What Is The Best Football Movie??

[CZAR]

U only get one vote so make it count. There are alot of great films here. One of the better sport movies genres. I pretty much listed what I felt was needed. Again mostly modern films and majority if not all 70's and up. If u feel a movie is not there and its your pick then just post the name. Also list your fav if different then your vote and also list the worst you've seen. My thoughts:

Best: Remember the Titans

Favorite: Remember the Titans & Gridiron Gang

Worst: Jerry Maguire

Got Em!!

[tbizzle]

I love Remember the Titans. Other than that, I'm not really into football movies, although Rudy was pretty good

[Hellion]

Necessary Roughness

[jhiggy23]

poll?

agree about necessary roughness, i love that movie

[jhiggy23]

i voted for Rudy...never gets old to me. Good list Czar, I think you got pretty much all the ones that should be on there, even some that are not football movies (school ties, for example)

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

i voted for Rudy...never gets old to me. Good list Czar, I think you got pretty much all the ones that should be on there, even some that are not football movies (school ties, for example)

It qualifies as a football movie! Some are more based on actual football then others but its about football. I almost 2nd guess putting The Last Boy Scout on there as it is more of a cop movie with football in it. But I listed it anyway! Got Em!!

[koontz1973]

Victory (1981)

Now that's a football movie with some of the greatest players ever to play the game.

[ScarredLungs]

Remember the Titans

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

It qualifies as a football movie! Some are more based on actual football then others but its about football. I almost 2nd guess putting The Last Boy Scout on there as it is more of a cop movie with football in it. But I listed it anyway! Got Em!!

School Ties is not a football movie Czar! The movie is about anti-semitism in a private school!

[andyman1970]

Friday Night Lights is my fav.

Also enjoy All the Right Moves, Remember the Titans, We are Marshall and North Dallas Forty. Both versions of The Longest Yard are pretty good as well.

[Iron-Blu-123]

Remember the Titans

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by koontz1973

Victory (1981)

Now that's a football movie with some of the greatest players ever to play the game.

U mean Futbol!! Got Em!!

Originally Posted by jhiggy23

School Ties is not a football movie Czar! The movie is about anti-semitism in a private school!

David Greene (Fraser) is a working-class Jewish teenager from Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1955, who is given an unusual football scholarship to become the school's starting quarterback at an exclusive Massachusetts Protestant prep school, St. Matthew's, or St. Matt's.

In this film about coming of age and prejudice, Greene's Jewish heritage is first insulted outside a hometown hangout and he challenges the bigoted biker who insulted him, leading to a fight where David beats up the biker. It is after this that his father (Ed Lauter) tells him that he "can't fight his way through life like this" even if his Jewish background is denigrated; this is, after all, his big chance to go to Harvard.

Greene is exposed to prejudice from his first day at his new school. His new football coach, Coach McDevitt, drives him onto the campus. His coach, awkwardly asks about any special "dietary" needs David might have, presumably because of his Jewish background and stresses to not to tell the other boys any more about himself than he has to. When he meets the "other big men on campus" - Dillon, Connors, Van Kelt and Reece (his roommate) - he becomes aware of their feelings towards Jews in a conversation about team follower McGivern's new hi-fi that McGivern bought when he "Jewed down" the seller from $40 to $30.

Greene finds his faith tested when he attends Protestant chapel and when he must choose between going to temple for Rosh Hashanah as his father wishes and playing football. He copes with this second challenge by playing the game where he establishes himself as the team's leader and throws a long touchdown pass late in the 4th quarter to give St. Matt's a 13-7 win in the game, and later that night reciting Jewish prayers in the chapel in honor of Rosh Hashanah. Dr. Bartram, the headmaster, catches him in the chapel after lights out and asks him if winning the big game was worth "breaking a tradition" to which Greene responds "My tradition or yours?"


There u go! Got Em!!

[Mr.White]

Where's M*A*S*H dude? The football game is a big part of the film!

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by CZAR

U mean Futbol!! Got Em!!




David Greene (Fraser) is a working-class Jewish teenager from Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1955, who is given an unusual football scholarship to become the school's starting quarterback at an exclusive Massachusetts Protestant prep school, St. Matthew's, or St. Matt's.

In this film about coming of age and prejudice, Greene's Jewish heritage is first insulted outside a hometown hangout and he challenges the bigoted biker who insulted him, leading to a fight where David beats up the biker. It is after this that his father (Ed Lauter) tells him that he "can't fight his way through life like this" even if his Jewish background is denigrated; this is, after all, his big chance to go to Harvard.

Greene is exposed to prejudice from his first day at his new school. His new football coach, Coach McDevitt, drives him onto the campus. His coach, awkwardly asks about any special "dietary" needs David might have, presumably because of his Jewish background and stresses to not to tell the other boys any more about himself than he has to. When he meets the "other big men on campus" - Dillon, Connors, Van Kelt and Reece (his roommate) - he becomes aware of their feelings towards Jews in a conversation about team follower McGivern's new hi-fi that McGivern bought when he "Jewed down" the seller from $40 to $30.

Greene finds his faith tested when he attends Protestant chapel and when he must choose between going to temple for Rosh Hashanah as his father wishes and playing football. He copes with this second challenge by playing the game where he establishes himself as the team's leader and throws a long touchdown pass late in the 4th quarter to give St. Matt's a 13-7 win in the game, and later that night reciting Jewish prayers in the chapel in honor of Rosh Hashanah. Dr. Bartram, the headmaster, catches him in the chapel after lights out and asks him if winning the big game was worth "breaking a tradition" to which Greene responds "My tradition or yours?"


There u go! Got Em!!

haha have you actually seen the movie Czar? I have, about 10 times. It is most certainly not a football movie. Does it have *some* football in it, yes, but not very much at all. But hey, thanks for the wikipedia summary

I wasn't trying to criticize you though, I actually think you've gotten all the necessary films on the list--you did a good job with that. This all goes back to endless discussion about what genre a particular film might be, a la Alien. A lot of films are more than one genre. However, School Ties is a straight drama, not a football film. But back to the poll!

[Travis]

Any Given Sunday

Love seeing LT and Jim Brown on screen, lends a level of authenticty to it all. Olvier Stone is great and the camera work was awesome.

Worst: Facing the Giants, it is a bible camp movie first, football movie scond. And the acting is terrble. It was the most painful movie I've ever seen.

[koontz1973]

Originally Posted by CZAR

U mean Futbol!! Got Em!!

There u go! Got Em!!

I mean FOOTBALL, not that watered down version of rugby that you Americans play.

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Travis

Any Given Sunday

Love seeing LT and Jim Brown on screen, lends a level of authenticty to it all. Olvier Stone is great and the camera work was awesome.

Worst: Facing the Giants, it is a bible camp movie first, football movie scond. And the acting is terrble. It was the most painful movie I've ever seen.

I know a lot of ppl don't like Any Given Sunday, but I definitely do. Pacino's half-time speech is as good as sports speeches come.

[Mr.White]

Originally Posted by Travis

Any Given Sunday

Love seeing LT and Jim Brown on screen, lends a level of authenticty to it all. Olvier Stone is great and the camera work was awesome.

Worst: Facing the Giants, it is a bible camp movie first, football movie scond. And the acting is terrble. It was the most painful movie I've ever seen.

Facing the Giants was a great film IMO, considering it was made for only $100,000.

[Travis]

Brian's Song '71 or '01? I'm guessing it is '71.

[jhiggy23]

I've gotta admit, although I think Rudy is the best on the list, I really do have a soft spot for Necessary Roughness. Kathy Ireland as the kicker? A ninja as a wideout? Love it.