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Documentaries like Hoop Dreams

Not everyone loves Hoop Dreams for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Hoop Dreams

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  1. You like basketball as the dream that holds a family together.

  2. You want real lives followed over five years, with no script.

  3. You're moved by parents who sacrifice everything for their sons.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Stephen Curry: Underrated2023

    • basketball as the dream that holds a family together
    • real lives followed over five years, with no script
    • you're moved by parents who sacrifice everything for their sons

    Good for you if you love basketball and the three-point shot that changed it.

  • Time2020

    • real lives followed over five years, with no script
    • you're moved by parents who sacrifice everything for their sons

    Good for you if you want a true story about a family and the prison system.

  • Spellbound2002

    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you like real kids and their real families, followed all the way to the national final.

  • Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids2004

    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you want real children from Calcutta's red light district telling their own lives.

  • Bully2011

    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you want to hear bullied kids and their parents in their own words.

  • Into the Wild2007

    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you like the true story of a graduate who gave away his savings and hitchhiked to Alaska.

  • Welcome to Wrexham2022

    • basketball as the dream that holds a family together

    Good for you if you like the ups and downs of a lower league football season.

  • Williams2017

    • basketball as the dream that holds a family together
    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you want the true story of a family behind a racing team.

  • The Last Dance2020

    • basketball as the dream that holds a family together
    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you like basketball games replayed with the players telling you what they felt.

  • Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry2021

    • you're moved by parents who sacrifice everything for their sons

    Good for you if you like parents and a brother who stay close through sudden fame.

  • Cheer2020

    • basketball as the dream that holds a family together
    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you like a sport you never took seriously shown as brutal and precise.

  • Diego Maradona2019

    • basketball as the dream that holds a family together
    • real lives followed over five years, with no script

    Good for you if you like football told through its most famous goals.

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