Top 20 Basketball Movies

Here’s Esquire’s list from last year. I haven’t seen a lot of them.

20. Celtic Pride 1996 Daniel Stern

19. Like Mike Lil Bow Wow

18. Teen Wolf Michael J Fox

17. The Basketball Diaries Leonardo CiCaprio

16. Sunset Park Fredo Starr

15. Fast Break Gabe Kaplan Rhea Pearlman

14. Semi Pro Will Ferrell

13. One on One Robby Benson

12. Rebound: The Legend of Earl “The Goat” Don Cheadle

11. Above the Rim Tupac Shakur

10. Space Jam Michael Jordan Bill Murray Wayne Knight

9. Cornbread, Earl, and Me Jamaal Wilkes Lawrence Fishbourne

8. Finding Forrester Sean Connery

7. Glory Road Josh Lucas

6. Coach Carter Samuel L Jackson

5. Hoosiers Gene Hackman

4. Blue Chips Shaq Penny Hardaway

3. He Got Game Spike Lee Ray Allen

2. Love and Basketball Omar Epps

1. White Men Can’t Jump Woody Harrelson Wesley Snipes

Not mentioned:

The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh Julius Erving

The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend Tom Lester

The Hot Flashes Brooke Shields Daryl Hannah Wanda Sykes Camryn Manheim