There’s a little less than two months to go until the start of the 2025 NFL seasonwhen the Dallas Cowboys travel to the Philadelphia Eagles to kick-start the new campaign.
Teams have already returned for the start of practice sessions and the first of the preseason games will begin at the end of this month. But if you can’t stand another eight weeks without competitive football, you can also take this as an opportunity to look back on some of the biggest and best stories from the rich history of the NFL.
But where should you start? With anything sport documentary-related, ESPN’s incredible ‘30 for 30′ series is always a good place to look. Beyond those titles, there is a whole world of football docs that will tide you over until the first kick in Philadelphia in early September. Film website MovieWeb has listed a top 15 of the best football documentaries of all time…
Best-ever football documentaries
- 15 – Missing Rings: The 1998 Minnesota Vikings (2008)
- 14 – The U (2009)
- 13 – A Football Life: Bill Belichick (2011)
- 12 – The Brady Six (2011)
- 11 – Undefeated (2011)
- 10 – L. T. Life and Times (2013)
- 9 – ’51 Dons (2014)
- 8 – Four Falls of Buffalo (2015)
- 7 – This Was the XFL (2017)
- 6 – Year of the Scab (2017)
- 5 – Vick (2020)
- 4 – Man in the Arena: Tom Brady (2021)
- 3 – All Madden (2021)
- 2 – Untold: Swamp kings (2023)
- 1 – Untold: Johnny Football (2023)
In the No. 1 slot in that list is the incredible story of Johnny Manziela college football sensation given the name ‘Johnny Football’.
The first freshman to ever win the Heisman Trophy, the dual-threat quarterback was a record-breaker at Texas A&M but would quickly become associated with off-field controversy as much as his on-field exploits. He did make it to the NFL but failed to make an impact, as this incredible true video account reveals.
“I hope viewers take away a nuanced and intimate understanding of Johnny and the running tension between his life as Johnny Football and Johnny Manziel,” director Ryan Duffy said.
“This isn’t one of those sports docs on an older player looking back on victory or defeat and reflecting accordingly in a tidy ending. Johnny is still midstream in a lot of thisand I hope this doc offers a compelling and honest look at his present tense processing.”
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