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The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to centers and are typically the second tallest player on the court.
This is a list of films about basketball, featuring notable films where basketball plays a central role in the development of the plot.
In his NBA debut on October 17, 2017, Tatum recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds as the team's starting power forward during the season-opening 102–99 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. He then recorded a season-high 24 points in a 110–89 victory over the New York Knicks on October 24.
- 10 Kuroko’s Basketball: Last Game
- 9 Amateur
- 8 Tony Parker: The Final Shot
- 7 Untold: The Rise and Fall of And1
- 6 A Kid from Coney Island
- 5 Untold: Malice at The Palace
- 4 One in A Billion
- 3 The Redeem Team
- 2 High Flying Bird
- 1 Hustle
Although there are a lot of fitness and sports anime on Netflix, the streaming platform only offers one option for basketball anime. Kuroko’s Basketball, which doubled as a sports and shounen anime, also spawned a 2017 movie that found a cocky American basketball team going against the Japanese protagonists. Set in the aftermath of a Japanese defea...
One of the first original basketball movies on Netflix,Amateur covers the journey of promising amateur ball player Terron Forte, a 14-year-old who gets enrolled at a prestigious prep school. Even though Terron thinks the school might improve his chances at pursuing a successful sports career later, the elite institution also offers him a more reali...
Parker’s stellar career with the San Antonio Spurs found him establishing himself as one of the promising offensive players of his time. Tony Parker: The Final Shot covers its titular muse’s journey with interviews featuring Parker himself as well as opponents and teammates like the Spurs’ David Robinson and the late LA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. T...
As the true story behind Prime Video’s Airexplores the origins of Air Jordans, it can be understood that some brands can be as influential as the best basketball players. While Nike still reigns supreme in the basketball market, the 1990s once saw the spectacular rise of the American sportswear brand AND1 that mainly focused on basketball shoes and...
Basketball movies on Netflix not only cover the game’s greatest players like Tony Parker but also some of its forgotten stars like Stephon Marbury. Directed by Coodie and Chike (the same duo that previously helmed the Kanye West-centered docu-series Jeen-Yuhs), A Kid From Coney Island charts his initial rise as a New York City point guard. However,...
Kickstarting Netflix’s Untold series of sports documentary movies, Malice at the Palace explores a shocking yet all the more amusing chapter of the sport. Touching upon some unsportsmanlike behavior, the documentary attempts to understand what led to the infamous brawl at Detroit’s The Palace of Auburn Hills in 2004. Both fans and players went head...
The ex-Dallas Mavericks center player Satnam Singh Bhamara made NBA history as the league's first Indian-origin basketball player. While Bhamara has retired from the game, his rags-to-riches story offers enough cinematic potential to craft one of the best basketball movies on Netflix. Charting his rise from a remote village in India’s Punjab to pla...
With Americans reigning at the NBA, the American national basketball team has also been an unrivaled victor at the Olympics. But then came the 2004 Athens Olympics when America finished third with a bronze medal. While a respectable achievement, the national team weren't completely satisfied with the result, leading them to redeem themselves in the...
One of the best movies shot on smartphones, High Flying Bird was recorded entirely on an iPhone 8 by veteran director Steven Soderbergh. However, instead of focusing on quick-paced quarters and dramatic half-time breaks, High Flying Bird takes a more slow-paced look at 72 hours in the life of a down-on-luck sports agent. With hardly any matches, Hi...
The Adam Sandler-starrer Hustle tops the list of best basketball movies on Netflix simply because of it having so much heart. The narrative follows a straightforward Rocky-inspired underdog route (with even an early morning montage like the boxing drama). Mainly focusing on Adam Sandler’s talent scout protagonist’s efforts at promising Spanish bask...
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Power forward is a position in basketball. Power forwards play a role similar to that of a center in what is called the "post" or "low blocks". They usually play offensively with their backs towards the basket and position themselves defensively under the basket in a zone defense or against the power forward from the other team in a man-to-man ...
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Oct 20, 2022 · Here are 15 great basketball movies that feature stories both on and off the court.
