The Top 40 Basketball Movies - #18. Hoop Dreams
If we are going to say it's the greatest basketball documentary of all time, sure it has my vote. It's the second highest ranked movie on this list going off of the 3 scores I trust. I'm not a huge sports documentary person though. It's just not a genre that interests me. I didn't watch The Last Dance for this list, but Hoop Dreams has such a positive reception, I couldn't pass it up. Premise is simple, it follows two kids who have a world of potential and want to go professional. One gets injured, the other doesn't do well in school. It follows the two through their money struggles and their high school careers. I don't know the director Steve James from anything. Originally was going to be a 30 minute special, but they had shot 5 years of footage so there was enough there to make a feature. Siskel and Ebert were both big fans, but didn't get a good Oscar shake. One of the 50 greatest independent films by Entertainment weekly. One of the boys Agee went on to moderate success being a number one pick by several minor leagues. Both kids endured family tragedy after filming wrapped. It's obviously not something I would watch again. Can I seriously make a contention that there are 34 better basketball movies, maybe not, but there are 34 more enjoyable ones.
Movie | Rotten Tom | Rotten Tom Aud | IMDB | Internet Rank | My Rank |
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18. Hoop Dreams | 98 | 92 | 8.3 | 2 | 35 |
19. Uncle Drew | 61 | 48 | 5.7 | 32 | 6 |
20. Final Shot: The Hank Gathers Story | 50 | 99 | 6.9 | 11 | 28 |
21. The Winning Season | 50 | 55 | 6.6 | 26 | 15 |
22. Fast Break | 50 | 59 | 6.1 | 30 | 13 |
23. Believe in Me | 60 | 74 | 7.0 | 16 | 29 |
24. High Flying Bird | 91 | 50 | 6.2 | 20 | 26 |
25. "O" | 64 | 58 | 6.1 | 22 | 25 |
26. Forget Paris | 48 | 56 | 6.5 | 29 | 19 |
27. Sunset Park | 13 | 83 | 5.9 | 31 | 21 |
28. Game Day | 50 | 82 | 5.4 | 25 | 30 |
29. Blue Chips | 37 | 51 | 6.2 | 33 | 23 |
30. Amateur | 60 | 66 | 5.9 | 24 | 32 |
31. The Air Up There | 21 | 35 | 5.5 | 38 | 20 |
32. Space Jam | 43 | 63 | 6.5 | 27 | 31 |
33. Semi-Pro | 22 | 38 | 5.8 | 36 | 24 |
34. Heaven Is a Playground | 50 | 84 | 5.8 | 21 | 39 |
35. Hurricane Season | 50 | 69 | 6.5 | 23 | 38 |
36. Teen Wolf | 42 | 52 | 6.1 | 34 | 34 |
37. Boogie | 42 | 57 | 5.2 | 35 | 36 |
38. Rebound | 14 | 38 | 5.1 | 40 | 33 |
39. Slam Dunk Ernest | 50 | 31 | 4.5 | 37 | 37 |
40. Eddie | 17 | 36 | 5.2 | 39 | 40 |
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