Top Ten Football Movies

OK, I admit it, the title was a little bit of a tease.  I have an idea for the spring here at CFTT, and I need your help.  I want to create the top ten football movies of all time list.  Now, I know that is a daunting task, but I believe in my friends and readers at CFTT.Premiere Of Weinstein Companys The Longshots - Arrivals

I have started by brainstorming as many movies as I possibly could.  I got help from my friend Lee Cochenour of Celebrity Book Signings and my friend at the Chili’s on University Drive in Fort Worth.

I will start by compiling a list, as many as I can come up with.  Then, we will vote on the movies.  Then, I will seed the movies for a tournament based on the number of votes each movie received.  We will then pair off the movies in a tournament format narrowing it down to the final two where one movie will be declared the top football movie of all time.

During the process, we will identify the top ten movies.

I had help compiling the list from these sites:  www.bostonbaseball.com and www.sportsinmovies.com.

Here are the movies thus far.

  1. The Express
  2. Jerry Maguire
  3. North Dallas Forty
  4. Leatherheads
  5. Semi Tough
  6. Brian’s Song
  7. Gridioron Gang
  8. The Football Factory
  9. Little Giants
  10. Gameplan
  11. Angels in the Endzone
  12. We Are Marshall
  13. Paper Lion
  14. Jim Thorpe, All American
  15. Knute Rockne, All American
  16. Necessary Roughness
  17. Varsity Blues
  18. Any Given Sunday
  19. Friday Night Lights
  20. Remember the Titans
  21. Facing the Giants
  22. Air Bud: Golden Receiver
  23. All The Right Moves
  24. The Best of Times
  25. Code Breakers
  26. Comebacks
  27. Everybody’s All-American
  28. Rudy
  29. The Longest Yard (original)
  30. Invincible
  31. Wildcats
  32. The Replacements
  33. The Junction Boys
  34. Radio
  35. Heaven Can Wait
  36. Something Can Wait
  37. The All-American
  38. Crazylegs
  39. Footsteps
  40. Full Ride
  41. Fumbleheads
  42. Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon
  43. Glory Days
  44. Gus
  45. Halfback of Notre Dame
  46. Hometown Legend
  47. Johnny Be Good
  48. The Longshots
  49. Lucas
  50. The Program
  51. Quarterback Princess
  52. Saturday’s Hero
  53. School Ties
  54. Second String
  55. The Slaughter Rule
  56. That’s My Boy
  57. Two for the Money
  58. The Waterboy
  59. The Longest Yard (new)

If I missed a movie you think should be considered, send me an email, or respond in the comments.  Thanks.

I will give everyone time to check out the movies (not literally) and decide which ones they like.  Next week, we will begin collecting votes for the movies.  The following week I will announce votes, etc.  and begin pairing off movies for the tournament.

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    May 6th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

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  2. Brendan Higgins Says:
    July 30th, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    You have the Football Factory at no.8 which is to do with soccer hooligans, so if I may, can I include The Firm (not starring Tom Cruise) from the early 80s? Gary Oldman stars in it and it’s also to do with violence.
    Another great film is Victory from 1981 starring Michael Cain and Sylvester Stallone. Pele, the true legend of soccer, was also in it.

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