Ten great football movies to watch leading up to Super Bowl Sunday – SILive.com

With less than two weeks separating us from Super Bowl LV next Sunday, we will sadly have to manage without any televised games this weekend.

Luckily, RedBox recently released its Top 10 list of greatest football movies on its website/app -- and weve opted to re-rank them with our own take on it.

Check out the RedBox Top 10 (in our order) below -- and be sure to grab some popcorn and throw your favorite teams jersey on while watching these films this weekend!

10) Draft Day

Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner star in this modern film about the NFL draft and life in the 'war room'.

Film synopsis: One of pro footballs most important days, NFL draft day, is drawing near, but Sonny (Kevin Costner) has much more on his mind than just which players to recruit. His lover (Jennifer Garner) is pregnant, and the teams owner (Frank Langella) wants to fire him. After Sonny accepts a deal with Seattle that nets him that teams first-round pick, he immediately wonders if he has made the right choice for himself and the Browns.

WATCH IT HERE.

9) Varsity Blues

CAST PHOTO OF VARSITY BLUES. (CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM CENTER:) JAMES VAN DER BEEK AS MOX, AMY SMART AS JULIE, ELIEL SWINTON AS WENDELL, PAUL WALKER AS LANCE, ALI LARTER AS DARCY, RON LESTER AS BILLY BOB AND SCOTT CAAN AS TWEEDER.

Film synopsis: In West Canaan, Texas, high school football reigns supreme. When starting quarterback Lance Harbor (Paul Walker) turns up injured, the Coyotes ruthless coach, Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight), must promote benchwarmer Jonathon Mox Moxon (James Van Der Beek) to lead the team in its quest for a divisional title. Suddenly thrown into the spotlight, Mox must deal with the pressure of carrying the aspirations of an entire town on his shoulders, as he struggles to pursue his own very different dreams. WATCH IT HERE.

8) The Blind Side

Quinton Aaron and Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Film synopsis: Future Super Bowl champion Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in. The Tuohys eventually become Michaels legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. Michaels tremendous size and protective instincts make him a formidable force on the gridiron, and with help from his new family and devoted tutor, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.

WATCH IT HERE.

7) Little Giants

Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill star in this family fun film.

Film synopsis: Ever since childhood, nerdy Danny OShea (Rick Moranis) has felt inferior to his brother, Kevin (Ed ONeill), a former college football star. Danny runs a gas station, while Kevin coaches the local youth football team. When Kevins team rejects Dannys daughter, Becky (Shawna Waldron), because shes a girl, Becky convinces her dad to start a rival team, though the city can support only one. To prove himself against his brother, Danny begins coaching his team of misfits for a playoff game.

WATCH IT HERE.

6) Jerry Maguire

Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire." (Sony Pictures)

Film synopsis: When slick sports agent Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) has a crisis of conscience, he pens a heartfelt company-wide memo that promptly gets him fired. Desperate to hang on to the athletes that he represents, Jerry starts his own management firm, with only single mother Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger) joining him in his new venture. Banking on their sole client, football player Rod Tidwell (Cuba Gooding Jr.), Jerry and Dorothy begin to fall in love as they struggle to make their business work.

WATCH IT HERE.

5) The Longest Yard

Quarterback Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler, center) and some of his fellow convicts and teammates (left to right) Torres (Lobo Sebastian, left), Turley (Dalip Singh, center left), Switowski (Bob Sapp, center right), and Cheeseburger Eddy (Terry Crews, right) prepare to take on the guards in the comedy, "The Longest Yard."

Film synopsis: Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) lands in jail, where manipulative Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) recruits him to advise the institutions team. This turns into a lead role quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against a team of prison guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach Nate Scarborough (Burt Reynolds), Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt officials trying to fix the game against them.

WATCH IT HERE.

4) We Are Marshall

Matthew Fox and Matthew McConaughey in "We Are Marshall." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Film synopsis: In 1970, Marshall University and the small town of Huntington, W.Va., reel when a plane crash claims the lives of 75 of the schools football players, staff members and boosters. New coach Jack Lengyel (Matthew McConaughey) arrives on the scene in March 1971, determined to rebuild Marshalls Thundering Herd and heal a grieving community in the process.

WATCH IT HERE.

3) Any Given Sunday

JAMIE FOXX, AL PACINO and LL COOL J star in Oliver Stone's sweeping drama, 'ANY GIVEN SUNDAY.' BPI DIGITAL PHOTO 1999 WARNER BROS. CR: ROBERT ZUCHERMAN

Film synopsis: Four years ago, DAmatos (Al Pacino) Miami Sharks were at the top. Now, his team is struggling with three consecutive losses, sliding attendance, and aging heroes, particularly 39-year-old quarterback Jack Cap Rooney (Dennis Quaid). Off the field, DAmato is struggling with a failed marriage and estranged children, and is on a collision course with Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), the young president/co-owner of the Sharks organization.

WATCH IT HERE.

2) Friday Night Lights

"Friday Night Lights." (Universal Pictures)

Film synopsis: A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles (Derek Luke), is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the towns dormant social problems begin to flare up. It is left to the inspiring abilities of new coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton) to instill in the other team members -- and, by proxy, the town itself -- a sense of self-respect and honor.

WATCH IT HERE.

1) Rudy

Sean Astin in "Rudy." (TriStar Pictures)

Film synopsis: Rudy Ruettiger (Sean Astin) wants to play football at the University of Notre Dame, but has neither the money for tuition nor the grades to qualify for a scholarship. Rudy redoubles his efforts to get out of the steel mill where his father works when his best friend (Christopher Reed) dies in an accident there. Overcoming his dyslexia thanks to his friend and tutor, D-Bob (Jon Favreau), Rudy gains admission to Notre Dame and begins to fight his way onto the schools fabled football team.

WATCH IT HERE.

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