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Half wolf, half dog, all underdog: Amblin's 1995 cartoon about the sled dog who carried the diphtheria serum into Nome. It opened a month after Toy Story and sank, then lived forever on VHS. The real Balto's statue still stands in Central Park, and the real story is messier than the movie.
Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone, a newly consolidated Virginia high school, and a 1971 season that ended 13–0. Remember the Titans opened at number one in September 2000, earned a rare A+ CinemaScore, and its theme has closed NBC's Olympic broadcasts since 2002, even though the real Titans won most of their games by shutout.