29 Sep 2006
Facing the Giants
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
In a small town, the hippie faction often clashes with the mainstream. To settle their differences, the hippie "freaks" take on the town police "pigs" in a football game. On opposing sides of the fence are Frank, the police sergeant, and his son Neal. Also at odds are Neal and one time friend Doug, a returned Vietnam Vet who has joined the police force, who is also protective of his younger sister who prefers the hippie element. To make things even more intense, Mickey South, who has fled to Canada to avoid the war, returns to play for the Freaks football team. Tensions mount and all are challenged as the climax of the film approaches.
Top Billed Cast
Eugene Roche Police Chief Frank Brockmeyer
Grant Goodeve Neal Brockmeyer
Adam Baldwin Mickey South
Penny Peyser Janice Zimmer
Brian Dennehy Sergeant Cheever
Stephen Furst Steamboat
Gloria DeHaven Maureen Brockmeyer
Patrick Swayze Doug Zimmer
William Windom Mayor Malcolm Wallwood
Tony Randall Rambaba Organimus
Elisha Cook Jr. Novatney
Tom Harmon Game Announcer
Joe Kapp Pete Bose
Pat Studstill Mad Dog Osloff
Graham Jarvis Commander Oliver Krebs
Brad Wilkin Ben Grimaldi
J.D. Hall Riley Webster
Jim Greenleaf Blatz
Lanny Horn Morton
Jack Eiseman Cochran
Similar movies
Facing the Giants Facing the Giants Son of Flubber 
Son of Flubber 16 Jan 1963
Son of Flubber
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.
Holiday Reunion 
Holiday Reunion 23 Nov 2003
Holiday Reunion
All Mitch Snider wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives. The problem is that he doesn't have any. That is until he gets an invitation in the mail from his long-lost cousin Woodrow. What follows is a full-course meal of nonstop laughs when the neurotic suburbanites clash with the hippy hicks from hell in National Lampoon's most outrageous family misadventure yet.
Brian's Song 
Brian's Song 30 Nov 1971
Brian's Song
Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
The Program 
The Program 24 Sep 1993
The Program
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.
All the Right Moves 
All the Right Moves 21 Oct 1983
All the Right Moves
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Sugar & Spice 
Sugar & Spice 24 Jan 2001
Sugar & Spice
When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as bank robbery. But the A-Squad does things their way -- with sugar and spice -- forever changing their friendship, their future and the nation's notion of teen spirit.
The Room 
The Room 27 Jun 2003
The Room
Johnny is a successful banker with great respect for and dedication to the people in his life, especially his future wife Lisa. The happy-go-lucky guy sees his world being torn apart when his friends begin to betray him one-by-one.
Homecoming 
Homecoming 17 Jul 2009
Homecoming
A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.
Air Bud: Golden Receiver 
Air Bud: Golden Receiver 14 Aug 1998
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
Josh and Buddy move from basketball to football in this first of several sequels to the original Air Bud.
The Slaughter Rule 
The Slaughter Rule 11 Jan 2002
The Slaughter Rule
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.
The Pom Pom Girls 
The Pom Pom Girls 01 May 1976
The Pom Pom Girls
A football player at Rosedale High School is amorous of one of the cheerleaders, who is going with another guy. Another player can't decide which of two cheerleaders he wants to be with. Meanwhile, the Big Game with Hardin High School is approaching, and a prank war is in full swing.
The Forward Pass 
The Forward Pass 10 Nov 1929
The Forward Pass
Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the game forever. Ed Kirby, who dislikes Reid, calls him yellow, and Wilson gets Patricia Carlyle, the college vamp, to induce Reid to play. At a sorority dance, where only football players can cut in, Kirby persecutes Reid by dancing with Pat, and as a result Reid does apply to play in the game.
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 04 Apr 1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
The Blind Side 
The Blind Side 20 Nov 2009
The Blind Side
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.
The Wanderers 
The Wanderers 13 Jul 1979
The Wanderers
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
The Primrose Path 
The Primrose Path 25 Jan 1931
The Primrose Path
A naive high school girl falls for the school's star football player. Her ignorance in the matters of sex leads to pregnancy and heartbreak.
Little Children 
Little Children 06 Oct 2006
Little Children
The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
The Longest Yard 
The Longest Yard 21 Aug 1974
The Longest Yard
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
Semi-Tough 
Semi-Tough 18 Nov 1977
Semi-Tough
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.