American football movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant american football movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, inspirational, serious, feel good, captivating and sentimental films and TV shows about / with american football, football, coach, ambition, sport team, baseball, rivalry, football team, hopes and underdog plots mostly in Sport, Drama and Biography genres shot in USA, Germany, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as american football: Greater (2016), When the Game Stands Tall (2014), The Express (2008), My All American (2015), Underdogs (2013), Woodlawn (2015), The Program (1993), All the Right Moves (1983), Touchback (2011), All American (2018).

List of american football movies

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Greater (2016)
Genre: Biography, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Greater – The story of Brandon Burlsworth, possibly the greatest walk-on in the history of college football.
Style: captivating, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, psychological, light ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, family outing
Plot: american football, student athlete, football, christian, religion, faith, student, athlete, sport team, athlete and trainer, team, university student ...
Place: arkansas
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When the Game Stands Tall (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
Style: uplifting, captivating, exciting, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: american football, rise to the top, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, coach, ambition, small town, high school football, youth, football, sport team, christian ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 23K
The Express (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, emotional, factual, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: american football, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, biopic, mentor, friendship, courage, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, cleveland ohio
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My All American (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.
Style: tense, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing
Plot: american football, football, football team, coach, championship, bare chested male, boyfriend, underdog, father son relationship, lsd, athlete, motivation ...
Time: 60s
Place: texas, denver colorado, austin texas
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Underdogs (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set in rural Ohio, the birthplace of football, UNDERDOGS is the story of a small-town high school football team destined to play their cross-town rival, a perennial powerhouse, while standing up for an entire community.
Style: feel good, realistic, touching, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, teens
Plot: american football, cheerleader, high school football, high school, underdog, sport team, ambition, human spirit, athlete and trainer, rivalry, youth, follow your dream ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
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 8K
Woodlawn (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s.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.
Style: christian film, realistic, sincere, captivating, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing
Plot: american football, racism, faith, coach, christianity, team, motivational speaker, christian, african american, church, high school, religion ...
Time: 70s
Place: alabama, birmingham alabama
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 12K
The Program (1993)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
Style: talky, exciting, intense, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: american football, football, underdog, justice, college life, sport team, lifestyle, hopes, human spirit, love triangle, ambition, contests and competitions ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: usa
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All the Right Moves (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could ...
Style: realistic, talky, melancholic, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: american football, high school, friendship, football, college, coach, small town, father son relationship, coming of age, student athlete, high school football, cheerleader ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa
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Touchback (2011)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A former high-school football star loses his shot at a college scholarship due to a devastating gridiron injury, but gets a second chance at living his dream.
Style: sentimental, uplifting, disturbing, captivating, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: back in time, american football, small town, high school, coach, championship, social relations, sent to the past, hopes, contests and competitions, one more chance, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, iowa
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 14K
All American (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: When a rising high school football player from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds - Compton and Beverly Hills - begin to collide. Inspired by ...
Style: emotional, captivating, ambiguous ending, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Plot: american football, high school football, male objectification, high school, coach, father son relationship, rise to the top, stubbornness, teenager, family problems, parent child relationship, relationship problems ...
Place: beverly hills
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Invincible (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of Vince Papale, a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come true. When the coach of Papale's beloved hometown football team hosted an unprecedented open tryout, the public ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, exciting, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: underdog, american football, football, teacher, follow your dream, team, biopic, against the odds, determination, teamwork, motivation, rookie ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: philadelphia, usa, boston
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Gridiron Gang (2006)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.
Style: inspirational, hood, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: american football, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, african american, prison, underdog, youth, redemption, football, competition, life philosophy, teacher ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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Radio (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, ...
Style: feel good, inspirational, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family outing, adult
Plot: american football, football, disability, underdog, radio, friendship, teacher, prejudice, high school football, greed, rags to riches, autism ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 70s, 60s
Place: cuba, south carolina
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American Underdog (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The true story of Kurt Warner, who went from a stockboy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
Style: inspirational, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: american football, american football player, football team, sport team, biopic, champion, nfl, christian, athlete's life, lifestyle, direction and purpose, cultural icon ...
Time: year 1985, year 1996, year 1992
Place: los angeles, st. louis missouri
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Blue Mountain State (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Three incoming freshmen attending Midwestern college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing.
Style: humorous, not serious, sitcom, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: college, american football, youth, athlete's life, sexual activity, college life, teenage life, abuse, disorder, social relations, ambition, looking for sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Junction Boys (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Tom Berenger leads an outstanding cast in this bone-crunching dramatization of legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's debut at Texas A&M in the summer of 1954. The often unnerving story finds Bryant ducking the ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, sincere, captivating
Plot: american football, against the odds, hopes, teachers and students, discrimination, contests and competitions, college, university, athlete and trainer, human spirit, college life, hardcase students ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, alabama, texas
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The Game Plan (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with ...
Style: entertaining, funny, sentimental, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night ...
Plot: american football, single father, sport team, football, father daughter relationship, parents and children, parenthood, teenage girl, athlete's life, dog, disorder, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa, denver colorado
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Necessary Roughness (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When the Texas Southern Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?
Style: entertaining, inspirational, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, manly, kids, boys' night
Plot: american football, underdog, football team, sport team, college, football, happy ending, transformation, human spirit, rivalry, hopes, against the odds ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: texas, usa, austin texas
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23 Blast (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 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.
Style: uplifting, sentimental, realistic, serious, christian film ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: blindness, american football, disability, high school football, high school, sport team, human spirit, friendship, athlete's life, ambition, self pity, football ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, kentucky
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The Longest Yard (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In this rough-and-tumble yarn, actually filmed on-location at the Georgia State Prision, the cons are the heroes and the guards are the heavies. Eddie Albert is the sadistic warden who'll gladly make any sacrifice to push his guards' ...
Style: inspirational, intense, suspense, talky, witty ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: prison, american football, football, underdog, prison escape, cheerleader, farce, greed, crime gone awry, unlikely friendships, prison life, contests and competitions ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: florida, usa, america, georgia
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Wildcats (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
Style: feel good, entertaining, inspirational, light, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: american football, football, coach, high school football, high school, rivalry, sport team, ambition, athlete and trainer, mother daughter relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, custody battle ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago
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The Longest Yard (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Pro quarter-back, Paul Crewe and former college champion and coach, Nate Scarboro are doing time in the same prison. Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in ...
Style: entertaining, funny, inspirational, hilarious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: prison, american football, underdog, prison life, prison guard, football, redemption, adaptation, betrayal, warden, ex athlete, jail ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: texas, austin texas, san diego california, usa
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Brian Banks (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
Style: inspirational, realistic, disturbing, factual, emotional ...
Plot: american football, wrongful conviction, black, prison, lawyer, fighting the system, black history, miscarriage of justice, friendship, courtroom, human spirit, freedom ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles
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The 5th Quarter (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the wake of a car crash that killed his brother, football player Jon Abbate leads his school's struggling team to its most successful season ever.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, emotional, sad ...
Plot: american football, car accident, coach, family relations, athlete's life, ambition, football, family in crisis, social relations, lifestyle, contests and competitions, christian ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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Concussion (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought ...
Style: inspirational, medical drama, captivating, realistic, compassionate ...
Plot: american football, doctor, professional sports, autopsy, football, sports injury, research, football player, brain damage, uncover truth, investigation, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, washington d.c., usa, pennsylvania
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Hometown Legend (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A teenage drifter finds an opportunity to turn his life around when he joins a high-school football program with a hard-nosed coach.
Style: realistic, serious, feel good, touching, independent film ...
Plot: american football, high school, small town, human spirit, leadership, athlete's life, teenage life, against the odds, ambition, society, rivalry, youth ...
Place: alabama, usa
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Remember the Titans (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a ...
Style: inspirational, sentimental, touching, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: racism, african american, civil rights, american football, high school, racial tension, racial prejudice, football, against the odds, racial slur, prejudice, friendship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place: virginia, boston, america, africa, usa ...
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Facing the Giants (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: christian, underdog, religious, faith, football, american football, high school football, human spirit, athlete and trainer, christianity, ambition, athlete's life ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
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Leatherheads (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up ...
Style: witty, feel good, inspirational, intense, stylized ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: american football, football, underdog, sport team, justice, redemption, life philosophy, vengeance, rivalry, cheerleader, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 1920s, post world war one, 1900s, 1910s, 20th century
Place: chicago, minnesota, usa, france, milwaukee wisconsin
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Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: american football, ambition, rise to the top, hopes, celebrity culture, rivalry, introspection, athlete's life, showbiz, contests and competitions, television, gambling ...
Time: 70s
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