Remember the Titans

Released 2000
Stars Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst, Ethan Suplee, Nicole Ari Parker, Hayden Panettiere, Kip Pardue, Craig Kirkwood, Donald Faison
Directed by Boaz Yakin

Corny but crowd-pleasing tale of a black man who's named to replace a well-respected football coach at a Virginia high school in the early 1970s . . . and how that coach gets his team to break down racial barriers and work together. Pat and manipulative, but still effective thanks in large part to the power of Washington's performance. Based on a true story.

Summary by Leonard Maltin