All the Right Moves

All the Right Moves

1983 · 91 min · EN · R · 5.7 (229 votes)
Dir. Michael Chapman · Starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Charles Cioffi, Gary Graham, Paul Carafotes · Music David Campbell

He has everything at stake. He can't afford to lose. He's got to make all the right moves.

RomanceDrama

Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.

VIBE

This film feels like a bittersweet 80s mixtape. It's about the yearning for more, the pressure of expectations, and the ache of young love in a town that holds you back. A nostalgic, earnest look at chasing dreams.

earnestaspirationalmelancholicromanticnostalgicsteady80s teen dramasports movieworking-class realismambitioncoming-of-ageclasssacrifice
high schoolfriendshipsportsamerican footballclassroomcheerleadercollegesaxophoneambitionaffectioncoachmarching bandlocker roomdrinkingsteel workerpep rallyathletic scholarship
MORE LIKE THIS — multi-vector + why, diversified