While football and baseball might be the top-ranking American pastimes as far as athletics goes, nothing comes close to basketball for fun. Unlike those other two sports, where taking a break to rest seems like part of the course of action, basketball is non-stop excitement for those on the court and those in the stands. After all, why watch a game where people stop scoring in the teens or twenties if you can see two different opponents rack up hundreds of points and truly go down to the wire? There's just something about basketball--only requiring a court and a ball, for example--that makes it feel a lot more like the United States' answer to soccer, more than anything else.
For sports fans who aren't currently in the middle of March Madness or another important part of league play, sometimes trying to switch to other types of athletics on television feels a bit futile. After all, where's the excitement and the magic? But instead of focusing on other athletics on television, those who are interested in the excitement of the game should instead turn to the various silver screen options that might be available. After all, it's just as fun to watch the excitement of a final tournament sequence when it's fictional, even if in the back of most people's minds, they know who is likely to win.
Not sure where to start with the best movies about basketball? Here are five picks that are usually easy to find on satellite TV, and that will have fans of the sport just as engaged as when it's actual game play instead.
1. Hoop Dreams. Get ready to cry, or at least tear up. This documentary focused on young basketball players with the talent and chops to get to the NBA, and whether or not they end up actually making it or not. Whether viewers find the film inspiring or just upsetting is beside the point, as the sequences on the court are just as mystifying as anything choreographed by someone in charge of a film could ever make.
2. Hoosiers. Set in small-town Indiana, this is the "inspired by a true story" basketball film to which all others are compared. Frequently on satellite tv and a must-see flick for anyone who wants to succeed on the court, it tells the story of what happens when a team believes enough in themselves to take on an opponent who is supposed to win. Inspiring and packed with actually impressive basketball moves.
3. White Men Can't Jump. Another satellite tv favorite, the dual performances by Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes make this a believably earnest and also quite funny film about taking basketball to other continents while trying to bring players back to play in the big leagues states-side. A quintessential 1990s moment in film.
4. Love and Basketball. Because so many films out there for sports fans focus on whether or not men are going to succeed on the court while women play cheerleaders on the side, it's nice to see one that does it differently. A high school romance story, except this time around, it's talking about players from the men's and women's basketball teams at the local high school. Cute and inspiring.
5.Pistol: Birth of a Legend. The acting in this might not be the best, and the way that it's short more closely resembles one of those weekend Disney films from the 1980s, but the actual story of one of the best basketball players in the world and his beginnings as the son of a coach who pushed him to try harder in high school is great. Whether it's competing with the bigger kids or inspiring the whole town by spinning basketball on his finger for over an hour, this is the sort of movie that's worth watching simply for the loving tribute it plays to its protagonist.
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