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Greater is a 2016 American biographical sports film directed by David Hunt and starring Christopher Severio as American football player Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on college player who became an All-American, dying in a car crash 11 days after being drafted high in the 3rd round to the National Football League.
The book was praised for its authentic and inspirational portrayal of Brandon's story. The book contains a foreword by former University of Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles and was the inspiration for a movie (see below). The book was re-released in August 2016 as a tie-in with the movie, renamed Greater: The Brandon Burlsworth Story.
Facing the Giants is a 2006 American Christian drama sports film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick. The supporting cast was composed of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church, and it is the second film that Sherwood Pictures has done. Shot in Albany, Georgia, the film tells an underdog story about American football from a Christian ...
The Shift is a 2023 American Christian science fiction thriller film written and directed by Brock Heasley and starring Kristoffer Polaha, Neal McDonough, Elizabeth Tabish, Rose Reid, John Billingsley, Paras Patel, Jordan Alexandra and Sean Astin.
Challengers is a 2024 American romantic sports drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes.It follows the love triangle between an injured tennis star-turned-coach (), her low-circuit tennis player ex-boyfriend (Josh O'Connor), and her tennis champion husband across 13 years of their relationship, culminating in the latter two's match on the ATP Challenger Tour.
The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring, British filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, Chaplin made this his first true sound film.
The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. Kwaidan is an archaic transliteration of the term kaidan, meaning "ghost story". Receiving critical acclaim, the film won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, [5] and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. [6]
A Greater Yes: The Story of Amy Newhouse is a 2009 Christian film released on May 28, 2009. [1] The story is about Amy Newhouse, who died of cancer, and the effects of her life and death on her surrounding community. [2] The film was shot entirely on location in Amarillo and Pampa, Texas. [3]