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Top Ten Football Movies
By admin2 | April 29, 2008
1. Friday Night Lights
A very, very realistic look at the Permian Panthers football program back in the late 80s, and a complicated look into the pressure facing teenaged athletes. Spawned its own TV show.
2. Brian’s Song
The definition of a tearjerker, based on true events. James Caan and Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) star as teammates who overcome obstacles to become best friends. When Piccolo’s diagnosed with cancer, the two find strength and courage in each other. WaaaaahhhhH!!!!!
3. Rudy
A true story of ‘the little guy who could.’ Desperate to play for Notre Dame, Rudy triumphs over his own tiny-ness, bad grades, and poor athletic skills to make his dream come true. The inspiration for what I call the “Rudy Slow Clap” - a mocking way to make your friends feel like they’ve accomplished something.
4. Jerry Maguire
Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger star in this movie that spawned two catch phrases still uttered today: “You had me at hello,” and “Show me the money!”
5.The Longest Yard
The original, not the Sandler re-make version. Burt plays a former pro who ends up in a prison ruled by a prick warden. This movie was actually nominated for four Golden Globes and an Oscar.
6. Remember The Titans
Based on a true story (cue the tear-jerking) of Herman Boone, Denzel is awesome as the coach who forced integration on his football team only to have the team discover that friendship and loyalty know no colors. Football AND a message!
7. The Replacements
Keanu Reeves plays a quarterback who leads a bunch of replacements to victory in this kinda cheesy flick, “The Replacements.” Loosely (and I mean loosely) based on the 1987 NFL strike.
8. Invincible
The true story of Vince Papale,a part time bartender who loved football yet never dreamed of playing in the NFL. But when Dick Vermeil took over as head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, he opened up tryouts to anybody and everybody. Papale was talked into giving it a try and a the story unfolded into well, a perfect premise for a movie.
9. All the Right Moves
Tom Cruise plays a high school football player desperate to earn a college scholarship as a way out of his dying Pennsylvania steel-belt town. (Rudy meets…well, every college football story)
10. We Are Marshall
The true and sad story of how Marshall University was able to overcome a horrible plane crash took the lives of their football team and supporters on November 14, 1970.
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