Live Life Team
School sports films are inspiring, fun and bring in an audience of teens and adults alike. Some motivate athletes to reach for their dreams, while many help them identify with others like themselves. The top ten films cover high school and college sports.
10. ‘Remember the Titans’
Interracial difficulties, coaching questions, a team divided. These are some of the challenges faced in the film.
9. ‘America Brown’
An independent football film about a player who loses his way and seeks guidance from the school’s last great player, who is now a priest.
8. ‘Bring It On’
Cheerleading is a sport too and these guys and girls really do bring it on, while delving into the world of high school cliques and rivalries.
7. ‘Bend It Like Beckham’
Girls who can kick some butt.
6. ‘We Are Marshall’
A film dealing with bringing a school and team back together, following a great tragedy that claimed the lives of many of the students and coaches.
5. ‘Varsity Blues’
The craze and excitement of high school football set in a football worshipping Texas town.
4. ‘Blue Chips’
College basketball at its best, along with stellar performances.
3. ‘Hoop Dreams’
Real life on the big screen. The rise and fall of players, both on and off the court. Good stuff.
2. ‘Rudy’
This movie single-handily inspired an entire generation of young men to take up football, even if they didn’t fit the typical profile.
1. ‘Hoosiers’
One of the best underdog stories ever, sports related or not.
