Some people will say this pick is a reach, and they may not be wrong. But I go with my gut, and my gut loves the hell out of this movie. Most of all, I love the crude, unrefined feel of it. The lack of pretense or flash. It’s a grimy, simple movie about a grimy town and a kid with a simple motive: To escape.
The only reason it’s not even higher on this list is that it’s really more a coming of age movie than a true football movie. Because of that, and other reasons, it’s not for everybody.