As with both my Baseball and Football marathons, I thought it would be a fun idea to explore the game of basketball in movies. Unlike those other two sports, I am much less connected to the game of basketball than I am baseball and football. However, basketball is by far the easiest sport to pick up and play on your own, with a group of friends. It takes much less to pickup a basketball and find a hoop to play the game, and that is one of the great attractions of the game. It is a beautiful game in its own way, and I hope to discover some beautiful stories throughout this process.
- Cornbread, Earl and Me (Joseph Manduke, 1975)
- One on One (Lamont Johnson, 1977)
- Fast Break (Jack Smight, 1979)
- The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (Gilbert Moses, 1979)
- Teen Wolf (Rod Daniel, 1985)
- Hoosiers (David Anspaugh, 1986)
- Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (Frank C. Schroder, 1991)
- White Men Can’t Jump (Ron Shelton, 1992)
- The Air Up There (Paul Michael Glaser, 1994)
- Blue Chips (William Friedkin, 1994)
- Above the Rim (Jeff Pollack, 1994)
- The Basketball Diaries (Scott Kalvert, 1995)
- Rebound: The Legend of Earl Manigault (Eriq La Salle, 1996)
- Celtic Pride (Tom DeCherchio, 1996)
- Sunset Park (Steve Gomer, 1996)
- Eddie (Steve Rash, 1996)
- Space Jam (Joe Pytka, 1996)
- The Sixth Man (Randall Miller, 1997)
- He Got Game (Spike Lee, 1998)
- Passing Glory (Steve James, 1999)
- Love & Basketball (Gina Prince-Bythewood, 2000)
- Finding Forrester (Gus Van Sant, 2000)
- O (Tim Blake Nelson, 2001)
- Coach Carter (Thomas Carter, 2005)
- Rebound (Steve Carr, 2005)
- Glory Road (James Gartner, 2006)
- Semi-Pro (Kent Alterman, 2008)
- The Winning Season (James C. Strouse, 2009)
- Hurricane Season (Tim Story, 2009)
- Just Wright (Sanaa Hamri, 2010)
- Uncle Drew (Charles Stone III, 2018)
- High Flying Bird (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)
- The Way Back (Gavin O’Connor, 2020)
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