave their former school and attend a different school to have better chances at college scholarships. Heidi, however, tended to think that she was athletically inferior to Heather, and in an attempt to get out of Heather's shadow, she joined in a school play.