The Express

Ernie Davis goes from coal-town obscurity to Syracuse stardom aiming for Heisman glory. A racially charged campus cracks open when he’s diagnosed with leukemia. Quietly heroic performance carries a bygone era anthem.

Streaming availability changes weekly. Check the Where to watch panel above — we re-pull TMDB's JustWatch index every week. If nothing's listed, the film is between licence windows.

Our similarity graph picks 6 films based on shared director, keywords, mood-cluster overlap, and MovieLens user co-rating — niche-biased away from blockbusters. Full list: /like/the-express-2008/.

Gary Fleder directed The Express in 2008. See Gary Fleder's full filmography, where to start with Gary Fleder, or where to go after you've seen everything by Gary Fleder.

The Express was released in 2008 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 130 minutes.