Best Football Movies - In Honor of "Super Bowl Sunday

Marine Corps Air · Jan 31, 2020

Since "Super Bowl Sunday" will soon be here, I found an article in USAToday that ranked the "Twenty-Five Best Football Movies" (their opinion, not mine). I was pleased to see that about seven of mine made the list. Generally, unless "The Dawgs" are playing, I don't get worked up. I'm still waiting on a movie about Vince Dooley and Herschel Walker.......

Here's the article:

"Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Super Bowl 2020: The 25 best football movies of all time, ranked

Super Bowl 2020: The 25 best football movies ever, ranked "

and my picks from the list:

#1 (1993) "Rudy" I agree with this one. A really great movie!

#5 (2009) "The Blind Side" I have heard that the movie was a bit creative in the story line, but what else is new???

#8 (1996) "Jerry Maguire" Good pick. I'm still always quoting Cuba Gooding - " Show me the money!!!"

#10 (1974) "The Longest Yard" Burt Reynolds. If I am correct, filmed on location in Georgia at one of our state prisons. "If it worked once, it oughta work again!!" Amen

#11 (2000) "Remember The Titans" Another excellent movie. Many of us still remember those days and the challenges that had to be faced. Really good cast.

#14 (2000) "The Replacements" Should be #2! I always enjoy Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman, but I became a "hard core" Brooke Langton fan after watching this movie!

#19 (1968) "Paper Lion"

Did any of your favorites make the list??

Bill

walkin jack · Jan 31, 2020

Comedy=The Longest Yard
serious=the Replacements

Rustyt1953 · Jan 31, 2020

Lots of good ones on that list.

"The Replacements" is among my favorites.

"Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever."

Watchdog · Jan 31, 2020

Glad to see Varsity Blues (1999) made the list, although I'd have ranked it higher than #23. Folks in Texas take their high school football real serious, especially in the smaller towns. Parts of this one has the ring of truth to it. Jon Voight is totally believable as a despicable get-the-win-at-any-cost coach.

The Longest Yard has always been a favorite of mine, even though it does look a bit dated now, and more than a little contrived in parts. It's a fun film.

I love The Blind Side, no matter how much added fiction is in it.

Never really looked at Heaven Can Wait as a "football movie". Still like it, though. Charles Grodin almost steals the film from Warren Beatty.

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Rustyt1953 · Jan 31, 2020

"Radio".

When Robert "Radio" Kennedy passed away a little over a month ago it prompted me to download the movie.

I had forgotten how moving a tale it is and what outstanding jobs Cuba and Ed did.

Dashriprock · Jan 31, 2020

Those are all great!

A football movie that turned up recently in our Amazon feed was surprisingly good, though a bit of a tear-jerker. It's titled "My All-American" and it's the true story of one Freddie Steinmark.

Written by same guy who wrote "Rudy" and "Hoosiers."

glenncal1 · Jan 31, 2020

Leaving out Brian's Song because it was originally a TV movie is completely bogus. It's the best of the bunch IMHO.

Kitgun · Jan 31, 2020

Not really a football movie but, "Jim Thorpe all American" has some great football action.

Kanewpadle · Jan 31, 2020

Draft Day
North Dallas 40
Any Given Sunday
Invincible
The Blind Side
Remember The Titans
Jerry Macquire

sheepdawg · Jan 31, 2020

The best football movie of all time was a Columbia short co starring a 22 year old blonde Lucille Ball, one of the great character actors of early Hollywood, Walter Long as the head bad guy and our three heroes.

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JohnRippert · Jan 31, 2020

North Dallas Forty

The Longest Yard

The Replacements

Sistema1927 · Jan 31, 2020

Football?

Pele: Birth of a Legend (2016)

(Any game that uses the hands so much can't rightly be called football. More like "rugby with forward passing".)

I will be watching replays of the Arsenal and Norwich City matches this Sunday afternoon.

Lt JL · Feb 1, 2020

Semi-tough,
and the football game in M*A*S*H

muzzleblast · Feb 1, 2020

There is no "honor"in Superbowl Sunday. The NFL has complete control over which advertisements they choose to accept and televise during the game watched by... what? 300-million people.

They have chosen to accept and air an ANTI-GUN advertisement by presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg (i.e. George Soro's "mini-me"). I will not be watching the Superbowl. YMMV.

Telecaster · Feb 1, 2020

Black Sunday
The Game Plan

kmyers · Feb 1, 2020

I agree with the mention of Brian's Song, definitely my favorite.

Rule3 · Feb 1, 2020

RUDY RUDY RUDY!

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JohnRippert · Feb 2, 2020

muzzleblast said:
There is no "honor"in Superbowl Sunday. The NFL has complete control over which advertisements they choose to accept and televise during the game watched by... what? 300-million people.

They have chosen to accept and air an ANTI-GUN advertisement by presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg (i.e. George Soro's "mini-me"). I will not be watching the Superbowl. YMMV.

I wonder how much of his 61 billion dollars he gave the NFL for that bit?

ETA: Ah, just found out that both Trump and Bloomberg paid 10 million each for ads during the game.

tlawler · Feb 2, 2020

kmyers said:
I agree with the mention of Brian's Song, definitely my favorite.

Brian’s Song gets my vote.

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