American Football movies

eagle eye

With the last match of the season(I'm gonna be cracking up until the draft and then until the new season:(), I thought it might be a good idea to get this going.

I'm gonna binge on Amercian Football movies and documentaries. So recommendations please.

I've seen most of the movies and some good docus but I won't spoil it by putting any here, let the naming begin...................

If there is anything worthwhile that I've seen that is not put up by somebody else, I'll post it at the end.

chips1234

id say you have 100% seen this but remember the titans with denzel washington obv

Lirange

Paper Lion

mikemac

Not a film but I loved The Blind Side, a book by Michael Lewis.
Get it as an audiobook

Friday Night Lights, the film.

The series is a kind of teen drama, it's decent imo.

SantryRed

Gridiron Gang or whatever it's called. That's decent.

Sea Devils

North Dallas Forty
All the Right Moves
The Program
Neccessary Roughness

All are decent in their own right:)

uberwolf

after remember the titans, varsity blues is good

tallaghtoutlaws

The Express only just out story of Ernie Davis very decent.
Any Given Sunday
The Replacements
The Waterboy
Wild Cats
Rudy
Longest Yard Original
Longest Yard
Invincible
We Are Marshall

ReacherCreature

Friday Night Lights is my favourite one.

kev_s88

named all the ones i know anyways

davyjose

Varsity Blues FTW

seanybiker

There is an ould one with kris kristoferson and burt reynolds in it. Cant remember the name but its good.

tallaghtoutlaws

seanybiker wrote: »

There is an ould one with kris kristoferson and burt reynolds in it. Cant remember the name but its good.

The Longest yard has burt reynolds as for Kris Kristofferson cant remember if he was in that movie though. Maybe as a cameo.

Edit: looked through my collection and imdb. Semi Tough is the name. Ok movie.

Rented Mule

seanybiker wrote: »

There is an ould one with kris kristoferson and burt reynolds in it. Cant remember the name but its good.

Kristoferson was not in The Longest Yard but it is a classic film.

Rudy is a personal favourite of mine having grown up on the Southside of Chicago.

Keeping with that tradtion, I also have to add Knute Rockne All American and Brian's Song to the list.

Indie18

Remember the titans is probably the best american football movie going. I liked Any Given Sunday as well. The Grid Iron Gang was good too.

cossy09

Two for the Money with Pacino and McConaghy I really enjoyed. Its more about gambling on US sports but worth a watch

Go Cards:):)

seanybiker

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

The Longest yard has burt reynolds as for Kris Kristofferson cant remember if he was in that movie though. Maybe as a cameo.

Edit: looked through my collection and imdb. Semi Tough is the name. Ok movie.

Never said he was lol:P
Ya got it right in the end.
I enjoyed Semi tough, wasnt excellent or anything but a good laugh all the same .

tallaghtoutlaws

seanybiker wrote: »

Never said he was lol:P
Ya got it right in the end.
I enjoyed Semi tough, wasnt excellent or anything but a good laugh all the same .

I didnt say you did either I was thinking out loud :D

seanybiker

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

I didnt say you did either I was thinking out loud :D

I quoted wrong person, twas person after you said he wasnt in Longest yard, I was hingking to meself, Erm I know that already, what ya quoting me for haha.

should have getting all narky and saying that ould burt was in more than one movie but didnt, holy crap batman, didnt see smoky and the bandit in ages. To rent or torrent hehe.

yerayeah

Friday Night Lights is my favourite one, liked the first series of the tv show as well, I suppose I should buy the book to complete the set! Came across Remember the Titans on tv a few weeks ago, good show but it has it's fair share of corny moments. My other favourite would be any given sunday.

Peyton Manning

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

yerayeah

Forrest Gump!!:D

Hazys

mikemac wrote: »

Not a film but I loved The Blind Side, a book by Michael Lewis.
Get it as an audiobook

Friday Night Lights, the film.

The series is a kind of teen drama, it's decent imo.

The Blind Side is an excellent book. I love the Friday Night Lights tv show also.

I saw "The Express" a couple of nights ago. A poorly acted and directed movie if your a movie buff, but the story of Ernie Davies is excellent.

If you are looking for football shows to watch, id recomend Playmakers or Hard Knocks. They may be hard to get your hands onthem if you want to get them legally .

RichTea

Jerry Maguire!


We Are Marshall is pretty good too.

davyjose

Yeah Jerry Maguire was great.

If it's a dedicated Football Movie you want, you can't look past Any Given Sunday though. Class!

kmart6

RichTea wrote: »

Jerry Maguire!


We Are Marshall is pretty good too.

We Are Marshal is a great movie!!!!

davyjose

Almost Forgot

eagle eye

Ok, the one that nobody mentioned so far is Leatherheads. Its ok.

What about documentaries, anyone?

TheHeadhunter

Great movie you have to see is Junction Boys its about the tough football camp in texas run by Paul Bear Bryant. It's a great watch.

jamsieboy86

North Dallas Forty is my favorite, shows a very gritty harsh side of the game.

ditpoker

we are... MARSHALL
quality..

Someone mentioned the blind side on audio book.. i have "The Greatest Game Ever Played" on audio book, would be willing to trade... http://www.amazon.com/Best-Game-Ever-Giants-Modern/dp/1423367928/ref=ed_oe_a

mikemac

ditpoker wrote: »

Someone mentioned the blind side on audio book.. i have "The Greatest Game Ever Played" on audio book, would be willing to trade... http://www.amazon.com/Best-Game-Ever-Giants-Modern/dp/1423367928/ref=ed_oe_a

Twas me and that's a deal!
Pm me

kryogen

dont think i have anything new to add,

my own personal faves are

Remember the Titans
Any Given Sunday
Friday Night Lights
We are Marshall
Invincible (dont think that was mentioned)

ascanbe

No expert on American football but would recommend, for anyone who hasn't seen it, searching out All the right moves. Think someone mentioned it here already.
Kind of a lost classic if you ask me. Based on high school football in a Pennsylvania steel mining town that's seen better days. Really captures the atmosphere. Also, though as i said i'm no expert, think the football scenes are pretty realistic.
Oh and it's one of Tom Cruise's earliest films. Know he polarises opinions but if you don't like him don't let that put you off. He's excellent in this.