The 50 Best Sports Movies Ever

37. Coach Carter (2005)

Samuel L. Jackson embodied a hard-nosed high school basketball coach in Coach Carter and it is one of his best roles. Coach Carter is about a high school coach that suspended his undefeated basketball team for failing to keep up their grades in the classroom. It is based on the true story of coach Ken Carter of Richmond High School and argues that student-athletes need to take their education seriously.