Remember the Titans
PG

Remember the Titans

History is written by the winners.

2000 • 113 min • Drama

Synopsis

After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.

Our family guide

Best from age 9
91
Movie Knight Score
3014 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
  • 77 Audience · 3010 · 40%

In 1971 Virginia, two high school football coaches, one white and one Black, must overcome racial tensions and personal differences to unite their newly integrated team. They inspire their players to find common ground on and off the field, leading them to an undefeated season.

Violence & peril
3/10
Language
2/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
3/10

Heads up

  • Historical racial prejudice and slurs
  • Fistfights and intense football action
  • A car accident scene

What it models well

  • Teamwork and unity
  • Overcoming prejudice
  • Respect and understanding
  • Leadership and mentorship

Talk about it after

  • The history of segregation and civil rights in the US
  • The importance of empathy for others
  • How to stand up against injustice
  • Finding common ground with people who are different

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Top billed cast

Director: Boaz Yakin • Crew: Gregory Allen Howard

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Reviewer notes

Recommended

A African American and cacausion coach must put aside there racial differences to coach one of the worse teams in their school. They soon become one of the hottest teams and best teams to ever play for the school. Until tragedy strikes. The saddest thing is this is a true story.

Recommended

OK, well, reading through the bad reviews there are some grudges here based on, well, how the other teams were depicted because 1971 wasn't long enough for some of the people that played them to pass on their mortal coils. I can relate to that. I grew up countryfied and have tasted the salt of playing against a school that was three or four times our size, schools that could afford to cherry-pick who played.…

Recommended

Denzel Washington leads the team on a charge until the final whistle in Remember the Titans, a grand and inspirational football film. This Walt Disney classic is a primitive display of adversity and courage. The amount of chemistry from the then-segregated gridiron warriors was remarkable and helped propel this film as a truly great and heartfelt sports movie for every generation to experience. 5/5

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

In Greek mythology, the Titans were greater even than the gods. Based on real events in 1971, where T.C. Williams High School, a now hot bed integrated school, becomes a beacon of unification via their mixed race football team. As is normally the case with films of this ilk, it quickly comes to pass that certain artistic licence has been taken with the truth.…

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