20 movies like Knute Rockne, All American, ordered by similarity : Invincible(2006), My All American(2015), The Express(2008), Jim Thorpe, All American(1951), Concussion(2015), College Coach(1933), The Blind Side(2009), The Iron Major(1943), Maudie(2016), Mario(2018), Paterno(2018), The Winning Team(1952) ...
6.8/10
Biography
USA
1940
98 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Ronald Reagan Gale Page Donald Crisp Albert Basserman John Litel Henry O'Neill Owen Davis Jr. John Qualen Dorothy Tree Kane Richmond
football player george gipp professor coach wife heartwarming indiana university of notre dame football field hospital classroom locker room football illness teamwork knute rockne sports quest rise 1920s
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
7.1/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2006
104 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Greg Kinnear Elizabeth Banks Kevin Conway Michael Rispoli Kirk Acevedo Dov Davidoff Michael Kelly Sal Darigo Nicoye Banks Turron Kofi Alleyne
bartender coach football player wife friend inspiring heartwarming philadelphia football field training area bar house football teamwork victory failed romance sports underdog rise transformation
Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.
7.2/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2015
118 Minutes
Aaron Eckhart Finn Wittrock Robin Tunney Sarah Bolger Michael Reilly Burke Rett Terrell Juston Street
football coach football player college student college president teammate family member confident gripping emotional texas football field dorm locker room classroom college campus football college determination challenge teamwork
Freddie Steinmark, an underdog on the gridiron, faces the toughest challenge of his life after leading his team to a championship season.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
USA|Germany
2008
129 Minutes
Dennis Quaid Rob Brown Clancy Brown Omar Benson Miller Charles S. Dutton Darrin Dewitt Henson Nelsan Ellis Nicole Beharie
college student football player coach teammate uplifting engaging new york state college football field football college civil rights racism heisman trophy sports transformation quest 1950s
A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
7.0/10
Biography
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Charles Bickford Steve Cochran Phyllis Thaxter Dick Wesson Jack Big Head Suni Warcloud Al Mejia Hubert Jay Kerns Nestor Paiva Jim Moss
athlete coach wife spirited touching pennsylvania boarding school football field aspirations ambition olympic games love sports football underdog rise fall 1930s
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
7.2/10
Biography, Drama
UK|Australia|USA
2015
121 Minutes
Will Smith Alec Baldwin Gugu Mbatha-Raw Arliss Howard Paul Reiser Luke Wilson Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje David Morse Matthew Willig Albert Brooks Richard T. Jones
football player pathologist doctor commissioner lawyer family member brooding emotional intense football field laboratory pittsburgh office house street brain disorder football cover-up lawsuit determination
In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1933
75 Minutes
football player college student football coach wife college president husband rousing inspiring emotional university football field household classroom restaurant ethics college athletics college life marital problems infidelity football
Coach Gore, a ruthless and cynical big-time football coach, neglects his wife in his unrelenting drive to make Calvert College a football power.
7.6/10
Drama, Biography
USA
2009
128 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Tim McGraw Quinton Aaron Jae Head Lily Collins Ray McKinnon Kim Dickens Adriane Lenox Kathy Bates Catherine Dyer Andy Stahl
student mother father son daughter coach inspiring uplifting endearing memphis, tenn. football field race relations social standing acceptance poverty football family sports discovery rise
The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
5.6/10
Biography
USA
1943
85 Minutes
Pat O'Brien Ruth Warrick Robert Ryan Leon Ames Russell Wade Bruce Edwards Richard Martin Robert Bice Virginia Brissac Lew Harvey Bud Geary
football coach soldier war hero son wife priest patriotic rousing worcester, mass. college europe battlefield duty world war i football family sports frank cavanaugh quest transformation
Coach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I, then gradually goes blind.
7.6/10
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
Canada|Ireland
2016
115 Minutes
Sally Hawkins Ethan Hawke Kari Matchett Gabrielle Rose Zachary Bennett Billy MacLellan Marthe Bernard David Feehan
artist housekeeper painter fisherman family love interest emotional endearing heartwarming gripping engaging nova scotia farmhouse room rural community illness violence against women independence art abusive relationship
An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.
Drama, Romance, Gay & Lesbian
2018
119 Minutes
Max Hubacher Aaron Altaras Jessy Moravec Jürg Plüss Doro Müggler Andreas Matti Scherwin Amini Fabrizio Borsani Julian Koechlin
football player team member football coach friend lover moving emotional football field football game germany locker room coming out sports football career love gay couple discovery growing up love
Two young football players are caught between the politics of the game and their growing feelings for each other.
Biography, Drama
2018
105 Minutes
Al Pacino Riley Keough Tess Frazer Annie Parisse Kathy Baker Greg Grunberg Kristen Bush Benjamin Cook
football coach victim sexual predator student colleague pedophile shocking emotional endearing gripping university pennsylvania united states sexual abuse football career protection secret truth rivalry
6.5/10
Biography, Romance, Drama
USA
1952
98 Minutes
Doris Day Ronald Reagan Frank Lovejoy Eve Miller James Millican Russ Tamblyn Gordon Jones Hugh Sanders Frank Ferguson Walter Baldwin
baseball pitcher wife father doctor manager baseball player inspiring gripping uplifting nebraska farm baseball field hospital bar locker room grover cleveland alexander baseball ambition marriage illness
Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's faithful efforts, he gets a chance for a comeback and redemption.
6.0/10
Romance
USA|Germany
2008
114 Minutes
George Clooney Renée Zellweger John Krasinski Jonathan Pryce Stephen Root Max Casella Tommy Hinkley Robert Baker Nick Paonessa Tim Griffin Matt Bushell
football player reporter commissioner war hero fan football coach offbeat amusing endearing duluth, minn. football field office newsroom locker room football secret double-cross heroism newspapers sports
In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.
7.2/10
Drama
Germany|USA
2004
117 Minutes
Billy Bob Thornton Derek Luke Jay Hernandez Lucas Black Garrett Hedlund Tim McGraw Connie Britton Lee Thompson Young Lee Jackson Grover Coulson Connie Cooper
coach football player townsperson girlfriend quarterback high-school student emotional winsome rousing football field locker room classroom texas football small-town life high school redemption ambition pride sports
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.
7.5/10
Biography, Drama
UK
2009
97 Minutes
Michael Sheen Timothy Spall Jim Broadbent Stephen Graham Joe Dempsie Colm Meaney Martin Compston Maurice Roeves Elizabeth Carling Brian McCardie Peter McDonald
manager replacement business partner football player uplifting emotional charming amusing england soccer field locker room office beach sports managing teamwork brian clough leadership rise rivalry
The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.
7.7/10
Biography, Documentary
UK
2019
120 Minutes
Diego Armando Maradona
football player illegitimate son documentarian family emotional fascinating hedonistic striking confident buenos aires, argentina naples, italy barcelona, spain redemption football life story addiction fall growing up wretched excess underdog
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Maradona, who played for S.S.C. Napoli in the 1980s.
Drama, Biography, History
2015
123 Minutes
Sean Astin Nic Bishop Caleb Castille Sherri Shepherd Jon Voight C. Thomas Howell Richard Kohnke Lance E. Nichols Kevin Sizemore
african-american student football player principal family member brooding emotional uplifting birmingham, ala. high school football field house gym office racism teamwork love family trust beliefs
In 1973 Birmingham, Ala., football player Tony Nathan (Caleb Castille) and his teammates at Woodlawn High School utilize a message of hope and love to overcome racial prejudice.
7.7/10
Documentary
USA
2011
113 Minutes
T.J. Martin Bill Courtney
football coach football player high-school student inspiring intense heartwarming memphis, tenn. high school football field lumberyard football high school mentorship sports underdog growing up 2000s
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.
7.2/10
Romance, Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
117 Minutes
Andrew Garfield Claire Foy Tom Hollander Stephen Mangan Hugh Bonneville Dean-Charles Chapman Amit Shah Ben Lloyd-Hughes Emily Bevan Camilla Rutherford Diana Rigg
paraplegic wife brother inventor patient doctor emotional powerful heartwarming moving positive uplifting hospital countryside england kenya airplane tennis court survival paralysis
The inspiring true love story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Their heartwarming celebration of human possibility marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1955
138 Minutes
Tyrone Power Maureen O'Hara Robert Francis Donald Crisp Ward Bond Betsy Palmer Philip Carey William Leslie Harry Carey Jr. Patrick Wayne Sean McClory
athletic director wife mentor immigrant soldier dwight d. eisenhower endearing patriotic military academy gym family home west point, n.y. football marriage education military life relationships swimming rise underdog
In 1898, Irish immigrant Martin Maher is hired as a civilian employee at West Point where, during a 50-year career, he rises to the rank of NCO and instructor.
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