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Best pro football movies
Posted on 2/2/20 at 11:58 am
Posted on 2/2/20 at 11:58 am
There's really not that many films strictly about professional football if you think about it.
Some, like The Longest Yard, I wouldn't even consider a "pro" football movie. It's a prison movie.
Off the top of my head, I'd say the contenders are:
Any Given Sunday
The Replacements
North Dallas Forty
Heaven Can Wait
Leatherheads
Invincible
Semi-Tough
and Jerry Maguire
My sentimental favorite is Heaven Can Wait, but the best of them is probably Jerry Maguire (if it's even really a football movie, to me it's more of a relationship movie set in the NFL world.)
Some, like The Longest Yard, I wouldn't even consider a "pro" football movie. It's a prison movie.
Off the top of my head, I'd say the contenders are:
Any Given Sunday
The Replacements
North Dallas Forty
Heaven Can Wait
Leatherheads
Invincible
Semi-Tough
and Jerry Maguire
My sentimental favorite is Heaven Can Wait, but the best of them is probably Jerry Maguire (if it's even really a football movie, to me it's more of a relationship movie set in the NFL world.)
This post was edited on 2/2/20 at 11:59 am
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Posted on 2/2/20 at 11:59 am to Jack Ruby
Leatherheads is a terrible fricking movie.
Posted on 2/2/20 at 11:59 am to Jack Ruby
Hot Take: Silver Linings Playbook
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:00 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
Any Given Sunday
Absolutely not.
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:01 pm to Tactical1
Brian’s Song
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:03 pm to The Midnight Rider
quote:
Silver Linings Playbook
Decent call, but I'd say it's more about pro football fanhood and mental health. It's why I didn't think Big Fan qualified, either.
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:05 pm to Jack Ruby
It’s definitely more about pro football fandom, but there really aren’t any movies that focus on that aspect of football, so I think it’s def worth a mention.
It’s also just a great little movie.
It’s also just a great little movie.
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:06 pm to Jack Ruby
Number One. For the old home town
Charlton Heston in a Saints uniform. Plus Al Hirt, Danny Abramowitz, Doug Atkins, and Monty Stickles.
Charlton Heston in a Saints uniform. Plus Al Hirt, Danny Abramowitz, Doug Atkins, and Monty Stickles.
This post was edited on 2/2/20 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:06 pm to Jack Ruby
North Dallas Forty was legit when it came out
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:18 pm to Jack Ruby
Jon Favreau is great.
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:27 pm to Jack Ruby
Can we count the one season of Playmakers as a movie?
The website for the show is still up, and linked below. The site makes 2003 look like a long time ago.
Playmakers on ESPN
The website for the show is still up, and linked below. The site makes 2003 look like a long time ago.
Playmakers on ESPN
This post was edited on 2/2/20 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:29 pm to Jack Ruby
Trouble Along the Way
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:33 pm to Jack Ruby
The Replacements
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/thread
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:36 pm to chinese58
Playmakers was great. The NFL shut that down with a quickness.
Posted on 2/2/20 at 12:39 pm to Jack Ruby
Invincible is very underrated imo
Posted on 2/2/20 at 1:10 pm to chinese58
Omar gooding smoking crack outside the lockeroom. Classic
Posted on 2/2/20 at 1:48 pm to chinese58
Is there anywhere to watch that again?
Posted on 2/2/20 at 2:27 pm to Jack Ruby
As someone who is younger, I think Jerry Maguire is one of the most over rated sports movies of all time. It is a chick flick labeled as a sports movie to con men into thinking it is something worth watching.
It may have been great when it was released, but it has failed to age well.
It may have been great when it was released, but it has failed to age well.
Posted on 2/2/20 at 2:44 pm to Chadaristic
This says: Playmakers - Season 1 Complete! on YouTube
Looks like only the first four episodes here: ESPN: Playmakers Episode 1 "Gameday" on YouTube
1: Gameday
2: Piss Man
3: The Choice
4: The Choice Part 2
Looks like only the first four episodes here: ESPN: Playmakers Episode 1 "Gameday" on YouTube
1: Gameday
2: Piss Man
3: The Choice
4: The Choice Part 2
Posted on 2/2/20 at 2:49 pm to lsutigertalk
quote:
is a chick flick labeled as a sports movie to con men into thinking it is something worth watching.
It may have been great when it was released, but it has failed to age well.
I agree that Jerry Maguire is basically a glorified Chick flick set in a sports world, but it's in no way overrated.
I watched it just a couple weeks ago and I always said Rain Man was Cruise's best performance of his career, but Jerry Maguire is just as good, if not better.
Hes perfect for the role and the script and all around cast are perfect. It's a great, great, great movie.
There's a reason cable channels still play the film often 25 yrs after it came out.
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