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1. Bottoms (2023)
R | 91 min | Comedy
Two unpopular queer high-school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.
Director: Emma Seligman | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Ruby Cruz, Havana Rose Liu
Votes: 41,359
2. Varsity Blues (1999)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.
Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester
Votes: 49,038 | Gross: $52.89M
3. Against All Odds (1984)
R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras
Votes: 13,653 | Gross: $25.10M
4. Flash Gordon (1980)
PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol
Votes: 61,500
5. Draft Day (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Sport
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.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Kevin Costner, Chadwick Boseman, Jennifer Garner, Frank Langella
Votes: 66,901 | Gross: $28.83M
6. The Longest Yard (2005)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport
Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.
Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, Nelly
Votes: 194,993 | Gross: $158.12M
7. Rudy (1993)
PG | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Rudy has always been told that he was too small to play college football. But he is determined to overcome the odds and fulfill his dream of playing for Notre Dame.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Greta Lind
Votes: 69,049 | Gross: $22.75M
8. The Last Picture Show (1971)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
In 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson
Votes: 52,359 | Gross: $29.13M
9. Summer School (1987)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Freddy the gym teacher has to teach remedial English in summer (high) school, if he wants tenure. As he can only teach gym and his students want fun, emphasis is on "field trips" - until he's fired unless all his students pass the test.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Patrick Labyorteaux
Votes: 22,113 | Gross: $35.66M
10. 80 for Brady (2023)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A group of friends made it their life-long mission to go to the Super Bowl and meet NFL superstar Tom Brady.
Director: Kyle Marvin | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field
Votes: 11,513
11. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The world-famous singing preteen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, David Cross, Justin Long
Votes: 54,469 | Gross: $219.61M
12. American Underdog (2021)
PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of NFL MVP and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who went from stocking shelves at a supermarket to becoming an American Football star.
Directors: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | Stars: Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Hayden Zaller, Ser'Darius Blain
Votes: 23,470
13. The Game Plan (2007)
PG | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
An NFL quarterback living the bachelor lifestyle discovers that he has an 8-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
Director: Andy Fickman | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Pettis, Roselyn Sanchez
Votes: 100,314 | Gross: $90.65M
14. All the Right Moves (1983)
R | 91 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
An ambitious young football star is trapped in a dying mill town--unless his gridiron skills can win him a way out.
Director: Michael Chapman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, Craig T. Nelson, Charles Cioffi
Votes: 20,390 | Gross: $17.23M
15. Home Team (2022)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Sport
New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton coaches his son's 6th-grade football team while he is being suspended for the entire 2012 season as a result of his role in the Saints' Bountygate scandal.
Directors: Charles Kinnane, Daniel Kinnane | Stars: Kevin James, Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider, Jackie Sandler
Votes: 22,044
16. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Russell M. Haeuser, Val Kilmer
Votes: 80,881 | Gross: $1.70M
17. Johnny Be Good (1988)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Sport
Johnny's the top high-school football player and many colleges want him. His girlfriend, coach and best friend want him in the college, serving themselves most.
Director: Bud S. Smith | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman
Votes: 7,370 | Gross: $17.55M
18. Student Bodies (1981)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A serial killer with his signature heavy breathing proceeds to systematically kill the students and teachers of Lamab high school.
Directors: Mickey Rose, Michael Ritchie | Stars: Kristen Riter, Matthew Goldsby, Jerry Belson, Joe Flood
Votes: 5,360 | Gross: $5.17M
19. The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
R | 104 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.
Directors: Katt Shea, Robert Mandel | Stars: Emily Bergl, Jason London, Dylan Bruno, J. Smith-Cameron
Votes: 17,886 | Gross: $17.76M
20. Wildcats (1986)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Sport
A rookie high school football coach has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner city team into shape.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively, Brandy Gold
Votes: 14,606 | Gross: $26.29M
21. Brian's Song (1971 TV Movie)
G | 73 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
Director: Buzz Kulik | Stars: James Caan, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Warden, Bernie Casey
Votes: 8,858
22. Shocker (1989)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Michael Murphy, Mitch Pileggi, John Tesh, Heather Langenkamp
Votes: 17,704 | Gross: $16.55M
23. Untold (2021– )
TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Tales from the world of sports never heard before.
Stars: Tim Tebow, Urban Meyer, Brandon James, Pat Dooley
Votes: 8,961
24. Safety (2020)
PG | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
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.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Jay Reeves, Javien Jackson, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Corinne Foxx
Votes: 4,763
25. Quarterback (2023– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Documentary, Sport
It showcases Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota over the course of the 2022 season.
Stars: Patrick Mahomes, Brittany Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, Marcus Mariota
Votes: 4,313
26. Fantasy Football (2022)
TV-PG | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Family
A daughter discovers she can magically control the performance of her football-playing father through her gaming console.
Director: Anton Cropper | Stars: Marsai Martin, Estella Kahiha, Rudie Bolton, Omari Hardwick
Votes: 646
27. Miami Rhapsody (1995)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Gwyn begins doubting her "yes" to Matt's wedding proposal, when she hears about her parents' and brother's adultery.
Director: David Frankel | Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Mia Farrow, Antonio Banderas, Gil Bellows
Votes: 3,521 | Gross: $5.22M
28. John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
96 min | Comedy
A former Notre Dame football star crash lands over a mythical Arabian country while on spy mission to the USSR. He is then forced by the football-obsessed king of that country to coach their football team .
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov, Richard Crenna, Jim Backus
Votes: 759
29. Catching Faith (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family, Sport
From the outside, Alexa has the perfect life. Her son is the high-school football star, her daughter a straight-A student, and her husband the CFO of a booming start-up company. But her ... See full summary »
Director: John K.D. Graham | Stars: Lorena Segura York, Garrett Westton, Bill Engvall, Alexandra Boylan
Votes: 528
30. Hawks (1988)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.
Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Anthony Edwards, Janet McTeer, Camille Coduri
Votes: 1,217
31. Catching Faith 2 (2019)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Family, Sport
The Taylor family struggles with drama and heartbreak as they face a football injury, an illness, and a career change, all while planning a wedding.
Director: John K.D. Graham | Stars: Bill Engvall, Erin Ross, Denise Morris, Lorena Segura York
Votes: 113
32. Pigs vs. Freaks (1982 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Lowry | Stars: Eugene Roche, Grant Goodeve, Adam Baldwin, Penny Peyser
Votes: 94
33. Maybe It's Love (1930)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) to individually flirt with an entire team of All-American football players, in order to entice them... See full summary »
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, James Hall, Laura Lee
Votes: 356
34. Madden NFL 12 (2011 Video Game)
E | Sport
Director: Blade Zavier | Stars: Cris Collinsworth, Gus Johnson, Hope Bromley, Kevin Dusinberre
Votes: 219
35. Madden NFL 21 (2020 Video Game)
Sport
A new installment to the Madden NFL video game franchise.
Director: Michael Young | Stars: Cooper Andrews, Nick Apostolides, Jasmeet Baduwalia, Michael Beach
Votes: 327
36. Untitled Keanon Lowe Project
Biography, Drama, Sport | Pre-production
Based on the inspiring life story of wide receptor and football coach Keanon Lowe, who came into the spotlight after disarming a student at the school where he was coaching.
37. Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011 Video Game)
E | Action, Family, Sport
Play through different types of sport using the kinect.
Directors: Greg B. Jones, James D. Mortellaro | Stars: Jade Alexander, Manpreet Bachu, Chris Brandon, Sophia Christaloudu
Votes: 97
38. The Lost Special (1932)
Approved | 240 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.
Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Frank Albertson, Ernie Nevers, Cecilia Parker, Francis Ford
Votes: 50
39. Red Bull: The Gamebreaker (2012– )
24 min | Sport
Looks inside the American high school football culture, like you've never seen before.
Stars: Reggie Bush, DeMarcus Ware, Ryan Mundy
40. Madden NFL 20 (2019 Video Game)
Sport
Madden NFL 20 is an American football video game based on the National Football League, developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts.
Stars: Randall J. Bacon, Josh Banks, Rickey Eugene Brown, Charles Davis
Votes: 264
41. Blood Equity (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary
Explores the dark side of America's biggest blood sport - and the players who give their lives to it. Three time Super Bowl Champion Roman Phifer produced this film that focuses on the ... See full summary »
Director: Michael R. Felix | Stars: Mike Ditka, Harry Carson, Willie Wood, Tony Dorsett
Votes: 27
42. Madden NFL 13 (2012 Video Game)
E | Sport
Popular video game for all consoles of the NFL, where you can be a player, be an owner a coach, or just play a normal match against the CPU.
Director: Jeremy Wabiszczewicz | Stars: Phil Simms, Jim Nantz, Kevin Dusinberre
Votes: 179
43. Madden NFL 16 (2015 Video Game)
E | Sport
Madden 16 is the continuation of the Madden franchise. In this game, you can play as your favorite team, build a team in ultimate team mode, and even play as your very own player!
Stars: Mandell Frazier, Art Kulik, Marcus Natividad, Tony Scarpelos
Votes: 240
45.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode:
Legacy of Terror
(1975)
TV-PG | 50 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Carl Kolchak investigates Chicago citizens having their hearts cut out by Aztecs.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Ramon Bieri, Pippa Scott
Votes: 440
46.
Bewitched (1964–1972)
Episode:
Pleasure O'Riley
(1965)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A model named Pleasure O'Riley moves in next door who is hiding from her former boyfriend.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, George Tobias
Votes: 388
47.
The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode:
Faith Off
(2000)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
Bart is led to believe he has special healing powers after a tent revival.
Directors: Jim Reardon, Nancy Kruse | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 1,968
48.
20 to 1 (2005–2019)
Episode:
Tears and Tantrums
(2006)
Documentary
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Ron Casey, Dennis Conner, Bert Newton
49.
30 for 30 (2009– )
Episode:
The U
(2009)
TV-G | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, History
After years of indifferent results, new coach Howard Schnellenberger revitalizes the University of Miami's football program by introducing fresh blood and fresh attitude into the team.
Director: Billy Corben | Stars: Billy Corben, John Green, Luther Campbell, Tolbert Bain
Votes: 1,839
50.
New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
Episode:
Cal-umbus/Porky Pigskin
(2020)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Adventure
Cal-umbus discovers the New World, finds Bugs there and tries to eat him. / Porky tries out for his favorite football team, the Fightin Foghorns, in a spoof of Rudy (1993).
Director: Erik Knutson | Stars: Sean Astin, Eric Bauza, Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman
Votes: 8