Critically acclaimed Football movies

Safety(2020)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 50

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.



A Shot at Glory(2000)

Combined Rating:
39
Combined Critics Rating: 47

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 ...



All the Right Moves(1983)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 47

A high school football player desperate for a scholarship and his headstrong coach clash in a dying Pennsylvania steel town.



My All-American(2015)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 41

Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.



Intramural(2014)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 40

With marriage, graduation, and the real world looming on the horizon, fifth year senior Caleb Fuller reassembles the ol' team of misfits for one last epic run in Intramural football.



Woodlawn(2015)

Combined Rating:
40
Combined Critics Rating: 39

A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.



23 Blast(2014)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 38

When a high school football star is suddenly stricken with irreversible total blindness, he must decide whether to live a safe handicapped life or bravely return to the life he once knew and the sport he still loves.



Facing the Giants(2006)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 36

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



The Comebacks(2007)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 33

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...



Forever Strong(2008)

Combined Rating:
41
Combined Critics Rating: 33

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.



Turkey Bowl(2011)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 33

A group of friends gather to play an annual game of touch football.



The Express(2008)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 29

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



Greater(2016)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 29

The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.



Hooligans(2005)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 28

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



Under the Stadium Lights(2021)

Combined Rating:
20
Combined Critics Rating: 28

Brother's Keeper is a true story about the '09 Abilene High School Football team.



Home Team(2022)

Combined Rating:
42
Combined Critics Rating: 28

The story about New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton coaching his son's 6th grade football team, when Payton was suspended for the entire 2012 season as a result of his role in the Saints' Bountygate scandal.



Goal!(2005)

Combined Rating:
47
Combined Critics Rating: 27

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



Rudy(1993)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 24

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.



The Game Plan(2007)

Combined Rating:
44
Combined Critics Rating: 22

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



Everybody's All-American(1988)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A Louisiana football legend struggles to deal with life's complexities after his college career is over.




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