[ThePundit]

When I looked at the list of Football movies, I realized how many I haven't seen. But here are my top 5 anwyay:

1) Everybody's All American
2) Heaven Can Wait
3) North Dallas Forty (1979) Nick Nolte
4) Brian’s Song (1970) James Caan, Billy Dee Williams
5) The Longest Yard -1970's

Honorable Mention: All The Right Moves, Black Sunday

Overrated: Jerry MGwire

Horrible: 1)Any Given Sunday 2) Wild Cats ( I love Goldie Hawn but this was just movie was just awful).

Everyone else?


Never saw:

Rudy (1993)
Varsity Blues
The Waterboyr
The Replacements
Remember The Titans
The Program

[Who Dey]

Do yourelf a favor, See Rudy. It is my favorite movie, regardless of genre.
"your five feet nuthin', a hundred and nuthin', witout a spec of athletic ability, and you hung in with the best team in all the land for two years... two years.. Son, in this day and age, you dont have to prove nuthin' to nobody except yoursef. Now go on, get to practice."

Brings a tear to my eye every time I think about it.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

When I looked at the list of Football movies, I realized how many I haven't seen. But here are my top 5 anwyay:

1) Everybody's All American
2) Heaven Can Wait
3) North Dallas Forty (1979) Nick Nolte
4) Brian’s Song (1970) James Caan, Billy Dee Williams
5) The Longest Yard -1970's

Honorable Mention: All The Right Moves, Black Sunday

Overrated: Jerry MGwire

Horrible: 1)Any Given Sunday 2) Wild Cats ( I love Goldie Hawn but this was just movie was just awful).

Everyone else?


Never saw:

Rudy (1993)
Varsity Blues
The Waterboyr
The Replacements
Remember The Titans
The Program

How about, the one with Gus (the kicking Mule), Unnecessary Roughness (Kathy Ireland, NFL players making cameos) ,Quarterback Princess (Early Helen Hunt), Something for Joey, and Paper Lion?...How's that for a wild mix?

[Lefty Noob]

Just five? Wow... that's tough. Okay, let's see: Remember the Titans, Rudy, Brian's Song (1970), Friday Night Lights and I guess I'll put Unnecessary Roughness at No. 5. So many good ones, though. Some have already been mentioned, but I'd like to add to the list: Hometown Legend, Go Tigers (a documentary) and Knute Rockne: All American.

And still I feel like I'm forgetting some...

[ThePundit]

I totally forgot about Friday Night Lights. I saw it but was disappointed. Maybe because my expectation level was so high.

Ah and Paper Lion I saw a long time ago, and I remember thinking could they cast the movie any worse? I mean, Alan Alda in no way resembles any kind of athlete much less a QB. Alda is almost as bad as casting Adam Sandler as a football player.

I actually saw Something for Joey - it was a TV movie as I remember it. The story of John Capeletti and his brother's fight with cancer.

[Lefty Noob]

I totally forgot about Friday Night Lights. I saw it but was disappointed. Maybe because my expectation level was so high.

Now see, it was the exact opposite with me. I saw the previews and thought it looked like pure trash. So I skipped it in theaters and eventually wound up renting it on a whim. Much better than I had anticipated.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Now see, it was the exact opposite with me. I saw the previews and thought it looked like pure trash. So I skipped it in theaters and eventually wound up renting it on a whim. Much better than I had anticipated.

Ditto...I remember thinking the same thing and being surprised by it...gee Lefty, we agree on something...don't let it happen again man...

[cjg11582]

Does the football scene in Wedding Crashers qualify it as a football movie? "I think this guy is on steroids, seriously, It's like trying to cover a horse."
Probably go with Friday Night Lights, The Longest Yard (The original, it pisses me off I even have to specify that), Paper Lion, Knute Rockne All American, and Rudy.
Not necessarily in that order.

[legend]

Rudy is one of the best movies ever, period
Same with Brian's Song
Longest Yard is a classic
None of the rest are in a class with these three.

[anrobins]

Rudy
The Waterboy (Pundit, you have to see it)
Varsity Blues (Brings back memories of my high school)
Remember the Titans
The Replacements

I am a collector of football movies, I have watched thousands of movies over the years, and I feel that the following five represent football in the purest and most exciting way as entertainment:

1. RUDY
2. Varsity Blues
3. Neccesary Roughness
4. Friday Night Lights
5. Remember the Titans

honorable mention: Gridiron Gang, The Longest Yard, Any Given Sunday, North Dallas Forty, The Replacements

TERRIBLE Movies: The Program, Last Boy Scout, Little Giants