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81
7.7
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76
/290/
74
/82/
3.9
/3900/
96
/100/
89
/213/
71
/29/
cc age 11+

Undefeated (2011)
Set against the backdrop of a high school football season, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s documentary UNDEFEATED is an intimate chronicle of three underprivileged student-athletes from inner-city Memphis and the volunteer coach trying to help them beat the odds on and off the field. For players and coaches alike, the season will be not only about winning games — it will be about how they grapple with the unforeseeable events that are part of football and part of life.
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79
77
7.5
/13970/
73
/296/
69
/237/
3.8
/11305/
97
/31/
86
/362/
83
/11/
cc age 8+

Horse Feathers (1932)
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
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AMC
77
7.5
/73241/
75
/1864/
73
/721/
3.6
/60117/
80
/49/
90
/5400/
71
/22/
cc age 11+

Rudy (1993)
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems. His grades were a little low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of 5 people and has set his sights upon joining the team.
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MGM Plus
76
7.2
/69936/
73
/1793/
69
/608/
3.6
/40076/
82
/170/
85
/6941/
70
/35/
cc age 14+

Friday Night Lights (2004)
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.
poster
75
7.3
/305312/
73
/7231/
69
/3532/
3.6
/281982/
84
/89/
79
/11168/
77
/28/
cc age 17+

Jerry Maguire (1996)
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
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Disney Plus
74
7.8
/245602/
78
/6269/
76
/2823/
3.9
/261171/
72
/137/
93
/23310/
48
/32/
cc age 10+

Remember the Titans (2000)
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.
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Hulu
73
7.0
/78518/
73
/2234/
70
/992/
3.2
/37063/
71
/136/
73
/3839/
63
/28/
cc age 10+

Invincible (2006)
Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public consensus was that it was a waste of time – no one good enough to play professional football was going to be found this way.
poster
71
6.9
/25208/
67
/588/
66
/426/
3.4
/18954/
84
/50/
69
/388/
72
/10/
cc age 12+

Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
poster
71
7.6
/381732/
78
/11975/
76
/6659/
3.4
/418650/
66
/204/
85
/19479/
53
/29/
cc age 11+

The Blind Side (2009)
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.
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Hulu
70
7.1
/27514/
74
/1893/
71
/396/
3.1
/25805/
75
/69/
98
/1617/
53
/14/
cc age 10+

American Underdog (2021)
The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
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Kanopy
70
7.2
/10697/
74
/607/
72
/260/
3.3
/6631/
64
/72/
97
/442/
58
/17/
cc age 14+

Brian Banks (2019)
An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
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The Roku Channel
74
70
7.5
/9435/
73
/254/
72
/89/
3.5
/5259/
85
/13/
82
/363/
62
/4/
cc age 10+

Brian's Song (1971)
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
7.1
/22807/
69
/535/
67
/307/
3.4
/13082/
76
/37/
75
/1423/
61
/7/
cc age 16+

The Longest Yard (1974)
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
poster
69
7.2
/23443/
74
/656/
71
/277/
3.4
/6344/
63
/118/
75
/1142/
58
/27/
cc age 12+

The Express (2008)
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
poster
69
6.5
/8291/
73
/766/
69
/198/
3.1
/3269/
79
/14/
80
/379/
57
/4/
cc age 10+

Woodlawn (2015)
Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s. A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
7.3
/9824/
79
/1324/
71
/110/
3.4
/9929/
73
/15/
85
/257/
35
/4/
cc age 12+

Greater (2016)
The incredible true story of the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.
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Disney Plus
68
6.8
/5366/
73
/507/
75
/196/
3.1
/7275/
78
/41/
78
/52/
55
/9/
cc age 11+

Safety (2020)
The story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey, a freshman football player for Clemson University, who secretly raised his younger brother on campus after his home life became too unsteady.
poster
67
7.1
/104039/
74
/6831/
71
/2655/
3.2
/44752/
58
/205/
74
/1081/
55
/39/
cc age 13+

Concussion (2015)
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
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Paramount+ Amazon Channel
66
5.9
/13723/
65
/1034/
62
/183/
2.9
/41797/
59
/135/
89
/2225/
52
/35/
cc age 13+

80 for Brady (2023)
Four lifelong friends set out on an unforgettable journey to see their hero Tom Brady play in Super Bowl LI and witness one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, discovering that it's never too late to live life to the fullest. Inspired by a true story.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
66
6.9
/9828/
73
/696/
71
/246/
3.2
/5694/
62
/85/
98
/334/
44
/14/
cc age 13+

12 Mighty Orphans (2021)
Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
65
7.1
/67206/
73
/1694/
68
/758/
3.3
/24438/
48
/126/
79
/6741/
53
/31/
cc age 9+

We Are Marshall (2006)
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.
poster
65
6.9
/130203/
71
/2953/
68
/1734/
3.4
/53922/
51
/125/
73
/3419/
52
/33/
cc age 15+

Any Given Sunday (1999)
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
64
6.5
/8134/
68
/390/
62
/183/
3.1
/6931/
69
/39/
48
/42/

Paterno (2018)
After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure regarding the victims.
poster
fuboTV
64
6.9
/82101/
71
/1684/
70
/1051/
3.3
/25931/
44
/101/
81
/8440/
52
/25/
cc age 14+

Gridiron Gang (2006)
Under the leadership of their counselor, teenagers at a juvenile detention center gain self-esteem by playing football together. Based on a true story.
poster
63
6.5
/12135/
69
/272/
64
/100/
3.1
/4594/
43
/21/
80
/492/
51
/20/

The Program (1993)
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.
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Netflix
62
6.9
/46539/
71
/1539/
73
/805/
3.1
/32540/
34
/119/
79
/4490/
38
/32/
cc age 11+

Radio (2003)
In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nicknamed Radio near his practice field and is inspired to befriend him. Soon, Radio is Jones' loyal assistant, and he becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School. But things start to sour when Coach Jones begins taking guff from parents and fans who feel that his devotion to Radio is getting in the way of the team's quest for a championship.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
6.8
/72078/
71
/3166/
67
/972/
3.1
/62004/
60
/159/
65
/1396/
54
/33/
cc age 14+

Draft Day (2014)
At the NFL Draft, general manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he's willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.
poster
Netflix
61
5.7
/34234/
63
/1026/
59
/555/
3.0
/25324/
62
/143/
58
/5714/
61
/33/
cc age 14+

Blue Crush (2002)
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves and count the days until the Pipe Masters competition. Having transplanted herself to Hawaii with no one's blessing but her own, Anne Marie finds all she needs in the adrenaline-charged surf scene - until pro quarterback Matt Tollman comes along...
poster
59
6.0
/21788/
62
/497/
58
/286/
2.9
/12407/
61
/23/
40
/267/
62
/7/
cc age 17+

All the Right Moves (1983)
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
poster
Hoopla
59
6.5
/51945/
68
/1332/
61
/445/
3.1
/30961/
46
/57/
76
/3283/
50
/20/
cc age 15+

Varsity Blues (1999)
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.
poster
Netflix
59
6.4
/208033/
67
/6489/
66
/3563/
3.1
/187690/
31
/167/
62
/1313045/
48
/35/
cc age 14+

The Longest Yard (2005)
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.
poster
Hulu
58
6.5
/30464/
66
/1676/
64
/543/
3.1
/111487/
46
/170/
85
/88/
44
/42/
cc age 13+

Next Goal Wins (2023)
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
poster
The CW
58
6.0
/1868/
71
/112/
70
/64/
2.9
/683/
44
/9/
82
/159/
35
/4/
cc age 13+

Run the Race (2019)
Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glory on the football field, working to earn a college scholarship and the brothers’ ticket out of town. When a devastating injury puts Zach—and his dreams—on the sidelines, David laces up his track cleats to salvage their future and point Zach toward hope.
poster
The Roku Channel
58
6.5
/18930/
74
/540/
75
/482/
2.7
/9804/
17
/24/
85
/5253/
38
/4/
cc age 8+

Facing the Giants (2006)
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
poster
74
57
6.7
/2953/
68
/27/
62
/25/
3.3
/1176/
100
/5/
78
/60/
77
/5/

Good News (1947)
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.
poster
57
6.5
/32589/
70
/937/
64
/456/
3.2
/22398/
50
/14/
63
/1499/
cc age 10+

Little Giants (1994)
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?
poster
56
6.6
/73520/
71
/2227/
66
/1035/
3.2
/35443/
41
/106/
66
/2990/
30
/32/
cc age 14+

The Replacements (2000)
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.
poster
Disney Plus
56
5.7
/2339/
64
/78/
60
/42/
2.8
/2129/
56
/47/
52
/4/
cc age 6+

Gus (1976)
The California Atoms are in last place with no hope of moving up. But by switching the mule from team mascot to team member, (He can kick 100 yard field goals!) they start winning, and move up in the rankings, Hurrah! The competition isn't so happy.
poster
The CW
56
7.2
/8954/
75
/585/
70
/185/
3.3
/4888/
30
/43/
78
/212/
34
/16/
cc age 11+

My All American (2015)
Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.
poster
Disney Plus
56
6.2
/102800/
65
/2957/
65
/2136/
3.0
/147534/
28
/100/
69
/12132/
44
/23/
cc age 6+

The Game Plan (2007)
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child.
poster
Netflix
55
6.6
/17493/
71
/867/
67
/367/
3.0
/6010/
21
/68/
72
/655/
41
/24/
cc age 12+

When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
poster
53
6.2
/3602/
58
/54/
53
/47/
3.1
/955/
45
/31/
47
/37/

Everybody's All-American (1988)
Louisiana football star Gavin Grey had it all. He was an All-American champion who married his high-school sweetheart, homecoming queen Babs Rogers, and who was a hero to his hometown. Yet after a failed professional career, Gavin realizes that fame and success have passed him by and that he no longer is the hero everyone keeps reminding him he should still be. His dissatisfaction with his life leads to strains in his marriage, and Gavin begins to wonder who he is, if he's not a hero anymore.
poster
FXNow
52
6.2
/189511/
66
/5706/
60
/1937/
3.0
/173119/
32
/74/
71
/21521/
41
/21/
cc age 14+

The Waterboy (1998)
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
59
51
6.6
/4806/
65
/181/
64
/111/
3.1
/1031/
42
/12/
63
/106/
56
/4/
cc age 13+

Touchback (2011)
A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.
poster
MGM Plus
60
51
5.9
/3835/
61
/91/
55
/53/
3.0
/2161/
83
/12/
33
/29/
68
/8/

Semi-Tough (1977)
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.
poster
The Roku Channel
58
50
6.5
/2628/
71
/239/
67
/91/
2.8
/1442/
36
/22/
66
/57/
45
/10/
cc age 10+

23 Blast (2014)
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.
poster
Netflix
46
6.0
/23792/
64
/1507/
66
/769/
2.5
/28711/
22
/27/
63
/122/
23
/6/
cc age 10+

Home Team (2022)
Two years after a Super Bowl win when NFL head coach Sean Payton is suspended, he goes back to his hometown and finds himself reconnecting with his 12-year-old son by coaching his Pop Warner football team.
poster
Kanopy
75
45
7.3
/721/
68
/35/
69
/13/
3.4
/429/
92
/38/
77
/68/
79
/17/

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008)
Filmmaker and author Kevin Rafferty takes viewers back to 1968 to witness a legendary college football game and meet the people involved, interweaving game footage with players' reflections. The names may be familiar, but their views on the game's place in the turbulent history of the 1960s college scene add an unexpected dimension.


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