# List of basketball films

This is a list of films about basketball, featuring notable films where basketball plays a central role in the development of the plot.

## List

| Title | Year | Genre | Notes |
| The Fair Co-Ed | 1927 | Comedy | Silent film about a college girl (Marion Davies) who plays basketball to hook the coach. |
| Campus Confessions | 1938 | Comedy | A college president's son inspires a bad team and attracts a reporter (Betty Grable). |
| Double Dribble | 1946 | Comedy | Disney short starring Goofy playing basketball. |
| The Big Fix | 1947 | Drama | Army vet Ken Williams, a basketball hero, is threatened to fix his school's games. |
| Big Town Scandal | 1948 | Drama | A newspaper editor agrees to coach a team made up of juvenile delinquents. |
| The Basketball Fix | 1951 | Drama | A college player in need of money agrees to shave points for a gambler. |
| The Harlem Globetrotters | 1951 | Drama | A new kind of basketball team dazzles audiences with its skills. |
| Go Man Go | 1954 | Biographical | Origin of the Harlem Globetrotters, featuring Sidney Poitier as a player. |
| Tall Story | 1960 | Comedy | A co-ed (Jane Fonda) tries to win the heart of the team's star (Anthony Perkins). |
| The Absent-Minded Professor | 1961 | Comedy | Miracle substance called "Flubber" invented by a college professor (Fred MacMurray) enables school's basketball players to bounce sky-high. |
| Drive, He Said | 1971 | Drama | Directed by Jack Nicholson, story of a college player who becomes a campus activist. |
| Maurie | 1973 | Biographical | Life-changing injury's impact on NBA teammates Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman. |
| Mixed Company | 1974 | Comedy | A Phoenix Suns coach and his wife adopt children of various ethnic backgrounds. |
| Cornbread, Earl and Me | 1975 | Drama | Teen about to get basketball scholarship (Jamaal Wilkes) is mistaken for a criminal and shot by the police. |
| One on One | 1977 | Drama | A highly recruited college freshman (Robby Benson) runs afoul of a demanding coach. |
| Coach | 1978 | Drama | A basketball coach (Cathy Lee Crosby) hired by mistake is harassed by her superior. |
| The American Game | 1979 | Documentary | Follows two high school basketball players from different backgrounds |
| Fast Break | 1979 | Comedy | Gabe Kaplan as a New Yorker who dreams of being a coach and finally gets a shot. |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | 1979 | Comedy | A laughing-stock basketball squad transforms itself as the Pittsburgh Pisces. |
| The Great Santini | 1979 | Drama | A high school star's life is complicated by his father (Robert Duvall), a mean Marine. |
| Inside Moves | 1980 | Drama | When a bartender's injury heals, he becomes a player for the Golden State Warriors. |
| That Championship Season | 1982 | Drama | A reunion of a Pennsylvania state championship team turns into an angry confrontation, starring Robert Mitchum and Bruce Dern. |
| Teen Wolf | 1985 | Comedy | A slapstick comedy starring Michael J. Fox about a high schooler who discovers that he turns into a werewolf. |
| Hoosiers | 1986 | Drama | Gene Hackman in story based loosely on the 1953–54 Milan High School basketball team. |
| Amazing Grace and Chuck | 1987 | Drama | An NBA superstar (real-life NBA star Alex English) joins the anti-nuclear protest of a Montana Little League pitcher. |
| The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend | 1991 | Drama | Biographical film based on the early life of Pete Maravich. |
| Heaven Is a Playground | 1991 | Drama | Based on Rick Telander's book of the same name, a coach and lawyer team up to help an urban high school team stay out of trouble. |
| American Citizen | 1992 | Drama | Film about the friendship of an American basketball player playing in Israel and an Israeli sports journalist |
| White Men Can't Jump | 1992 | Comedy | Outdoor court hustlers (Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson) con opponents as well as each other. |
| Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story | 1992 | Drama | TV biographical film about doomed Loyola Marymount star. |
| Hardwood Dreams | 1993 | Documentary | Wesley Snipes narrates a look at a Los Angeles-area high school team. |
| Blue Chips | 1994 | Drama | Nick Nolte as a successful college coach who violates the rules to recruit new stars. |
| Hoop Dreams | 1994 | Documentary | A pair of Chicago high school athletes try to succeed on the court and make it to college. |
| Above the Rim | 1994 | Drama | Story about a New York high school player who falls in with a bad crowd. |
| The Air Up There | 1994 | Comedy | Kevin Bacon as a college coach who goes to Africa searching for new talent. |
| The St. Tammany Miracle | 1994 | Family | Story of an Episcopalian all-girl team. |
| The Basketball Diaries | 1995 | Drama | Based on Jim Carroll's harrowing true story of drug addiction starring Leonardo DiCaprio. |
| Forget Paris | 1995 | Rom-com | A temperamental NBA referee (Billy Crystal) tries to make his new marriage work. |
| Slam Dunk Ernest | 1995 | Comedy | Featuring the character played in many films by Jim Varney. |
| Space Jam | 1996 | Animation/Comedy | Combines live action and animation, featuring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny. |
| Eddie | 1996 | Comedy | Whoopi Goldberg as a New York Knicks fan who becomes their head coach. |
| Celtic Pride | 1996 | Comedy | Boston fans (Daniel Stern and Dan Aykroyd) kidnap opposition's top player (Damon Wayans). |
| Sunset Park | 1996 | Drama | A woman (Rhea Perlman) becomes coach of an all-male team. |
| Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault | 1996 | Biographical | Film starring Don Cheadle as the New York playground legend. |
| Air Bud | 1997 | Comedy | Family adventure about a basketball-playing dog. |
| The 6th Man | 1997 | Comedy | Ghost of a teammate returns to inspire a University of Washington player. |
| Soul in the Hole | 1997 | Documentary | About aspiring basketball coach Kenny Jones, and his team "Kenny's Kings" |
| My Giant | 1998 | Comedy | A man nearly 8 feet tall (Gheorghe Mureșan) is found by a guy (Billy Crystal) with big ideas. |
| Gunnin' for That#1 Spot | 1998 | Documentary | The film by Adam Yauch follows 8 of the top high school basketball players. |
| Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story | 1998 | Drama | TV film, biographical film of NBA star. |
| He Got Game | 1998 | Drama | An imprisoned man (Denzel Washington) tries to convince his son, a top-ranked high school basketball player, to attend the governor's college alma mater in return for a reduced sentence. |
| City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal | 1998 | Documentary | HBO's look at a New York college team's point-shaving disgrace. |
| Game Day | 1999 | Drama | Little-known dark drama. Haunted by the loss of five championship titles, alcoholic coach Richard Lewis gets a chance at redemption in a small college second-rate program with an obsessed fan. |
| Michael Jordan: An American Hero | 1999 | Drama | Biographical film of former NBA great. |
| Passing Glory | 1999 | Drama | A 1960s priest (Andre Braugher) organizes a game between racially segregated teams. |
| That Championship Season | 1999 | Drama | Remake of 1982 film, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Jason Miller. |
| Love and Basketball | 2000 | Romance | Male and female basketball players attend USC together and fall in love. |
| Michael Jordan to the Max | 2000 | Documentary | IMAX documentary narrated by Laurence Fishburne. |
| Finding Forrester | 2000 | Drama | A reclusive author (Sean Connery) mentors a prep-school student-athlete. |
| The Luck of the Irish | 2001 | Comedy | TV family film about a junior high school student who discovers his Irish heritage. |
| O | 2001 | Drama | An adaptation of Othello, updated to a modern American high school and its team. |
| Juwanna Mann | 2002 | Rom-com | A basketball player becomes a female impersonator. |
| The Red Sneakers | 2002 | Fantasy | TV film about a player with a lucky pair of shoes, directed by Gregory Hines. |
| Like Mike | 2002 | Comedy | Magical shoes turn a 14-year-old (Lil' Bow Wow) into a basketball sensation. |
| A Season on the Brink | 2002 | Drama | TV film based on the book, documenting 1985–86 season of Bob Knight and Indiana University. |
| Double Teamed | 2002 | Biographical | Disney Channel biopic of Heather and Heidi Burge, twins from Palos Verdes who end up in the WNBA. |
| Crossing the Line | 2002 | Drama | A coach of a girls' team clashes with angry parents. |
| Something to Cheer About | 2002 | Documentary | About the Crispus Attucks Tigers, first all-black high school team to win a state championship against white teams, behind future NBA star Oscar Robertson. |
| Full-Court Miracle | 2003 | Family | Story of a team from a Hebrew academy in a big tournament. |
| Sky Walker – The David Thompson Story | 2004 | Documentary | A look at North Carolina State and NBA star David Thompson. |
| The Year of the Yao | 2004 | Documentary | Chronicles Yao Ming's first season in the NBA. |
| The Cookout | 2004 | Comedy | A neighbor tries to get even with a New Jersey Nets player by selling memorabilia. |
| Rebound | 2005 | Comedy | A coach banned from college ball (Martin Lawrence) ends up teaching middle-school kids. |
| Coach Carter | 2005 | Drama | Based on a true story, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a high school coach. |
| The Heart of the Game | 2005 | Documentary | Behind-the-scenes look at a Seattle high school girls team. |
| Through the Fire | 2005 | Documentary | Shows the life of Sebastian Telfair, who has to decide between playing for Louisville or heading straight to the NBA |
| Hardwood | 2005 | Documentary | Hubert Davis reflects on his Harlem Globetrotters player father. |
| Church Ball | 2006 | Comedy | A bishop recruits Dennis Buckstead to coach a group of non-playing basketball players |
| Crossover | 2006 | Action | A college student tries to concentrate on both basketball and medical school. |
| Like Mike 2 | 2006 | Comedy | Direct-to-DVD sequel to Like Mike. |
| Glory Road | 2006 | Drama | Based on the true story of the 1965–66 Texas Western College team. |
| Believe in Me | 2006 | Drama | Assigned to an Oklahoma girls' team against his will, coach takes it to state title game. |
| Home of the Giants | 2007 | Crime drama | A robbery creates complications for an Indiana high school team. |
| Quantum Hoops | 2007 | Documentary | Caltech's team tries to end 21-year losing streak in conference play during 2005–06 season. |
| Dribbles | 2007 | Drama | |
| Slam | 2008 | Action | Chinese film about three youths facing their rivals at an Adidas street basketball tournament |
| The First Basket | 2008 | Documentary | Explores the influence of professional basketball on Jewish culture. |
| Game of Change | 2008 | Documentary | A segregated Mississippi State team, defying a court order, plays integrated Loyola Chicago in 1963 NCAA tournament. Produced and directed by Jerald Harkness, son of 1963 Loyola star Jerry Harkness. |
| Road to Redemption | 2008 | Documentary | Nike-produced film. |
| Semi-Pro | 2008 | Comedy | The owner/coach/player (Will Ferrell) of a hapless American Basketball Association team makes various attempts to increase wins, and attendance. |
| Ball Don't Lie | 2008 | Indie | Based on the novel of the same name, it showcases the life of Sticky (Grayson Boucher), who struggles with OCD and emotional traumas but is talented on the court. |
| Hurricane Season | 2009 | Drama | Based on true story of a Louisiana coach (Forest Whitaker) rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. |
| Kobe Doin' Work | 2009 | Documentary | TV movie directed by Spike Lee that focuses on one day in the life of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant. |
| The Mighty Macs | 2009 | Drama | Based on 1972 Immaculata College women's team, coached by Cathy Rush, that won first official women's national championship. |
| More Than a Game | 2009 | Documentary | Chronicles the high school careers of LeBron James and four of his hometown friends. |
| Sonicsgate | 2009 | Documentary | Explores the controversial relocation of the Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City. |
| No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson | 2009 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look at a fight and subsequent trial when Allen Iverson was in high school. |
| The Winning Season | 2009 | Comedy | A has-been coach (Sam Rockwell) with a drinking problem takes over a girls' varsity team. |
| Streetballers | 2009 | Indie | Tells the story of a friendship between two junior college basketball players from different backgrounds |
| Just Wright | 2010 | Romance | A physical therapist (Queen Latifah) falls for a player from NBA's New Jersey Nets. |
| Without Bias | 2010 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores career of Len Bias and his death from a cocaine overdose shortly after he was selected in the 1986 NBA draft. |
| Guru of Go | 2010 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. On 1985–1990 coaching tenure of Paul Westhead at Loyola Marymount, team's frenzied offensive pace and star players Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble. |
| Once Brothers | 2010 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Story of Croat Dražen Petrović and Serb Vlade Divac, teammates on Yugoslavia national team, and how the Yugoslav Wars broke their friendship. |
| Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks | 2010 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look at Reggie Miller's rivalry with New York Knicks in 1990s, especially 1994 and 1995 playoffs and interaction with Knicks fan Spike Lee. |
| The Fab Five | 2011 | Documentary | Made for TV follow-up to ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Documents the University of Michigan's early-1990s Fab Five ups and downs. |
| Off the Rez | 2011 | Documentary | Made for TV. Focuses on high school career of future WNBA player Shoni Schimmel, a Native American who grew up on an Oregon reservation. |
| Unguarded | 2011 | Documentary | Made for TV follow-up to ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Chronicles life and career of former NBA player Chris Herren, battle with drug addiction and ongoing recovery. |
| The Announcement | 2012 | Documentary | Made for TV follow-up to ESPN's 30 for 30 series. About the impact of Magic Johnson's 1991 announcement that he had tested positive for HIV. |
| Benji | 2012 | Documentary | Examines 1984 killing of Ben Wilson, a high school superstar from Chicago's South Side. |
| Ginger: More than a Game | 2012 | Documentary | Serbian documentary on the life and impact of Radivoj Korać, credited with establishing basketball as a major sport in the former Yugoslavia. |
| Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story | 2012 | Documentary | Kevin Laue, despite being born with an arm that ends below the elbow, gets the chance to be a basketball player. |
| The Other Dream Team | 2012 | Documentary | On the resurrection of the Lithuania national team after restoration of the country's independence in 1990, and its journey to the 1992 Olympics. |
| There's No Place Like Home | 2012 | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series looking at the attempt to bring James Naismith's Original Rules of Basketball back to the University of Kansas, where Naismith worked for over 40 years. |
| Thunderstruck | 2012 | Family | A teenager who idolizes Kevin Durant (who stars as himself) switches talents with the NBA star, becoming a phenom while Durant is mired in a slump. |
| Winning Favor | 2012 | Drama | Two childhood friends meet each other in the state championship. |
| Dream Team 1935 | 2012 | Drama | Little-known true story of origins of basketball in Europe, culminating with first European Basketball Championship tournament, held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1935. |
| Bernie and Ernie | 2013 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. About friendship between NBA players Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld, which began when both played for the Tennessee Volunteers in the 1970s. |
| Free Spirits | 2013 | Documentary | Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series taking a look at The Spirits of St. Louis ABA basketball team, and how the team's owners kept them involved with the NBA for decades after the Spirits folded. |
| The Hot Flashes | 2013 | Comedy | Middle-aged women challenge the state high school champs. |
| Linsanity | 2013 | Documentary | On the sudden fame of NBA guard Jeremy Lin. |
| Medora | 2013 | Documentary | Struggles of an Indiana high school with just 70 students. |
| Survive and Advance | 2013 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A 30-year retrospective on North Carolina State's improbable run to win the 1983 ACC and NCAA tournaments. |
| Swoopes | 2013 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's Nine for IX series. A look at Sheryl Swoopes, sometimes called the female Michael Jordan. |
| Pat XO | 2013 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's Nine for IX. Examines the Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and her battle with early-onset Alzheimer's. |
| The Doctor | 2013 | Documentary | NBA TV documentary about the ABA and NBA career of Julius Erving. |
| Coach | 2013 | Documentary | Made for TV short film - part of ESPN's Nine for IX. Examines renowned basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer. |
| Jayhawkers | 2014 | Biographical | Phog Allen, head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team recruits Wilt Chamberlain. |
| 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story | 2014 | Drama | Direct-to-DVD film based on the real story of Cory Weissman, a high school star who suffered a stroke while at Gettysburg College, and his battle to return to the court despite initial paralysis. |
| Bad Boys | 2014 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look back at the Detroit Pistons of late 1980s and early 1990s. |
| Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot | 2014 | Documentary | German film on development of Dirk Nowitzki into an NBA superstar, featuring shooting coach Holger Geschwindner. |
| Playing for the Mob | 2014 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores how Mafia associate Henry Hill orchestrated a massive point-shaving scheme at Boston College. |
| Requiem for the Big East | 2014 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A history of the Big East Conference, founded in the same year as ESPN itself, examining what led to its 2013 split into two leagues. |
| When the Garden Was Eden | 2014 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look back at early-1970s teams of the New York Knicks. |
| Villinam | 2014 | Drama | A college student in India fights the cricket establishment to start a basketball program. |
| Down in the Valley | 2015 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look back at the fight of Sacramento and its mayor, former NBA star Kevin Johnson, to keep the Kings from moving to Seattle. |
| I Hate Christian Laettner | 2015 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Examines the life and career of Christian Laettner, and intense dislike some fans still harbor toward the former Duke star, more than 20 years after his last game for the Blue Devils. |
| Sole Man | 2015 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores the rise of Sonny Vaccaro from Pennsylvania steel-town roots to his prominent position in the basketball and athletic shoe industry. |
| Son of the Congo | 2015 | Documentary | Explores the journey of Serge Ibaka from childhood in war-torn Republic of the Congo to NBA stardom. |
| Brotherly Love | 2015 | Drama | Follows high school basketball player Sergio Taylor as he deals with the fame that comes with being a star athlete and coming from a family with faded aspirations. |
| We Will Be the World Champions | 2015 | Drama | Serbian film about the development of basketball in the former Yugoslavia, culminating in the national team's victory in the 1970 FIBA World Championship. |
| Giants of Africa | 2016 | Documentary | Profiles Masai Ujiri's philanthropic efforts to promote the development and expansion of basketball in Africa. |
| One & Done | 2016 | Documentary | Made for TV. Explores the life of Australian prospect and eventual NBA player Ben Simmons, focusing on his only season at LSU. |
| Phi Slama Jama | 2016 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look back at the University of Houston's iconic Phi Slama Jama team of the 1980s. |
| This Magic Moment | 2016 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look back at the 1990s Orlando Magic and cultural phenomenon inspired by Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway. |
| Wolves | 2016 | Drama | Gambling of a college professor (Michael Shannon) complicates life for his son, a high school basketball star. |
| The Carter Effect | 2017 | Documentary | Explores the impact of Vince Carter's stint playing for the Toronto Raptors. |
| Hoops Africa: Ubuntu Matters | 2017 | Documentary | From the first-ever NBA game held in South Africa to the streets of Zimbabwe, this film explores the dreams of a young player and a nonprofit that uses basketball as a force of good. Witness the power of Ubuntu and how it can change the world. Narrated by NBA Hall of Fame Hakeem Olajuwon. |
| Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies | 2017 | Documentary | Three-part documentary made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Examines the Celtics–Lakers rivalry, including its impact on the NBA as a whole. |
| Disgraced | 2017 | Documentary | A made-for-TV examination of the 2003 murder of Baylor player Patrick Dennehy by a teammate and the massive violations of NCAA rules uncovered in its wake. |
| Going Vertical | 2017 | Drama | Film about the controversial victory of the Soviet national team over the US Olympic team, ending the USA's 63-game winning streak, at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. |
| My Other Home | 2017 | Biography | Chinese film about Stephon Marbury and his career resurrection in China. |
| On the Map | 2017 | Documentary | A 40-year retrospective of the 1976–77 season of Maccabi Tel Aviv, who in the words of their New Jersey-born star Tal Brody put Israel "on the map" with victory in that season's European Champions Cup. |
| One and Not Done | 2017 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores the life and career of John Calipari against the backdrop of his 2015–16 Kentucky team. |
| Slamma Jamma | 2017 | Drama | A once promising college basketball player (Chris Staples) is released from prison after serving six years in prison for armed robbery. |
| Finding Big Country | 2018 | Documentary | Filmmaker Kathleen Jayme attempts to track down the whereabouts of former Vancouver Grizzlies player Bryant "Big Country" Reeves following his retirement from basketball. |
| The Last Days of Knight | 2018 | Documentary | Made as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series and initially released on the company's new ESPN+ streaming service. A retrospective of the events leading to Indiana University's 2000 firing of Bob Knight, directed by the reporter whose investigation led to Knight's dismissal. |
| Uncle Drew | 2018 | Comedy | A streetball coach loses the team he planned to enter in a big tournament, and turns to an elderly group of players in a desperate bid to win the tournament. Spin-off of a series of Pepsi Max commercials featuring NBA star Kyrie Irving as the title character; also features Hall of Fame players Lisa Leslie, Reggie Miller, and Shaquille O'Neal as well as many other prominent basketball figures. |
| Warrior Pride | 2018 | Drama | The head coach of a Michigan-based AAU basketball team pursues a national championship while helping his players navigate the ups and downs of life on and off the court. |
| The Dominican Dream | 2019 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look at the life and career of Felipe López, the son of Dominican immigrants who enjoyed great success in high school and college, and the contentment he finds after a middling professional career. |
| Rodman: For Better or Worse | 2019 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. An unrestrained look at the life and career of Dennis Rodman. |
| High Flying Bird | 2019 | Drama | During a pro basketball lockout, a sports agent pitches a rookie basketball client on an intriguing and controversial business proposition. |
| Events Transpiring Before, During and After a High School Basketball Game | 2020 | Comedy | The travails of an unsuccessful high school basketball team and the school they play for. |
| Basketball County: In the Water | 2020 | Documentary | A look into youth basketball in Prince George's County, Maryland, an area that has produced a significant number of talented basketball players such as Kevin Durant and Victor Oladipo |
| One of Ours | 2020 | Documentary | Profiles Josiah Wilson, a young Black Canadian man who was adopted and raised by a First Nations family but was rejected for participation in a 2016 indigenous basketball tournament on the grounds that he is not indigenous by birth. |
| The Way Back | 2020 | Drama | An alcoholic construction worker (Ben Affleck) is recruited to become head coach of the basketball team at the high school he used to star for. |
| Boogie | 2021 | Drama | A basketball phenom (Taylor Takahashi) struggles to balance the pressure from his traditional East Asian parents to earn a scholarship to an elite college over chasing his NBA dreams. |
| Breakaway | 2021 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. At the height of her career, WNBA superstar Maya Moore walked away from her sport to work toward freeing a man whom many believed to have been wrongfully convicted—a quest that would change her life in unexpected ways. |
| Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew | 2021 | Documentary | Documentary about a streetball crew in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
| NBA Films for Fans | 2021 | Documentary | Anthology of five short documentary films about basketball, created to mark the 75th anniversary of the first-ever National Basketball Association game. |
| Space Jam: A New Legacy | 2021 | Animation/Comedy | Combines live action and animation, featuring LeBron James and Bugs Bunny. |
| Dream On | 2022 | Documentary | Three-part documentary made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look at the 1996 United States women's Olympic basketball team, which dominated the competition at the Atlanta Olympics and contributed to the creation of the WNBA the next year. |
| Golden Delicious | 2022 | Coming-of-age drama | A Chinese-Canadian teenager comes to terms with social expectations when he falls in love with his basketball teammate. |
| The Greatest Mixtape Ever | 2022 | Documentary | Part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Examines the sporting and cultural impact of 1990s streetball and the AND1 Mixtape Tour. |
| The Grizzlie Truth | 2022 | Documentary | Filmmaker Kathleen Jayme investigates the decline and collapse of the Vancouver Grizzlies. |
| Hustle | 2022 | Comedy/Drama | An NBA scout (Adam Sandler) discovers an unknown player in Spain (Juancho Hernangómez) and brings him back to United States to prepare for the upcoming NBA draft. |
| Rise | 2022 | Docudrama | Disney+ release about the rise of the Antetokounmpo brothers from struggles as the sons of Nigerian immigrants to Greece to basketball prominence—and in the case of Giannis, NBA mega-stardom. |
| The First Slam Dunk | 2022 | Anime/Drama | Japanese animated film based on the sports manga series Slam Dunk. |
| The Redeem Team | 2022 | Documentary | Tells the story of the 2008 USA Men's Basketball Olympic team |
| Hello Universe! | 2023 | Fantasy/Comedy | A middle-aged man gets to live the life he wanted when a magical figure grants his wish of being a successful basketball coach. |
| Air | 2023 | Drama | The origin of the Air Jordan shoe brand. |
| Champions | 2023 | Comedy | A temperamental minor-league basketball coach who after an arrest must coach a team of players with intellectual disabilities as community service. |
| Chang Can Dunk | 2023 | Drama | Chang, a 16-year-old Asian American high school student in band, bets the school basketball star that he can dunk by homecoming. |
| The Hidden Court | 2023 | Documentary | The story of a group of 11 men from Northern Westchester, NY who, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when gyms were closed and rims taken off outdoor courts, found a sense of community and camaraderie by playing 'prohibition basketball' on a hidden outdoor court. |
| Lady Ballers | 2023 | Comedy | Jeremy Boreing plays a down-on-his-luck-coach who will do anything to win, even bring his old male basketball team together to compete in women's sports. |
| The Luckiest Guy in the World | 2023 | Documentary | Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Four-part series exploring the life of Bill Walton, from his start as a high school phenom through dominance at UCLA, an injury-riddled NBA career, social activism, and sometimes-controversial basketball commentary. |
| Shooting Stars | 2023 | Drama | A Peacock original biopic about LeBron James' high school years. |
| Warrior Strong | 2023 | Drama | An aspiring professional basketball player is asked by his former high school principal to return to the school as assistant to the head basketball coach. |
| White Men Can't Jump | 2023 | Comedy | American remake of the 1992 film. |
| Sweetwater | 2023 | Drama | Biopic about Nat Clifton, the first African-American to sign a contract with the NBA. |
| Rez Ball | 2024 | Drama | The Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from New Mexico, must band together after losing their star player to keep their quest for a state championship alive. |
| All-Star Weekend | 2025 | Comedy | Two friends find themselves fans of opposing NBA stars LeBron James and Stephen Curry. |
| Volunteer for Life | 2025 | Documentary | Part of ESPN's SEC Storied series, looking back at how Tennessee men's star Chris Lofton played his final Volunteers season in 2007–08 while undergoing treatment for testicular cancer. |
| 48 Hours in Vegas | N/A | Biography | Inspired by the story of how NBA star Dennis Rodman went on a madcap adventure in the middle of the 1998 NBA Finals. |
| King of the South | N/A | Biography | TBA |