14 Exciting Football Stories to Kickstart Your NFL Season 🎉
Remember the Titans
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated, and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.
Release Date: September 29, 2000
Rating: 3.8/5
Friday Night Lights
The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football is everything.
Release Date: October 3, 2006
Rating: 4.4/5
The League
The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.
Release Date: October 29, 2009
Rating: 4.2/5
The Blind Side
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Rating: 3.6/5
Rudy
Rudy grew up in a steel mill town where most people ended up working, but wanted to play football at Notre Dame instead. There were only a couple of problems; his grades were low, his athletic skills were poor, and he was only half the size of the other players. But he had the drive and the spirit of five people and has set his sights upon joining the team.
Release Date: September 17, 1993
Rating: 3.9/5
The Longest Yard
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
Release Date: August 21, 1974
Rating: 3.6/5
Jerry Maguire
Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he's really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player.
Release Date: December 13, 1996
Rating: 3.8/5
Ballers
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
Release Date: June 21, 2015
Rating: 3.9/5
Friday Night Lights
A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines to instill in the other team members—and, by proxy, the town itself—a sense of self-respect and honor.
Release Date: October 8, 2004
Rating: 3.4/5
We Are Marshall
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.
Release Date: December 12, 2006
Rating: 3.6/5
Radio
High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.
Release Date: October 24, 2003
Rating: 3.6/5
Varsity Blues
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion; 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup under the questionable leadership of John Moxon, a second-string quarterback with a slightly irreverent approach to the game.
Release Date: January 15, 1999
Rating: 3.1/5
Blue Mountain State
Three incoming freshmen in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class, and nonstop hazing.
Release Date: January 11, 2010
Rating: 4.3/5
The Waterboy
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Release Date: November 6, 1998
Rating: 3/5
A Final Word
Whether you're drawn to heartwarming tales of redemption, gut-wrenching dramas, or laugh-out-loud comedies, these 14 football movies and shows are sure to get you into the spirit of the NFL season. Each story offers a unique perspective on the world of football, highlighting its trials, triumphs, and indomitable spirit. So, grab your popcorn, settle in, and get ready for an all-out football binge!