Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore films with football genres and themes.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 360 films · Page 6.
American football film, Drama, Sport, drama film
Deon, a skilled college running back, falls ill from a genetic disease just when he is about to go realize his dreams and advance to the NFL, a professional American Football league. Though idolized for his athletic ability, Deon shares th…
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Coming Of Age, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film
Danny, an awkward, underdeveloped 17-year-old, has been sent away by his parents to the all-male St. Albans boarding school in rural New South Wales, Australia, in the hopes he won’t become a delinquent. The year is 1965 and it has been so…
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Crime, association football film, crime film, drama film
Set in 1988, John (Reece Dinsdale), an ambitious young police officer in the Metropolitan Police, is sent undercover along with colleagues Trevor (Richard Graham), Eddie (Perry Fenwick) and Charlie (Philip Glenister) to join a violent foot…
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Drama, association football film, crime film, drama film, prison film
Dave Bjorno, along with other members of the Green Street Elite, are arrested for participating in the fight at the end of the first film, and end up being sent to a tough prison. In prison, the GSE quickly discover the brutality of life o…
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American football film, Komödie, Raunchy comedy, buddy film, romantic comedy
Wide receiver Marvin "Shake" Tiller and running back Billy Clyde Puckett are football buddies who play for a Miami pro team owned by "Big Ed" Bookman. Bookman's daughter Barbara Jane is roommates with both men, and the film depicts a subtl…
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American football film, Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
Lars Knutson Rockne, a carriage builder, moves his family from Norway in 1892, settling in Chicago. His son, Knute, saves up his money and enrolls in college at the Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Indiana, where he plays football. Rockne …
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Documentation, Sport, association football film
The documentary covers the period from Manchester United's FA Youth Cup win in 1992 to their Champions League triumph in 1999, which rounded off the Treble-winning 1998–99 season. The film cuts the narrative with the social and cultural ch…
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American football film, Thriller, action film, disaster film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
An unknown sniper (Warren Miller) positions himself at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before a professional football championship dubbed "Championship X" (Ten) between Baltimore and Los Angeles, similar to the Super Bowl. He is spotted …
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American football film, Komödie, comedy film, parody film
The film revolves around college football and a game between the fictional Darwin and Huxley Colleges. Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley College, is convinced by his son Frank, a student at the school, to recruit…
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American football film, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Sport, drama film
Roy Chutney is a high school senior in the fictional Montana town of Blue Springs. Roy does not have an especially close relationship with his mother Evangeline and has not seen his father in years. That does not prevent Roy from feeling e…
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Teen Comedy Film, comedy film
Van Wilder embarks on his freshman year at Coolidge College, hoping to follow in his father's footsteps and have a memorable college experience. Upon arrival, Van discovers that the college is now under the strict control of Dean Charles R…
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American football film, Drama, Sport, drama film
A star collegiate quarterback ignites a players' strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.
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Action, association football film, crime film, drama film
Danny Harvey was once the leader of the Green Street Elite, a group of hooligans supporting their beloved West Ham United. However, grown tired of the lifestyle, he leaves home and sets up shop as a mixed martial arts gym owner in Scotland…
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Documentation, Sport, association football film, documentary film
Diego Maradona documents and revolves around the time Maradona transferred from FC Barcelona to S.S.C. Napoli in 1984, eventually winning two Serie A titles and the 1988–89 UEFA Cup with the Italian team.
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American football film, Biographical picture, Drama, drama fiction
On October 29, 2011, Joe Paterno wins his 409th game as head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions football team. During 61 years at Penn State University, he helped the former "cow college" to quintuple its financial endowment and build P…
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American football film, Drama, Sport, drama film
Gavin Grey is a 1950s star athlete known by the moniker "The Grey Ghost," who plays football at Louisiana State University. His campus girlfriend Babs Rogers, nephew Donnie "Cake" McCaslin, and teammate Ed Lawrence adore his personality an…
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Drama, association football film, drama film
The film centres on the trials and tribulations in the lives of two main fictional characters: eleven-year-old Will Brennan and Bosnian footballer Alek, and their trek to see Liverpool play Milan in the 2005 Champions League Final at the A…
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American football film, Drama, Komödie, Sport, comedy drama
Small, obscure St. Anthony's College, a Jesuit Catholic university, is in dire financial straits and about to be closed. To save it, and himself from forced retirement, elderly rector Father Burke hires a down-and-out former big-time footb…
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American football film, biographical film
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 plays Pat Trammell in the film.
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Drama, association football film, drama film
The film is based on the true story of the 1950 U.S. soccer team which, against all odds, beat England 1–0 in the city of Belo Horizonte during the 1950 FIFA World Cup. The story is about the family traditions and passions that shaped the …
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American football film, Sport, drama film
Taking place in the 1960s, My All American recounts the life of a young Freddie Steinmark and his dream of playing football in college. He is a strong-willed athlete with a big heart. In high school, Steinmark won the prestigious “Denver P…
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American football film, Family Comedy, comedy film
The California Atoms are the worst team in the NFL and have not won a game in years. Team owner Hank Cooper is deeply in debt to two bookmakers named Charles Gwynn and Cal Wilson. When Cooper tells them he cannot pay his debts, the bookies…
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Tragic Comedy Film, association football film, comedy drama, drama film
Eric Bishop is a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis. Looking after his granddaughter is bringing him into contact with his ex-wife, Lily, whom he abandoned after the birth of their daughter. At the same time, his…
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Action, Drama, association football film, crime film, independent film
Cass is based on the true story of the life of Cass Pennant, adapted from his book. The film tells of how he was adopted by an elderly white couple in 1958 and brought up in Slade Green, an all-white area of London. Cass is forced to endur…
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