Inside Game

Hail Mary

January 1985 •French

A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.

Go Snails

November 2024 •Korean

Wheelchair basketball is often associated with disability sports. However, wheelchair basketball is a sport for both people with and without disabilities. Inspired by the dedication to wheelchair basketball of national team coach Lee Won-woo, known as the ‘fox of the court’ in the 1990s, and his protégé, coach Han Sa-hyun, this human-action sports story follows a middle-aged basketball star past his prime, an arrogant basketball genius, and men with rounded steel legs due to accidents. Together, they unite through wheelchair basketball to pursue their dreams.

He Got Game

May 1998 •English

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

Glory Road

January 2006 •English

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.

Sweetwater

April 2023 •English

In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.

Hoosiers

November 1986 •English

Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.

Half Nelson

August 2006 •English

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

Warrior Strong

September 2023 •English

Bilal Irving, a professional basketball player returns to his small, Northern Ontario town of Dumont. He re-connects with his former coach, and conflict ensues as they both struggle to put their egos and complicated pasts aside to mentor the town’s only basketball team.

Sitaare Zameen Par

June 2025 •Hindi

A disgraced basketball coach is given the chance to coach a team of players who are intellectually disabled as part of community services. Gulshan has apprehensions at first and feels out of place but soon realizes they just might have what it takes to make it to the national championships.

Ball

March 2020 •English

Ball is a short film Inspired by the late Kobe Bryant. It shows the story of a boy who grew up watching Kobe play.

Harvard Man

August 2001 •English

College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.

Out of Bounds

October 2023 •English

When Moriah gets into a steamy and super-secret romance with a famous basketball player, she realizes he is playing a dangerous game with her that she can't win.

Sunset Park

April 1996 •English

A school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.

Woman Basketball Player No. 5

August 1957 •Chinese

Tian Zhenhua arrives in Shanghai to coach a local women's basketball team. Number 5 on the team, Xiaoje, excels at basketball but is unsure of whether to continue playing. As Tian gets to grips with training Xiaoje and the rest of the team, he reflects on his career as a star basketball player before the revolution.

Love & Basketball

April 2000 •English

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

We Are Champions

August 2019 •Chinese

Bonded by blood but divided by basketball, two brothers become rivals on the court. This exciting sports film balances drama on and off the court.

1000 to 1

March 2014 •English

Cory Weissman is a college basketball player who suffers a devastating stroke. He perseveres to find new meaning in his life both on, and more importantly, off the court.

One Left Hand Shot

March 2020 •Japanese

Blue Chips

February 1994 •English

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.

The Great Santini

October 1979 •English

As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.