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Explore films with american football genres and themes.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 174 films · Page 4.

The 5th Quarter (2010)

American football film, Drama, Sport, biographical film, drama film

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 m…

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Too Many Girls (1940)

American football film, musical comedy, musical film

Tycoon Harvey Casey (Harry Shannon) is frustrated by his daughter Connie's (Lucille Ball) frequent efforts to escape her hired bodyguards. She arrives back in the United States from finishing school in Italy, intent on going to Harvey's al…

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Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)

American football film, Biographical picture, athletics film, biographical film

During a banquet, legendary football coach "Pop" Warner delivers a speech praising Jim Thorpe, which leads to a flashback. Young Jim Thorpe runs home before his first day at an Indian reservation school, but his father convinces him to ret…

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Balls Out (2014)

American football film, comedy film

Caleb (Jake Lacy) is a fifth-year senior preparing to graduate. Not quite ready to settle into the life, expectations, and realities outside of his college, he decides that he wants to reassemble The Panthers, an intramural football team t…

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Paper Lion (1968)

American football film, Komödie, Sport, comedy film

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 baseb…

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Carter High (2015)

American football film, Sport

The film starts with a court sentencing procedure due to crimes committed by various Carter High football team members. We subsequently learn about each of the player's background. One student transferred classes due to an incomplete grade…

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Good News (1947)

American football film, Musical, musical film, romantic comedy

The film is set in 1927 at fictional Tait College, where football is all the rage ("Tait Song"/"Good News"). Tait's football star Tommy Marlowe is a prime catch for the college girls. Tommy tells his friend and non-playing teammate Bobby T…

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A Saintly Switch (1999)

American football film, Komödie, comedy film

Aging NFL quarterback Dan Anderson and his stay-at-home wife Sara are experiencing marital fallout. According to their preteen children, Clark and Annette, they both underestimate each other's role in the family. When Dan's new position wi…

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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008)

American football film, documentary film

For the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale were each undefeated with 6–0 records in their conference (8–0 overall) when they met for their season's final game on November 23, 1968 at Harvard Stadium. Led by their…

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Hawks (1988)

Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, drama film

Bancroft and Deckermensky are two terminally ill cancer patients who sneak out of the hospital for a series of adventures, their main goal being to reach a famed brothel in Amsterdam. In a stolen ambulance, they make their way to Holland. …

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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)

American football film, comedy film

The comic spoof of the Cold War was inspired by a May 1960 incident involving American Francis Gary Powers, a CIA operative whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking an international diplomatic incident. Writer Will…

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Number One (1969)

American football film, Destiny, Drama, Sport, drama film

Ron "Cat" Catlan once led the New Orleans Saints to a championship and is heralded by his teammates, coaches, and sportswriters as an all-time great quarterback. After 15 years in pro football, his skills have declined and he struggles wit…

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Quarterback Princess (1983)

American football film, Drama, Sport, teen film

Tami Maida wants to play quarterback for the high school football team. However, because she is a girl, everyone from the coach to her next door neighbor is against her. Tami goes out to prove that not only can she play football but she ca…

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Three Little Pigskins (1934)

American football film, comedy film

The Stooges are hired by a college to promote the college football team by masquerading as football players. Meanwhile, the owner of a professional football team, Joe Stacks, is in need of three new players for the next game. Joe's girlfri…

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Grambling's White Tiger (1981)

American football film

The movie starts with the recruitment of Gregory as a talented recruit, keen to have the opportunity to go to a school with real NFL credentials, who also opens avenues for funding and recognition for the college. The story deals with issu…

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Easy Living (1949)

American football film, Drama, drama film, romance film

Star professional quarterback Pete Wilson thinks nothing of his future after football, not even after longtime teammate Bill "Holly" Holloran is released by the team. Pete gets advance after advance on his salary from Anne, the secretary o…

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That's My Boy (1951)

American football film, Komödie, Musical, comedy film

Junior Jackson is the weakling son of former All-America football hero Jarring Jack Jackson. His mother is a former champion Olympic swimmer. Junior is a disappointment to his father, who cannot understand how two athletes could produce su…

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Pigskin Parade (1936)

American football film, Komödie, comedy film, musical film

Due to a misunderstanding, Yale inadvertently invites the small Texas State University to come to Connecticut and play against its football team for a benefit game. Coincidentally, TSU has just hired a new coach, Slug Winters, who arrives …

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