Terrorist organization Black September is planning an attack on the United States. A woman called Dahlia is the one overseeing the operation. Dahlia's "partner in crime" is Michael Lander, a Vietnam P.O.W., who is psychologically scarred by that experience, thus making him very susceptible to her machinations. He is a Blimp Pilot that flies above Sports Stadiums. One of the best political thrillers of it's time, have you seen "Black Sunday"?

The film is now often evoked in reference to its poor handling of the issue of race, turning Michael Oher's personal journey into a white savior narrative, and diminishing Oher's own intelligence and tenacity to attribute all his success to his adoptive white family. Oher himself has criticized it, and there's no denying that the film makes some side-eye worthy decisions at times. There's also no denying the absolute powerhouse performance by Sandra Bullock as Leigh Ann Tuohy, Oher's adoptive mother. Bullock would not only win the Oscar for her role, but seemingly single-handedly carry a film that had received otherwise mixed reviews. Have you seen "The Blind Side"?

One of my personal favorite movies, "Heaven Can Wait." Some men spend their whole lifetime trying to get to the Super Bowl. In the case of Joe Pendleton, that goes double. In this modernized remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan"(based on the play "Heaven Can Wait"), Warren Beatty plays a quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams whose soul is taken from his body too soon. But by the time the powers that be recognize their mix-up, Joe's body has already been cremated. The solution? Put Joe's soul into the body of the recently murdered millionaire Leo Farnsworth to walk the earth once more. Joe's first order of business? Get old Farnsworth's body in shape, buy the Rams, and take the team to victory with Joe/Leo as the unlikely quarterback. "Heaven Can Wait" was nominated for Nine Academy Awards, including four for Beatty as producer, actor, co-director (with Buck Henry), and co-writer (with Elaine May). Winner of 9 Awards including One Oscar, have you seen.....?

If not for a career-ending knee injury his sophomore year, legendary actor Burt Reynolds could have been playing in the NFL. A halfback for FSU, a team he continued to support well after he became a star, Reynolds turned his pigskin past into silver screen comedy twice in the 1970s, with 1974's The Longest Yard and 1977's Semi-Tough. "The Longest Yard's" timeless tale of an imprisoned Sports Star rallying a team of inmates to play against the very guards holding them down has an immortal appeal. So much so, it's been remade not just in the U.S. with the 2005 Adam Sandler version, but in the UK and Egypt as well. Have you seen...?

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional (American-style) football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s. Featuring Nick Nolte as Phil Elliott — a stand in for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Peter Gent — upon whose semi-autobiographical novel this film is based, "North Dallas Forty" is a portrait of the hard-partying lifestyle of athletes at the end of the 1970s, and the cruel and dehumanizing machinations of the coaches and owners seemingly meant to look out for their players. Have you seen "North Dallas 40"?