KEITH'S LIST OF 41 FILMS ABOUT, OR FEATURING BEARS - BOTH REAL OR NICKNAMED

A look at Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame tight end and Super Bowl-winning head coach. He brought a toughness and hard-nosed work ethic to football that few could match.

An urban couple goes camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear.

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama.

Documentary on legendary college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.

A documentary that follows an Alaskan bear family as its young cubs are taught life's most important lessons.

Papa Bear and the cubs search the woods for the perfect Christmas tree, but run afoul of the woodland animals who live in the trees they aim to cut down.

It's Thanksgiving in Bear Country, and the Bear Family gets nervous when Mama Bear thinks they've gotten a sign that the "Thanksgiving Legend of Bigpaw" is coming true. The legend says that when bears get greedy and don't share their harvest, Bigpaw will come to destroy Bear Country. Eventually, the bears all learn a lesson about who Bigpaw really is, and they celebrate the holiday.

A very inquisitive Brother Bear is wondering why Spring is taking so long to arrive. With Easter approaching and a new arrival to the Bear family on the way, Brother looks for answers, and Mama teaches him the true meaning of Spring.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner in Bear Country. While Brother is preparing for an upcoming championship hockey game, he becomes distracted when a secret admirer, "Honey Bear", starts sending him Valentine cards and all he can do is wonder who she is. Meanwhile, Papa struggles to find a way to show Mama how much he cares on the big day of love, and Sister embraces the holiday and wants to play Cupid and send Bigpaw a Valentine.

It's spring time again in Bear Country when changes abound. After reading about little league season starting up, Papa Bear becomes determined to ensure that Brother joins the league and becomes a champion player, while unintentionally ignoring the natural ability and potential that Sister has for the sport. Brother soon becomes overly pressured by Papa and with the help of his woodland friends and other Bear cubs, must somehow teach Papa that when it comes to baseball or any other sport, F-U-N Fun is the true name of the game. Will Papa see the error of his ways? Will Sister get to join the team alongside Brother?

Buzz Kulik's beloved tearjerker is based on the real-life friendship between Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond that was strengthened when Piccolo discovers that he has a fatal disease.

The story of professional football players Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo, and how their friendship on and off the field was affected when Piccolo contracted a fatal disease.

A young Cro-Magnon woman is raised by Neanderthals.

Jimmy, a young boy trying to gain acceptance from his peers, is horrified when he sees a circus trainer abusing a bear cub. One of the circus employees tells Jimmy that there is a magic cave in the hills nearby that can transport people to another time, and that maybe he can use it to help the bear. Jimmy does some exploring, finds the cave, and is amazed to find himself transported back to the early 1800's where he encounters Jeremiah, a nature-loving mountain man with a bear friend of his own. Jeremiah agrees to come to the future and help out Jimmy, but the 21st century is quite different from the 19th, and springing the bear cub will not be as easy as Jeremiah thinks. Not in any way related to the "Grizzly Adams" television series.

When a boy is left in the care of his mountain-ranger uncle, he learns valuable lessons about man's relationship with wild animals, and how the mayor poses a threat to local legend Ben--a grizzly bear.

Ranger Jack finds himself butting heads with businessmen intent on drilling for oil next to a wildlife preserve--but friendly bear Gentle Ben puts his own spin on the sticky situation.

A young boy befriends an orphaned cub and raises him to adult-bearhood. This fine family feature. based on Walt Morey's novel "Gentle Ben," was the basis for the "Gentle Ben" television series.

An orphan learns that the expansion of a ski resort designed by her uncle is a threat to the environment.

A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.

An eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving Ranger Mike Kelly, photographer Allison Corwin, naturist Arthur Scott, and chopper pilot Don Stober to track down the beast. Meanwhile, the body count rises.

A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.