Football Movies

In honor of getting ready for football season, we at Splash! Magazine put together a list of our favorite feel-good, inspiring movies that get us geared up for this coveted time of year. The movies are listed in no particular order.

1. Horse Feathers (1932)

"Horse Feathers" is a Marx Brothers comedy starring the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo). The film revolves around college football and a game between the fictional Darwin and Huxley Colleges.

2. Knute Rockne, All American (1940)

"Knute Rockne, All American" is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, a Notre Dame football coach. It stars former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

3. Facing the Giants (2006)

"Facing the Giants" is an American Christian drama film that relates an underdog story about American football from a Christian worldview.

Grant Taylor is a high school football coach with a mediocre record who is on the brink of losing his job. Taylor creates a new coaching philosophy and decides to praise God, no matter what the result.

4. The Longest Yard (2005)

This 1974 comedy remake is about Paul Crewe (played by Adam Sandler), a disgraced former professional quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers who is forced to form a team from the prison inmates to play football against their guards.

5. Brian's Song (2001)

This 1971 remake re-tells the story of Brian Piccolo, a white football player who meets, clashes with and befriends Chicago Bears running back gale Sayers. The movie, taking place in the time of the Civil Rights Movement, places great emphasis on integration, bringing up the conflict of when Brian and Gale room together for their first football season.

6. Friday Night Lights (2004)

"Friday Night Lights" is a sports drama film which documents the coach and players of a high school football team and the Texas city of Odessa that supports and is obsessed with the team.

7. Remember the Titans (2000)

"Remember the Titans" is based on the true story of African American coach Herman Boone as he tries to introduce a racially divided team at the T.E. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. during the 1970s. Black and white football team members frequently clash in racially motivated conflicts at their football camp, but after forceful coaxing and rigorous athletic training by Boone, the team achieves racial harmony and success.

8. The Blind Side (2009)

"The Blind Side" is a semi-biographical sports drama film featuring Michael Oher, an offensive lineman who plays for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. The film follows Oher from his impoverished upbringing, to his position as one of the most highly coveted prospects in college football.

9. The Replacements (2000)

A 2000 sports comedy film, "The Replacements" is about a former star quarterback at Ohio State University who choked in his final college game and failed to succeed in the pros. He is later recruited to play, along with more unconventional replacement football players, for the Washington Sentinels after the original players went on strike.

10. Rudy (1993)

"Rudy," a highly regarded sports film, is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame, despite lacking the grades, money, talent and physical stature to play football for a major intercollegiate program.

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