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The Faculty (1998)

Summary: When Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

Release Date: December 25, 1998

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Writers: David Wechter

, Bruce Kimmel

, Kevin Williamson

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dimension Films, Los Hooligans Productions, Dimension Films

Distributor: Miramax, Dimension Films, CBS Entertainment, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,283,321

International: $ 465

464 - MovieMeter

October Sky (1999)

Summary: The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

Release Date: February 19, 1999

Genres: Drama, Family, Biography

Director: Joe Johnston

Writers: Homer H. Hickam Jr.

, Lewis Colick

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Studios Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,570,685

International: $ 2,128,068

408 - MovieMeter

Straw Dogs (2011)

Summary: Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

Release Date: September 16, 2011

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: Rod Lurie

Writers: Rod Lurie

, David Zelag Goodman

, Sam Peckinpah

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Screen Gems, Battleplan Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 10,324,441

International: $ 844,271

300 - MovieMeter

Friday Night Lights (2004)

Summary: Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.

Release Date: October 08, 2004

Genres: Action, Drama, Sport

Director: Peter Berg

Writers: Buzz Bissinger

, David Aaron Cohen

, Peter Berg

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Friday Night Lights LLC

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 61,255,921

International: $ 694,849

158 - MovieMeter

Varsity Blues (1999)

Summary: A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.

Release Date: January 15, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Brian Robbins

Writer: W. Peter Iliff

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: MTV Films, Marquee Tollin/Robins, Paramount Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment, Pay Per View

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 52,894,169

International: $ 1,400,000

157 - MovieMeter

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

Summary: A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.

Release Date: January 19, 1996

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Stephen Herek

Writer: Patrick Sheane Duncan

Runtime: 2 h 24 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Hollywood Pictures, Interscope Communications, Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Video, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 82,569,971

International: $ 23,700,000

85 - MovieMeter

When the Game Stands Tall (2014)

Summary: The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.

Release Date: August 22, 2014

Genres: Drama, Family, Biography

Director: Thomas Carter

Writers: Scott Marshall Smith

, David Zelon

, Neil Hayes

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Affirm Films, Mandalay Pictures

Distributor: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA), Sony Pictures Releasing, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,127,963

International: $ 10,791

57 - MovieMeter

Hangman's Curse (2003)

Summary: Bullying students at Rogers High School are dying from screams about a legendary ghost. The Veritas Project, a trained investigative team, is working undercover to uncover the truth and protect the students from their own fears.

Release Date: September 12, 2003

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Director: Rafal Zielinski

Writers: Frank Peretti

, Kathy Mackel

, Stan Foster

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Namesake Entertainment, North by Northwest Entertainment, The Total Living Network

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Domestic: $ 168,406

52 - MovieMeter

Johnny Be Good (1988)

Summary: Johnny's the top high-school football player and many colleges want him. His girlfriend, coach and best friend want him in the college, serving themselves most.

Release Date: March 25, 1988

Genres: Comedy, Sport

Director: Bud S. Smith

Writers: Steve Zacharias

, Jeff Buhai

, David Obst

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Zacharias-Buhai Productions, Orion Pictures

Distributor: Comedy Central, MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,550,399

46 - MovieMeter

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)

Summary: A darkly romantic story of murder and redemption, set against an eerily familiar American landscape.

Release Date: August 25, 2000

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Director: Rob Schmidt

Writer: Larry Gross

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: 14

Production: G2 Films, Killer Films

Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 26,394

38 - MovieMeter

The Program (1993)

Summary: Several players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.

Release Date: September 24, 1993

Genres: Action, Drama, Romance

Director: David S. Ward

Writers: David S. Ward

, Aaron Latham

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Touchstone Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Video, Touchstone Home Video, Fox Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 23,032,565

38 - MovieMeter

12 Mighty Orphans (2021)

Summary: Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high-school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way.

Release Date: June 18, 2021

Genres: Sport, History

Director: Ty Roberts

Writers: Jim Dent

, Ty Roberts

, Lane Garrison

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Santa Rita Film Co., Greenbelt Films, Michael De Luca Productions, Sprockefeller Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 3,689,637

International: $ 23,657

32 - MovieMeter

Undefeated (2011)

Summary: Chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field.

Release Date: August 03, 2012

Genres: Documentary, Sport

Directors: Daniel Lindsay

, T.J. Martin

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Zipper Bros Films, Five Smooth Stones Productions, Level 22 Productions

Distributor: Netflix

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 562,218

International: $ 21,626

20 - MovieMeter

The Minus Man (1999)

Summary: Aimless Vann Siegert takes a bizarre turn in life and becomes a serial killer, tracking down the miserable, the self-destructive and those who otherwise seem willing to die.

Release Date: October 08, 1999

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Hampton Fancher

Writers: Lew McCreary

, Hampton Fancher

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Shooting Gallery, Fida Attieh Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 370,668

10 - MovieMeter

The Slaughter Rule (2002)

Summary: A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

Release Date: September 14, 2002

Genres: Drama, Sport

Directors: Alex Smith

, Andrew J. Smith

Writers: Alex Smith

, Andrew J. Smith

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: R

Production: Solaris

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 500,000

Domestic: $ 13,411

10 - MovieMeter

Tru Loved (2008)

Summary: Tru moves to a conservative suburb where her friendship with the closeted football player is jeopardized when she starts their school's first Gay-Straight Alliance.

Release Date: February 28, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Stewart Wade

Writer: Stewart Wade

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: BrownBag Productions (II), Tru Loved

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,467

7 - MovieMeter

The Chocolate War (1988)

Summary: The Vigils are a gang of students at Trinity Catholic School... part of the tradition. They control the other boys by intimidation and the threat of violence.

Release Date: November 18, 1988

Genre: Drama

Director: Keith Gordon

Writers: Robert Cormier

, Keith Gordon

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: G

Production: Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 500,000

Domestic: $ 303,624

3 - MovieMeter

Tyson's Run (2022)

Summary: An unathletic boy with autism strives to become an unlikely marathon champion, giving his unfulfilled father purpose and a second chance at putting his family first.

Release Date: March 11, 2022

Genre: Drama

Director: Kim Bass

Writer: Kim Bass

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Planet 9 Productions, Beautiful Lie Pictures, Pace Pictures

Distributor: Collide Distribution

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 391,426

International: $ 4,201

2 - MovieMeter

The Bear (1984)

Summary: Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama.

Release Date: September 28, 1984

Genres: Drama, Family, Biography

Director: Richard C. Sarafian

Writer: Michael Kane

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: PG

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 221,000

Domestic: $ 2,687,148

2 - MovieMeter

Heavenly Bodies (1984)

Summary: Single mom Samantha quits her job to open an aerobics studio. She competes with a fitness tycoon for a TV aerobics instructor role through an intense dance marathon, risking her relationship with football player Steve.

Release Date: February 01, 1985

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Lawrence Dane

Writers: Lawrence Dane

, Ron Base

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: R

Production: Producers Sales Organization (PSO), RSL Entertainment, Moviecorp VIII, Playboy Enterprises

Distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company, Key Video, Home Box Office (HBO), Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Country: Canada

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,839,623

The Faculty (1998)

October Sky (1999)

Straw Dogs (2011)

Friday Night Lights (2004)

Varsity Blues (1999)

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

When the Game Stands Tall (2014)

Hangman's Curse (2003)

Johnny Be Good (1988)

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000)

The Program (1993)

12 Mighty Orphans (2021)

Undefeated (2011)

The Minus Man (1999)

The Slaughter Rule (2002)

Tru Loved (2008)

The Chocolate War (1988)

Tyson's Run (2022)

The Bear (1984)

Heavenly Bodies (1984)

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