Here are the best football movies of all time

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<strong>School Ties</strong>
Antisemitism is best served… on a football field! Brendan Frasier is just one of the guys, going to an Ivy League school, playin’ ball and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYh386SHVU" target="_blank">singin’ with boys in his PJs</a>.  But what Cole Hauser, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck don’t know is that Brendan Frasier is a Jew. Maturity ensues.

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<strong>The Junction Boys</strong>

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<strong>Johnny Be Good</strong>
This 80s classic stars AMH (Anthony Michael Hall), RDJ (Robert Downey Jr), a very young Uma Thurman and that hall monitor guy from the Breakfast Club.

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Jim Thorpe: All American

<strong>The Blind Side</strong>
To be honest, this movie sucked. Yea, I said it. The film portrayed Michael Oher as a jumbo moron whose super-sweet, inner-city innocence was matched only by his inability to comprehend the purpose of blocking. The whole thing just felt exploitative on too many levels. But hey, Sandra Bullock won an Academy Award for that accent, and that should count for something.

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<strong>Heaven Can Wait</strong>
It’s hard for this generation to remember what a badass Warren Beatty used to be (it’s also hard to remember that the Rams once hailed from Los Angeles). This movie has to be one of Kurt Warner’s favorites – it’s got the Rams, the romance, an injured QB, a dude who uses his millions to do the right things and lots of angels and heaven and other Christian stuff.

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<strong>Paper Lion</strong>
From 1968, Paper Lion has Alan Alda playing sportswriter George Plimpton. Plimpton’s all about writing authentic sports pieces, so he convinces the Detroit Lions to let him attend training camp. As he struggles to learn the game and not get himself killed, Plimpton must also hide his true identity as an undercover journo. Hilarity and mutual respect ensue. This film features lots of NFL players and some awesome quotes from Vince Lombardi.

<strong>Radio</strong>
Yea, Radio made the list. But why not, right? Ed Harris is a coach who really cares about football and making a difference. Cuba Gooding Jr. is a special person who loves listening to his radio and overcoming adversity. Spoiler alert: Ed Harris retires from coaching in the end, thus showing he cares more about making a difference than he does about football.

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<strong>Lucas</strong>
Lucas is Corey Haim’s hit flick about geekiness, romance and football. Haim is the weakling who can’t defend himself. Charlie Sheen is the standup captain of the football team who protects Haim. Everything changes when new girl Kerri Green arrives at school and the nerd and the jock battle for her affections.

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<strong>Jerry Maguire</strong>
This movie seems kinda dated now. Although it’s starting to be okay to like Tom Cruise movies again, it’s hard to think back to a time when Renee Zellweger was attractive and Drew Beldose was the biggest thing in the NFL. Gushy love story and annoying spiky-haired kid aside, this film is still a worthy addition to the list.

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<strong>The Waterboy</strong>
May not have much rewatchability, but this movie served its purpose. It was the gridiron Happy Gilmore, and it accomplished what it set out to do. Before The Blind Side melted people’s hearts, this film was the highest grossing sports movie of all time. Seriously.

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<strong>Little Giants</strong>
Rick Moranis, Ed O’Neil and a bunch of kids prove that when players believe in their coach, underwhelming athletic ability can defeat evil. Who said you had to be good to play football.

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<strong>Brian’s Song</strong>
This is the kinda film you watch when you need a good cry, but you can’t stand to see Demi Moore with that ridiculous haircut in Ghost. Billy Dee plays Gale Sayers and James Caan is Brian Piccolo. The two guys get along swimmingly until Piccolo finds out he’s dying, and it’s just one big, true-story downer from there.

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<strong>Friday Night Lights</strong>
Not quite as good as Varsity Blues and not as memorable as Remember the Titans, Friday Night Lights (or as it’s known in Germany, Touchdown am Freitag) is a serviceable teenage football flick that uses Billy Bob Thornton and a bunch of teenage actors I can’t remember to showcase the local obsession/expectations of a Texas High School football team in the late 80s.

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<strong>North Dallas 40</strong>
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<strong>The Last Boy Scout</strong>
Dude, the L.A. Stallions? Willis and Wayans (the good one)? Halle Berry playing a stripper? Billy Blanks shooting people on the field? This movie has it all – solid banter and one-liners from Willis and Wayans, dramatic music and ultra-violence. It’s like a lost Die Hard movie with extra football references. Well worth watching again if it’s been awhile. Best intro scene ever:

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<strong>Gridiron Gang</strong>
The Rock takes a bunch of prison punks and uses football to teach them about self-respect and responsibility. True story premise makes the stale formula a bit more inspiring.

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<strong>The Longest Yard</strong>
Yea, I know they made two of ‘em. Maybe they shouldn’t be lumped together, but Bert Reynolds appears heavily in both, so to me they’re like the same movie. The first one doesn’t have Chris Rock or Terry Crews stuffin burgers down his pants, so I think the edge goes to the remake. And good gad damn,  Courtney Cox looks way too hot in this movie.

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<strong>All the Right Moves</strong>
We’ve all faced the difficult choice of pursuing our football dreams or working in the local steel mill. Well Tom Cruise ain’t about to work in no steel mill. So instead, he uses all the right moves to show Coach Craig T. Nelson what’s what.

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<strong>We Are Marshall</strong>
Super-inspirational movie that would have been way better without McConaughey (who – spoiler alert – plays Coach Matthew McConaughey in the film). Still a crazy true story though.

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<strong>Invincible</strong>
Yea, it’s a Disney movie, but it’s got a Wahlberg brother in it so you know it’s worth watching. Greg Kinear as a young Dick Vermeil was a nice touch, too.

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<strong>The Express</strong>
Here’s another Disney movie that’s still worth your time. It’s the story of Ernie Davis, the first African American player to win the Heisman trophy. Dennis Quaid plays Syracuse coach Ben Schwartzwalder, and Saul Rubinek is good as Art Modell. Kinda ridiculous to think that the Cleveland Browns could’ve had Ernie Davis and Jim Brown in the same backfield.

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<strong>Gus</strong>
Don Knotts is the head coach of the L.A. Atoms, and only a mule from Yugoslavia named Gus can help his team’s kicking game. Gus and his loveable foreign handler Andy use long distance field goals to win their way into our hearts. Ed Asner, Dick van Patten and Tim Conway are in there too. Oy-etch!

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<strong>The Replacements</strong>
Don’t let anyone tell you this movie isn’t awesome. Johnny Utah plays Shane Falco, a washed up QB who lives on a boat, but can still fling it as a replacement player. Gene Hackman plays the coach with the straw hat who knows about heart. The underrated Brooke Langton is the hot cheerleader/bartendress who brings it all together. Hands down the best football movie with a choreographed Gloria Gaynor prison dance routine.

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<strong>Knute Rockne All American</strong>
Watch it for the Gipper!

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<strong>Any Given Sunday</strong>
Pretty sure this was Al Pacino’s last good movie. Think about it, he did pretty well with that recent HBO Jack Kevorkian thing, but Al’s made a lot of trash films over the last decade or so.

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<strong>Necessary Roughness</strong>
Fumblerooski! Back when Rob Schneider was funny, and Kathy Ireleand was a sex-symbol.

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<strong>Remember the Titans</strong>
Strong side! Weak side! Man, Hayden Pantierrie was hot in this movie! Okay, maybe that’s a bit extreme. But if playing football, singing Motown and jogging to civil war sites isn’t enough to create racial harmony in this country, I don’t know what is.

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<strong>Varsity Blues</strong>
I don’t want your liiife!

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<strong>Rudy</strong>
This movie has it all: slow hand claps; a skinny Vince Vaughn; Roc; Jon Favreau staying on set to learn about making movies; post-Goonie/pre-hobbit Sean Astin; steel workers and of course, that ultra-emotional finish. How can you not watch this film like once every five years on principle? It’s enough to make anyone want to become a highly paid motivational speaker (http://www.rudyinternational.com/).

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<strong>The Program</strong>
This film is, by far, the best football movie of all time. You’ve got the Heisman hopeful who like to live on the edge; the defensive superstar who busts his knee before getting’ paid; the juiced superfreak who doesn’t know when to chill out; <a href="http://images.askmen.com/galleries/actress/kristy-swanson/pictures/kristy-swanson-picture-1.jpg" target="_blank">Kristy friggin’ Swanson</a> in her prime and a young <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Mike Tomlin</span> Omar Epps learning how to hold on to the ball. All this and James Caan is the coach. Just a brilliant film that holds up well even 17 years after it was made.

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