The 25 best football movies ever, from 'Jerry Maguire' to 'Varsity Blues'

24. "Varsity Blues" (1999): James Van Der Beek, left, and Paul Walker are quarterbacks at a competitive Texas high school.

23. "Friday Night Lights" (2004): Billy Bob Thornton, center, is the fiery coach of the Permian High squad.

22. "The Express" (2008): Rob Brown (left, with Omar Benson Miller and Dennis Quaid) stars as Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.

21. "The Game Plan" (2007): Dwayne Johnson plays a quarterback dad and Madison Pettis is his surprise biological daughter.

20. "Paper Lion" (1968): George Plimpton (Alan Alda, right) is a Sports Illustrated writer who plays quarterback for the Detroit Lions.

19. "Invincible"(2006): Mark Wahlberg stars as a Philadelphia bartender who gets a shot at football glory with the Eagles.

18. "Safety" (2020): A Clemson freshman (Jay Reeves, center right) takes in his little bro (Thaddeus J. Mixson) at school.

17. "All the Right Moves" (1983): Tom Cruise plays a high school football hero wanting to escape his working-class Pennsylvania town.

16. "The Last Boy Scout"(1991): A disgraced ex-football star (Damon Wayans, left) and a private eye (Bruce Willis) dig up shady shenanigans while investigating a murder.

15. "Horse Feathers" (1932): College professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff (Groucho Marx, left) gets ready for a play with his football team (including Zeppo, Chico and Harpo Marx) in the big game against a rival school.

14."The Replacements" (2000): A coach (Gene Hackman, left) and an unlikely star quarterback (Keanu Reeves) head up a motley gridiron crew.

13. "North Dallas Forty" (1979): Nick Nolte, center, is a wide receiver who leads a hard-living football squad.

12. "Necessary Roughness" (1991): An aging quarterback (Scott Bakula) makes the most of his chance at college football.

11. "Remember the Titans" (2000): Coach Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) integrates a high school football team in Virginia.

10. "The Longest Yard" (1974): Burt Reynolds stars an incarcerated quarterback who has to lead a jailhouse gang in a game against the guards.

9. "Heaven Can Wait" (1978): Warren Beatty is a Los Angeles Rams quarterback who gets a second chance at life.

8. "Jerry Maguire" (1996): Cuba Gooding Jr., left, plays Rod Tidwell, a second-tier wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals, and Tom Cruise is his agent.

7. "Any Given Sunday" (1999): Al Pacino is a pro coach who tries to quell the tensions of bickering teammates (Jamie Foxx and LL Cool J).

6. "The Freshman"(1925): Harold Lloyd is a young college kid who joins the football team to be popular.

5. "The Blind Side" (2009): Football prodigy Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is adopted by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sanda Bullock).

4. "We Are Marshall" (2006): Marshall football coach Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey) gives an inspiring speech in the 1970s-set drama.

3. "Draft Day" (2014): Kevin Costner stars as the embattled general manager of the Cleveland Browns whose job is in question on the first day of the NFL Draft.

2. "Knute Rockne, All American" (1940): George Gipp (Ronald Reagan, left) is the star halfback for Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne (Pat O’Brien).