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Super Bowl LVIII will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this weekend when the Kansas Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers. Hollywood has continued to try to capture the excitement of America’s most popular sport on the big screen over and over again.

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Super Bowl LVIII will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this weekend when the Kansas Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers. Hollywood has continued to try to capture the excitement of America’s most popular sport on the big screen over and over again.

Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Hollywood movies have long tried to portray America’s obsession with its most popular sports. So, this Super Bowl weekend, we ask: What do the best football movies have in common?

Is it the “big speech” with the team down by one point and only seconds remaining? Or how about a classic underdog story?

Scott Detrow discusses this with Brittany Luce, host of NPR’s “It’s Been a Minute,” and Stephen Thompson of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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This episode was produced by Mark Rivers. Edited by William Troup. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigün.