Wednesday, October 6, 2010

i'm a sucker for football films

Tonight I watched The Express. It was amazing, I cried. Surprise surprise. But it really was so so good, its the football story of the first Black Heisman winner, Ernie Davis. (Interesting fact... Ernie Davis when he becomes a Cleveland Brown player is wearing the same number as Rudy at Notre Dame.) So now I'm watching Rudy and have decided I need to watch the 10 Greatest Football Movies of All Time as decided by Sports Illustrated. So here they are:

  1. Rudy (1993)
  2. North Dallas Forty (1979)
  3. Brian's Song (1971) Fun fact, my Mom worked with Gale Sayer's brother, Roger. And he's just as amazing as his brother.
  4. Horse Feathers (1932)
  5. The Longest Yard (1974)
  6. All the Right Moves (1983)
  7. Jerry Maguire (1996)
  8. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
  9. Friday Night Lights (2004)
  10. Remember the Titans (2000)
And here are those voted by the LA Times:
  1. North Dallas Forty (1979)
  2. The Longest Yard (1971)
  3. Rudy (1993)
  4. Friday Night Lights (2004)
  5. Heaven Can Wait (1978)
  6. Jerry Maguire (1996)
  7. Horse Feathers (1932)
  8. Number One (1969)
  9. Paper Lion (1968)
  10. Brian's Song (1971)
  11. Any Given Sunday (1999)

Any other suggestions?

1 comment:

  1. I'm going to go ahead and add The Express, Varsity Blues, and Invincible. And I've seen them all.

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