Best Football movies of 2000s

Actors : Henry Goodman, David Roper, Jimmy Reddington, Colm Meaney,
Directors : Tom Hooper,

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.

Actors : Derek Luke, Jay Hernandez, Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black,
Directors : Peter Berg,

Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.

Actors : Quinton Aaron, Tim McGraw, Sandra Bullock, Jae Head,
Directors : John Lee Hancock,

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.

Actors : Greg Kinnear, Kevin Conway, Mark Wahlberg, Elizabeth Banks,
Directors : Ericson Core,

Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.

Actors : Nelly, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler,
Directors : Peter Segal,

Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.

Actors : Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Denzel Washington, Will Patton,
Directors : Boaz Yakin,

The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.

Actors : Matthew McConaughey, David Strathairn, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie,
Directors : McG,

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.

Actors : Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Armand Assante,
Directors : D.J. Caruso,

After suffering a career-ending knee injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renowned touts in the sports-gambling business.

Actors : Leon Rippy, Xzibit, Dwayne Johnson, L. Scott Caldwell,
Directors : Phil Joanou,

Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

Actors : Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Orlando Jones, Keanu Reeves,
Directors : Howard Deutch,

During a pro football strike, the owners hire substitute players.

Actors : Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Marc Warren, Claire Forlani,
Directors : Lexi Alexander,

A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.

Actors : Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Leonardo Guerra, Anna Friel,
Directors : Danny Cannon,

The extremely talented Santiago Munez is given a chance at professional football, after being spotted by a scout who has ties with Newcastle United.

Actors : Shannen Fields, Jason McLeod, Erin Bethea, Alex Kendrick,
Directors : Alex Kendrick,

A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.

Actors : Madison Pettis, Roselyn Sanchez, Kyra Sedgwick, Dwayne Johnson,
Directors : Andy Fickman,

An NFL quarterback living the bachelor lifestyle discovers that he has an 8-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.

Actors : Rob Brown, Clancy Brown, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Gary Fleder,

A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

Actors : David Morse, Clea DuVall, Ryan Gosling, David Cale,

A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

Actors : Robert Ri'chard, Carl Weathers, David Koechner, Melora Hardin,
Directors : Tom Brady,

A comedy that spoofs the inspirational sports movies, The Comebacks tells the story of an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields, who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is...

Actors : Sean Astin, Gary Cole, Sean Faris, Penn Badgley,
Directors : Ryan Little,

A rugby player is put up in a juvenile detention center. There he plays for the Highland Rugby team and ultimately plays against his father in the National Championships.

Actors : Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Andy Gray, Finlay MacDonald,
Directors : Michael Corrente,

Gordon McLeod is the manager of a second tier Scottish football team. Faced with pressure from his American owner, he is forced to bring on a marquee player to improve the fortunes of the ...

Actors : Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer, Frank Harper, Roland Manookian,
Directors : Nick Love,

An insight on the gritty life of a bored male, Chelsea football hooligan who lives for violence, sex, drugs & alcohol.