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That's My Boy, 1h38
Directed by Hal Walker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Ruth Hussey, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall, Eddie Mayehoff

Junior Jackson (Jerry Lewis) is the nerdy son of a former All-American football hero, Jarring Jack Jackson (Eddie Mayehoff). His mother (Ruth Hussey) is another former star athlete, having been a champion Olympic swimmer. Junior is something of a disappointment to his father, who has a difficult time understanding how two athletes could produce such a weakling.
Good News
Good News (1930)
, 1h33
Directed by Nick Grinde, Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, American football films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Bessie Love, Rosemary Lane, Cliff Edwards, Joan McCracken

The film is set in 1927 at fictional Tait College, where football is all the rage. ("Tait Song"/"Good News")
The Bear
The Bear (1984)
, 1h50
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Gary Busey, Jon-Erik Hexum, Cary Guffey, D'Urville Martin, Michael McGrady, Harry Dean Stanton

The Bear follows the life of Paul "Bear" Bryant (Busey), head coach of the University of Alabama football team, who died in 1983. Jon-Erik Hexum, who played Pat Trammell, also stars in the film.
The Freshman, 1h16
Directed by Sam Taylor, Fred C. Newmeyer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Grady Sutton, James Anderson, Brooks Benedict, Charles Farrell

Harold Lamb (Harold Lloyd), a bright-eyed but naïve young man, enrolls at Tate University. On the train there, he meets Peggy (Jobyna Ralston). They are attracted to each other.
Trouble Along the Way, 1h50
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Tom Tully, Tom Tully, Marie Windsor

Small, obscure St. Anthony’s college, run by the Catholic church, is in financial straits and about to be closed. To save it, and himself from forced retirement, elderly rector Father Burke (Charles Coburn) hires a down and out former big time football coach, Steve Williams (John Wayne), in hopes of building a lucrative sports program. First turning down the job, Williams later accepts it when he learns that his former wife, Anne (Marie Windsor), now remarried, complained to Social Services that he is an unfit father, and plans to sue for custody of his 11-year-old daughter, Carole (Sherry Jackson). Anne’s actual aim is not to get Carole, in whom she has no interest, but rather to pressure Steve into rekindling an affair with her. Social Services worker Alice Singleton (Donna Reed), coldly prejudiced against Steve because she suffered from a relationship with her father similar to that between Steve and Carole, is preparing a report in Anne’s favor. Steve, in the meanwhile, attempts to charm Alice and win her over. Desperate to have the football program pay off, Father Burke uses his clerical connections to schedule St. Anthony’s against high profile Catholic colleges--Villanova, Notre Dame, etc.--in the upcoming season. Faced with physically inadequate players, Steve, unbeknownst to Father Burke, uses chicanery to enroll beefy star athletes as freshmen, giving St. Anthony’s a winning team. Father Burke subsequently learns of Steve’s dishonest methods and, after chiding him, disbands the sports program, knowing this would cause St. Anthony’s to close. Alice submits a report unfavorable to Steve, but subsequently, in her testimony in the court custody hearing, repudiates it after having recognized her bias and the mother's lack of honest affection for Carole. Alice also speaks against Steve, stating he isn't a properly responsible parent, and under questioning reveals she is in love with him. The judge halts proceedings, placing Carole in custody of the State, and assigning her a new case worker, until matters can be sorted out. In a surprise move, the church agrees to continue funding St. Anthony's without the football program. Even so, Burke resigns as rector believing that he had been behaving selfishly to unnecessarily prolong his position. Before leaving, though, he reinstates Steve as coach and forgives him his unscrupulous behavior because it was for love of his child. The film ends with Carole, accompanied by Alice, walking away from Steve, with the implied understanding that Steve and Alice would later marry and the three would be together as a family.
Paper Lion
Paper Lion (1968)
, 1h47
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Alex Karras, Ann Turkel, David Doyle, Roger Aaron Brown

George Plimpton, a writer for Sports Illustrated, has been indulging in a variety of Walter Mitty-like whims and stunts, trying his hand at being a professional athlete (such as briefly pitching in an exhibition game against All-Star baseball players or boxing a round with Sugar Ray Robinson), then writing about the experience.
Jim Thorpe – All-American, 1h47
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, American football films, Films about the Olympic Games
Actors Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter, Billy Gray, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson

During a banquet, legendary football coach "Pop" Warner rises and gives a speech praising Jim Thorpe. This leads to a flashback.
Navy Blue and Gold, 1h34
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, American football films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert Young, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Florence Rice, Paul Kelly, Billie Burke

After each is accepted for admission to Navy, three midshipmen, Dick Gates, Roger Ash and "Truck" Cross, become roommates. Dick is the scion of a wealthy family, Roger a former star football player for another university, and Truck a sailor appointed from the fleet. With a common love of football, all three go out for the plebe squad. Dick is tricked into committing a rules violation by a disreputable upperclassman with a penchant for hazing and is severely paddled. Even though hazing is forbidden by regulations, Roger decides to get even on his own terms. Despite his egotism, his classmates as well as the upperclassmen respect him when he challenges the abuser to a boxing match and wins it.
Saturday's Hero, 1h51
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors John Derek, Donna Reed, Sidney Blackmer, Alexander Knox, Aldo Ray, Howard St. John

Steve Novak, a Polish-American immigrant from a small New Jersey mill town, decides to go to a college in Virginia to play football. He becomes a star player as a freshman, but hears stories of teammates receiving money for their play.
Number One
Number One (1969)
, 1h45
Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Charlton Heston, Jessica Walter, Bruce Dern, John Randolph, Diana Muldaur, G. D. Spradlin

Ron "Cat" Catlan once led the New Orleans Saints to a championship (something the real-life Saints wouldn't experience until Super Bowl XLIV in the 2009 NFL season). After fifteen years in pro football, he tries to compensate for his failing skills with booze and an extramarital affair. ("You're not even worth the price of a ticket anymore," a fan yells at him after Cat refuses her an autograph.)
Undefeated
Undefeated (2011)
, 1h53
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Sports films, Documentary films about sports, American football films

À Memphis en 2009, le portrait de jeunes joueurs de football américain de l'équipe des Tigers de Manassas.
23 Blast
23 Blast (2014)
, 1h38
Directed by Dylan Baker
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Stephen Lang, Alexa Vega, Mark Hapka, Max Adler, Kim Zimmer, Dylan Baker

Travis Freeman, a local football star, is an average high school junior. Living in the town of Corbin, Kentucky, his inner circle includes his supporting parents, girlfriend, and childhood best friend, Jerry Baker (Bram Hoover) Life is normal for Travis until one day he is stricken with a series of severe headaches and a bacterial meningitis infection. After being rushed to the hospital, Travis undergoes surgery to remove the infection and save his life. He comes out of the procedure alive, but he is now blind. After losing his sight, Travis experiences depression as he adjusts to life without sight. When forced to abandon football, Travis’ shallow, cheerleader girlfriend quits him, and he faces the decision of having to attend the school for the blind away from home. With the help of his parents, best friend, Jerry, another childhood friend, Ashley, and his mobility coach, Travis pulls through and is able to adapt to his new disability and starts his senior year at Corbin High School. Every day after school, Travis attends football practice, but watches, with help from his friend, Ashley, from the sidelines. His coach and mentor, Coach Farris, approaches him one day about joining the team again. Without much convincing, Travis rejoins the football team as a center and helps the team turn around their losing season advancing to the state playoffs.
The 5th Quarter, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Ryan Merriman, Aidan Quinn, Andie MacDowell, Matt McGrath, Anessa Ramsey

Luke Abbate is a popular high school athlete, who plays lacrosse and football. When the 15-year-old dies in a car accident caused by a reckless teenage driver after lacrosse practice in February 2006, Luke's older brother Jon Abbate is motivated to have the Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team be successful in their upcoming season.
Big Fan
Big Fan (2009)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Matt Servitto, Josh Trank

Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt) is a parking garage attendant who lives with his mother (Marcia Jean Kurtz) in Staten Island, New York. He relentlessly follows the New York Giants football team. He and his friend Sal (Kevin Corrigan) faithfully attend each Giants game; however, as they can't afford tickets, they must content themselves with watching the games on a battery-powered TV in the stadium parking lot. Paul is also a regular caller to the Sports Dogg's (Scott Ferrall) radio talk show, where he refers to himself as "Paul from Staten Island," rants in support of the Giants, and berates his mysterious on-air rival, Philadelphia Eagles fanatic "Philadelphia Phil" (Michael Rapaport). Paul's family criticizes him for doing nothing with his life. He disregards their scorn and happily devotes himself to his beloved team.