Drama
A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team in the 1960's. Eventually events like these signaled the pivotal turn in the games' history leading to the integration in today's sport. Directed by Steve James (Hoop Dreams), these basketball players didn't just make shots, they made history.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Cardinal
High School Musical
Treize
The Last Supper
Gran Torino
Texas Rangers
Places in the Heart
My Secret Sky
Doubt
Soledad's Shawl
Uncut Gems
The Night of the Iguana
Love & Basketball
Non Grata
Kulkurin masurkka
Jeffrey
Flesh + Blood
Convent of Sinners
Kirot
He Got Game
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Cardinal
IMDB 6.6 | Dec , 1963
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.High School Musical
IMDB 6.5 | Jan , 2006
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.Treize
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1981
Pierre Mallois is 33, married to the sweet Claire who is close to him, is the captain of the basketball team AS Denain-Voltaire. A former international, he has the full confidence of his managers and supporters. However, his team must compete for the national title against CO Beauvais. In this match, Pierre plays an average game and the public discovers a new darling, Didier Varence. It is also the beginning of a family conflict between Pierre and the faithful Claire - and with the son Raphael...The Last Supper
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1995
A group of idealistic but frustrated liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering right-wing pundits for their political beliefs.Gran Torino
IMDB 8 | Dec , 2008
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.Texas Rangers
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2001
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or no experience with guns or policing crime.Places in the Heart
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 1984
In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.My Secret Sky
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2009
Two orphaned rural siblings find themselves in the big city of Durban in search for a priest who could be the key to their new lives.Doubt
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2008
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.Soledad's Shawl
IMDB 6.4 | Nov , 1952
Alberto Robles, a young doctor, is faced with the decision to surrender to a life full of comforts and luxuries or to continue dedicating himself body and soul to serving those who need it most.Uncut Gems
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 2019
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.The Night of the Iguana
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1964
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.Love & Basketball
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 2000
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.Non Grata
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2024
The short film “Non Grata” offers a fictional interpretation of the mysterious disappearance of Sister Gaby in 1982. Sister Gaby from Dendermonde was conducting a secret investigation into the sexual escapades and financial fraud of her superior, Canon Gaston Mornie. But before she could submit her findings to the church authorities, she vanished without a trace.Kulkurin masurkka
IMDB 3 | Jan , 1958
A story about vagabond named Paul and his journeys in the countryside. He is a real charmer and many women will fall in his lap.Jeffrey
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 1995
Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.Flesh + Blood
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1985
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who stiffs them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.Convent of Sinners
IMDB 5.1 | Aug , 1986
Convent of Sinners is the story of Susanna, a young girl who is raped by her own father and sent to a convent for her sins, where she falls in love with a priest. The other nuns, however, are jealous and angry, they want Susanna for themselves, and accuse her of being possessed by the Devil.Kirot
IMDB 2 | Mar , 1983
a film by Arsenio Bautista.He Got Game
IMDB 6.8 | May , 1998
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.