It is time for the Super Bowl 2018 and this time it is Philadelpjhia Eagles and the New England Patriots who will face-off at St. Paul Minnesota. And although the games are fun to watch, we rarely get to see all the emotions and training that goes on behind the scene before the real battle. Football movies have managed to capture all the drama about personal sacrifices the hard work these players put in to give us some of the best games. Here is a list of the Best Football Movies of All Time to get you in the mood before the kick-off on Sunday for the big game.
Best Football Movies of All Time
If you are like me, the drama off the screen is as important ans the battle on the ground as the timer ticks on the scoreboard. The football movies on this movie list capture the game at the school level as well as the national level. They talk about the tough choices and opportunities that the game provides as well as the health risk and challenges this somewhat violent game exposes them to. Have seen them all? Tell us which of these American Football movies do you like the most.
Remember the Titans
The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.
Friday Night Lights
Based on H.G. Bissinger’s book, the movie profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.
The Blind Side
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Invincible
Invincible is based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.
The Express
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
23 Blast
When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves, in 23 Blast.
Concussion
In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
Woodlawn
Touchback
A man looks back 15 years to the injury that ended his career as a promising high-school football player.
The Waterboy
A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.
The Longest Yard
Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
Draft Day
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick, in Draft Day. He must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
We Are marshall
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team’s new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive, in the We Are Marshall movie.
All the Right Moves
A high school football player desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.
Johnny Be Good
It’s recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America’s hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?
Facing the Giants
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
Gridiron Gang
Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Two For the Money
After suffering a career-ending knee injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renowned touts in the sports-gambling business, in the movie.
Leatherheads
In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America’s too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.
The Program
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.
Wildcats
A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.
North Dallas Forty
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional (American-style) football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
The 60 Yard Line
Based on a true story. Set during the 2009 Football season. Ben ‘Zagger’ Zagowski and Nick ‘Polano’ Polano, best friends and co-workers, buy a house in the parking lot of Lambeau Field
Catching Faith
From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high school football star, her daughter a straight-A student, and her husband the CFO of a booming start-up company.
Undefeated
Undefeated movie chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field.
The Rebels
Julie is in over her head when her husband suddenly dies leaving her as sole owner of a pro-football team.
Is you favorite American Football movie on this list? Tell us which movie you like the most and would want to add to this Best Football Movies of All Time List.
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