Best Sports Movies Of All Time

The Longest Yard (2005)

No, we're not talking about the remakes, plural. The original stars a young Burt Reynolds. He plays a former NFL player who gets tossed in jail. While there, he leads a ragtag bunch of misfit prisoners in a game against the guards. Burt Reynolds has a reputation for playing rough-around-the-edges characters, and "The Longest Yard" helped cement that reputation.

• Released: 27 May 2005 in United States
• DVD Release: 20 Sep 2005
• Runtime: 113 min
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sport
• Rated: PG-13
• Starring: Adam Sandler, Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock
• BoxOffice : $158,119,460
• Awards: 3 wins & 17 nominations

Story/Plot: Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.

The Longest Yard was Written by Albert S. Ruddy, Tracy Keenan Wynn, Sheldon Turner and directed by Peter Segal .

6.4/10 IMDB Rating 31% Rotten Tomatoes 48/100 Metacritic