Best Football Movie

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Sonny Started it, and rather than flame his thread about which is the best football movie, lets hash it out here.

My top 5

  1. Friday Night Lights

  2. Remember the Titans

  3. The Longest Yard

  4. All the Right Moves

  5. Waterboy

I was like 17 when The Program came out and remember being stoked when I saw it back then, lots of big hits, Lattimer Painting his face and all juiced up, etc. But when I saw it not too long ago it didn’t hold up.

GAINER

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Best Football movie is Rudy.

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[quote]elevationgain wrote:
Sonny Started it, and rather than flame his thread about which is the best football movie, lets hash it out here.

My top 5

  1. Friday Night Lights

  2. Remember the Titans

  3. The Longest Yard

  4. All the Right Moves

  5. Waterboy

I was like 17 when The Program came out and remember being stoked when I saw it back then, lots of big hits, Lattimer Painting his face and all juiced up, etc. But when I saw it not too long ago it didn’t hold up.

GAINER
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Awww come on! No Rudy??? Never saw Friday Night Lights (I have been meaning to read the book, which I understand to be excellent), but I liked Remember the Titans and The Longest Yard (I am horrified that they are re-making it). I still put Rudy at #1, IMO. Seriously, who didn’t get a little misty when he finally gets accepted to ND?

Kuz

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I can’t choose Rudy, just can’t…

I hear the guy still bums around South Bend in a ND jacket getting handouts at keggers…

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Agreed Rudy has to be in there somewhere.

I would also add on the Comedy end. Damn I think the title was the same as the team porttrayed. but “Wildcats” the one where Goldie Huan coaches the team. Not a bad b flick IMO. Not top 5 but worth mention.

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  1. Friday Night Lights - I’m from that general area and…well…Texas football is its own religion.

  2. Remember the Titans - Excellent football movie, but Virginia football? It joust doesn’t have the same ring to it as Texas.

  3. Rudy.

  4. Longest Yard

  5. Semi-Tough

  6. Brian’s Song - the original. I cried like a freakin baby.

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all the ones mentioned are great IMO… except Wildcats. Next we’ll be adding Backfield in Motion with Rosanne!

North Dallas Forty deserves some consideration. I also really like Little Giants!

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The Longest Yard
North Dallas Forty
Semi Tough
Rudy
Unnecessary Roughness (so-so)

Still haven’t seen Brian’s song, Remember the Titans, or Friday Nite Lights (but i have it on tape, I’ll watch it soon).

I loved the Last BoyScout, but technically its not quite a football flick.

Hmmm.,…no one’s said Waterboy. Hmmm…

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[quote]Sonny S wrote:
North Dallas Forty
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I couldn’t remember the name of that one - good call.

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  1. Friday Night Lights (my family goes way back with the Coach Gaines)

  2. Remember the Titans (made me cry)

  3. The Longest Yard

  4. North Dallas 40

  5. Any Given Sunday

Rudy’s a loser who played one pity down.

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[quote]elevationgain wrote:
I can’t choose Rudy, just can’t…

I hear the guy still bums around South Bend in a ND jacket getting handouts at keggers…

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I have the DVD and when you watch the part where the actual Daniel Ruttiger begins talking about his experience, it almost ruins the actual movie (he is so cheesy and he throws out all of these wooden cliches about following your dreams). Seriously, just enjoy the movie on its own but Rudy himself today? Yikes. It ain’t pretty.

Wildcats was good stuff! Nice call Phil. And Necessary Roughness was good in a bad movie kind of way.

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  1. Remember the Titans
  2. The Program
  3. Friday Night Lights
  4. Dazed and Confused! Hey its sort of about football
  5. Varsity Blues (I loved the part about the chick falling out of the I suck your dick tree and hitting every branch on the way down)
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I recommend the books North Dallas 40 and Semi Tough. Easy to read and really funny.

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I can’t believe Any Given Sunday was only mentioned once so far. That movie ruled.

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I’m gonna catch hell for this one - but I really liked “The Replacements” I know it had Keanu Reeves in it - but the chicks were pretty hot.

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I liked Junction Boys better than Any Given Sunday and I thought Junction Boys was only so-so…

North Dallas Forty is definitely worth mentioning as well, can’t believe I overlooked that one.

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I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again…Any Given Sunday ruled…I mean, come on, Al Pacino, Oliver Stone, Cameron Diaz, what more could you ask for?

I’ll second the Replacements even with Keanu in it. It was pretty good and the hot chicks helped.

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Wow those are all pretty recent movies (unless you meant the original The Longest Yard)
No one mentioned yet:

Knute Rockne: All American

No one remembers “Win one for the Gipper?”

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You guys are forgetting what may very well be not only the best football movie of all time but also the best sports movie of all time: “Little Giants”. Well, maybe it’s not the VERY best, but it should be on the list somewhere.

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[quote]chrisb71 wrote:
Wow those are all pretty recent movies (unless you meant the original The Longest Yard)
No one mentioned yet:

Knute Rockne: All American

No one remembers “Win one for the Gipper?”
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Haven’t caught that one yet. If I see it I’ll make sure to watch it