The Blind Side: Before she was “blind-sided” by her husband Jesse James’ infidelity, Sandra Bullock blind sided America with this gripping performance of a mother and wife who took in a homeless, gentle giant of a man and helped him realize his destiny as a professional football player. The true-to-life story of Baltimore Raven’s Michael Oher, which was first put on paper in the 2006 book The Blind Side: The Evolution of the Game, became the surprise smash hit movie of 2009 and garnered Bullock an Academy Award and Golden Globe for best actress.