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He Got Game (1998)
55K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
Style:
inspirational, hood, captivating, rough, touching, dramatic, stylized, scary, cult classic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
basketball, redemption, prison, college, father son relationship, hip hop, dysfunctional family, hopes, forgiveness, ghetto, black, parent child relationship, warden, rejection, released from prison, prodigy, life is a bitch, ambition, family problems, athlete's life, society, gangster, urban, gang, propaganda ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city, new jersey
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Most similar movies to He Got Game
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and inspirational films with plots about african american, black, blaxploitation, hopes, urban, friendship and redemption mostly in Drama, Sport and Biography genres. Some movies like He Got Game: Sunset Park (1996), Above the Rim (1994), Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Love & Basketball (2000), Hustle (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Style:
hood, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, high school, hip hop, underdog, high school sports, urban, black, african american, teacher, ghetto, discrimination, education ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Style:
hood, inspirational, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, basketball, african american, gang, high school, urban, ghetto, black, gangster, violence, coming of age, thug ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
harlem, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adaptation of the novel Hog Butcher by Ronald Fair. This was one of the more thoughtful urban dramas ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting, touching ...
Plot:
coming of age, basketball, blaxploitation, black, urban, african american, black history, racial issues, african, courtroom, basketball player, police brutality ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s
Place:
africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, intense, touching, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, high school, true love, best friends in love, friendship, black, african american, relationships, love, coming of age, women, love story ...
Time:
80s, year 1993, year 2000, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, italy, barcelona ...
Similarity:
100%
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162K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
basketball player, basketball, coping, basketball coach, opportunity, training, sport team, teenage pregnancy, career, manager, ambition, athlete's life ...
Place:
spain, new york, philadelphia, china, nigeria ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee has a gambling addiction that threatens to ...
Style:
suspenseful, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
basketball, coach, student athlete, father son relationship, teenage boy, husband wife relationship, coming of age, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, interracial friendship, basketball player, teen romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
37K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family — led by a well-intentioned but domineering father — as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.
Style:
social, psychological, sad, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
african american, father son relationship, stepmother stepson relationship, teenage pregnancy, coming of age, father daughter relationship, interracial romance, black, blaxploitation, passion, passionate love, teen romance ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
florida, missouri
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Defining street basketball as America's new favorite pastime, it is a story driven by passion, faith, and achieving goals. A story capturing the poetic nature of street basketball, highlighting the struggles endured on and off the court by the ...
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, emotional, independent film ...
Plot:
basketball, lifestyle, ambition, family problems, hopes, youth, life is a bitch, society, athlete's life, contests and competitions, rivalry, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Movie in collections
190K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, hood, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
basketball, teacher, mentor, teachers and students, underdog, athlete and trainer, high school, athlete's life, dedicated educator, sport team, life philosophy, college ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
california, new jersey, usa, san francisco, sacramento california ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins(Forest Whitaker), gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually ...
Style:
emotional, touching, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hurricane katrina, high school sports, cheerleader, rivalry, sport team, high school, basketball coach, starting over, contests and competitions, human spirit, athlete and trainer, hopes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
Similarity:
27%
107K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Style:
touching, inspirational, factual, thought provoking, sociological ...
Plot:
boxing, prison, prison life, racism, courtroom, legal, injustice, death penalty, african american, discrimination, justice, lawyer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1940s ...
Place:
new jersey, africa, canada, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devote the rest of his life to the young kids of Harlem. 1996 ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional
Plot:
basketball, drug abuse, addiction, drug, african american, black, motivation, african, athlete, heroin, biopic, power relations ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, africa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
Style:
hood, independent film, controversial, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
heat wave, racism, pizzeria, culture clash, hip hop, police brutality, pizza, african american, ghetto, boycott, black history, prejudice ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, africa, new york state
Similarity:
25%
57K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High school basketball is king in small-town Indiana, and the 1954 Hickory Huskers are all hope and no talent. But their new coach -- abrasive, unlikable Norman Dale -- whips the team into shape ... while also inciting controversy.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, exciting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
basketball, high school, small town, underdog, high school basketball, high school sports, father son relationship, teacher, drunkenness, basketball coach, championship, coach ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, year 1986, 50s, 80s
Place:
indiana, usa, indianapolis indiana, california, texas
Similarity:
24%
7K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are ...
Style:
inspirational, serious, uplifting, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
racism, swimming, life is a bitch, against the odds, teacher, african american, human spirit, rivalry, athlete's life, youth, swimmer, black ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, 20th century, 60s
Place:
philadelphia, africa, usa, new jersey, new orleans
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alfred “Boogie” Chin is a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
basketball, coming of age, athlete's life, basketball player, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, problem solving, family relations, parents and children, coping, lifestyle, family problems, high school ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's ...
Style:
serious, psychological, romantic drama, clever, stylized ...
Plot:
jazz, music, black, friendship, rivalry, musician's life, musician, african american, sex scene, hip hop, urban, jealousy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Style:
inspirational, hood, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
american football, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, african american, prison, redemption, underdog, youth, destiny, competition, football, life philosophy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
Movie in collections
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, hood ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
cheerleader, sex scene, hopes, basketball, family problems, ambition, follow your dream, family relations, youth, athlete's life, prodigy, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, indiana, pennsylvania
Similarity:
23%
191K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The filmed adaptation from David Benioff's novel of the same name. Set in New York, a convicted drug dealer named Monty has one day left of freedom before he is sent to prison. Anger, blame, frustration, betrayal, guilt and loneliness are ...
Style:
bleak, cerebral, clever, psychedelic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
friendship, drug lord, organized crime, drug dealer, drug, melancholy, 9/11, freedom, redemption, paranoia, hopes, profanity ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, sincere, period piece, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, underdog, athlete and trainer, racism, college, racial discrimination, teamwork, coach, racial segregation, basketball coach, racial prejudice, civil rights ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
texas, usa, el paso texas, indiana, mexico ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
church, family relations, fish out of water, life is a bitch, youth, society, clergy, religions or cults, family life, disorder, coming of age, discrimination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
american football, underdog, nudity, sport team, coach, desire for fame, success, ambition, fame, entrepreneur, power relations, contests and competitions ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
boston, florida, usa, miami, los angeles ...
Similarity:
22%
Movie in collections
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighborhood by using his wits and verbal talent. Written ...
Style:
independent film, hood, psychological, talky, uplifting ...
Plot:
prison, gang, hip hop, profanity, art, urban, bittersweet, ghetto, black, blaxploitation, hip hop culture, coming of age ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, california, africa
Similarity:
22%
110K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style:
political, factual, inspirational, thought provoking, intense ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, politics, african american, black history, civil rights movement, assassination, islam, biopic, childhood, black, anti racism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s, 50s, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, africa, new york, saudi arabia, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Style:
touching, serious, hood, crime drama, feel good ...
Plot:
hopes, going straight, family relations, parents and children, street kid, society, urban ghetto life, black lives matter, gang, blaxploitation, urban, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, indiana, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers" is based on the best-selling book by John Feinstein. The movie chronicles Indiana's 1985-86 season, when Knight granted Feinstein unprecedented access to the ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
basketball, athlete's life, rivalry, sport team, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, underdog, hopes, athlete, basketball coach, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
Style:
realistic, touching, inspirational, serious, spiritual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, basketball coach, prodigy, sport team, alcoholism, basketball team, coach, underdog, beer, lifestyle, youth, teenager ...
Time:
future, year 1998
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein ...
Style:
hood, grim, neo noir, realistic, controversial ...
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, urban, organized crime, drug, violence, blaxploitation, black, gangster, murder, gang, profanity ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, california ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man is put to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop with crime but his son has yet followed the criminal path of his father.
Style:
hood, sexual, captivating, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, criminal gang, urban ghetto life, ghetto, urban, black, blaxploitation, hip hop, african american, father son relationship, father son reunion, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, africa
Similarity:
22%
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