20 best movies like Hoop Dreams (1994)

List of the best movies like Hoop Dreams (1994): Coach Carter, He Got Game, Ali, The Power of One, All the Right Moves, When the Game Stands Tall, Halls of Anger, Fat City, Above the Rim, The Winning Season.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:16

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.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:16

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:45

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredrama, sport
CountryAustralia, France, USA
Duration02:07

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genremelodrama, drama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama, family, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

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.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

A comedy centered on a has-been coach who is given a shot at redemption when he's asked to run his local high school's girls basketball team

Markimdb: 7.3
Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:00

A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, sport
CountryGermany, USA
Duration01:58

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, biography, history, sport
CountryUSA, Russia
Duration01:24

From Oscar and Emmy award winning filmmakers, Red Army highlights the Soviet Union's legendary and enigmatic hockey training culture and world-dominating team through the eyes of the team's Captain Slava Fetisov, following his shift from hockey star and celebrated national hero to political enemy. The film turns a unique lens on the social and cultural transformation of the Soviet Union leading up to the fall of Communism, mirroring the rise and fall of the Red Army team. A film by Gabe Polsky and Executive Producers Werner Herzog and Jerry Weintraub.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration03:03

The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genremelodrama, drama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

A baseball legend almost finished with his distinguished career at the age of forty has one last chance to prove who he is, what he is capable of, and win the heart of the woman he has loved for the past four years.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:58

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.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredrama, sport
CountryGermany, USA
Duration01:44

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 against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredocumentary, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong’s confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, “I didn’t live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one.”

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredocumentary, biography, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
Duration02:42

Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievments on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of Senna, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genredrama, sport
CountryUSA

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 derail his dreams both on and off the court.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration02:50

    A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:00

    A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

      The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, family, sport
      CountryUSA

      After reluctantly agreeing to coach cross-country, high school basketball Coach John Harrison helps the least likely runner attempt the impossible in the biggest race of the year.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out of touch father and her very touchy past.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, biography, history, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:30

      Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

        Surfer Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the Northern California break known as Mavericks.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        A coming of age drama following the life of Matt Hamill, the first deaf wrestler to win a National Collegiate Wrestling Championship.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genredrama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:02

        A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genreaction, melodrama, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, biography, history, sport
        CountryTaiwan

        A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:59

        In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

          Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrecomedy, drama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

          Billy Hoyle and Sidney Deane are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, sport
          CountryUSA

          When the Texas Southern Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, military, biography, sport
          CountryGermany, USA
          Duration01:49

          True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:00

          Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:36

          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 the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove her self in a male dominated world.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genremelodrama, drama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:50

          A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          A native-American lacrosse team makes its way through a prep school league tournament.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:46

          It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ...




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