directed by: Spike Lee, year: 1998
actors: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen

He Got Game follows Jesus Shuttlesworth, a teenage basketball prodigy, and his father, Jake Shuttlesworth, an ex-con granted a reprieve on the condition that Jesus signs with a coach chosen by the state. Set amid urban streets and basketball courts, the drama probes ambition, loyalty, and the price of fame. Spike Lee blends social critique with intimate father–son tension, delivering a stylish, hard-edged portrait of sport as destiny and family as redemption. The film uses dynamic visuals and a soundtrack that fuse street culture with basketball myth.

Brooklyn, Drama, Sports Drama, Basketball, Urban Drama, Coming Of Age, Spike Lee, 1998