Friday Night Lights

About Friday Night Lights

A small, turbulent town in Texas obsesses over their high school football team to an unhealthy degree. When the star tailback, Boobie Miles, is seriously injured during the first game of the season, all hope is lost, and the town's dormant social problems begin to flare up.

Friday Night Lights is a 2004 drama film directed by Peter Berg. Released in October 2004, it runs 118 minutes.

The film is filed under texas, american football, sport, and coach. The film began as a novel.

Billy Bob Thornton takes the lead as Coach Gary Gaines, Lucas Black as Mike Winchell, Garrett Hedlund as Don Billingsley, and Derek Luke as Boobie Miles. The screenplay is by David Aaron Cohen and Peter Berg. American members can watch it on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, and Starz Apple TV channel.

Remember the Titans, Radio, and Hoosiers make useful companions to Friday Night Lights, all filed under high school and sports. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 653 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.