Movies about American football
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1. Two Minutes to Go (1921)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A star of the college football team is forced to work as a milkman when his father's business begins to fail.
Director: Charles Ray | Stars: Charles Ray, Mary Anderson, Lionel Belmore, Lincoln Stedman
2. The Freshman (1925)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James H. Anderson
Votes: 6,069 | Gross: $0.00M
3. Brown of Harvard (1926)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Jack Pickford, Mary Brian, Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Votes: 1,530
4. The Quarterback (1926)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twenty-seven years later, Elmer is still ... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Richard Dix, Esther Ralston, Harry Beresford, David Butler
Votes: 28 | Gross: $0.27M
5. The Drop Kick (1927)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Sport
College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when tragedy strikes after he pays an innocent visit to a woman.
Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Barbara Kent, Dorothy Revier, Eugene Strong
Votes: 279
6. The Drop Kick (1927)
Passed | 62 min | Drama, Sport
College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when tragedy strikes after he pays an innocent visit to a woman.
Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Barbara Kent, Dorothy Revier, Eugene Strong
Votes: 279
7. The College Widow (1927)
67 min | Comedy, Romance
The College Widow (1927) is an American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The film is based on the 1904 Broadway play by George Ade ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Dolores Costello, William Collier Jr., Douglas Gerrard, Anders Randolf
Votes: 16
8. West Point (II) (1927)
Passed | 95 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Wealthy Brice Wayne enters West Point, excelling at football but angering fellow cadets with arrogance until he resigns, but returns to lead the team and reunite with Betty Channing.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Joan Crawford, William Bakewell, Neil Neely
Votes: 1,976
9. The College Hero (1927)
Passed | 54 min | Comedy, Romance
Bob and Jim start out at college as rivals, but soon become great friends. When Bob takes pretty Vivian Saunders to the prom, Jim is disappointed--he wanted to take her--but decides to make... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Robert Agnew, Pauline Garon, Ben Turpin, Rex Lease
Votes: 32
10. So This Is College (1929)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Biff and Eddie are the best of friends. They are college seniors, roommates at the fraternity, and star teammates on the USC football team. Then a flapper named Babs enters the picture. ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Cliff Edwards, Sally Starr
Votes: 284
11. The Forward Pass (1929)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit... See full summary »
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Marion Byron
Votes: 111
12. Maybe It's Love (1930)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) to individually flirt with an entire team of All-American football players, in order to entice them... See full summary »
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, James Hall, Laura Lee
Votes: 356
13. Maker of Men (1931)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Sport
Bob plays football badly, so his father Coach Dudley, his girlfriend Dorothy, and his school reject him. He joins a rival college team and aims to defeat his dad's team.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Jack Holt, Richard Cromwell, Joan Marsh, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 148
14. The Galloping Ghost (1931)
Passed | 226 min | Drama
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate ... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Harold 'Red' Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller, Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Votes: 169
15. Touchdown! (1931)
79 min | Drama, Sport
Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs. However, he has a change of heart when a player is severely injured by playing when he should have been ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Richard Arlen, Peggy Shannon, Jack Oakie, Regis Toomey
Votes: 41
16. Horse Feathers (1932)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, Huxley University's new president, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against their rival, Darwin University.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, The Marx Brothers
Votes: 13,402
17. That's My Boy (1932)
71 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Tommy Scott goes to a Connecticut college to become a doctor, but is soon discovered to be a prodigious football talent. He becomes a national star and falls in love, but fame and ill-advised financial deals threaten to ruin his future.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Dorothy Jordan, Mae Marsh, Arthur Stone
Votes: 155
18. The All-American (1932)
79 min | Drama, Sport
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Directors: Russell Mack, George Stevens | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Gloria Stuart, James Gleason
Votes: 80
19. 70,000 Witnesses (1932)
Passed | 69 min | Mystery, Sport
College football player (Phillips Holmes)is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother(Lew Cody).He refuses, but they player is doped anyway,and collapses and dies. A ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Ruggles, Johnny Mack Brown
Votes: 82
20. The Sport Parade (1932)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Spoiled sports hero learns hard lessons.
Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Joel McCrea, Marian Marsh, William Gargan, Robert Benchley
Votes: 266
21. Huddle (1932)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Madge Evans, Una Merkel, Ralph Graves
Votes: 248
22. Rackety Rax (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual Rose Bowl football game, and decides ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Greta Nissen, Nell O'Day, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 29
23. College Coach (1933)
TV-G | 76 min | Drama, Sport
Coach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron
Votes: 520
24. Saturday's Millions (1933)
77 min | Drama, Sport
Ups and downs of college football.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Robert Young, Andy Devine, Leila Hyams, Johnny Mack Brown
Votes: 60
25. College Humor (1933)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Music
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle
Votes: 242
26. College Rhythm (1934)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Joe Penner, Jack Oakie, Lanny Ross, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 120
27. Gridiron Flash (1934)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The Bedford College football coach cuts a deal with a talented player who also happens to be a convicted bank robber. If he stays out of trouble, the coach will get him paroled. He also ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Betty Furness, Grant Mitchell, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 113
28. Hold 'Em Yale (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Sport
A pretty young socialite falls for a charming but shady hustler who abandons her when he finds that she has been disowned by her wealthy father. Three of the hustler's partners, who have ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Patricia Ellis, Cesar Romero, Buster Crabbe, William Frawley
Votes: 43
29. Pigskin Parade (1936)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport
Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, The Yacht Club Boys
Votes: 793
30. The Big Game (1936)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Gamblers kidnap Atlantic's star quarterback Clark Jenkins.
Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Edward Killy | Stars: Phillip Huston, James Gleason, June Travis, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 142
31. Fighting Youth (1935)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Mystery
Communist subversives try to take over a college.
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Charles Farrell, June Martel, Andy Devine, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 38
32. Rose Bowl (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Paddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, Bellport high school football heroes, enroll in distant colleges; Paddy at a small school in the East, where he is barely a substitute, and Ossie at a ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Eleanore Whitney, Tom Brown, Buster Crabbe, William Frawley
Votes: 39
33. Over the Goal (1937)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Injured Carlton College quarterback Ken Thomas promises his girlfriend that he will not play again; when she relents, he is kidnapped by crooks hoping to make money from The Big Game.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: June Travis, William Hopper, Johnnie Davis, Gordon Oliver
Votes: 187
34. Saturday's Heroes (1937)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A college football star struggles to return integrity to the game.
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Van Heflin, Marian Marsh, Richard Lane, Alan Bruce
Votes: 180
35. Hold 'Em Navy (1937)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Sport
Two football players fight over the same girl.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, John Howard, Benny Baker
Votes: 25
36. Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Sport
Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Robert Young, James Stewart, Florence Rice, Billie Burke
Votes: 695
37. Touchdown, Army (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Sport
Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point. His cocky attitude earns him the enmity of many upperclassmen, especially ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Robert Cummings, William Frawley
Votes: 21
38. Up the River (1930)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Warren Hymer, Humphrey Bogart
Votes: 1,376
39. Hold That Co-ed (1938)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Sport
While running for governor, a politician aids a needy college by plotting to assure victory for their football team. Thought to be a parody of Huey Long and his machine.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: John Barrymore, George Murphy, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis
Votes: 207
40. The Gladiator (1938)
Not Rated | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super strength.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Man Mountain Dean, Dickie Moore
Votes: 128
41. $1000 a Touchdown (1939)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A show-biz couple inherit a college on the brink of bankruptcy. In a bid to increase funding they attempt to build up the college football team by offering $1,000 for every touchdown scored.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye, Eric Blore, Susan Hayward
Votes: 130
42. The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
Approved | 56 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets ... See full summary »
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Marie Wilson, Gloria Dickson, William Demarest
Votes: 146
43. Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, William K. Howard | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,156
44. Too Many Girls (1940)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
A young lady goes to college, and without her knowledge, her father sends four football players as her bodyguards. They eventually join the college team and turn it into one the best--and one of them falls in love with her.
Director: George Abbott | Stars: Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken
Votes: 1,027
45. The Quarterback (1940)
74 min | Comedy
A comedy featuring Morris in a dual role as a dumb twin and a star football player, and a smart twin studying to become a college professor. They both are smitten with Kay Merrill as well. Of course, gamblers are also involved.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Wayne Morris, Virginia Dale, Lillian Cornell, Edgar Kennedy
Votes: 20
46. Harmon of Michigan (1941)
Passed | 65 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Tom Harmon (ol' # 98 for the Michigan Wolverines, husband of actress Elyse Knox and father of Mark Harmon and Kelly Harmon) took a back seat to no one on the football field (except the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Tom Harmon, Anita Louise, Forest Evashevski, Oscar O'Shea
Votes: 69
47. The Spirit of Stanford (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
The Spirit of Stanford finds high school quarterback Frankie Albert, cocky because of his football abilities, heading for Stanford while his teammate, Cliff Bernard, opts for the University... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Frankie Albert, Marguerite Chapman, Matt Willis, Shirley Patterson
Votes: 52
48. The Iron Major (1943)
Passed | 85 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Coach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I, then gradually goes blind.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Ruth Warrick, Leon Ames
Votes: 277
49. We've Never Been Licked (1943)
Approved | 103 min | Action, Drama, Romance
WWII morale film for Texas A&M graduates fighting overseas. Young Brad Craig (Langton) enters the military school with a chip on his shoulder which Mitchum and other upperclassmen quickly ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Richard Quine, Anne Gwynne, Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 192
50. Good News (1947)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Golden Globe winner June Allyson and Peter Lawford star in this enjoyable musical about a football hero who falls in love with his French tutor.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall, Joan McCracken
Votes: 2,821
51. Triple Threat (1948)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Drama, Romance
American football script number one-through 101 is the usual one about an egotistical college football star (amatuer) who is drafted into the National Football League (professional), and he... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Richard Crane, Gloria Henry, Mary Stuart, John Litel
Votes: 18
52. Father Was a Fullback (1949)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Sport
Football coach George Cooper has as many problems managing his football team as he has at home dealing with his daughters, Ellen and Connie.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Betty Lynn, Rudy Vallee
Votes: 493
53. Easy Living (1949)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Sport
Pete Wilson is on top. He is the highest paid professional football player in the league. He has seen other players come and go, but he was MVP last year and the future looks rosy. His wife... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufts
Votes: 1,014
54. That's My Boy (1951)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
The greatest player in Ridgefield College history uses his influence and reputation to get his only son, a sickly, uncoordinated nerd, on the college football team with comic results.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Ruth Hussey, Eddie Mayehoff
Votes: 1,132
55. Saturday's Hero (1951)
111 min | Drama, Sport
A star high school football player goes through the ups and downs of 'big-time' college athletics in the 1950's.
Director: David Miller | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer, Alexander Knox
Votes: 255
56. Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951)
Approved | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran, Phyllis Thaxter
Votes: 2,302
57. The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Paul Douglas, Joan Bennett, Linda Darnell, Don DeFore
Votes: 88
58. The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Vera Miles, Richard Rober, Natalie Wood
Votes: 98
59. Hold That Line (1952)
Approved | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Sport
To settle a wager, two university alumni enroll the Bowery Boys in their college. Enticed by a monetary bonus, the boys accept the offer.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, John Bromfield, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 308
60. Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The educated chimp moves in with a college football coach's family.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau
Votes: 163
61. Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ex-football coach is hired by a small Catholic college to train its football team in the hopes of winning games and making money to save the school from bankruptcy.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully
Votes: 2,156
62. Crazylegs (1953)
Approved | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Vohs, James Millican
Votes: 192
63. All American (1953)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Nick Bonelli, quarterback for Mid-State, proves himself an All American in the championship, but his parents die in an auto accident coming to the game. Nick decides to transfer to Sheridan... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 316
64. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
96 min | Comedy
A former Notre Dame football star crash lands over a mythical Arabian country while on spy mission to the USSR. He is then forced by the football-obsessed king of that country to coach their football team .
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus
Votes: 760
65. They Call It Pro Football (1966)
24 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
An award winning documentary from NFL films which describes the game of pro football.
Director: John Hentz | Stars: John Facenda, Raymond Berry, Sonny Jurgensen, John Mackey
Votes: 120
66. Paper Lion (1968)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Sport
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.
Director: Alex March | Stars: Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Joe Schmidt, Alex Karras
Votes: 1,242
67. Number One (1969)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Sport
The story of Cat Catlan (Heston), a washed up quarterback who turns to drink and women to solve his problems. But he soon discovers that his problems are just beginning.
Director: Tom Gries | Stars: Charlton Heston, Jessica Walter, Bruce Dern, John Randolph
Votes: 707
68. Brian's Song (1971 TV Movie)
G | 73 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey
Votes: 8,877
69. The Longest Yard (1974)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A sadistic warden asks a former pro quarterback, now serving time in his prison, to put together a team of inmates to take on (and get pummeled by) the guards.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad
Votes: 21,436 | Gross: $7.13M
70. Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Approved | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crazed sniper is set to kill spectators at an L.A. Coliseum football championship game and the police race against time to eliminate him.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges
Votes: 4,387
71. Gus (1976)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
The inept 'California Atoms,' floundering in the cellar of the National Football League, welcome the team's newest member - a mule capable of place kicking a football 100 yards with deadly accuracy.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Edward Asner, Don Knotts, Gary Grimes, Tim Conway
Votes: 2,169
72. Black Sunday (1960)
Approved | 87 min | Horror
A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Votes: 17,619
73. Something for Joey (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Sport
This is based on the true story about the relationship between Penn State football player John Cappelletti, Jr. and his younger brother Joey, who has leukemia. John and Joey's bond is a ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Geraldine Page, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Marc Singer, Jeff Lynas
Votes: 565
74. Semi-Tough (1977)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Jill Clayburgh, Robert Preston
Votes: 3,509 | Gross: $37.19M
75. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
PG | 101 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.
Directors: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry | Stars: Warren Beatty, James Mason, Julie Christie, Jack Warden
Votes: 23,531 | Gross: $81.64M
76. Superdome (1978 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
During Superbowl, there's lots of drama, when one of the players has to juggle the game and his marriage while the team's star quarterback is being courted by a management firm. Also, a killer is running around.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: David Janssen, Edie Adams, Clifton Davis, Peter Haskell
Votes: 404
77. North Dallas Forty (1979)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A satire of American professional football in which a veteran pass-catcher's individuality and refusal to become part of the team family are bitterly resented by his disciplinarian coaches.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Nick Nolte, Charles Durning, Mac Davis, Dayle Haddon
Votes: 5,995 | Gross: $26.08M
78. Coach of the Year (1980 TV Movie)
TV-G | 96 min | Drama
Jim Brandon, a former player of the Chigago Bears, was paralyzed during the Vietnam War. When he returns, he tries to get a job as a football coach, but he doesn't succeed. After a visit to... See full summary »
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Robert Conrad, Erin Gray, Red West, Daphne Reid
Votes: 193
79. Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Football jock Rocky Bleier makes it all the way to the pros with the Pittsburgh Steelers, only to be drafted in the Vietnam War. Wounded by a hand grenade overseas, Bleier returns to the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Robert Urich, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Herd, Howard Cosell
Votes: 178
80. Grambling's White Tiger (1981 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama, Sport
A young white goes to a historically-black college for the chance to be the starting quarterback. There he encounters considerable resentment and learns what it's like to be in the minority.
Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Caitlyn Jenner, Dennis Haysbert, Bill Overton
Votes: 275
81. All the Right Moves (1983)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.
Director: Michael Chapman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson, Charles Cioffi
Votes: 20,409 | Gross: $17.23M
82. Quarterback Princess (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Sport
Tami, a young girl who has just moved to Oregon, stands up against her coach and the naysayers of her small town to prove that she's capable of being a talented football quarterback despite her gender.
Director: Noel Black | Stars: Don Murray, Barbara Babcock, Dana Elcar, John Stockwell
Votes: 1,117
83. The Bear (1988)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Jack Wallace
Votes: 19,097 | Gross: $31.75M
84. The Best of Times (1986)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Robin Williams, Kurt Russell, Pamela Reed, Holly Palance
Votes: 8,198 | Gross: $7.79M
85. Wildcats (1986)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Sport
A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold
Votes: 14,619 | Gross: $26.29M
86. Johnny Be Good (1988)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Sport
Johnny's the top high-school football player and many colleges want him. His girlfriend, coach and best friend want him in the college, serving themselves most.
Director: Bud S. Smith | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman
Votes: 7,383 | Gross: $17.55M
87. Everybody's All-American (1988)
R | 127 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A Louisiana football legend struggles to deal with life's complexities after his college career is over.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Jessica Lange, Dennis Quaid, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman
Votes: 3,455 | Gross: $12.64M
88. Necessary Roughness (1991)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Sport
Due to NCAA sanctions, the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos must form a football team from their actual student body, with no scholarships to help, to play their football schedule.
Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Scott Bakula, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak
Votes: 13,123 | Gross: $26.26M
89. A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
In the early 1980s, football star Ricky Bell befriends Ryan Blankenship, a disabled boy.
Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, Susan Ruttan, Lane R. Davis, Lynn Whitfield
Votes: 274
90. School Ties (1992)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama
In 1959, a star quarterback from a working-class family is given an opportunity to attend an elite New England preparatory school, but he is conflicted about whether or not to tell his Evangelical classmates that he is Jewish.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff
Votes: 27,414 | Gross: $14.72M
91. The Program (1993)
R | 112 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
Director: David S. Ward | Stars: James Caan, Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer
Votes: 11,594 | Gross: $23.00M
92. Rudy (1993)
PG | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind
Votes: 69,124 | Gross: $22.75M
93. Little Giants (1994)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Misfits form their own opposing team to an elite peewee football team, coached by the elite team coach's brother.
Director: Duwayne Dunham | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ed O'Neill, Shawna Waldron, Devon Sawa
Votes: 30,868 | Gross: $19.29M
94. Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (1994 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
Director: Michael Dinner | Stars: Peter Berg, Kathryn Morris, Wolfgang Bodison, Johann Carlo
Votes: 210
95. Jerry Maguire (1996)
R | 139 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.
Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renée Zellweger, Kelly Preston
Votes: 287,226 | Gross: $153.95M
96. The Waterboy (1998)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Sport
A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk
Votes: 178,526 | Gross: $161.49M
97. Varsity Blues (1999)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.
Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester
Votes: 49,110 | Gross: $52.89M
98. Any Given Sunday (1999)
R | 162 min | Drama, Sport
A behind-the-scenes look at the life-and-death struggles of modern-day gladiators and those who lead them.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, James Woods
Votes: 125,928 | Gross: $75.53M
99. The Fanatics (1997)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy
The city of Quimby Falls is already going downhill when the owner of the local professional football team, the Buzzards, decides to bail out and move the franchise elsewhere.
Director: Marc Lasky | Stars: Edward Asner, Gregory Sporleder, Austin Pendleton, Mark Curry
Votes: 67
100. Marshall University: Ashes to Glory (2000)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary
In 1970, the Marshall University football team, athletic staff and fans were killed in a plane crash. This documentary captures the heroism that overcame that tragedy, in the most inspirational story of college sports ever.
Director: Deborah Novak
Votes: 14
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