We Are Champions

Aug 23, 2019

1h 58m

★ 6.9

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kaohsiung Film Fund

Taipei Film Commission

Warner Bros. (F.E.)

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Cast

Chiang Hsiu-Yu

Fandy Fan

Chiang Rung-Hao

Berant Zhu

Coach Chen Shu-Wen

Duan Chun-hao

Kuang Cheng High School principal

Lu Yi-ching

Chiang Wen-Hsiung

Tou Tsung-Hua

Coach Hsu Wei-Hung

David Wu

Lin Wei-Li

Lawrence Lo

Li Yen-Tai

Bruce Chiu

Teng-Tzu

Liu Yu-Ren

A-Fu

Hsin-Kai Wang

Aunty

Cherry Hsieh

2 on 2

Chang Kuang-chen

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

6.5

Believe in Me

Sep 7, 2006

In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach of the girls' team.

4.2

Inside Game

Nov 1, 2019

In 2007, when NBA referee Tim Donaghy got caught betting on games he worked, he said two men associated with the Gambino crime family - a bookie named Baba Battista and a drug dealer named Tommy Martino - threatened to kill his family if he didn't give them gambling picks. That's what Donaghy told the FBI, that's what he told 60 Minutes, and that's what he testified in court. But that's not what really happened. That's not even close. INSIDE GAME is the untold true story of one of the biggest scandals in sports history.

6.1

Blue Chips

Feb 18, 1994

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.

6.7

He Got Game

May 1, 1998

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

7.4

Glory Road

Jan 13, 2006

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.

7.4

The Basketball Diaries

Apr 21, 1995

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

6.3

Forget Paris

May 19, 1995

Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches.

6.6

White Men Can't Jump

Mar 27, 1992

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

0.0

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May 31, 2022

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6.0

1000 to 1

Mar 4, 2014

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.

7.1

Three Seconds

Dec 28, 2017

The story is set at the 1972 Munich Olympics where the U.S. team lost the basketball championship for the first time in 36 years. The final moments of the final game have become one of the most controversial events in Olympic history. With play tied, the score table horn sounded during a second free throw attempt that put the U.S. ahead by one. But the Soviets claimed they had called for a time out before the basket and confusion ensued. The clock was set back by three seconds twice in a row and the Russians finally prevailed at the very last. The U.S. protested, but a jury decided in the USSR’s favor and Team USA voted unanimously to refuse its silver medals. The Soviet players have been treated as heroes at home.

5.7

Woman Basketball Player No. 5

Aug 1, 1957

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.

7.0

Sweetwater

Apr 14, 2023

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.

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10.0

Basketball Girlfriends

Jun 17, 2014

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7.4

Love & Basketball

Apr 21, 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.

7.6

Coach Carter

Jan 14, 2005

Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.

6.6

Half Nelson

Aug 11, 2006

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.