Of all the major sports, basketball has arguably fared the worst on the big screen. For every beloved classic like 1986’s Academy Award nominated Hoosiers there’s at least a dozen critical and commercial flops: Air Bud, Eddie, The Air Up There, Juwanna Man and The Sixth Man just to name a few. Nevertheless, inspired by the latest entry in the b-ball sports film genre, Just Wright (starring Common and Queen Latifah), we’ve dug deep and come up with our favorite hoops flicks to date.
Slideshow: The best basketball films ever made
