Top 24 Best Sports Movies Of All Time


He Got Game (1998)

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This film was written and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Denzel Washington, who plays a convict and father of a top-ranked basketball prospect. The movie has Lee's trademark raw depictions of issues of race. It's a much more nuanced look than Washington's other famous sports role, "Remember the Titans".

He Got Game poster

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

  • Genre: Drama, Sport
  • Rated: R
  • Released: 01 May 1998 in USA
  • Runtime: 136 min
  • Starring: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson
  • BoxOffice: $21,567,853
  • Awards: 10 nominations.

He Got Game was Written by Spike Lee and directed by Spike Lee and produced by Touchstone Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks.

6.9/10 IMDB Rating 81% Rotten Tomatoes 64/100 Metacritic
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