The Best 70s Football Movies

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List RulesVote up your favorite football films that were released in the 1970s.

Do you remember any of these 70s football movies? Football films didn't really come into popularity until the mid-90s, but there were still several great football movies from the 1970s. Vote for your favorites below that you would recommend to others, and downvote any bad 1970s football movies that you didn't like.

Brian's Song is sure to tug on your heartstrings on this list of greatest football movies of the 70s. A true story about Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, it was so popular on ABC that it was immediately shown in theaters shortly after airing. Burt Reynold's The Longest Yard was such a great football movie of the 70s, it inspired two other movies, including a remake of the same name starring Chris Rock and Adam Sandler.

Which of these greatest football films of the 1970s will win? Only your vote will decide.

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The Longest Yard
Burt Reynolds, Bernadette Peters
Released: 1974
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
The Longest Yard is a 1974 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich. Written by... more
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North Dallas Forty
Nick Nolte, Charles Durning
Released: 1979
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
North Dallas Forty is a 1979 film drama starring Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, and G. D. Spradlin set... more
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Black Sunday
Terry Bradshaw, Bruce Dern
Released: 1977
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film directed by John Frankenheimer, based on Thomas... more
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MASH
Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland
Released: 1970
Directed by: Robert Altman
MASH is a 1970 American satirical black comedy film directed by Robert Altman and written by... more
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Semi-Tough
Burt Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson
Released: 1977
Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Semi-Tough is a 1977 comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Burt Reynolds, Kris... more
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Brian's Song
Dick Butkus, James Caan
Released: 1971
Directed by: Buzz Kulik
Brian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the details of the life of Brian... more
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Two-Minute Warning
Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes
Released: 1976
Directed by: Larry Peerce
Two-Minute Warning is a 1976 disaster film directed by Larry Peerce and starring Charlton... more
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The Longest Yard

North Dallas Forty

Black Sunday

MASH

Semi-Tough

Brian's Song

Two-Minute Warning