‘White Men Can’t Jump’ and 5 other top Hoop movies made in Hollywood 

Ever since James Naismith innovated the game on basketball in 1890’s, it has turned out to be one of the most entertaining, enticing and nerve-wrecking sports, globally. Over the course of a century, fans have witnessed incredible stories of triumph and success, coming from the gyms and playgrounds from different corners of the world. Some of which, have been beautifully encrypted on the silver screen in Hollywood. 

Be it White Men Can’t Jump, or Love and Basketball among others, there have been some movies which have retold sports’ greatest tales. While some have created their own.  

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Safe to say, whatever play the filmmakers chose to run, the results have given hoop fanatics some of the sports movie sub-genre’s greatest additions. So, if you are looking for the best hoop movies ever made in Hollywood. Then this article seems to be your one-stop destination as we shall cover the same without further ado. 

6. White Men Can’t Jump 

Ron Shelton’s directed White Men Can’t Jump hit the world of Hollywood in early 1990’s. This movie was based on black basketball hustlers and a white guy who cons some of them and is conned by others. Lead by Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson, White Man Can’t Jump takes place on the asphalt outdoor basketball courts of LA.  

The USP of this Shelton’s classic is, the language. It is undeniably one of the great joys of this film, not just because of its energy and spirit but because of its originality in the plot and of the characters. This is not just a pure basketball movie, but a life-like scenario how basketball is played in the tough urban scenarios. Having said that, White Men Can’t Jump gave the viewers a roller coaster ride of emotions, laughter and sense of struggle in truest form. 

5. He Got Game 

New York Knicks’ die-hard fan Spike Lee is an Academy Award Winner and his contribution is a hugely significant figure in Hollywood and American cinema. One of his most-elite works includes He Got Game. Safe to say, this movie was one spectacle where Spike Lee was surely able to deliver his love for the game on the silver screen. He Got Game comprises a storyline of convict Jake Shuttlesworth and his attempt to persuade his son Jesus to go to college in exchange for a shorter sentence. 

This movie has legendary 3-point shooter Ray Allen playing the row of Jesus against Denzel Washington’s Jake. Not only both the leading stars went onto fetch praise from the audience and critics, but the display of love-hate relationship and passion for the love of basketball, brought tears in the hearts of majority of the audience. 

4. Coach Carter 

Next up in the top hoop movies list after White Men Can’t Jump and He Got Game, comes the legendary coaching bonanza. How can a coach bring in discipline and turn the fate around for a depleted college team? Coach Carter is a true-t-life tale which is filled with basketball drama in all four quarters. Not many movies have been able to signify the life of college-athletes, but Coach Carter details upon variety of issues, which operates around the legend of Coach Carter. Interestingly weird? But this movie does justice to each word detailed upon it. 

Regarded as one of Samuel L. Jackson’s best work on silver screen, Coach Carter comprises of some of the best basketball speeches. However, he is not the only star featuring, Jackson is backed up by an excellent supporting cast including Ashanti, a young and promising chameleon Channing Tatum. 

3. Love and Basketball 

There are just a handful of movies which contain a female lead. However, if you feel there surely can’t be a hoop movie made with the same, then you haven’t watched Gina Prince-Bythewood’s romantic drama Love and Basketball. Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan are the two protagonists who peruse their respective dreams in basketball and fall in love with one-another in the process. 

Derived as a true cult classic, Love and Basketball is romantic-sports movie, which has gathered a huge fan base ever since in released in 2000. Safe to say, this is one movie that you don’t know, how bad the game of basketball needed. 

2. Hoop Dreams 

This hoop documentary film is unlike any other background check. Signifying the harsh-realities of becoming a professional basketball star, Hoop Dream details the life-like struggles of a young hoop star via an unfiltered lens. When you have never sat courtside? This quintessential documentary gives you an insight of American education system, poverty, systemic racism and basketball itself with great care and integrity. 

Containing basketball in school, college and professional era’s, Hoop Dream was able to win the hearts of many, majorly because of allowing the audience an intimate courtside seat to the journey of the documentary’s subjects. 

1. Hoosiers 

One of its kind films, who detailed upon an underdog’s journey to only showcase what hard-work, passion and leadership can help in uplifting a small-town team to chase their unlikeliest of goals. To those who are not aware, David Anspaugh directed Hoosiers is a simple yet nerve-wrecking roller-coaster ride loosely based on the real-life Milan High School team and their pursuit of victory back in 1954. 

With the team chasing a beyond-thinkable state championship, Gene Hackman’s inspiring lead role broke all charts and help Hoosiers frame its identity as the best sports movie made in Hollywood, regardless of the genre. Do watch the movie and let us know, if Hoosiers deserves to be the greatest ever hoop film made in American cinema. 

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