Gear up for the Super Bowl with the top 10 football flicks

By The Malibu Times · Wed Jan 28 2004

(FeatureSource) Kick off the Super Bowl festivities this year by watching some football favorites. Here's a list of Super Bowl primers, chosen by Suncoast Motion Picture Company, sure to satisfy every pigskin fan in the family:

"Rudy" (1993)-The inspirational true story about an undersized underdog who dared to dream about playing football for Notre Dame.

"North Dallas Forty" (1979)-Nick Nolte and Mac Davis star in this account of the seedy side of pro football. Nolte plays a gruff and cynical tight end addicted to painkillers.

"The Waterboy" (1998) -The goofball antics of Adam Sandler will leave your kids in stitches.

"Jerry Maguire" (1996) -The movie starring Tom Cruise that introduced the world to the phrase, "Show me the money!"

"The Program" (1993) -James Caan stars as the college football coach of a fictional team, the ESU Timberwolves. This movie provides an inside look at the intricacies of college football.

"The Longest Yard" (1974)-Burt Reynolds is a former football player sent to prison for stealing his ex-girlfriend's sports car. The Warden is a football fan who forces Reynolds to organize a team of inmates to play against the guards.

"Any Given Sunday" (1999)-Oliver Stone's realistic look at professional football and the relationships between owners, players, coaches and fans.

"Brian's Song" (1971)-The poignant classic about Gayle Sayers and Brian Piccolo of the Chicago Bears. This one will leave even the gruffest members of your family a little misty.

"Horse Feathers" (1932)-This Marx Bothers comedy pokes fun at higher education and college football and is as funny today as it was so many years ago.

"Remember the Titans" (2000)-The true story about a Virginia high school in 1971 that had to overcome racial barriers on and off the field.