8. North Dallas Forty (1979)
Nick Nolte and Mac Davis whoop it up as veteran good-old-boy, pro football players who love the game but are getting tired of all the behind-the-scene bullsh*t. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys of the '70s, it's one of the first movies to give us an insider's view of the NFL.
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