Best Football Movies

Remember the Titans is an American drama film released in 2000. It was directed by Boaz Yakin, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures, and starred Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone. Remember the Titans centers on racial tensions in the football team of the newly integrated. . . more

Rudy is a 1993 film directed by David Anspaugh. It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles. It was the first movie shoot the Notre Dame administration allowed on campus since "Knute. . . more

The Longest Yard is a 1974 movie about inmates at a prison who play American football against their guards. Burt Reynolds portrayed Paul "Wrecking" Crewe in the original, and the coach Nate Scarboro in the 2005 remake starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and Nelly. The 1974 original was also the. . . more

Brian's Song is a 1971 made-for-TV movie, recalling the details of the life of Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), a football player stricken with terminal cancer, and his friendship with Chicago Bears running back teammate and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale Sayers (Billy Dee Williams), who. . . more

We Are Marshall is a 2006 motion picture directed by McG dramatizing the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed most of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, the rebuilding of the program, and the healing that the community undergoes. It stars Matthew McConaughey as head. . . more

Friday Night Lights follows the journey of a high school football team to greatness. The team is the Permian Panthers, and the town is Odessa, Texas. The movie focuses on the town's absolute obsession with the team and how the team must live up to all of the pressures surrounding them. The Panthers. . . more

Jerry Maguire tells the story of professional sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise), whose crisis of faith leads him to write a mission statement that advocates better service, fewer clients, and less focus on the bottom line. However, after he distributes the mission statement to his fellow. . . more

To spice things up for his organization, Philadelphia Eagles coach Dick Vermeil decided to hold open tryouts for a spot on the pro football team's roster. Vince Papale is a 30-year-old bartender who has just lost his part-time teaching job. Disgusted with his professional failure, his wife abruptly. . . more

Adam Sandler plays Bobby Boucher (pronounced in the French fashion as "Boo-SHAY"), a socially inept (but also intelligent) water boy with anger issues due to constant teasing and his mother's (Kathy Bates) excessive sheltering. He was the water boy for the fictitious University of Louisiana. . . more

When a devastating hit knocks a professional football legend and quarterback Cap Rooney (Denis Quaid) out of the game, a young, unknown third-stringer is called in to replace him. Having ridden the bench for years because of a string of bad luck stories and perhaps insufficient character, Willie. . . more

Based loosely on the actual National Football League player strike of 1987, The Replacements follows the fictitious Washington Sentinels, who elect to use players of various backgrounds who never got a decent shot in the NFL to attempt to get to the playoffs. Each player seems to have unbelievable. . . more

The film's setting is a 1970s era professional football team based in Dallas, Texas which closely resembles the Dallas Cowboys. Nolte plays the aging wide receiver, Phillip Elliott, who is struggling to stay competitive and to this end relies heavily on the use of painkillers. Backed up by his. . . more

The Program is a 1993 film starring James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer, Kristy Swanson, Daniel Lee, and Joey Lauren Adams. The film was directed by Davis S. Ward who has directed and written other Hollywood films such as the Major League series. The film touches on the season of the. . . more

Varsity Blues is a 1999 film that follows a small-town high school football team and their focused coach, Jon Voight, through a tumultuous season. The players must deal with the pressures of adolescence and their football obsessed community. In the small town of West Canaan, Texas, football is a. . . more

Wildcats is a 1986 motion picture starring Goldie Hawn and Swoosie Kurtz.It also has performances by LL Cool J and is the first film to feature Wesley Snipes & Woody Harrelson together. They also appeared together in White Men Can't Jump and Money Train. Blonde-haired, blue-eyed women's libber. . . more

Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 comedy film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. The screenplay was adapted by Elaine May, Warren Beatty and Robert Towne (uncredited) from the original stage play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall. Joe Pendleton, a backup quarterback of the American football team Los. . . more

Paul "Wrecking" Crewe (Adam Sandler) was a revered football superstar back in his day, but that time has since faded. But when a messy drunk driving incident lands him in jail, Paul finds he was specifically requested by Warden Hazen (James Cromwell), a duplicitous prison official well aware of. . . more

Based on the book of the same name by George Plimpton (which is based on a true story), this 1968 movie follows sports writer George Plimpton. Plimpton attempts to play quarterback for the Detroit Lions in training camp. George Plimpton wants to write a story for Sports Illustrated on what it is. . . more

Horse Feathers (1932) was the fourth Marx Brothers film. It stars the four Marx Brothers, Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo, as well as Thelma Todd as Connie Bailey, and was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, S. J. Perelman, and Will B. Johnstone. Kalmar and Ruby also wrote some of the original. . . more

The Freshman is a 1925 comedy film that tells the story of a nerdy college freshman trying to become popular by joining the school football team. It stars Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict and James Anderson. It remains one of Lloyd's most successful and enduring films. The movie was. . . more

A 1988 film based on a book of the same name, by Frank Deford. The film follows Gavin Grey as he progresses from star college quarterback to his struggles after his football career ends. Trailer. . . more

Monday Night Mayhem is a 2002 television film about the origin of ABC's television series Monday Night Football. It debuted on the U.S. cable TV network TNT. Legendary sportscaster Howard Cosell is portrayed by John Turturro. The film also stars Eli Wallach, John Heard, Nick Turturro and Jay. . . more

Semi-Tough is a 1977 movie directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Lotte Lenya, Bert Convy, and Brian Dennehy Semi-Tough is an easy-going comedy about two professional football players (Reynolds and Kristofferson) and their mutual girlfriend. . . more

Directed by Sam Wood, "Navy Blue and Gold" is a pleasantly charming movie about life at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The story focuses on three first-year midshipmen with very different backgrounds (except for a common love of football) who become roommates.. . . more

The film is based on the book Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier by Rocky Bleier & Terry O'Neill. Rocky Bleier is drafted and sent to Vietnam after making the Pittsburgh Steelers team. Injured in Vietnam, Bleier is told he will never walk again.. . . more