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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.
Coach Carter is a 2005 American biographical sports drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson and directed by Thomas Carter. It is based on the true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter, who made headlines in 1999 for suspending his undefeated high school basketball team due to poor academic results. [2][3][4] The screenplay ...
Hoosiers (released in some countries as Best Shot[3]) is a 1986 American sports drama film written by Angelo Pizzo and directed by David Anspaugh in his feature directorial debut. It tells the story of a small-town Indiana high school basketball team that enters the state tournament.
22. Air Bud. Look past all of Air Bud's kids-movie antics.Forget for a second that Air Bud is made out to be a better grade school hooper than you were. Just flat-out forget all the literal clown ...
1. Hoosiers. Hollywood feel-good movie-making at its finest, this 1986 classic features Gene Hackman as Norman Dale, who brings a checkered past to his role as head coach at Hickory High. Based on ...
Gene Hackman's Norman Dale takes a job coaching a high school basketball team in Hickory, Indiana, in this Oscar-nominated movie, widely considered to be one of the basketball films of all time ...
Budget. $25 million [2] Shooting Stars is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film about the high school sports career of LeBron James. Directed by Chris Robinson, and starring Mookie Cook as the lead, it is based on James' 2009 memoir of the same name, co-authored by Buzz Bissinger. The film was released on June 2, 2023, by Peacock.
Another high school basketball movie, Coach Carter doesn't take place in rural Indiana, but oppositely in the inner city of Richmond, California. Samuel L. Jackson plays a tough, fair coach who ...