Late Saturday night, after working to put out your Sunday paper — hey, no problem; don’t mention it — I flipped on the TV to find the movie version of “Friday Night Lights,” Hollywood’s adaptation of a riveting book by H.G. Bissinger.

(Kudos to me, btw, for being able to mention three days of the week in a single sentence, and one that’s at least almost coherent.)

Bissinger’s painstakingly researched and potently written book chronicles a year in the life of the football team at Permian High School in Odessa, Texas. It’s way more than a sports book, however, in part because in Texas, high school football is way, way more than a sport (the right or wrong of that is a debate for another time).

I’ve seen the movie, starring Billy Bob Thornton as the Permian coach, at least three times, and I was already under way on the book prior to Saturday night; I’d read a long excerpt of it in Sports Illustrated when it came out two decades ago, and my son Bob gave me the book for Christmas. He’s read it a couple of times and probably seen the movie multiple times too.

An aside: I was also a huge fan of the “Friday Night Lights” television show, but Bob was not; he derided it as a soap opera for teenage girls and decried what he perceived as a lack of emphasis on football. Myself, I saw it as quite well written and featuring outstanding acting, particularly from Kyle Chandler, who played the coach, and Connie Britton, the coach’s wife both in the show and the film.

Anyway, I caught the end of the movie before hitting the sack, and I also set the DVR to record the movie that I noticed was coming on next, which brings us to this week’s list: My Top 7 most inspiring movies (among the ones I have personally seen start to finish at least once):

1. Remember the Titans.

2. It's a Wonderful Life.

3. Rocky.

4. Pay it Forward.

5. We Are Marshall (this is what came on following Friday Night Lights).

6. Rudy.

7. Hoosiers.