The Longest Yard (2005)

Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe lands in a Texas federal penitentiary, where manipulative Warden Hazen recruits him to advise the institution's football team of prison guards. Crewe suggests a tune-up game which lands him quarterbacking a crew of inmates in a game against the guards. Aided by incarcerated ex-NFL coach and player Nate Scarborough, Crewe and his team must overcome not only the bloodthirstiness of the opposition, but also the corrupt warden trying to fix the game against them.

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime

What to watch after The Longest Yard

• Mean Machine (2001) — Same subject: prison, prison warden
• Anger Management (2003) — Same feel: fun, feel-good
• The Waterboy (1998) — Adam Sandler produced both
• Big Daddy (1999) — Adam Sandler produced both
• Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) — Peter Segal directed both
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) — Same feel: fun, feel-good